Apple Human Interface Guidelines — v6 vs v5 Summary

Document change date: Jun 8, 2026, 4:01 PM CDT

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Getting started
- Design principles Added new
- Designing for iOS
- Designing for iPadOS
- Designing for macOS
- Designing for tvOS
- Designing for visionOS
- Designing for watchOS
- Designing for games
- Designing for iPhone Duo
Foundations
- Accessibility
- App icons Modified +15 -9
- Branding
- Color
- Dark Mode
- Icons
- Images
- Immersive experiences
- Inclusion
- Layout Modified +14 -8
- Materials Modified +0 -1
- Motion
- Privacy
- Right to left
- SF Symbols
- Spatial layout
- Typography
- Writing
Patterns
- Charting data
- Collaboration and sharing
- Drag and drop
- Entering data
- Feedback
- File management
- Going full screen
- Launching
- Live-viewing apps
- Loading
- Managing accounts
- Managing notifications
- Modality
- Multitasking
- Offering help
- Onboarding
- Playing audio
- Playing haptics
- Playing video
- Printing
- Ratings and reviews
- Searching Modified +16 -17
- Settings
- Undo and redo
- Workouts
Components
- Content
- Layout and organization
  - Boxes
  - Collections
  - Column views
  - Disclosure controls
  - Labels
  - Lists and tables
  - Lockups
  - Outline views
  - Split views
  - Tab views Modified +0 -1
- Menus and actions
  - Activity views
  - Buttons
  - Context menus
  - Dock menus
  - Edit menus
  - Home Screen quick actions
  - Menus Modified +14 -11
  - Ornaments
  - Pop-up buttons
  - Pull-down buttons
  - The menu bar
  - Toolbars
- Navigation and search
  - Path controls
  - Search fields Modified +62 -62
  - Sidebars Modified +17 -10
  - Tab bars Modified +4 -2
  - Token fields
- Presentation
  - Action sheets
  - Alerts
  - Page controls
  - Panels
  - Popovers
  - Scroll views Modified +19 -19
  - Sheets
  - Windows
- Selection and input
- Status
- System experiences
  - App Shortcuts Modified +11 -7
  - Complications
  - Controls
  - Live Activities Modified +1 -1
  - Notifications
  - Snippets Added new
  - Status bars
  - Top Shelf
  - Watch faces
  - Widgets
Inputs
Technologies
- AirPlay
- Always On
- App Clips
- Apple In-App Purchase
- Apple Pay Modified +177 -186
- Augmented reality
- CareKit
- CarPlay
- Game Center
- Generative AI Modified +26 -20
- HealthKit
- HomeKit Modified +0 -1
- iCloud
- ID Verifier
- iMessage apps and stickers
- Live Photos
- Mac Catalyst
- Machine learning Modified +52 -62
- Maps
- NFC
- Photo editing
- ResearchKit
- SharePlay
- ShazamKit
- Sign in with Apple
- Siri Modified +141 -531
- Tap to Pay on iPhone
- VoiceOver
- Wallet Modified +255 -227