Live Activities keep getting better, and iOS 26 continues that trend

Live Activities have become one of the best iPhone features, and they’re getting even better in iOS 26. Here’s what’s new.

Scheduling Live Activities for later

Last year, Apple’s Sports app gained support for scheduling Live Activities so that they automatically trigger when a game starts.

In iOS 26, that same scheduling capability is now available to all third-party apps via a new developer API.

Once apps implement the scheduling feature, there could be all kinds…