Flighty iOS 26 Update: Glass UI, CarPlay & Smarter Tracking

The Flighty iOS 26 update unveils a stunning new Glass UI, sharper Live Activities, and CarPlay support for real-time airport pickup precision.

Flighty has earned a permanent spot on the home screens of savvy travellers. It’s more than just a flight tracker; it delivers gate changes, delay predictions, baggage claim details, and real-time alerts often before airlines do.

Its combination of speed, accuracy, and a clean interface has made it a favourite among frequent flyers, pilots, and even airline staff.

The app integrates smoothly into a traveller’s workflow. It pulls flights from your calendar or email, maps out every leg of your journey, and even tracks the inbound aircraft. For anyone who juggles multiple itineraries or handles airport pickups, Flighty is a reliable, time-saving companion.

Backed by a 4.8-star App Store rating, an Apple Design Award, and recognition as an App of the Year finalist, it’s widely considered essential travel tech. With iOS 26, Flighty receives one of its biggest visual updates yet.

The new Glass UI refresh gives Flighty a more layered and refined visual feel across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It enhances readability and polish without overcomplicating the interface. Toolbars have been rethought to make options like flight preferences, alternate routing, sharing, and friend tracking faster to access.

Live Activities also get an upgrade. These lock-screen widgets now display clearer, more detailed information for upcoming flights, including baggage claim locations, gate numbers, and even alerts for your friends’ journeys. The improvements make it easier to glance and go without unlocking your phone, especially in busy terminals.

Flighty Pro users can now benefit from CarPlay integration. Flight data is automatically mirrored on your car’s dashboard, allowing drivers to monitor departures and arrivals safely while on the road. This requires no setup and is ideal for coordinating pickups or monitoring your own departure timeline.

In the background, Flighty’s data engine is delivering improved global accuracy. Already covering two-thirds of US commercial flights daily, the app now performs better across Europe and Asia too. Gate info, tail numbers, and baggage claims are more precise, closing the gap between travellers and real-time airport data.

Flighty has also enhanced calendar imports. A new AI model recognises a wider range of airline formats and improves import success by 20%. This reduces the need to manually correct or add flights, ensuring users receive alerts without delay or confusion.

iOS 26 brings performance improvements and supports the latest version of Live Activities, which Flighty now uses to its full advantage. Apple has also pushed forward with widget functionality and subtle interface refinements that complement Flighty’s new Glass UI.

The update also adds greater intelligence across the OS, improving how iPhones handle travel-related data and app behaviour in the background. That means smoother transitions between screens, smarter battery use, and better prioritisation of notifications when you’re on the move.

Apple is expected to release iOS 26 to the public on September 15th, 2025, following the annual iPhone event, which this year saw the 17 Series alongside a new iPhone Air.

The Flighty update will arrive soon after, pushed through the App Store without any extra steps required. Travellers on iOS 26 can expect to see the new features live and ready to use ahead of the autumn travel season.