Apple Enhances Keynote, Numbers, and Pages with New Free and Paid Features
Apple has launched significant updates for its productivity apps: Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. The enhancements are available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users. Some features, however, are exclusive to subscribers of the newly introduced Apple Creator Studio bundle.
Apple Creator Studio Subscription Details
The Apple Creator Studio is a monthly subscription service priced at $12.99, or $129 annually. It provides access to various professional apps such as Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro. Subscribing to this bundle unlocks premium features in Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and Freeform.
Updates for Keynote
- For All Users:
- New Liquid Glass feature for fluid presentations.
- Advanced options available via the new menu bar in iPadOS 26.
- Enhanced brightness and color through HDR support.
- Editable shapes to personalize presentations.
- For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers:
- Access to a new collection of professionally-designed themes.
- High-quality visuals available in the Content Hub.
- AI tools for creating and editing images directly in documents.
- Enhanced Super Resolution for image clarity.
- Auto Crop suggestions for image framing.
- Text outline conversion into a draft presentation (beta).
- Auto-generated presenter notes based on context (beta).
- Slide layout and design enhancement tools (beta).
- Collaboration on files up to 4GB via iCloud.
Updates for Numbers
- For All Users:
- Liquid Glass feature for smoother spreadsheet interactions.
- Advanced options through the new menu bar in iPadOS 26.
- New editable shapes.
- For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers:
- Exclusive templates for enhanced presentation.
- Access to curated content in the Content Hub.
- AI tools for image and graphic editing.
- Super Resolution for improved image details.
- Auto Crop suggestions for better image framing.
- Magic Fill for data suggestion and formula generation.
- Collaboration on larger iCloud files up to 4GB.
Updates for Pages
- For All Users:
- Liquid Glass feature for improved document experience.
- Access to advanced options in iPadOS 26.
- Editable shapes for document personalization.
- For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers:
- A collection of exclusive professionally-designed templates.
- Curated content available in the Content Hub.
- AI-enhanced tools for creating and refining images in documents.
- Super Resolution to boost image clarity.
- Auto Crop for framing suggestions.
- Collaboration on larger files shared via iCloud—now up to 4GB.
Apple has also issued updates for the Keynote app on watchOS and visionOS, further enhancing the user experience across all platforms. Users are encouraged to take full advantage of these innovative features by subscribing to the Apple Creator Studio for access to premium content and tools.