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Instagram is rolling out one of its most requested features: the ability to manually reorder posts on your profile grid. Here’s how to do it.

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iOS 27 includes code references to break reminders that Siri may display after especially long conversations. Here are the details.

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iOS 27 includes code references to break reminders that Siri may display after especially long conversations. Here are the details.

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Is Apple holding back new tvOS 27 features as it preps a new set-top box? Apple TV HD and the Apple TV 4K (1st generation) won’t get tvOS 27.

(via Cult of Mac – Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines with new language targeting apps that it says “do not add value to the App Store.” Here are the details.

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A new TrendForce report shows Apple’s iPhone production growing sharply in Q1, even as rising memory costs put pressure on the broader smartphone market. Here are the details.

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Missing out on this week’s WWDC fun in California? Apple Vision Pro users can virtually join tonight’s The Talk Show livestream with the Theater app.

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If you missed yesterday’s hour-long WWDC26: Platforms State of the Union, which followed the keynote, Apple has published a 5-minute recap of the most important announcements. Watch it below.

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Koofr lifetime cloud storage plan gives you 1TB of space, accessible from any device. Pay just $129.99 for the cheapest cloud storage around.

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Signify, the firm behind Philips Hue, is launching a new Sports Live feature that connects lighting effects to real-time live sports data. The new feature arrives in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup kickoff.

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More than a decade after launching and later discontinuing its first native Apple Watch app, Telegram is back on the device with a fully native experience. Here are the details.

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One addition to macOS 27 Golden Gate that went unmentioned during yesterday’s WWDC keynote was the fact that the system has improved its ultrawide display support. Here are the details.

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Apple is introducing daily usage limits on certain advanced Apple Intelligence capabilities in iOS 27, particularly those that depend on powerful cloud-based server models. However, iCloud+ subscribers will receive significantly higher allowances compared to users on the free tier, making premium storage plans more appealing for heavy AI users.

The limits primarily affect compute-intensive tasks such as AI image generation, which relies on Apple’s server infrastructure rather than on-device processing. This approach helps manage demand while ensuring reliable performance across millions of users.

Apple directly addressed the new policy in its recent announcements: “Some Apple Intelligence features, including image generation, have daily usage limits because they rely on powerful server models. Increased access is available with most iCloud+ subscription plans, which also include Apple Intelligence support for compatible Home cameras.”

This means that while basic access to these features will be available to everyone with a compatible device, iCloud+ subscribers on most paid tiers (likely excluding the entry-level $0.99/month plan) will enjoy expanded daily quotas. Apple One bundle subscribers are also expected to qualify for the higher limits.

In addition to the boosted AI usage, iCloud+ subscribers will receive enhanced Home app features, including improved support for HomeKit Secure Video on compatible cameras.

This move reflects Apple’s strategy to differentiate its subscription services as Apple Intelligence evolves. Users who rely heavily on generative tools may find upgrading to iCloud+ worthwhile not just for extra storage, but for a more unrestricted AI experience.

The changes are part of the broader iOS 27 rollout, with more details expected as the beta program progresses and the software launches later this year.
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple has begun to monetize Apple Intelligence. This will be a very good thing for iCloud+ subscribers, Apple, and – when the market finally figures it out – AAPL investors.

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macOS 27 includes several additions and improvements in Safari, including optional AI-powered features that help organize tabs and keep users up to date on changes to the websites they’re watching. Here’s everything new.

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At WWDC26 this week, Apple announced its series of new software updates – iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and everything else. Of course, Siri and Apple Intelligence ended up being the star of the show, and Apple finally delivered on its AI promises from 2 years ago.

Apple didn’t stop there though. The company went above and beyond, and introduced far more than just what it unveiled at WWDC24. One of those features is called Call Context, and it’ll make everyones phone calls to customer support substantially easier.

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Craig Federighi, Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, held a post-keynote press briefing on Monday (reported by 9to5Mac) alongside AI VP Amar Subramanya, Siri lead Mike Rockwell, and software VP Sebastien Marineau-Mes. The group walked through the development of the third-generation AFM family and how it powers Apple Intelligence.

“The amount of Google Assistant we use is none,” Federighi said, emphasizing that Apple relies on none of the Gemini models Google deploys to its customers, none of Google’s client-side code, and no Google Search infrastructure as its knowledge backbone.

Of course, we don’t have the Gemini app as our app. In fact, none of that client code is part of how we run on iOS. For these models, we use none of the models that Google deploys to their customers, nor do we use the infrastructure and means by which they deploy models to their customers. And then, when it comes to the knowledge base, we of course don’t use Google Search or anything like that as the foundation of our system. — Craig Federighi, Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering

Hartley Charlton for MacRumors:
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Subramanya outlined the new AFM family, which spans two on-device models and three server-side models. The on-device tier consists of AFM Core, a next-generation dense architecture model, and AFM Core Advanced, which uses a sparse architecture and is natively multimodal.

Subramanya said AFM Core Advanced is “unlike any on-device model we’ve run before,” enabling new features including invitation and expressive voices without any cloud requests. On the server side, AFM Cloud handles latency-optimized Private Cloud Compute requests, while AFM Cloud Image powers image generation and editing features including spatial reframing.

The key detail on the Google collaboration came in Subramanya’s description of how these four models were trained. “All of these are custom built for Apple Silicon, trained using proprietary data with reinforcement learning and refined using outputs from Gemini frontier models,” he said, making clear that Google’s contribution was distillation-based, not a wholesale adoption of Gemini.

The fifth and most capable model, AFM Cloud Pro, is designed for agentic tool use and complex reasoning tasks, with quality that Subramanya said is “similar to Gemini frontier models.” This model marks a departure from Apple’s standard Private Cloud Compute setup.

To run it, Apple worked with both Google and Nvidia to extend its private cloud infrastructure to Nvidia GPUs hosted in Google’s cloud. Marineau-Mes said Apple wanted to use Nvidia’s latest chips but required them to be configured so they couldn’t read the contents of Apple’s servers. A recent Nvidia technology called “ambiguous confidential compute” provided the solution.

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macOS 26 Tahoe made some polarizing design choices that evoked strong responses from critics. While the new design in macOS 27 Golden Gate is still all about Liquid Glass, Apple’s new Mac operating system corrects a lot of the mistakes Tahoe made.

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Apple yesterday announced that Siri AI will not be available at launch in the European Union due to the Digital Markets Act. In a new conversation with 9to5Mac today, Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, went in-depth on the situation.

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Apple’s WWDC26 keynote was focused on new AI-based features, including Siri AI and Apple Intelligence. The demonstrations during the keynote portray the new AI features as powerful ways for users to be more productive, efficient, and creative.

But in order to unleash all that power, you have to have a device that’s compatible. Because there is varying level of AI implementation here, the compatibility list seems as complicated as the tech created to run these features.

The compatibility list for each device breaks down to the following levels:

xOS 27 compatibility without Apple Intelligence and Siri AI

xOS 27 compatibility including Apple Intelligence and Siri AI

Devices that can run xOS 27 and Apple Intelligence/Siri AI with on-device AI models

The main difference with the on-device AI models is, according to Apple, “helpful features like expressive voices and higher-accuracy dictation.” Here’s a lowdown on the level of AI features Apple will offer in the xOS 27 updates this fall, and the devices that are compatible with them.

iPhone compatibility

Apple

Summary

If you want to be able to run everything–iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and Apple Intelligence features that use on-device models–you need an iPhone 17 Pro or later, or an iPhone Air.

To be able to run iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence without the on-device model features, you need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro, or an iPhone Air.

Any other iPhone as far back as the iPhone 11 will run iOS 27 without Apple Intelligence.

iOS 27 is compatible with:

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

iPhone 11 and later

iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max and later

iPhone 12 mini and later

iPhone 14 Plus and later

iPhone 16e and later

iPhone Air

However, Apple Intelligence and Siri AI are not compatible with all the iPhones on the above list. iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI requires:

iPhone 16 and later

iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max and later

iPhone 16 Plus

iPhone 16e and later

iPhone Air

Apple Intelligence compatibility goes a step further. During the keynote, Apple’s Craig Federighi said, “Our most powerful on-device model and the features it enables, like expressive voices and more advanced dictation, will be coming to our most capable iPhone, iPad, and Mac systems.” The list of iPhones that support on-device Apple Intelligence models is short:

iPhone 17 Pro and later

iPhone Air

iPad compatibility

Apple

Summary

iPadOS 27 without Apple Intelligence is compatible with several iPad models.

iPadOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI requires an iPad Air or Pro with an M1 chip or later. It also works on the A17 Pro iPad mini.

iPadOS 27 is compatible with the following:

iPad Pro (M4 and later)

iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (4th generation and later)

iPad Pro 11‑inch (2nd generation and later)

iPad Air 13- and 11-inch (M2 and later)

iPad Air 11-inch (4th generation and later)

iPad (A16)

iPad (9th generation and later)

iPad mini (A17 Pro)

iPad mini (6th generation and later)

iPadOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI works on a limited number of iPads. That includes the following:

iPad Pro (M1 and later)

iPad Air (M1 and later)

iPad mini (A17 Pro)

If you are interested in using iPadOS 27 and on-device Apple Intelligence models, you need an M4 iPad or later with at least 128GB of RAM. That includes:

iPad Pro (M4 or later)

iPad Air (M4 or later)

Mac compatibility

Apple

Summary

If you have a Mac with Apple silicon, you can run macOS 27, Apple Intelligence and Siri AI.

To run macOS 27, Apple Intelligence and Siri AI with on-device models, you need a Mac with an M3 chip or faster.

Intel Macs are not compatible.

macOS 27, Apple Intelligence and Siri AI are compatible with:

MacBook Neo (2026)

MacBook Air with Apple silicon (2020 and later)

MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (2020 and later)

iMac with Apple silicon (2021 and later)

Mac mini with Apple silicon (2020 and later)

Mac Studio (2022 and later)

Mac Pro with Apple silicon (2023)

Apple will be implementing Apple Intelligence features that use on-device models, which require an M3 chip or faster and 128GB of RAM.  These Macs support on-device Apple Intelligence models (128 RAM required):

MacBook Air (2024 and later)

MacBook Pro (November 2023 and later)

iMac (2023 and later)

Mac mini (2024 and later)

Mac Studio (2025 and later)

Apple Watch compatibility

Apple

First, watchOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI requires an iPhone that is compatible with iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI (see “iPhone compatibility” section above). Once that requirement is met, the following Apple Watches are supported:

Apple Watch SE 3

Apple Watch Series 9 or later

Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later

Apple Thunderbolt 5 Pro 3.3ft cable

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Apple’s 1-meter Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable is down to $47 from $69 at Woot, which is already a great price for an ultra-high-end cable that rarely goes on sale. However, when you enter APPLEFIVE at checkout, you’ll get an extra $5 off, bringing it down to $42, and if you’re a new Woot customer, that code knocks off $10 instead, landing you the cable for just $37.

The cable carries full Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth, high-wattage charging, and proper display output all at once. That combination matters when you’re running premium gear like your MacBook Pro. If you connect a high-end monitor, a docking station, or fast external storage that depends on real speed, a cable that can’t keep up quietly bottlenecks everything. This one won’t.

That’s also where Apple’s own cable earns its price. Plenty of USB-C cables look identical from the outside, but many don’t support the same mix of speed, video, and power. Buying one that’s clearly rated for the job removes that guesswork, which is worth something when you’re plugging in equipment that costs a lot of money. Before you shell out the money, think about whether you actually need this cable. If you’re just charging a phone, you won’t need it. If you have a laptop with a TB5 port, however, it will come in handy.

The cable doesn’t just match Thunderbolt 5 ports with data transfer up to 120Gb/s, but also Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and USB 4 data transfer up to 80Gb/s. It also supports DisplayPort 2.1 video and delivers up to 240W of charging. The braided design fights against tangling and helps the cable coil neatly. This cable is only one meter long, but that’s a sensible length for reaching a monitor, dock, or drive sitting near your MacBook.

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Apple is no longer hiding its foldable plans. The latest beta code in iOS 27 is packed with explicit references to folding hardware and software optimizations designed for larger, flexible displays — offering the strongest public signal yet that a foldable iPhone is nearly here.

According to Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman, the device — widely expected to be a book-style foldable — is on track for a September 2026 launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. It’s projected to start at around $2,000, positioning it as Apple’s most premium iPhone ever and a direct challenger to Samsung’s foldables.

What the Code Reveals

Developers digging into iOS 27 have spotted strings and frameworks hinting at:

• Dynamic app resizing and multitasking tailored for foldable form factors

• iPad-like interfaces when unfolded (sidebars, split-screen apps)

• New gestures and continuity features optimized for a device that can flip between phone and mini-tablet modes

This isn’t just speculation: Apple is actively building the software foundation now so the hardware feels polished from day one.

For years, Apple has watched the foldable market from the sidelines. With iOS 27, the company appears ready to leap in with its signature blend of refined hardware and thoughtful software. A ~7.8-inch inner display when open could finally bring true productivity to the iPhone without compromising its pocketable roots.

MacDailyNews Take: The foldable iPhone isn’t coming next year, it’s coming this September — less than 3 months away. And iOS 27 is already laying the groundwork for what could be Apple’s most exciting hardware leap in nearly two decades!

Stay tuned. The era of the folding iPhone is officially in beta.

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You can get the new Siri AI right now on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. All you have to do is update to iOS 27.

(via Cult of Mac – Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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With the 2027 software releases coming this fall, Apple is bringing powerful new features to services users. New offerings include improved Flyover views and Local Lists in Apple Maps, flexible sharing options in Find My, the ability to use Visual Intelligence to split bills with Apple Cash, video podcast support across Mac and tvOS, revamped Shared Albums in iCloud, and a new program for Apple Fitness+.

“We’re excited to bring powerful new features and intelligence to hundreds of millions of users across Apple services, making their experiences even more useful and fun,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “From new exploration tools with Flyover and Local Lists in Maps, to more convenient ways to pay and get paid in Apple Wallet, to the continued expansion of video podcasts in Apple Podcasts on Mac and in tvOS, and so much more — these updates reflect our commitment to creating experiences that truly make a difference in people’s lives.”

Apple Maps Introduces Enhanced Flyover and Local Lists

Apple Maps brings an enhanced Flyover experience, which combines aerial imagery with AI to enable users to view imagery in stunning detail for select cities around the world like never before. Whether scouting a location before a trip or simply exploring a city from a new perspective, the enhanced experience gives users a sharper and more lifelike glimpse into destinations across the globe.

In Apple Maps, an enhanced Flyover experience for select cities around the world combines aerial imagery with AI to offer stunning detail like never before.

With Local Lists, Apple Maps users in the U.S. can find the perfect spot for meeting friends, dining, and more. Using intelligent insights from what’s trending, Maps surfaces locally relevant collections of places — from trending restaurants to great spots to take kids — so it’s easy for users to find what they are looking for. All insights are derived with privacy in mind and never tied to individual users.

Maps also rolls out Local Lists in the U.S., using intelligent insights to surface locally relevant collections of places, from trending restaurants to great spots to take kids.

Find My Gets Flexible Sharing Options and a Consolidated watchOS App

Coming this fall, users will have more control over how they share their location with friends and family using Find My, with new options to share for a custom duration — either for a number of minutes, hours, or days — or even set a date and time for when sharing will stop. This makes it easy for users to share their location while attending an event, or for a long weekend getaway with friends and family. Users can also pause location sharing until the end of the day for specific people, so a user can shop for an anniversary present or show up for a surprise party without spoiling the reveal.

With Find My, users get new options for sharing their location, including the ability to customize the duration, or even set a date and time for when sharing will stop.

On Apple Watch, a new unified Find My app replaces the Find Devices, Find Items, and Find People apps. The new Apple Watch app’s map-centric user interface makes it even easier for users to locate their friends and family, devices, and items. The Find My app offers access to key actions, including getting directions, finding devices and items when nearby, prompting a device to play a sound, or viewing contact information. Users can now also use Precision Finding in the Find My app to help locate their paired iPhone, AirTag (2nd generation), and AirPods Pro 3.

Featuring a map-centric user interface, the new Find My app on Apple Watch makes it easier for users to locate their friends and family, devices, and items.

Apple Wallet Makes It Easy to Split Bills, Manage Passes

This fall, everyday interactions in Apple Wallet become more seamless and intelligent. With iOS 27, users can split bills using Apple Cash and Apple Intelligence, making it easy to settle up after meals with friends.

Users can simply scan a receipt with their iPhone camera, or use a photo of a bill to split it with friends. This capability is available in Messages, in Apple Wallet, or by using Visual Intelligence onscreen and with the iPhone camera. For example, the new Siri mode in the Camera app lets users get information and take action on what’s in front of them. When users point their iPhone at a receipt using Siri mode, it can surface the relevant action to split a bill with Apple Cash and identify the items on the receipt. As users select their items, their total payment is calculated, including their share of tax and tip, so they can pay back exactly what they owe with Apple Cash.

Users can now utilize Visual Intelligence to split a bill with Apple Cash, all by scanning or using a photo of their receipt and tapping their items.

iPhone and Apple Watch users will be able to create and store passes in Apple Wallet from physical cards, like loyalty or membership cards, eliminating the need to fumble through pockets and bags. With Siri mode in the Camera app, users simply point their iPhone at any physical card with a barcode or even screenshot a digital one, and they’ll be prompted to save it to Apple Wallet. Users can also create and add a pass directly from Apple Wallet. Once added, passes are ready to present as a barcode or QR code right from their iPhone or Apple Watch. For even faster access on the go, passes can be pinned to the Smart Stack on Apple Watch, keeping them just a raise of the wrist away.

iPhone and Apple Watch users can create passes from physical cards with barcodes, like loyalty or membership cards, and store them in Apple Wallet for easy on-the-go use.

With iOS 27, Apple Wallet will offer an enhanced key experience for participating hotels and resorts. Today’s key experience allows guests to seamlessly unlock their rooms and hotel amenities using their iPhone or Apple Watch. And with the new enhanced key experience, they will also be able to view even more details about their trips, receive timely updates about booked activities, access services available during their stay, and more — all in one place in Apple Wallet.

More Seamless Checkout Experiences with Apple Pay and Tap to Pay on iPhone

This fall, Apple will introduce an updated design for users when they check out online and in-app with Apple Pay, so they can make more informed payment decisions and easily choose payment methods that best suit their purchases. The updated design allows users to seamlessly swipe to switch cards, and for those with an eligible card in Wallet, it also more conveniently surfaces important information, including rewards balances, debit account balances, pay later options, and more. And later this year, users will be able to use Apple Pay to seamlessly add funds to an eligible debit card directly in Apple Wallet or when checking out online.

The updated Apple Pay design allows users to seamlessly swipe to switch cards, and for those with an eligible card in Wallet, it also more conveniently surfaces important information, including rewards balances, debit account balances, pay later options, and more.

Additionally, since introducing Tap to Pay on iPhone, Apple has enabled tens of millions of merchants of all sizes in over 50 countries and regions to accept contactless payments with just an iPhone, no additional hardware needed. In the fall, the in-store checkout experience with Tap to Pay on iPhone gets even further enhanced with Tap to Share. With just a tap, customers can connect to a participating merchant’s iPhone for a more personalized and faster in-store purchase experience that allows for secure sharing of information, such as email and other contact information, shipping address, loyalty rewards information, and more.

Tap to Share allows users to connect to a participating merchant’s iPhone for a more personalized and faster in-store purchase experience that enables easy, secure sharing of information, like shipping and email addresses or loyalty rewards.

Customers will also be able to view the items in their basket in real time so they can keep track of what they’ve purchased and ensure all sales and discounts are properly applied. And when it’s time to pay, customers can pay right on their iPhone with Apple Pay using the updated design — without the need to tap again.

Apple Podcasts Expands Video to macOS and tvOS; Adds More Precise Searching

This fall, Mac users can watch video podcasts in a new enhanced experience on Apple Podcasts, with Picture in Picture support that lets them view episodes while multitasking. This brings the full podcast experience to Mac with audio and video content, complete with transcripts, timed links, and chapters all in one place.

Apple Podcasts in tvOS also features a complete redesign with video podcast playback, a new sidebar navigation for easier browsing, and support for podcast creators’ episode and show artwork. The update makes it simple to discover and enjoy video content on the big screen.

Additionally, a new search within show feature helps users across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and on podcasts.apple.com find the right episode faster by searching directly within a show from its See All Episodes view.

Apple Podcasts expands its video experience to tvOS and macOS, joining iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS.

Revamped Shared Albums; More iCloud+ Benefits

iCloud Shared Albums add full-resolution sharing, support for more file types, emoji reactions, updated activity feeds with the ability to see activity per album, and new temporary albums that allow users to collaborate on short-term projects without taking up space in their iCloud. Anyone, including users without an Apple device, can join and contribute photos to albums on the web, making preserving group memories easier than ever.

Most iCloud+ subscription plans offer higher daily usage limits for Apple Intelligence features, including image generation, along with Apple Intelligence support for compatible Home cameras.

Lyrics Translation, Lyrics Pronunciation, and AutoMix Enhancements on Apple Music; Lossless Audio in tvOS

Lyrics Translation will expand to seven new language pairings, seamlessly translating the lyrics from users’ favorite tracks from English to French, English to German, English to Italian, English to Korean, English to Spanish, French to English, and Japanese to English. Using machine learning to translate the lyrics — with fine-tuning from language experts — Lyrics Translation ensures that the true emotion, cultural nuance, and original lyrical intent of every song is preserved.

Lyrics Pronunciation, which enables users to sing along when lyrics are in another language, will also expand to include five new pairings, including Arabic to Romanized Arabic, English to Hangul, English to Katakana, Japanese to Hangul, and Mandarin Chinese (simplified) to Katakana.

AutoMix has added a whole new layer of energy and excitement to the experience with even better transitions that feel more immersive and engaging for listeners. AutoMix will also be available on Apple Music in tvOS and on HomePod.

Apple Music is also bringing Hi-Res Lossless Audio to tvOS, in addition to standard Lossless Audio. Subscribers with compatible external speaker outputs will be able to enjoy their favorite songs in the highest audio quality and experience studio-quality sound directly through their Apple TV 4K.

Elevated Sports Experiences for Fans

Apple TV continues to elevate the fan experience across marquee sports leagues and moments, including “Friday Night Baseball,” Major League Soccer, and Formula 1® in the U.S. Fans can use the free Apple Sports app for iPhone to get real-time scores, stats, standings, and more — in over 170 countries and regions worldwide, including over 90 newly added markets.

On iPhone, the free Apple Sports app gives fans access to real-time scores, stats, standings, and more in over 170 countries and regions, including more than 90 newly added markets.

Strong Through Menopause with Fitness+

Complementing support for perimenopause and menopause in Cycle Tracking introduced with iOS 27, Apple Fitness+ this week introduced Strong Through Menopause — a progressive three-week program featuring weekly Yoga and Strength workouts designed to help users navigating perimenopause and menopause build strength, improve balance and mobility, and reduce stress. A new episode of Time to Walk also features actor Busy Philipps sharing stories from her life, including her journey with perimenopause.

MacDailyNews Note: The new features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. New software features will be available as a free software update this fall. For more information, visit apple.com/ios, apple.com/ipados, apple.com/macos, apple.com/watchos, apple.com/tvos, and apple.com/visionos.

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iOS 27 adds a brand new Siri, new features in CarPlay and Apple Wallet, and more—including a unique clock setting to personalize your iPhone’s Lock Screen even more.

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Apple’s flashy Liquid Glass interface is getting a practical makeover in iOS 27, with refinements aimed at fixing many of its biggest pain points.

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You can download the iOS 27 developer beta right now. Get access to new features early, like Siri AI, Apple Intelligence upgrades and more.

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Back in April, Anthropic unveiled its Claude Mythos AI model that it said was too powerful to publicly release. Instead, the company has shared access with software vendors, including Apple, in an effort to use the model for enhanced cybersecurity.

Now, as promised, Anthropic has released what it calls a Mythos-class model that customers can actually use. The new model is called Claude Fable.

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Apple’s Secret AI Advantage: Your Entire Life in One Trusted Ecosystem

In a new Yahoo Finance interview, Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, made a compelling case: Apple stands poised to emerge as the biggest winner in the artificial intelligence revolution — not necessarily by developing cutting-edge foundational models, but by leveraging its unparalleled integration with users’ personal data and devices.

The conversation comes amid excitement over Apple’s “new and improved Siri,” but Gerber remains measured. “The proof is in the pudding,” he notes. While he appreciates the presentations, he’s waiting for Siri to actually deliver intelligent, actionable results in daily life. Yet he sees massive potential beyond just voice assistant upgrades.

Why Apple Has a Unique Edge

Apple’s strength lies in its deep knowledge of its users. Unlike competitors whose AI might scrape public web data, Apple’s devices already hold intimate details: contacts, photos, text messages, and even more private areas of your phone. This positions Apple to create truly personalized AI agents that don’t just provide information — they take real actions.

Gerber paints a vivid picture:

• “Book that restaurant at Baltaire for me… see if it’s available on Tuesday, but actually book it.”

• Apple could use the apps on your phone on your behalf.

• It unlocks productivity in ways no other device can, turning your iPhone from a passive tool into an active life assistant.

This “on-device” and ecosystem advantage could prove more valuable than raw model performance. Apple doesn’t need to win the foundational AI race (think OpenAI, xAI, Google, etc.) if it excels at applying AI intelligently within its walled garden.

The Upgrade Incentive

When asked how many users might upgrade for the enhanced Siri, Gerber’s response was emphatic: “If it works, 100% of the people.” He envisions scenarios like automatically creating personalized videos from family vacation photos — the kind of delightful, practical feature that makes older devices feel obsolete.

This could drive a major refresh cycle for iPhones and other Apple products, boosting hardware sales while deepening user lock-in.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s strategy isn’t about flashy new models — it’s about seamless integration and agency. By turning AI into a proactive partner that knows you intimately, but respects your privacy, and acts within your trusted apps, Apple could dominate consumer AI without bearing the full cost or risk of building everything from scratch.

The coming months will test whether Siri finally delivers on its promises. We believe it does, and analysts like Ross Gerber will be proven right: In the AI era, the company that best understands you could win it all.

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In a stark illustration of how excessive EU regulation is stifling technological progress, Apple has been forced to withhold its cutting-edge Siri AI upgrade from the European Union. The company cited insurmountable compliance hurdles imposed by Brussels’ heavy-handed Digital Markets Act (DMA) and related interoperability mandates, which prioritize bureaucratic checkboxes over user privacy, security, and timely access to innovation.

While users in the United States and other markets prepare to enjoy the new Siri AI — featuring enhanced personal context awareness, smarter on-device processing, and seamless integration powered by Apple Intelligence — EU citizens are once again sidelined by red tape. Apple reportedly spent months attempting to develop solutions that would satisfy the EU’s strict demands for interoperability with rival services, all while upholding essential privacy and security standards that protect users from data risks.

Instead of enabling innovation, EU officials rejected Apple’s proposed safeguards, such as a “Trusted System Agent” approach designed to allow controlled access for competitors without compromising the integrity of the system. The European Commission dismissed exemption requests and insisted on immediate, broad access that Apple warned could expose users to vulnerabilities. Rather than working collaboratively on practical solutions, bureaucrats doubled down on rigid rules.

“The decision not to roll out Siri AI in the EU is Apple’s and Apple’s only,” an EU Commission spokesperson claimed, shifting blame while ignoring the regulatory straitjacket that makes compliance nearly impossible without sacrificing core protections. Apple, for its part, has made clear that the DMA’s demands create unacceptable risks to user privacy and security — concerns that EU regulators appear willing to dismiss in pursuit of ideological goals around “openness.”

This episode highlights a broader pattern: EU over-regulation is handicapping European consumers and businesses. While China pours billions into AI development and the U.S. leads in deployment, Brussels’ endless rules are delaying or denying access to the latest tools for roughly 450 million people. Everyday citizens miss out on productivity gains, smarter assistants, and competitive features available elsewhere — all because bureaucrats prioritize control over progress.

Apple has stated it will continue seeking ways to bring these features safely to the EU, but with no timeline in sight due to regulators’ intransigence, Europeans are left waiting. This is not about one company failing to comply — it’s about a regulatory environment that actively discourages investment and innovation in the bloc.

MacDailyNews Take: When governments burden companies with unworkable mandates instead of fostering a competitive, innovation-friendly climate, it is ordinary citizens who pay the price through slower progress and reduced choices.

If you don’t like being deprived of innovations, EU citizens, stop electing inane bureaucrats.

The European Union arose because the Europeans couldn’t compete on their own with the rest of the world, so they each lined up to surrender their national sovereignty, unique cultures, and dignity for an undemocratic, opaque, wasteful, bloated, bureaucratic quasi-governmental blob – and, even with the EU’s thumbs all over the scale, they still can’t compete. – MacDailyNews, March 4, 2024

See also: Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 – MacDailyNews, June 8, 2026

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The Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro has been my favorite color variation in years. I love how the color just pops. I even recently wrote about my Cosmic Orange-themed everyday carry. The Cosmic Orange color-matching continues with Nomad’s limited-edition Stellar Orange Stand One charger. This charger is awesome for so many reasons, but it all starts with the design and materials they chose to make a premium, well-built product that just happens to perfectly match my iPhone. Here is what you need to know!

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iOS 27 is packed with a variety of new features for iPhone, including in Apple Maps. Here’s everything new for Apple Maps in iOS 27.

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We are often told how important it is to use a password manager to keep our online presence safely protected, and considering how much we store in our virtual accounts, it’s sensible advice. After all, there are only so many unique passwords you can store in your head before you start reverting to something reused, weak, and easily cracked.

I’ve been using 1Password for years, and I’ve found it to be a great way to generate strong passwords and passkeys. It’s amazing how, once you have an app creating 20-character random passwords for you, “Password12345” no longer seems quite so secure.

The problem, though, is ensuring all of my passwords are as strong as possible, all of the time.

After years of usage, passwords need updating, some get leaked in data breaches, while others turn out to be weaker than I initially thought. And while it’s easy enough to identify problems areas, actually making the changes when you have as many accounts as I do is both mind-numbingly boring and often fiddly and time-consuming.

At WWDC 2026, though, Apple introduced an AI-based change for iOS 27 that has the potential to solve my biggest password woes in an instant.

AI at work

There’s no doubt that Apple Intelligence was the star of the WWDC 2026 show. Thanks to Apple’s upgrades, it can now identify the contents of your photos and find out where the image was taken. It can take information from past conversations and feed it into party plans and recipe ideas. It follows the conversation and understands your intentions even when you’re being vague. Compared to the old Siri, it’s a breath of fresh air.

Yet of all the new features announced on the day, one of my favorites is coming to the much-overlooked Passwords app. And it could be enough to knock even the mightiest password managers off their lofty perches.

Most password managers already do a great job of showing which passwords have been leaked or otherwise compromised.

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Like most password managers, Passwords already alerts you if it detects weak or compromised saved passwords in your account, a handy way to identify potential vulnerabilities. But previously, you had to go ahead and change all of those passwords yourself. For many of us, that’s a barrier to taking action, especially if there are a lot of them that need your attention.

That’s all about to change, though. Instead of manually updating all of your passwords, you’ll now have an AI helper that can do it for you.

In iOS 27 and Apple’s other operating system updates, the Passwords app comes with an AI agent that presents a list of problem accounts and updates your passwords in a single click. Just set it to work and it goes to the websites, progresses through the process of changing your passwords, then saves the new entries in the app. There’s no need for you to even open the app.

That could be a gamechanger. After all, your accounts get better protected when you can remove friction without weakening security – just look at passkeys for a good example. That seems to be what the Passwords app’s Siri AI update is all about.

Think of it this way: How many of us know we need to improve our passwords but hesitate when we see the daunting scale of the task? I know I’m guilty. I have nearly 700 account credentials stored in 1Password. Updating them all one by one would take days.

But if I can just set Apple Intelligence to work in the background, it leaves more time for the things I actually want to do. It’s the kind of feature that might have slipped under the radar at WWDC, but for me, it has the potential to be one of the best new additions at this year’s show.

Passwords can now automatically fix passwords that are compromised, so you don’t have to go through the laborious process manually.

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How far will it go?

Despite how promising this new feature appears, I’m not 100 percent sold just yet. For one thing, I’d like to know the threshold that Apple Intelligence uses before it steps in to take action. Apple said it can update “weak and compromised passwords” and “eligible accounts,” but what exactly qualifies as a “weak” password?

1Password, for instance, grades your passwords on a scale from “Terrible” to “Fantastic.” Apple’s Passwords app doesn’t work in quite the same way. Instead, it uses its own system of grading, including “easily guessed” passwords and those that have been reused. Will Apple Intelligence be able to update all of these? Apple only mentioned “weak and compromised passwords,” so does that mean it will skip over reused ones?

The ability to automatically fix weak or compromised passwords in iOS 27 could be a game-changer.

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I’m also curious about how reliable this AI agent is when it comes to changing passwords. Will it be able to navigate every website’s layout and password updating system? What happens when it faces security challenges like two-factor authentication? Will it be able to successfully enter those, regardless of whether the codes are stored in the Passwords app or sent to your email address?

And one more concern: Will Apple Intelligence have security vulnerabilities of its own? After all, we’re trusting it with the keys to our digital kingdoms. We need to know it can access, update and save our passwords on our behalf securely and without issue.

I don’t use the Passwords app, as I’ve always found it to be a little lacking compared to the likes of 1Password. But the addition of an AI security helper might be enough to help it leapfrog the competition. If all goes well, though, this new feature could be exactly what I’ve been waiting for.

Your older Apple Watch isn’t suddenly obsolete because it can’t install watchOS 27. Here’s why it has years of use ahead.

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Alongside all of the latest from WWDC and the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 discount, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Apple Watch Series 11 back to all-time lows – $100 off base models and $130 off GPS + Cell (all colors). We also have Apple’s most affordable 15-inch M5 MacBook Air sitting at Amazon all-time low pricing ($200 off) and an extra $5 to $10 off already discounted Apple accessories – USB-C cables, Thunderbolt 5, MagSafe 3, and more from $4. Just be sure to scope out these rare deals on unlocked iPhone 17 Pro Max at up to $249 off today. Head below for a closer look.

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At long last for Mac workstations, macOS 27 ultrawide display support comes along as a dedicated feature for high resolutions and more.

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Wedbush Securities’ top analyst Daniel Ives remains highly bullish on Apple following the company’s WWDC 2026 keynote. In a new note, Ives reiterated his “Outperform” (Buy) rating and $400 price target, arguing that Apple’s refreshed AI strategy — highlighted by the new Siri AI plus deeper and better Apple Intelligence features — could add $75 to $100 per share to AAPL over time, a catalyst he believes the market has yet to fully price in.

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Ives said Apple’s new AI strategy, which includes the launch of Siri AI and the deeper Apple Intelligence features, marks a turning point for the company as it works to close the gap with other AI leaders. In his view, the market is still undervaluing Apple’s AI monetization potential, especially through its services and future hardware cycles.

According to Ives, Apple’s AI push could ultimately add $75 to $100 per share to the stock over time. He called this year’s WWDC “a good step in the right direction” as Apple begins to show how AI will be built into the iPhone, Mac, and services ecosystem…

Interestingly, Ives ranks 416 out of more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks [in the 96.59th percentile]. He has an overall success rate of 93% on AAPL stock, with an average return per rating of 18.95% over a one-year timeframe.

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MacDailyNews Take: The market doesn’t get it, yet, but it will soon enough.

See also: Apple’s Siri AI could spark a massive iPhone upgrade wave – MacDailyNews, June 9, 2026

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Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro chip is down to $2,299 from its $2,599 MSRP at B&H, a $300 cut on a high-end configuration that’s genuinely built for demanding work.

The real value here lies in the memory and storage. This model comes with 48GB of unified memory and a sizable 1TB SSD, which is enough to ensure your machine will perform at a high level for years to come. There’s not much you can’t do with this laptop, from editing video, juggling large photo libraries, compiling code, or running several heavy apps at once, that much memory keeps everything moving smoothly. The 1TB drive gives plenty of room for big project files without leaning on external storage right away.

The M5 Pro is a chip that’s powerful enough to handle all types of work without breaking a sweat. This is a chip meant for people who actually do more than open a browser on their laptop. The 14-inch Liquid Retina XDR display is gorgeous, as well, bringing bright, sharp, and color-accurate images to the mix, which is something that matters when you’re editing videos or pics, for instance.

Just keep in mind that this is still a very powerful and expensive laptop, even at $300 off. If your days are mostly web work, office tasks, or light editing, you’ll never come close to needing 48GB of memory, so you could step down the lineup or downgrade to a MacBook Air and pay a lot less.

But if you want tons of power at a great price, at $2,299, this M5 Pro MacBook Pro is a fantastic deal, so don’t miss out.

iOS 27 is officially here in beta, and it adds a new Apple Calendar feature I’ve wanted for years: natural language support when creating events.

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