José Adorno/BGR Released in 2022, the third generation of the iPhone SE was the last before the range was discontinued at the start of 2025. Apple replaced it with the all-new “e” models, initially available with the iPhone 16e. Using a similar design to the iPhone, the…
Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, explained why the company launched a standalone Siri app in iOS 27, after previously calling a dedicated chatbot contrary to its Apple Intelligence strategy. The new Siri app, announced at WWDC earlier this week, gives users a centralized place to manage and review their conversations with…
This is an interim measure while the European Commission investigates the ban. miss.cabul/Shutterstock The European Union has ordered Meta to open WhatsApp again for free to AI chatbots from rival companies, as part of an investigation into the messaging app’s owner over possible antitrust violations. Meta introduced a new policy in October 2025…
Apple quietly removed the Walkie-Talkie app from the Apple Watch in the first developer beta of watchOS 27, with the app disappearing from both the apps list and Control Center. The Walkie Talkie launched with watchOS 5 in 2018 and allowed Apple Watch users to send push-to-talk voice messages to each other over Wi-Fi or…
Apple, at this year’s WWDC, emphasized that its approach to developing iOS 27 was to add fewer new features and improve existing ones. Examples of this approach can be seen throughout the operating system, but it’s arguably most evident in the upcoming changes to Messages. That’s not to say there’s nothing original in Messages in…
Mr. Bije/Shutterstock Webcams are a great tool for recording videos or communicating with family, friends and colleagues through apps like FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, Zoom or Slack. However, hackers can turn them against you by turning them into spies. This is not a common occurrence, but…
Photo by teacher/Shutterstock At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in early June 2026, the tech giant behind the iPhone, iPad and Mac presented the latest upcoming versions of its various operating systems. While many were set to benefit from significant new AI features – like iOS 27 –…
With the launch of iOS 27 and HomePod 27 software, Apple is adding support for AutoMix, Apple’s AI-powered Apple Music feature that mixes songs using the corresponding key and tempo. Apple says it has improved AutoMix’s underlying algorithms to generate new types of transitions, allowing for smoother mixes between tracks, which should also benefit the…
Apple revealed this week what its most advanced on-device AI model does, and the list of features is shorter than hardware requirements might suggest. In its Siri AI announcement at WWDC 2026, Apple confirmed that the model enables two things: more expressive Siri voices and a major gain in accuracy for system-wide dictation. Both require…
Apple Music brings high-resolution lossless audio to tvOS 27, in addition to standard lossless audio. Apple says subscribers with compatible external speaker outputs will be able to enjoy their favorite songs in the best audio quality and experience studio-quality sound directly through their Apple TV 4K. As of tvOS 26, Apple TV 4K supports Apple…