DenPhotos/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro will be available to customers on Friday, September 18. While for the first time the Pro models were overshadowed by a new option – in this case the iPhone Duo,…
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 11:18 a.m. PDT by Juli Clover In the iOS 27.2 beta, Apple Siri AI is available in new languages, including French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. In the launch version of iOS 27, the Siri AI is limited to English. Apple previously said new Siri AI languages would arrive in October,…
Several employees announced they were leaving the studio. Build a Rocket Boy Build A Rocket Boy (BARB), the developer of the widely maligned action-adventure game SpiritsEyeseems to stop. Several employees wrote on LinkedIn that their time at the studio was “coming to an end” and Kotaku reported that BARB was preparing to close…
Last week, our team discovered code in the iOS 27 release candidate that revealed there would be a new NFC-based way to redeem Apple gift cards by tapping them on the back of a compatible iPhone, and now a demo of the feature has surfaced. While the feature doesn’t appear to be available yet, Karta…
Apple has just released the first beta version of iOS 27.2 to developers for testing. Yes, you read correctly: iOS 27.2, not iOS 27.1. Why no iOS 27.1 beta? The answer probably concerns the iPhone Duo. Apple previously announced that the iPhone Duo will ship with iOS 27.1, meaning the software version will contain all…
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 10:12 a.m. PDT by Juli Clover Along with the new beta versions of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Apple released the first beta versions of watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2. The beta builds arrive two days after the release of software updates 27.0. Registered developers…
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 10:32 a.m. PDT by Juli Clover The first beta of iOS 27.2 includes Apple’s redesigned Health app, giving developers the chance to try out the features before it launches later this year. Apple’s developer notes for this feature indicate that the Health app is being tested in this beta, but will…
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 10:15 a.m. PDT by Juli Clover Apple is testing the next macOS Golden Gate update and developers can download the macOS Golden Gate 27.2 beta today. The beta comes just two days after Apple released macOS Golden Gate 27.0. Registered developers can download macOS Golden Gate 27.2 by opening the System…
Premium Advanced users will receive early access “in the coming weeks.” Google Home supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard. This means that users will be able to use a variety of AI agents to perform smart home tasks, as MCP is a software platform that allows agent chatbots to connect to external APIs. Supported…
Apple today released the first beta of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing, with the update available just two days after the launch of iOS 27. Apple also launched a beta of iPadOS 27.2. Registered developers can download beta updates by registering under Settings > General > Software Update and selecting iOS…