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.
Deals: Apple Watch Series 11 $130 off, M5 MacBook Air, iPhone 17 Pro Max $250 off, more
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
PSA: RCS E2EE is missing in iOS 27 beta 1, but it will be back
If you’re thinking about installing the shiny new iOS 27 developer beta 1 on your iPhone, be aware that the RCS end-to-end encryption option is missing. There’s no need to panic, though. Apple is not phasing out the feature.
What’s happening in beta 1 is almost certainly just branching. Apple forks a new major version off an internal build before all the latest 26.x work gets merged in, so features that already shipped can quietly fall out of the
Craig Federighi explains why Apple made a Siri chatbot app after all
As part of iOS 27, Apple debuted an all-new Siri app as a way for users to manage their interactions with Siri AI. In a post-keynote tech talk at Apple Park this week, Apple’s Craig Federighi explained why Apple decided to launch a chatbot-style app, after previously saying a chatbot wasn’t part of Apple’s strategy …
In an interview with Joanna Stern last year, Federighi and Greg Joswiak explained that Apple’s strategy with Apple Intelligence was to create an “
macOS 27 Golden Gate makes it clear when apps are sneakily running in background
Google Gemini for macOS was recently flagged for not being a very good app citizen on the Mac. Apple’s new macOS 27 Golden Gate seems to make an example out of apps like Gemini that sneakily run in the background after a user quits the software.
The most explicit change in macOS 27 Golden Gate is how Apple displays an app on your Dock if it’s still running in the background.
For example, quitting the Gemini Mac app on macOS 26 Tahoe or earlier would just remove the running
Apple’s WWDC keynote was very different, but this will be the new normal
Yesterday’s WWDC 2026 keynote was a very different beast to its predecessors – and not just because the company spent more than ten minutes talking about child safety and screen time in response to growing concerns by regulators.
The structure of the keynote presentation was completely different to what we have seen in the past, but we can expect this to be the new normal …
Previous Apple WWDC keynotes looked at one operating system at a time. Take last year, for example – the sequence was:
- Intro
- iOS
- watchOS
Here’s everything new for CarPlay in iOS 27
iOS 27 is officially here, available now in beta, and it brings a handful of improvements for CarPlay. Here’s everything new for CarPlay in iOS 27.
iOS 27 makes it easier to access Apple TV remote on iPhone and iPad
iPhone and iPad can easily control an Apple TV when you don’t feel like reaching for the physical remote. Starting with iOS 27, the virtual Apple TV remote can once again be added to your Home screen, not just Control Center.
The virtual Apple TV remote started as an App Store app before changing to a built-in Control Center tile. Since 2020, the dedicated app version hasn’t been available. If you wanted to launch the remote from your Home screen, you’
Apple’s AI announcements: One big question, and 11 key features
Almost two years after Apple first showed off a video promoting the new Siri and lots of exciting new Apple Intelligence features, that future has finally arrived – at least in first beta form.
The company had a lot of ground to make up. Obviously, the test will be how well the new features work in real life usage, but let’s start with what seemed to me to be the most important things the company announced …
For me, one of the biggest questions to arise from the keynote was exactly what
How impressed were you by Apple’s AI announcements at WWDC? [Poll]
Ahead of yesterday’s keynote, we asked you how optimistic you were about what the company was likely to announce. The executive summary was that there was absolutely no consensus .
Votes were split very evenly between very optimistic, somewhat optimistic and not very. So now that you’ve heard what Apple had to say , what were your impressions … ?
We yesterday summarised the possible reasons for both optimism and pessimism. On the plus side, the new features are being powered by Google’s Gemini models, and these