Apple confirms watchOS 27 will run on Apple Watch Series 9

Although watchOS 27 drops support for several older Apple Watch models, Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that one compatible model was mistakenly left out of its official list. Here are the details.

Right after Apple wrapped up its WWDC 2026 keynote, the company updated its website with details about each new system announced during the event.

For many Apple Watch users, the watchOS 27 page included a surprisingly shorter compatibility list than watchOS 26.

According to the page, watchOS 27 supports the

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iOS 27 release date: Here’s when the new iPhone update will launch

The next major iPhone software version is iOS 27, and it’s already here in developer beta—but here’s when the public beta and full public launches will happen.

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Here’s everything new for Apple Wallet in iOS 27

Apple unveiled iOS 27 today at WWDC, here’s what’s new for the Wallet app in the next major iPhone update.

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iOS 27 adds independent volume settings for alarms and timers, and for alerts and system sounds

With iOS 27 , users will no longer have to rely on a single volume setting for ringtones, alerts, alarms, and system sounds. Here are the details.

Apple today announced iOS 27 , containing hundreds of new features, apps, and improvements to both Apple Intelligence and the system as a whole.

Among the smaller, but very welcome additions, are new settings that let users set separate volume levels for alarms and timers, as well as for alerts and system sounds, independently from ringtone volume.

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Craig Federighi details Apple’s collaboration with Google for Siri AI in iOS 27

Apple’s Siri team, led by Craig Federighi, held a post-WWDC keynote tech talk with members of the press this afternoon to talk through iOS 27 and the new Siri AI.

During the talk, Federighi shared more details about Apple’s collaboration with Google.

Federighi was joined by Amar Subramanya (vice president of AI), Mike Rockwell (Siri lead), and Sebastien Marineau-Mes (software VP).

On the Google collaboration, Federighi explained:

Of course, we don’t have

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tvOS 27 drops support for two Apple TV models

Apple barely mentioned tvOS 27 in its WWDC keynote today, but the update does exist , and is available now in beta. But two previously supported Apple TV models are not compatible with tvOS 27.

If you were watching today’s WWDC keynote, you might be surprised to hear that Apple has a new tvOS 27 update coming.

That’s partly because of the unique format of the event, which didn’t follow a typical “one OS at a time” approach.

But it’s

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iOS 27: Here’s all the new Apple Music features

Apple Music has a few new features with iOS 27, which Apple just announced today at its annual WWDC conference.

Perhaps the most immediately visible change is a newly-redesigned artist page featuring prominent shuffle play button, new artist name display, and other smaller layout changes.

While Apple did not have a dedicated section for Apple Music during its keynote event today, a word cloud slide mentioned new features for Apple Music several times.

As well as redesigned artist pages, the company said that album pages had also been updated

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iOS 27 has new app icon designs for many iPhone apps

Last year with iOS 26, Apple redesigned its full lineup of app icons for iPhone. But just one year later, iOS 27 has even more design changes for many app icons.

Apple unveiled iOS 27 earlier today, and the developer beta is available now .

One thing users will notice upon installing iOS 27 is that many iPhone app icons look noticeably different than before.

Some users noticed that iOS 26’s icons could appear blurry. But that’s not at all the case with iOS

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iOS 27 beta has a waitlist for accessing new Siri AI and app

iOS 27 beta 1 is officially here , but if you’re hoping to try the new Siri AI, you might have to wait a bit longer: Apple is using a waitlist.

Apple unveiled iOS 27 today with ‘Siri AI’ one of the tentpole new features.

And shortly after the WWDC keynote ended, iOS 27 beta 1 was released to developers.

The beta includes Siri AI, but only after you join a waitlist.

After installing iOS 27 beta 1, do this to join the

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iCloud+ subscribers will get new benefits in iOS 27

Today Apple unveiled its next generation of Apple Intelligence, which includes new benefits for iCloud+ subscribers.

There are a variety of new Apple Intelligence features coming in iOS 27, many of which you can read about here .

As part of Apple overhauling its AI offerings, though, the company shared that certain features will come with daily usage limits. That’s because they rely on “powerful server models.”

While all of these features will be available free for users, iCloud+ subscribers will gain the benefit of

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