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iOS 27 will include multiple new AI-powered photo editing features, according to a new report. These features will let you quickly improve, expand, and reframe your images.

reports that iOS 27 will refresh the editing interface in the Photos app to add a new “Apple Intelligence Tools” section. Inside this menu, there will reportedly be three options that can make changes to a photo in a “few seconds.”

“Extend” will allow users to “generate additional image content beyond the original frame

In January, we learned about an upcoming Philips Hue mode called SpatialAware. As of today, the “more natural and immersive” smart lighting feature has arrived. Philips Hue video doorbell owners also have two new features ready for action.

The new SpatialAware mode is now available as part of today’s Philips Hue iPhone and iPad app update. SpatialAware lets you “scan your room and let the app intelligently distribute Scene Gallery Scenes across your room for a more natural and immersive feel,” per the latest app release notes

Apple Weather is experiencing intermittent outages and issues loading for many users, per social media reports and Downdetector.com. Here’s the latest.

Update : Apple has the outage, which it says started at 11:36 a.m. and is currently ongoing. Original post below.

If you’ve tried to used Apple’s Weather app on your iPhone recently, you might have been met with a nearly empty screen.

That’s because per numerous social media reports, Apple Weather is currently

Perplexity has been early to the AI-browsing space with its Comet web browser. Today’s Comet update includes some welcome features for iPad users.

Comet combines the web browser experience with an AI chatbot, and Perplexity works with AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and more.

Perplexity brought Comet to iPhone back in March after first launching the AI-powered web browser on the Mac.

While Comet included basic iPad support to start, today’s update introduces proper iPadOS support with features like having multiple browser windows and

iOS 26.4 is packed with a bunch of new features for Apple Music , Apple Podcasts , and more , plus new ways to customize your iPhone. Apple also added a new alarm feature in iOS 26.4 that’s built specifically for Apple Watch owners.

Pedometer++ has logged a lot of miles since first unlocking step tracking on the iPhone 5s in 2013. Nearly 13 years of updates later, version 8.0 arrives with a redesigned Apple Watch experience that includes an all-new Expedition Mode. Pedometer++ also touts a “highly-usable workout picker” for Apple Watch users frustrated by watchOS 26’s Workout app.

Following last month’s release of iOS 26.4, Apple is now beta testing iOS 26.5. Here are all the details on new features and changes on the way for iPhone users with iOS 26.5, which will be released next month.

Updated April 28, 2026 with latest details from iOS 26.5 beta 3.

So far, Apple has released three betas of iOS 26.5.; The update is available to developers and public beta

Anthropic is targeting creative professionals with its latest Claude AI update. The company has released nine new Claude connectors that work with creative tools like Blender and more.

“Today, with a coalition of partners including Blender, Autodesk, Adobe, Ableton, and Splice, we’re releasing a set of connectors—tools that let Claude work alongside the software creative professionals rely on, so creatives can extend their reach,” Anthropic in a blog post.

These are the nine new Claude connectors shared today by Anthropic:

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