Top Stories: iOS 27 rumors, Apple Glasses design, more

Welcome to 9to5Mac’s top stories of the week, where we recap the biggest news in the Apple world every Saturday. This week, we have iOS 26.4.1, more iOS 27 leaks, Apple Glasses rumors, and more Apple news. Plus, our usual slate of new podcast episodes, opinion pieces, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories.

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Apple wins latest round in Masimo fight as ITC closes Apple Watch import ban case

Apple just scored an important win in its ongoing battle with Masimo over patents related to the ’s blood oxygen feature. Here are the details.

A bit of context

Over the past few years, Apple and health technology company Masimo have been locked in a fierce legal battle over the ’s blood oxygen sensor.

After multiple decisions and appeals, Apple had to deactivate the technology on Apple Watches sold in the US to avoid a ban, and ended up developing a redesigned version of the feature, which moved most of the


BNP Paribas hikes Apple stock target, cites memory shortage opportunity

Today, BNP Paribas raised Apple’s stock price target to $300, up from $260 set in its last investor note. Here are the details.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen several reports from research companies mapping the impact of memory shortages on the smartphone market.

These reports have generally shown that while Apple keeps reaping the benefits of the successful iPhone 17 lineup, lower-end phone makers have been hit the hardest with the ongoing memory crunch, since their margins


Last chance: Win a MacBook Pro and BenQ 4K Nano Gloss Monitor [Giveaway]

Today is your last chance to enter our giveaway of Apple’s latest MacBook Pro courtesy of our friends at BenQ to celebrate the company’s MA series of monitors for Mac. The winner will also receive the new for MacBook! Head below to enter the giveaway and learn more about the new monitors.

When monitors, it wanted to make them look as close as possible to your MacBook display. The company’s Mac Color-Tuning Technology does exactly that. As a bonus, BenQ’s supplied Mac software


India drops plan to force Apple to preinstall state owned app on iPhones

Reuters reports that the Indian government has given up on its plan to mandate that Apple and other smartphone makers pre-install a state-owned “security” app. Here are the details.

Late last year, the Indian government instructed Apple, Samsung, and other smartphone manufacturers to pre-install Sanchar Saathi, an undeletable state-run security app that raised privacy concerns.

As my colleague Ben Lovejoy explained last December:

The government is framing it as a way to help users recover lost and stolen phones, but it


HomeKit Weekly: The Ulticam IQ brings PoE and Gemini AI to a Matter-certified smart camera

Xthings recently released the touting it as the first Matter-certified AI security camera. It boasts an impressive list of features that includes Power over Ethernet, 4K resolution, and some nice Google Gemini AI integrations. Let’s take a closer look at what the Ulticam IQ V2 brings to the table and whether it is worth betting on future software updates.

HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework.

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Is Apple discontinuing the cosmic orange iPhone color this year?

Earlier today, we learned more details about the color lineup for this year’s iPhone 18 Pro. That report has naturally raised many questions about the fate of the popular cosmic orange iPhone 17 Pro color …

The iPhone 17 Pro is unique for multiple reasons, including its new camera plateau and its two-tone back design. The biggest differentiator, though, is the cosmic orange, which marks the first time a “Pro” model iPhone has been available in a bright, bold color.

All indications


Apple to showcase nearly 60 studies and demos at upcoming AI conference

Apple is one of the sponsors of this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations, running April 23 through 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it will present dozens of studies. Here’s what to expect.

Apple has announced the of the nearly 60 studies it will showcase at this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations.

One of Apple’s technical demos will showcase the impressive SHARP model, previously covered by 9to5Mac , which can reconstruct photorealistic 3D scenes from


Apple Maps is quickly improving, and iOS 26.5 brings useful new addition

Apple Maps got several great new features in iOS 26, but another useful improvement is coming soon in iOS 26.5. Here are the details.

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Apple TV just revealed two new movies coming soon

already had a packed movie lineup laid out for this year, but the streamer recently revealed two more titles that are coming—one of which premieres next month. Here are the details.

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