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Apple unveiled Siri Recap, a new Apple Watch feature that uses ambient listening and Apple Intelligence to generate titles, summaries and key points from conversations, viewable in the Siri app. The Watch event also introduced Shazam song identification, alerts for loud sounds like sirens or crying babies, and Live Rewind, which replays the last 15 seconds of audio via the digital crown.
British lawmakers are moving to restrict advanced AI development after safety warnings from within the industry. Labour MP Alex Sobel introduced a bill to ban development and deployment of artificial superintelligence and give the government oversight powers across the AI supply chain, including chips, while Darren Jones sent an open letter urging the UN, OECD and the prime minister to intervene against unsafe superintelligence research.
Apple's Series 12 Watch, running the new S11 chip, introduces Audio Intelligence, a suite of microphone-based features including sound recognition, Live Rewind, Siri Recap and Shazam integration. The tools let wearers replay the last 15 seconds of speech, get automatic conversation summaries, and receive alerts for sounds like alarms or crying babies, even without an iPhone nearby.
Apple's September event unveiled the foldable iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro models, ANC on the entry-level AirPods 5, and a Siri Recap feature for Apple Watch, but did not include the long-rumored AirPods Pro with built-in cameras. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, that camera-equipped model has been pushed back to 2027. The rumored cameras were said to be low-resolution and meant to feed Siri and Visual Intelligence rather than capture photos or video.
Apple has released the iPhone 18 Pro, introducing a variable-aperture camera system as its headline hardware feature. The upgrade allows the camera to adjust its aperture opening, a capability previously reserved for dedicated cameras and rarely seen in smartphones.
A growing number of AI chatbot users are choosing to keep permanent records of every conversation they have with tools like ChatGPT, rather than deleting or forgetting past sessions. Proponents argue these archives function as a searchable memory bank that captures reasoning, drafts, and ideas over time.
Apple unveiled the AirPods 5, priced at $129 and available in stores from September 18, with preorders already open. A version bundled with a wireless charging case, offering extended battery life and on-stem volume controls, costs $149. Apple says the earbuds cut up to 50 percent more background noise than the AirPods 4, thanks to a new multiport acoustic design and upgraded computational audio.
Apple has released a fourth round of release candidate builds for macOS Tahoe 26.7 (build 25G229) and macOS Sequoia 15.8 (build 24H23) to developers and public beta testers. The updates focus primarily on bug fixes and performance improvements rather than new features, and come shortly after Apple's product event.
Apple confirmed that macOS 27 Golden Gate will roll out on September 14, launching alongside iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and its other platforms. The update brings a redesigned Siri app and AI engine, an AI-driven Shortcuts creator, a new extension builder, pull-to-refresh in Safari, and Golden Gate-themed wallpapers, while also restoring fixed window corners.
Apple unveiled the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, both built around a new S11 chip and a redesigned Health Sensing System aimed at improving heart rate and heart rate variability tracking. The system uses ring-arranged photodiodes, larger electrodes, and bigger, more efficient green LEDs to measure heart rate every five seconds, with HRV readings taken up to 24 times more often than before. Preorders for both models are now open.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max with a redesigned 48MP Fusion Main camera featuring variable aperture, a first for iPhone, letting users or apps adjust between four aperture settings from f/1.48 to f/4.0. The devices also gain a new A20 Pro chip along with thermal design improvements and new pro-focused camera software tools exclusive to the Pro line.
Apple has introduced its first foldable smartphone, called the Duo, with prices starting at $2,000 and reaching $3,200 for the largest storage model. New CEO John Ternus, who led the project during his time in Apple's hardware division, presented the book-style device as being inspired by the iPad, unfolding into a small tablet and folding into a wider phone.