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Tim Cook surprises Swift Student Challenge winners at Apple Park [Interview]

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-27 16:50:31

I’m fortunate enough to be in Cupertino this week for WWDC. For me, things kicked off on Sunday, when I had the honor of visiting Apple Park to watch a selection of this year’s Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners present their apps to Apple executives. Marina Lee, a senior at the University of Southern California studying Computer Science, is one of the Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners from the United States. Marina created an app called EvacuMate, designed to help people

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CarPlay in iOS 26: Liquid Glass, app widgets, refreshed apps

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-27 17:50:24

Turns out you don’t need an Aston Martin to have a new CarPlay experience in 2025. That’s because iOS 26 brings a fresh coat of paint and some new features to CarPlay for everyone. Liquid Glass design The most obvious change is essentially a new theme that mirrors Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language used on iPhone. In CarPlay, Liquid Glass is present from app appearance options to buttons and other interface elements. CarPlay icons now support these appearance modes: Default, Dark, and C

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Agentic AI and Extended Access Management

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-28 00:00:00

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Here’s a closer look at the Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 on the iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-28 01:09:20

Apple said yesterday that iOS 26 was its biggest update to the look and feel of the iPhone since iOS 7, with the same visual design language used across all the company’s devices. It’s certainly a pretty dramatic change, depending on how far you want to take the look. For example, in addition to the ‘tint’ options we got in iOS 18, there’s a new ‘Clear’ option to make all our app icons monochrome glass – which you can see above … Like tint, I have to wonder how many people will actually use it

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Why is it called iOS 26? What happened to iOS 19 for iPhone

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-09-28 01:35:50

So, Apple just held its annual WWDC conference where it announces all the new software for the next year. And the company proudly announced the next version of iOS for the iPhone, iOS 26. If you have an iPhone model newer than the XS, you will be able to update to iOS 26 for free later this year. But the current version number of iOS is iOS 18. So what happened to iOS 19? Why did Apple jump to 26? The simple reason is that OS version numbers are based on marketing rather than hard science, and

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iOS 26 tells you how long it will take for your iPhone battery to finish charging

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-09-28 02:10:02

iPhone battery settings get a nice update in iOS 26, including a new intelligent battery saver mode called Adaptive Power. The iPhone will also now track extra battery stats, like your average power consumption throughout the day. But perhaps the most notable enhancement is that the iPhone can now tell you exactly how long it will take for your battery to charge. Right at the top of your lock screen, when plugged in to power, your phone will now show the estimated time to charge until it hits 8

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Designers speak out about Apple’s Liquid Glass design

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-28 02:50:47

With such a significant update to the look and feel of Apple devices, it’s not surprising that design and UI professionals have things to say about the new Liquid Glass design language. As you might expect, views are mixed, but it’s notable how willing people are to give Apple time to refine the look based on reactions to the early betas … Wired spoke to a number of designers, and most see it as a bold and fresh look. Serhii Popov, a design-first software engineer at MacPaw […] is overall ena

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WWDC25: Image Playground gets a boost with ChatGPT integration

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 03:15:06

Apple just announced a notable update to Image Playground, its AI-powered image generation tool introduced last year as part of the Apple Intelligence rollout. Now, ChatGPT will appear as a filter option. Here’s what that means. Since its phased rollout last year, Image Playground has offered users an easy way to create illustrations in styles like “Sketch,” “3D cartoon,” and “Animation”. However, users have complained that the app has often felt somewhat limited, both in the kinds of images it

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iOS 26 beta reveals there’s another Apple app that will work via satellite

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-28 03:23:04

Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite service has been slowly expanding from a major emergency role – essentially letting you call in an air ambulance when injured in a remote location – to a broader way of remaining in touch when outside mobile data coverage. A new satellite-based service spotted in the iOS 26 developer beta will be useful in both extreme situations and more everyday scenarios in areas with poor mobile coverage … Namely, access to weather reports, as spotted by Macworld. Apple

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Apple just made AirPods beta firmware easier to get than ever in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 04:01:37

Apple has released new beta firmware for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4, introducing the new iOS 26 features plus a much easier installation process than ever before. New AirPods firmware with iOS 26 features now available and far more accessible Yesterday at WWDC, Apple introduced several brand new features coming to AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 models with iOS 26. New features include: Camera remote : Use your AirPods stems to capture photos and video on your iPhone : Use your AirPods stems t

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New Apple Music feature in iOS 26 will make singing K-pop lyrics a breeze

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 04:12:10

With iOS 26, Apple is making Apple Music a lot more fun to sing along with, especially for fans of international music. The update will introduce two features designed for listeners who enjoy songs in languages they don’t necessarily speak fluently. Here’s how it’ll work. Translation beyond Messages At WWDC25, Apple introduced several live translation tools, meant to make communication across languages easier in Messages, FaceTime, and Phone. But one of the more unexpected and delightful uses

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Car Keys are coming to the Wallet app for 13 new vehicle brands soon

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 04:47:05

Apple had several exciting car-related announcements to make at WWDC yesterday. In addition to showing off some great new CarPlay features, the company announced that car keys will soon be supported by 13 new vehicle brands inside the Apple Wallet app. Here’s what’s coming. Apple Wallet’s car key feature is expanding In Apple’s quest to replace the physical wallet with its Wallet app, the company launched ‘car keys’ in 2020. The feature is basically exactly what it sounds like: car keys grant

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Deals: iPhone 16 Pro up to $400 off, black Apple Watch Ultra 2 from $530, iPad mini 7, and more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-09-28 05:45:28

Alongside ongoing price drops delivering the best deals of the year on AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4, not to mention an ongoing $180 price drop on the 24GB M4 MacBook Air, we have a fresh batch of deals to scope out today as well. Alongside iPad mini 7 models at $100 off, we spotted a big-time $269 price drop on black Apple Watch Ultra 2 units in refurbished condition – this deal might not last for much longer. Those offers join a $400 price drop on the black titanium 1TB iPhone 16 Pro, the very f

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Apple Notes is coming to your Apple Watch in watchOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 05:48:24

watchOS 26 is the next major software update coming for Apple Watch, and among its host of new features, the popular Apple Notes app is coming to the wrist. Notes app in watchOS 26 offers two essential features Apple Notes was once a very basic iPhone app with minimal features. Over the last few years especially, though, it’s grown into a note-taking powerhouse. The Notes app currently exists across nearly every Apple platform. You’ll find it on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. But perhaps

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Watch Apple TV+’s new summer sizzle reel showcasing upcoming originals

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 05:52:04

During yesterday’s WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple premiered a new sizzle reel promoting the summer lineup on Apple TV+. And now, that same teaser is available to watch on YouTube. The intense video highlights what’s coming to the service over the next few months, featuring some Apple TV+ all-time favorites like The Morning Show, Invasion, and Slow Horses, as well as glimpses of upcoming originals like The Savant, The Last Frontier, and Highest to Lowest, a new movie starring Denzel Washington. Apple

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macOS dropping support for AirPort/Time Capsule disk Time Machine backups next year

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-28 05:55:13

Apple disbanded its router hardware team in 2016 and officially exited the business in 2018. Now in 2025, Apple is signaling that one of the last remaining benefits of its networking hardware will be disabled next year. Spotted by @StellaFudge on X, macOS Tahoe 26 includes a warning message when using Time Machine to back up a Mac to Apple router-connected storage. The next major version of macOS will no longer support AirPort Disk, or other Time Capsule disks, for Time Machine backups. When

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macOS 26: Spotlight gets actions, clipboard manager, custom shortcuts, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 06:31:58

After years of incremental tweaks, Spotlight is taking center stage in macOS Tahoe 26, in what Apple calls its biggest update ever. Here’s everything that’s new. With this release, Apple wants to evolve Spotlight from a simple file and app launcher into a fully-fledged productivity layer across macOS, much like Alfred and Raycast users have used for years. A faster, more relevant Spotlight Spotlight now aims to be the fastest way to browse and interact with content on your Mac. It uses on-dev

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Apple explains Siri delays, teases more new features are coming

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 06:48:43

During its WWDC keynote, Apple addressed one big elephant in the room: Siri’s delayed features that were announced last year but never shipped. And now in a new interview, Siri’s recently-appointed boss Craig Federighi has explained more of the reasoning behind the delay, and teased even more new features are coming. Craig Federighi promises Apple will ship every Siri feature previously announced ‘and more’ Craig Federighi is Apple’s software chief, and as such tends to get a lot of PR time du

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PSA: iOS 26 Spatial Scenes will work on iPhones 12 and up [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 07:01:47

Update: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that the feature works with any iOS 26-compatible iPhone. It has been updated to clarify that the feature is only supported on iPhone 12 and later. Today, Apple announced Spatial Scenes, a new iOS 26 feature that turns 2D photos into immersive 3D effects. And here’s the good news: even if you don’t have an iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence, you’ll still get access to it. Here’s how it works. It’s AI, but it’s not Apple Intellig

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Snapchat announces that new lightweight AR Spectacles will be launching next year

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-28 07:22:08

At Augmented World Expo 2025, Snapchat announced a next-generation version of Snap Spectacles. These new spectacles should have a more lightweight and immersive design, and will be launching to the public next year. I had the opportunity to go hands on with the fifth generation Snap Spectacles towards the end of last year, and they were quite impressive. That generation of Spectacles was only available for developers, and weren’t planned to launch to the public. They were also fair bit bulky, b

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iPadOS 26 just made the entry level iPad the best value in the lineup, here’s why [Video]

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2025-09-28 07:36:15

The best part of Apple’s keynote yesterday, for me, was the introduction of iPadOS 26. Apple finally opened up the floodgates and gave iPad users everything they wanted. We have an actual multitasking window manager, new menu toolbars, better background tasks, and a revamped files app. All this has transformed how people will view iPads moving forward. But the fantastic thing is that this is not just reserved for the $1300+ iPad Pro; this now works on the $299 entry-level iPad. Apple just made t

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9to5Mac Daily: June 10, 2025 – iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, more

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-09-28 07:56:46

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by iMazing: iMazing 3 is a comprehensive platform for Apple device management with complete device control for backup management, data transfer capabilities, and much more. Try it now. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to ou

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TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-28 08:05:32

Apple’s TestFlight app for distributing pre-release software has been updated with new features and performance gains. Apple released TestFlight version 3.9 today, introducing managed background asset testing and a speed boost for beta app installation on recent Macs. Introduction of managed background assets (self-hosted assets) and Apple-hosted background assets for testing Faster installation of macOS apps on Apple Silicon Stability improvements and bug fixes Apple announced Background A

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Apple TV 4K gets the screen saver feature I’ve always wanted in tvOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 08:22:44

Yesterday Apple announced a ton of upgrades coming to its various software platforms. While tvOS 26 may not pack as many changes as iOS 26 or iPadOS 26, it does include a new screen saver feature that I’ve always wanted on the Apple TV 4K. tvOS 26 lets you enable or disable individual aerial screen savers If you own an Apple TV 4K, you know that screen savers are one of the device’s best features. That may sound silly, but for a product that mainly exists to stream video content, it’s the nic

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Download the new iPadOS 26 light and dark wallpapers

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 09:13:50

If you’ve already refreshed your setup with the official iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 wallpapers, here’s your chance to complete the set. You can now download the brand-new iPadOS 26 light and dark wallpapers. If you’ve seen the iOS 26 wallpapers, there is not much of a surprise here. The iPadOS 26 design is essentially an expanded, more spaced-out reinterpretation of the iOS 26 wallpaper, featuring the same translucent arcs and layered glass gradients as its iPhone counterpart. Be sure to click

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Apple leaks ‘AirPods Pro 3’ in the new iOS 26 beta

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 09:36:39

The first iOS 26 beta arrived yesterday, and already it’s been found to hold confirmation of a new product in the works: a reference to ‘AirPods Pro 3’ was discovered in Apple’s code, the second such recent leak. iOS 26 code explicitly references AirPods Pro 3 MacRumors contributor Steve Moser has discovered that iOS 26 code contains explicit mention of an unreleased Apple product. The name ’AirPods Pro 3’ was spotted by Moser in code for the first iOS 26 beta. There are no details on exactl

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Threads is getting native DMs as Meta reverses course

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 09:40:10

It took long enough, but Meta has finally admitted what Threads users have been saying from day one: the platform needs its own direct messaging system. Not something tied to Instagram, not a redirect, just DMs, right where the conversations are happening. And now, that’s exactly what they’re finally getting. Starting this week (via The Verge), Threads is testing a native DM inbox in three countries: Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina. The rollout is limited for now, but according to Mark Zuck

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Apple News+ to expand its growing lineup of daily puzzles with Emoji Game

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-28 10:13:33

Following yesterday’s WWDC25 keynote announcements, Apple confirmed that it will continue to lean into the daily puzzle trend with the launch of Emoji Game: a lighthearted challenge that tasks players with completing three phrases using emoji. Here’s how it’ll work. Come for the fun, stay for that sweet, sweet subscription revenue Emoji Game is the latest addition to Apple’s growing catalog of News+ Puzzles, which already includes Crossword, Mini Crossword, Quartiles, and Sudoku. Available fr

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watchOS 26 update removes five faces from Apple Watch

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-28 10:19:50

Apple Watch has nearly 60 faces, and watchOS 26 optimizes way more than before for Apple Watch Series 10. It’s not all good news with watchOS 26, however, as Apple continues to discontinue watch faces through software updates. Last year, Apple cut four watch faces with the watchOS 11 software update. The enhanced widgets view unsurprisingly replaced the Siri watch face, but Apple also removed analog Chronograph, Explorer, and Numerals watch faces. Since then, Apple has introduced Flux, Reflect

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iOS 26 gives boarding passes three new features for your next flight

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-28 10:26:09

Using boarding passes on your iPhone has become common practice. But after years with no changes to the feature, iOS 26 is about to upgrade your Apple Wallet boarding passes in several key ways. Apple Wallet offers more reasons to use a digital boarding pass in iOS 26 Yesterday Apple unveiled iOS 26 and the many new features it introduces. One area of focus is the Wallet app, which will soon gain new Car Key supported brands. Another big Wallet change involves travel. Many of us save our bo

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Threads is getting native DMs as Meta reverses course

Apple News+ to expand its growing lineup of daily puzzles with Emoji Game

watchOS 26 update removes five faces from Apple Watch

iOS 26 gives boarding passes three new features for your next flight

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