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Spotify is testing a new mobile layout that moves pinned playlists, albums and podcasts out of the main Your Library feed into their own dedicated carousel shelf. The test, spotted by a Reddit user, adds a 'Library layout' menu letting users choose List, Grid or Compact view for pins independently of the rest of their library. It appears to be a server-side rollout reaching a limited set of Android and iOS users.
An analysis of App Store charts found that 70.9% of listed apps received an update within the last six months, while 20.3% have gone without an update for a year or more, including 9.8% untouched for over three years. Books, Reference and News categories had the highest share of stale apps, while Finance had the lowest at 10.9%.
In its Q3 2026 shareholder letter, Airbnb disclosed it is building a new AI agent designed to act as a travel planner within its app, rejecting a traditional chatbot format in favor of a dynamic interface that generates maps, photos, itineraries and comparisons based on user queries. The company says the tool will let users take action directly within that interface and plans to roll it out starting in the first half of 2027.
CERT-In has issued a high-severity advisory for Tata Motors' iRA 2.0 (version 26.7.3 and below) and iRA.ev (version 26.7.2 and below) connected-vehicle apps. The flaws include hardcoded service account credentials, API keys and authorization tokens embedded in the app package, plus an insecure configuration issue, which together could let an unauthenticated attacker extract sensitive data and access backend vehicle services.
A security researcher discovered that Applebee's mobile app contained a hardcoded password granting access to an internal customer database, TechCrunch reported. The exposed data included names, emails, birth dates, phone numbers, ZIP codes, veteran status, login history and IP addresses. Applebee's confirmed it addressed the issue last Thursday but has not disclosed how many customers were affected.
Apple told developers it will roll out two new App Store content descriptors on November 16: 'Dating and Relationships' and 'Shared Location.' Apps offering romantic or sexual interactions—whether with real people or AI chatbots—must now carry an 18-and-over age rating, with developers given until January 12, 2027 to complete disclosures across all their apps.
Apple has announced its next Apple Watch Activity Challenge will take place on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th, 2026. Users can earn the award by completing any workout lasting 11 minutes or more, recorded via the Workout app or any third-party app that logs activity to Health.
Netflix has launched AI Discover, a new tab on its TV app marked by a red gem icon, which suggests shows and movies grouped by themes like mood, viewing length or who you're watching with. Users can refine picks, refresh themes, block titles from being suggested again, and add shows to their list directly from the feature. The rollout starts on supported TVs in English in the US, excluding kids profiles, with wider availability planned over coming weeks.
Apple announced that developers can now build Siri AI integrations, called 'app skills,' for any app, moving beyond the limited schemas supported in earlier Siri versions. The feature lets apps teach Siri to handle multi-step, cross-app actions and will roll out with iOS 27.3, macOS 27.3, and related updates. Apple has also used these foundational changes to add new Siri capabilities across its own apps.
Apple has released iOS 27.3 as a beta, adding extensive new Siri capabilities across apps including Music, Messages, Notes, Photos, Calendar, Reminders, Safari, Journal and Files. New voice commands let users build playlists, schedule or unsend messages, edit photos, create calendar invites, manage browser tabs, and organize files, among other tasks. Apple is also opening this Siri integration framework to third-party developers, with public release expected later this year.
Apple has seeded the first developer beta of iOS 27.3, which brings back the redesigned Health app, adds Gym Strength workouts to Fitness+, and introduces vertical tabs and adaptive dark mode in Safari. The update also expands Siri AI's language support and app actions, adds Audio Intelligence features for Apple Watch, and updates Reachability and StandBy mode for iPhone Duo and standard iPhones.
Apple has distributed beta 1 of watchOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, tvOS 27.3 and related updates to developers, just a week after releasing iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2 to the public. The betas are available now to enrolled developer devices through Settings, though public beta versions have not yet been released.