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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 released iOS 27.3 beta 1, which adds a Reachability feature tailored to the iPhone Duo's wide outer display. Instead of shifting the screen down as on standard iPhones, the feature slides content left or right via a side swipe, accessible under Settings > Accessibility > Reachability. Apple had promised this fix after users complained the Duo's wide screen was hard to use one-handed, and a public beta is expected soon ahead of a full rollout likely in mid-December.
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's latest beta adds Audio Intelligence to the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, combining faster Shazam-style music recognition, Sound Recognition for alerts like doorbells or crying babies, Live Rewind that recalls the last 15 seconds of audio, and Siri Recap that summarizes conversations. Music and sound recognition were already available at launch, but the beta speeds up song detection and adds the new conversation-recall features.
Apple has released the first developer beta of watchOS 27.3, introducing two Audio Intelligence features announced in September: Siri Recap and Live Rewind. Both work only on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, with Siri Recap generating Apple Intelligence summaries of conversations and Live Rewind showing a 15-second transcript when the Digital Crown is double-pressed.
Apple released iOS 27.3 beta 1, reintroducing the overhauled Health app first tested in iOS 27.2 beta, ahead of a planned public release next month. The update adds an Insights tab summarizing heart, sleep, fitness and cycle data with personalized recommendations, a Longevity tab featuring a 'Health Age' metric derived from Apple Watch data, and camera-based at-home movement assessments for flexibility, strength, balance and VO2 max.
On his first earnings call as Apple CEO, John Ternus reported $418 billion in fiscal 2026 revenue, up 12% year over year, calling it the company's best fiscal year. He said chip and memory shortages have constrained supply of iPhone, iPad and Mac devices and warned the constraints, along with possible further price increases, could extend into 2027. iPhone revenue hit a record $57.6 billion for the quarter, driven by the iPhone 18 Pro line and early sales of the new foldable iPhone Duo.
Apple has rolled out Gym Strength, a new beta feature within Apple Fitness+ that builds personalized, four-week strength training plans based on a user's goals, experience, schedule and available equipment. The program covers over 350 exercises across more than 30 types of equipment, offers trainer video demonstrations from multiple angles, and lets users log reps and weight via Apple Watch so future weeks adjust automatically.
Apple has seeded the first developer beta of macOS 27.3 Golden Gate, build 26C5035r, just a week after macOS 27.2 shipped. The update is expected to add Siri AI support for Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese, continuing a language rollout Apple has promised to complete by year's end.
Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 27.3 for iPhone, opening a new testing cycle ahead of further feature rollouts later this year. The company is expected to revisit its redesigned Health app, which appeared briefly in iOS 27.2 beta before being pulled in beta 4.
Apple will replace a degraded AirPods battery for $49 per earbud ($98 for a pair) rather than repair them in-house, and charges $79 per earbud for AirPods Max battery swaps. AppleCare customers can get free replacements if battery health drops below 80%, and Apple also sells replacement earbuds and charging cases at set prices for lost or damaged components.