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GasPulse is a free iPhone app that uses Energy Information Administration data to display weekly gas price trends by state or region, along with up to five years of historical pricing. It also includes an Outlook feature predicting future price direction, state comparisons, price alerts for up to six areas, and home/lock screen widgets with Siri support.
9to5Mac's Jeff Benjamin previewed macOS 27, showing Siri deeply integrated into Spotlight search rather than tucked away as a separate function. The beta lets users choose between traditional search and asking Siri directly from the same Command+Space interface, with responses drawing on personal context while Apple emphasizes on-device privacy.
Apple's iOS 27 update rebuilds the Search system it first previewed at WWDC in June, prompting an 'Optimizing Search and Siri' banner in Settings after installation. This reindexing process scans and reorganizes metadata across the device so Spotlight and Siri can return faster, more accurate results, and it can take anywhere from a few hours to several days to complete.
Apple has released iPadOS 27, its latest major iPad software update, headlined by a smarter, more personal Siri accessible through a dedicated app, screen swipe, or voice commands. The update also brings deeper Spotlight integration, Mac-inspired interface tweaks like a persistent menu bar, refreshed system apps, and expanded parental controls. Five older iPad models, including the iPad mini 5 and iPad Air 3, no longer support the new software.
Farwave is a new iOS app that lets users explore a 3D globe to discover and listen to radio stations from around the world, including a 'Take me anywhere' shuffle feature and listening history. Beyond radio, the app organizes podcasts and personal music imports onto separate visual 'planets,' supporting playback queues, speed control, and offline downloads.
Apple published full release notes for macOS 27 Golden Gate, confirming a September 14 rollout to all users. The update introduces a redesigned Siri AI built on Apple Intelligence, integrated into Spotlight and a new dedicated app, plus Visual Intelligence for acting on onscreen content, enhanced photo editing tools, and Safari upgrades like automatic tab grouping and page-change alerts.
KeyAlarm is an indie iPhone app that lets users designate keywords, like 'Dentist,' so any calendar event containing that word automatically triggers an alarm rather than a silent notification. Users can set multiple alarms per event, assign alarms to entire calendars, and customize how far in advance each one fires. The app relies on Apple's new AlarmKit framework and requires iOS 26.
Apple has released a support document outlining how the revamped Spotlight indexing system will work in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, powering both search and the upgraded Siri. The company notes that indexing—done locally on each device—can take hours or days for large data sets, but completes faster if the device is idle, plugged into power, and connected to Wi-Fi or Ethernet.