Visual Intelligence arrives on iPad with iPadOS 27, letting users screenshot, circle objects with Apple Pencil, and instantly identify plants, animals, or nutritional content. The new Siri AI can now search handwritten notes, generate images, and rewrite text across any app—though these features require M-series chips and won’t launch in the EU or China.
Apple’s iPhone Air is getting a dual-lens camera upgrade in spring 2027, finally matching the standard iPhone 17’s specs after customer complaints. The thinner model will also see battery improvements through efficiency gains, though the unchanged design limits room for a larger cell.
Matter 1.6 introduces Joint Fabric, letting iPhone and Android users share a single smart home network without configuring devices separately for each platform. The update also adds NFC setup for hard-to-reach devices and smarter thermostat controls that prevent conflicting commands across ecosystems.
Apple dropped the $99 developer fee years ago, but most iPhone users still don’t know they can access iOS 27 developer beta for free. The three-step process requires only an Apple Account and accepting Apple’s free Developer Agreement—no payment or app development experience needed.
Microsoft’s Blink-based browser prototype outperformed Safari by 28.6% on Apple’s Speedometer test, demonstrating potential gains from alternative engines on iOS. Yet despite EU regulations enabling non-WebKit browsers since 2024, technical barriers and app fragmentation have prevented any from actually shipping.
Apple’s plan to consolidate Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email under a private.icloud.com domain this summer will inadvertently give platforms an easy way to block iCloud aliases for the first time. The new subdomain creates a precise target for services to block disposable emails without affecting regular iCloud users.
A Microsoft engineer’s GitHub project may save aging Time Capsule hardware from the trash, as macOS 27 removes AFP support entirely. The practical problem: Time Capsules rely on obsolete protocols that can’t meet modern security requirements without a community patch.
Apple’s new Personalized Collections feature tracks every tap users make in the App Store with no way to disable it, logging detailed behavioral data including typing speed. Security researchers found Apple classifies this extensive tracking as identifiable information, raising concerns that the “discovery tool” collects far more data than its marketing suggests.
Amazon Prime members can snag Apple TV+ for $5.99/month (normally $12.99) through June 26—a limited deal available exclusively within Prime Video. You’ll get full access to hits like Severance, Ted Lasso, and The Morning Show before the price reverts to regular rates.
WhatsApp is developing a view-once text message feature that lets users send messages disappearing after one read, with no copying, forwarding, or screenshots allowed. The feature works in individual chats and groups by long-pressing the Send button, and is being built for both Android and iPhone.