TrendForce, in a press release dated September 10, expects Apple to ship about 5 million iPhone Duo units in 2026. Analyst Jeff Pu, in a research note reported by 9to5Mac on September 15, expects 6 million, itself a cut from the 7 million he had been carrying. Two named houses, one product, a million units…
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iOS 27.2 beta code shows a China-only erase that overwrites the whole drive
Beta code in iOS 27.2 points to an erase that overwrites an iPhone’s whole drive in China, tracking a mandatory standard that takes effect in 2027.
Find My in iOS 27 can pause location sharing with just one person
Find My in iOS 27 has a middle setting between sharing your location with a friend and cutting them off. Open the person’s card in the People list, tap the More button, then tap Hide Location, and sharing with that one person pauses while everyone else keeps seeing you. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image:…
iOS 27.2 Changes Apple Music’s Library Buttons and Color Accents
iOS 27.2 beta 1 changes Apple Music Library controls, replacing red Play, Shuffle, and section icons with a darker neutral appearance in beta.
iOS 27.2 Makes Alarm AM and PM Labels Smaller in the Clock App
iOS 27.2 beta 1 makes the AM and PM labels smaller in the Clock app, putting more visual emphasis on each alarm’s time in this developer beta.
iPhone 18 Pro Adaptive Power does nothing for the first 7 days
Adaptive Power is the iPhone battery setting people go looking for first, and on a phone you have just taken out of the box it will not do anything at all. Apple’s wording is flat: “Adaptive Power needs at least 7 days to learn your charging habits, so it won’t engage before then.” The A20…
iOS 27.2 Beta Brings Apple TV App Profiles, Similar to Netflix
iOS 27.2 beta 1 brings Apple TV app profiles to iPhone and iPad, separating watch history, recommendations, and child content ratings in beta.
iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Apple’s Redesigned Health App: What’s New and Who Can Try It
iOS 27.2 beta 1 introduces Apple’s redesigned Health app, including Insights, Longevity, Health Age, and camera-based movement evaluations in beta.
iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Siri AI Support for Five New Languages
iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish on eligible Apple Intelligence devices in developer beta.
Siri AI launched in English only, with five more languages due in October
Siri AI arrived on September 14 in beta, and it speaks one language. Apple’s own announcement says support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish is coming next month, which puts the next five somewhere in October. No date, and no version number. The Apple logo. Image: Apple If your iPhone is set to any…
iOS 27.2 Changes the Tracking Permission Prompt in Five EU Countries
iOS 27.2 beta 1 changes the App Tracking Transparency prompt and annual re-prompting for users in five European Union countries in iOS 27.2.
iOS 27.2 Makes It Easier to Exclude Multiple Apps From Siri and Search
iOS 27.2 beta 1 renames App Access to Excluded Apps and lets users hide multiple apps from Siri, Search, and suggestions at once during beta 1.
iOS 27.2 Lets FaceTime Apps Add Sign Language Interpreters to Video Calls
iOS 27.2 beta 1 enables FaceTime apps to add sign language interpreters to an active video call, giving accessibility services a more direct path.
Apple's redesigned Health app is inside the first iOS 27.2 beta
Apple’s redesigned Health app is already running inside the first iOS 27.2 beta, and the proof is a bug Apple logged against it. The beta release notes posted on September 16 carry a Health entry under Known Issues: “Personalized summaries may not generate as expected in the Insights tab. (186964423)” The Health app insights and…
iOS 27.2 Beta Adds CarPlay Ultra Themes, With Lighting Sync Suggested in Code
iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds CarPlay Ultra theme controls. Code also suggests ambient cabin lighting may match the selected theme in supported cars.
iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Anniversary Reminders Before You Call a Contact
iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds anniversary reminders to Call Context, alerting you before calling a contact with an anniversary saved in Contacts now.
iOS 27.2 Updates Apple Podcasts With New Episodes and a Revised Home Screen
iOS 27.2 beta 1 renames Up Next to New Episodes in Apple Podcasts, moves Continue Playing, and adds artwork-matched episode backgrounds now.
iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Dual Capture to Group FaceTime Calls
iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds Dual Capture to Group FaceTime, allowing callers to share front and rear camera views in the same group video call now.
Connectivity Assist replaced Wi-Fi Assist in iOS 27 and moved to Wi-Fi settings
If your iPhone started leaning on cellular data after the iOS 27 update, the switch you remember turning off has a new name and a new address. Wi-Fi Assist is gone as a setting, replaced by Connectivity Assist, and the toggle now sits in Settings > Wi-Fi instead of at the bottom of Settings >…
Messages shows Encrypted at the top when a conversation is protected
There is now a one-word answer to whether a Messages thread is private. Apple’s iPhone guide for iOS 27 says that “when a conversation is end-to-end encrypted, you see Encrypted at the top of the conversation”, and that if the word is absent, the messages in that thread are not protected as they travel. iOS…
Apple confirms iPhone Duo runs iOS 27.1 when it arrives October 23
Apple has confirmed that iOS 27.1 exists and said what it is for. In a developer post dated September 16, Apple wrote that iPhone Duo will run iOS 27.1 when it becomes available on October 23, and that a beta of Xcode 27.1, with a simulator for the foldable, arrives later this month. iPhone Duo's…
iOS 27 Screen Time can block Siri AI and keep classic Siri instead
iOS 27 puts a Siri panel inside Screen Time, and it is the one documented way to decide which Siri an iPhone gets and to keep that decision in place. The path is Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Siri, and the four choices there run from blocking Siri outright to…
Apple rewrites the EU tracking prompt in iOS 27.2 and renames the switch
If you use an iPhone in the European Union, the tracking box you tap away on every new app is being rewritten, and the Settings switch behind it gets a longer name. Apple told developers on September 16 that beginning with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, apps in the EU can use an alternative version…
visionOS 27.2 Developer Beta 1 Is Available: How to Update and What’s New
visionOS 27.2 developer beta 1 is available as build 24N5088l. See the documented changes, known issues, and how to install the update for developers.