Apple is preparing two changes for developers that have nothing to do with this month’s device launches: new App Store product page art due this fall, and a fifth in-person Developer Center opening in Berlin later this year. Apple has confirmed both in its own developer news posts, but has not given either one an…
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Apple Rewrote Its App Review Guidelines Twice in 2026: What Actually Changed
Apple revised its App Review Guidelines twice in 2026, on February 6 and again on June 8, and one of the changes now lets Apple remove long-standing apps from the store simply for not attracting customers. Both updates are posted on Apple’s developer news page in Apple’s own wording, without a redline showing the previous…
Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half
Apple’s own App Store Transparency Report lists 2,045 apps removed worldwide at the request of governments, with Russia responsible for more than half of that total on its own. The figures come from Apple’s legal site, not from a leak or a rival’s estimate, and Apple frames every removal as limited to the country whose…
Telegram's App Store Removal Lasted About 40 Minutes, and Apple Explained Why
Apple removed Telegram from the App Store for about 40 minutes on the night of Monday, August 3, 2026, after a review found content that violated its rules against child sexual abuse material, then restored the app once Telegram removed the content and banned the account that posted it. Apple confirmed both the removal and…
Lockdown Mode Blocks Eight Categories of iPhone Features, Per Apple's Own Page
Apple’s Lockdown Mode support page lists eight categories of iPhone, iPad and Mac behavior that change once the feature is switched on. The page, last published January 23, 2026, still names iOS 16 as the earliest version that carries it, and its text makes no mention of iOS 27. Apple's iOS interface, where Lockdown Mode…
Apple Threat Notifications: 150 Countries Since 2021, Per Apple's Own Support Page
Apple’s support page on threat notifications says the company has notified targeted iPhone users in more than 150 countries since 2021. The page, last published August 13, 2026, describes a narrow system built for a small number of people facing state-linked mercenary spyware, not a general malware warning for everyday users. Apple's iOS interface. A…
Apple Supplier TSMC Posts Record NT$514.8 Billion August Revenue, Up 53 Percent From a Year Ago
TSMC, the Taiwanese chipmaker that manufactures Apple’s iPhone and Mac processors, reported August 2026 revenue of NT$514.81 billion, up 10.1 percent from July and up 53.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the company’s own release. TSMC’s release does not break out revenue by customer and does not name Apple anywhere in it, so…
Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Ultra 3 get watchOS 27, but key features stay on Ultra 4
Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 both receive watchOS 27 for free on Monday, September 14, 2026, gaining the same software features as every other compatible Apple Watch. Everything Apple built around the new S11 chip, from the Health Sensing System to the Ultra 4’s 45-hour Max Extended Workout mode, stays exclusive…
18 Groups Tell Brussels Apple's October 1 EU App Store Terms Still Break the DMA
Eighteen organisations, coordinated by the Coalition for App Fairness, told the European Commission in a September 8, 2026 open letter that Apple’s revised App Store terms, due to take effect October 1, still do not comply with the Digital Markets Act. The letter carries no legal force by itself; it asks the Commission to consult…
Apple Faces £2 Billion UK Lawsuit Over App Tracking Transparency, Filed September 3
A new claim filed at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal on September 3, 2026 alleges that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework held outside app developers to stricter rules than Apple applied to its own services, at a cost the claim puts as high as £2 billion. The tribunal has not certified the claim and nothing…
Apple v. Epic Oral Argument: Why the Supreme Court Won't Hear It Before 2027
Apple’s brief is due Monday and Epic’s response is due November 13, but neither date puts a hearing on the calendar. Based on the Supreme Court’s own briefing schedule and its argument calendar for the current term, oral argument in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is a 2027 event at the earliest,…
iOS 27's Release Notes List Six Changes Its Own Consumer Page Never Mentions
Apple’s developer-facing release notes for iOS 27 describe six changes that do not appear anywhere on Apple’s public iOS 27 page: a 2TB iCloud+ requirement for one Home feature, the end of new AirPort Utility downloads, PlayStation Access controller support, a new chip-level security layer, a stricter network security rule, and a new on-device dictation…
AppleCare One's Claim Limits: Three Theft and Loss Claims a Year on Individual, Six on Family, Unlimited Accidents
Apple’s own AppleCare page states that AppleCare One Individual allows up to three theft and loss claims a year, while AppleCare One Family allows up to six, and that both plans cover accidental damage, like drops and spills, without any claim limit at all. That single distinction, confirmed directly on apple.com/applecare/, corrects any reading that…
iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch and AirPods 5: What Apple's September 11 Newsroom Post Actually Says
On September 11, Apple published a Newsroom post titled “Get ready to experience iPhone 18 Pro, the new Apple Watch lineup, and AirPods 5,” restating pre-order timing and adding detail not printed anywhere else: named Today at Apple sessions, a Mac Studio leasing figure, and a prep deadline that had already passed by the time…
Apple Watch Series 12 Has Thicker Bezels Than the Series 9 From 2023
Apple Watch Series 12 has thicker bezels than Series 9, despite a larger case, making Apple’s latest display design surprisingly regressive.
Apple's Legal Week Ahead: One Supreme Court Brief Due Monday, and Four More Dates on the Docket
Apple’s opening merits brief in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is due at the Supreme Court on Monday, September 14, 2026. It is the biggest item on Apple’s legal calendar this week, but not the only one. An amicus deadline follows directly from Monday’s filing, and two separate proceedings, one in New…
iPhone 18 Pro's Free Three Months of Apple One Start September 17, Not at Pre-Order or Delivery
Apple says buyers who purchase iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 18 Pro Max can unlock three free months of Apple One, but the offer itself does not open until September 17, two days after pre-orders began and one day before the phones reach stores. That date, and the exact eligibility wording around it, comes from…
iPhone 18 Pro's Return Window and Price Protection: Two 14-Day Clocks From Delivery
The day iPhone 18 Pro actually reaches you, whether by delivery or store pickup, starts two separate clocks in Apple’s own retail policy: 14 days to return or exchange it, and a 14-day window for Apple to cut the price before you can claim the difference back. Both are published in plain language on Apple’s…
iOS 27's Release Candidate Notes List Eight Siri Known Issues, With Apple's Own Workaround for Each
Apple’s release candidate notes for iOS 27 list eight known issues with Siri, each paired with Apple’s own workaround, in documentation published at developer.apple.com. These are release candidate notes, one step behind Monday’s public build, and Apple has not said whether any of the eight persist once iOS 27 ships on September 14. Apple's September…
iPhone 18 Pro Pickup or Delivery: What Changes About Setup Day
iPhone 18 Pro reaches customers two ways on Friday, September 18: a courier delivery to an address, or a walk into an Apple Store to collect an order already placed. Apple publishes real requirements for the second path, an ID check and a pickup deadline, that do not apply to the first, though the setup…
Apple and India's CCI: The Fight Over a $38 Billion Fine Formula
India’s Competition Commission has been sitting on a completed antitrust investigation into Apple’s App Store since 2021. The fight this month is not over the underlying conduct but over how large a fine the regulator is allowed to calculate, a dispute paused in the Delhi High Court with no new order found since mid-July. A…
iPhone 18 Pro eSIM Activation: Carrier Steps for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon
iPhone 18 Pro ships without a physical SIM tray in the United States and eleven other countries and regions, which means eSIM activation is not an optional extra for most American buyers, it is the only way the phone gets service at all. Apple documents six separate ways to put an eSIM on the phone,…
Apple and Japan's Smartphone Act: A Compliance Report and a Fairness Complaint
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission published Apple’s second compliance report under the Mobile Software Competition Act on July 27, 2026, and on August 21, an industry coalition told the same regulator that the report shows an unwillingness to comply rather than compliance. A presenter on stage at Apple Park. Japan is also one of the first…
iPhone 18 Pro Data Transfer: iCloud Backup, Quick Start or a Cable, Compared
Apple publishes three separate ways to move data onto a new iPhone, and iPhone 18 Pro buyers get to pick whichever fits the morning they actually have. Quick Start is wireless and immediate, an iCloud backup works even when the two phones are not together, and a cable transfer skips the network entirely. Here is…