Apple Intelligence arrives with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, in 16 languages, according to Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro press release and Apple’s own Apple Intelligence page. Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro tech specs page lists a 17th. Siri AI, the headline Apple Intelligence feature, launches in English only. Image: Apple The extra entry is Traditional…
Apple Watch Audio Intelligence on an iPhone 15 Pro: Two Features Work, Two Do Not
Pair a new Apple Watch Series 12 or Apple Watch Ultra 4 with an iPhone 15 Pro and exactly half of Apple’s new Audio Intelligence set qualifies. Sound Recognition and Music Recognition ask for an iPhone 11 or later, while Live Rewind and Siri Recap require an iPhone 16 or newer, according to Apple support…
Screen Dim and Charging Stalled After the iOS 27 Update? Apple Documents It as Heat Protection
If your iPhone runs warm after installing iOS 27 and then the screen dims, charging stalls, the camera flash refuses to fire or the signal weakens, Apple documents every one of those as deliberate protection rather than a fault. Its list of activities that can change a device’s temperature includes, word for word, “complete a…
AirPods 5 Ship Without a Cable or Adapter: What Each Model Needs to Charge
Apple’s AirPods 5 buy page states it plainly: “AirPods 5 do not include a USB-C Charge Cable or power adapter.” Both boxes hold the earbuds, the charging case and documentation, and nothing else, so each model needs something you already own before it will take power. Both AirPods 5 models ship with the buds, a…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Series 12 Share One Health Sensing System: What the Extra $400 Does Not Buy
Apple Watch Ultra 4 costs $799 and Apple Watch Series 12 costs $399, and Apple gives both the same Health Sensing System, the same S11 chip and the same health claims worded the same way. The extra $400 buys battery life, GPS, satellite, water rating and brightness. Series 12 starts at $399 with the same…
Apple Watch Series 12 Senses Far More Often and Still Rates 24 Hours: What Apple Says Explains It
Apple Watch Series 12 measures heart rate every five seconds and HRV as often as every five minutes, and Apple still rates it at up to 24 hours of normal use and up to 38 hours in Low Power Mode. Those are the same battery figures Apple publishes for Series 11. Series 12 keeps the…
iPhone Duo's Outer Display Faces Your Subject: The Three Features Apple Built for the Person in Front of the Lens
Three of the features Apple named for the iPhone Duo exist to put something on a screen the person holding the phone cannot see. Duo Preview, Kid Cue and Duo FaceTime all run on the 5.4-inch outer display, facing whoever is in front of the camera. The 48MP Fusion Main camera the outer display previews…
iPhone Duo Displays: Eight Numbers Apple Has Still Not Published
Apple publishes a long specification list for the iPhone Duo’s two displays, and eight figures are missing from it. They start with any measurement of the crease and any durability rating for the folding panel, and they end with the absolute size of the screens Apple describes only as percentages. Apple publishes diagonals and percentages…
iPhone Duo Brightness: 1000 Nits Typical, 1600 HDR, 3000 Outdoor, and Which One You Actually See
Apple publishes three brightness figures for the iPhone Duo: 1000 nits typical, 1600 nits peak for HDR content and 3000 nits peak outdoor. Only the first describes what you see in ordinary indoor use, and the 3000 nits headline number applies to peak outdoor conditions rather than to the whole screen all the time. Both…
iPhone 18 Pro Video Recording Time: Apple Rates 36 Hours of Playback and Never Rates Capture
Apple rates the iPhone 18 Pro at up to 24 hours of typical use, up to 36 hours of video playback and up to 33 hours of streamed video, and the Pro Max at 30, 45 and 40 hours. Every one of those numbers measures the phone playing video back. None of them measures the…