Apple Music AutoMix is now available on tvOS and HomePod, and the Music app in iOS 27, which ships free on Monday, September 14, picks up seven new lyrics translation pairings and five new pronunciation pairings. Those three lines are the entire published change to Apple Music in this software wave. iOS 27 arrives Monday,…
How to Set Up the New iOS 27 Home Features on an iPhone 18 Pro
An iPhone 18 Pro clears the hardware side of the new Home features on day one. It ships with iOS 27 in the box, and the A20 Pro puts it on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device list, which is one of the three conditions Apple attaches to the Home camera features. iOS 27 is free from…
4K HomeKit Secure Video in iOS 27: What Apple Confirmed, and the Camera List It Has Not
Apple confirmed one 4K claim for the Home app in iOS 27: supported cameras “stream and record in 4K”. That single line is the whole confirmation, and it applies from the moment iOS 27 ships on Monday, September 14. iOS 27 is a free update from Monday, September 14. Image: Apple What Apple did not…
iOS 27 Home Cameras: The Hub, iCloud+ Plan and iPhone Apple Says You Need
The new Home features in iOS 27 do not run on an iPhone by itself. Apple attaches three conditions to the camera side of it: a home hub, an iCloud+ subscription and an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence. All three are listed as requirements, not suggestions. Apple Intelligence features need a supported chip, such as…
CarPlay in iOS 27: Apple Has Published Exactly One Line About It
Apple has published exactly one sentence about CarPlay in iOS 27. It sits on Apple’s Siri page and reads: “Siri in CarPlay keeps you informed without taking your hands off the wheel.” There is no CarPlay section on Apple’s iOS 27 page, and no list of CarPlay changes anywhere else Apple has posted. Apple confirmed…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 for Races Over 24 Hours: Every Workout Battery Mode, and Where Training Load Fits
Apple Watch Ultra 4 publishes three workout battery ratings: up to 18 hours of outdoor workout, up to 25 hours in Extended Workout mode, and up to 45 hours in a new Max Extended Workout mode that records GPS at one-second intervals. Apple aims that top mode at 100-mile races. Ultra 4 rates up to…
Apple Watch Sleep Tracking in watchOS 27: Every Confirmed Change for Series 12 and Ultra 4
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 both list a sleep score and sleep apnea notifications, and both add an overnight vitals view that compares Recovery HRV with your personal baseline. What is easy to miss is where those changes live: Apple’s own watchOS 27 feature list does not name a single sleep…
Apple Watch Recovery HRV vs Overall HRV: What Apple Says Separates the Two
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 measure heart rate variability every five minutes, and Apple reports the result in two named forms: Recovery HRV, which it ties to daily stress and recovery, and overall HRV. The difference is not the sensor. It is what each number is measured against. Heart health insights…
Apple Watch Readiness Inputs: What Activity, Training Load, Vitals and Sleep Each Demand From You
Readiness on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 is a single daily number from 0 to 10, and Apple says it is built from four inputs: recent activity, training load, vitals and sleep. Two of those four are gathered while you are asleep, which makes overnight wear the part of the routine…
Wellness Feature or Medical Device? How Apple Labels Every New Health Feature for 2026
Apple draws a line through its 2026 health features, and it is the thing readers most often get wrong: the new ones are wellness features. Apple has claimed no regulatory clearance for anything it announced on September 9, and where it has written a label at all, the label says wellness. Readiness, a wellness score…