Apple’s new Siri AI reaches three product lines on Monday, September 14, when iOS 27 and watchOS 27 ship as free updates. It launches in beta in English, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish following in October, and it runs on-device and through Private Cloud Compute as part of Apple Intelligence. The catch is…
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AirPods 5 and iPhone 18 Pro: The Features That Only Work Together
AirPods 5 and iPhone 18 Pro were announced together today, and one AirPods 5 feature only works with an Apple Intelligence iPhone running iOS 27: hands-free Siri AI. The $129 earbuds and the $1,199 phone both go on sale Friday, September 18. The pairing is less exclusive than it might sound. Apple’s requirement is any…
Apple's New Movement Evaluations: Test VO2 Max, Balance and Strength With Your iPhone Camera
Apple’s redesigned Health app adds five movement evaluations, covering flexibility, strength, balance, movement mechanics and VO2 max, that use the iPhone camera together with Apple Watch. Apple says the tests were developed with clinicians and run entirely on device, with no video recorded, stored or shared. The evaluations feed the movement health category of the…
iPhone 18 Pro Features You Get on an Older iPhone With iOS 27, and the Ones You Do Not
iOS 27 arrives Monday, September 14 as a free update, four days before the iPhone 18 Pro reaches stores from $1,199. Several of the features Apple showed alongside the new phones are software, which means an older iPhone gets them without a $1,199 purchase. Others depend on the A20 Pro, the new camera hardware or…
Apple Health Labs: 50+ Biomarkers for $119 at Quest Diagnostics, How It Works
Apple’s redesigned Health app adds a Labs feature that lets US users book and buy a blood panel covering more than 50 biomarkers for $119 at about 2,000 Quest Diagnostics locations. It arrives with iOS 27 on September 14 as part of the Health app’s new Longevity tab. Labs sits alongside the new Longevity tab,…
Apple Health Age Explained: How Apple Watch Compares Your Metrics With Your Actual Age
Health Age is a new measure in Apple’s redesigned Health app that shows how your health metrics track against your chronological age. It draws on four readings from Apple Watch, VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and heart rate variability, and lets you add lab values such as A1c and LDL cholesterol. The feature is…
Apple's Redesigned Health App: Longevity Tab, Health Age and Insights Explained
Apple has redesigned the Health app for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, adding a Longevity tab that tracks seven categories of long-term data, a Health Age comparison, an Insights tab with real-time summaries, and camera-based movement evaluations. The new app runs on Apple Intelligence devices and launches in US English first. The redesign was announced…
Everything Apple Announced That You Can Buy Before October
Of everything Apple announced on September 9, three things reach customers before the end of the month: the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max from $1,199, AirPods 5 from $129, and the free iOS 27 update. The iPhone Duo and both new Apple Watches do not. That split matters if you are deciding where to…
AirPods 5 Hands-Free Siri AI: What It Can Do and Which iPhone You Need
AirPods 5 support hands-free Siri AI, Apple’s new Siri, but the feature carries two requirements: iOS 27 and an Apple Intelligence iPhone. iOS 27 arrives Monday, September 14 as a free update, four days before the $129 earbuds reach stores on September 18. Siri AI launches in beta, and in English only at first. That…
iOS 27 Release Time: When the September 14 Update Will Likely Land Where You Live
iOS 27 arrives on Monday, September 14, as a free update, Apple confirmed in today’s press release. Apple has not stated a release time, but its iOS updates have usually gone live at around 10 a.m. Pacific, which points to early afternoon on the US east coast, evening in Europe and the small hours of…
iOS 27 New Features Announced at the Event: Image Playground, Safari Notify Me, iPhone Handoff and More
iOS 27 arrives on Monday, September 14, as a free update, and Apple’s press release for today’s event names five additions beyond the new Siri: Image Playground with photorealistic images, Safari Notify Me, iPhone Handoff, Apple Reference Image and the Siri AI beta itself. Apple has not published a full feature list for the release.…
Siri AI Beta in iOS 27: Languages, Dates and Which iPhones Get It First
Apple’s new Siri, which the company calls Siri AI, launches in beta with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, in English only. Five more languages follow in October: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, according to Apple’s press release. The staggered rollout is the clearest signal yet of how Apple is pacing the assistant. It…
AirPods 5 Live Translation: How It Works and What You Need to Use It
AirPods 5 support Live Translation, Apple confirmed in its press release today, placing the feature alongside hands-free Siri AI and head-gesture replies as the software additions on its $129 and $149 open-ear earbuds. Pre-orders opened today, September 9, with stores stocking the earbuds on Friday, September 18. Live Translation was one of the features pre-event…
iPhone 18 Pro Launch Timeline: Pre-Orders September 12, Launch September 18, Second Wave September 25
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max go up for pre-order on Saturday, September 12, at 5 a.m. PT, and reach stores on Friday, September 18, in more than 65 countries and regions. A second wave of 20 more countries follows on Friday, September 25. The schedule sits inside a busier September than…
7 Things Apple Didn't Say Out Loud at the iPhone 18 Pro Event
Apple’s “Surprise and shine” keynote covered the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip, variable-aperture camera and longer battery life at length. Several details that matter to buyers sit in the press release instead, or are missing from it altogether. Here are seven of them, from a $100 price rise to a storage tier Apple has…
iOS 27 Release Date Confirmed: September 14, Siri AI Beta, and Everything Coming to Your iPhone
iOS 27 will be released on Monday, September 14, 2026, as a free update, Apple confirmed in the press release for today’s iPhone 18 Pro announcement. The headline addition is Siri AI, Apple’s new Siri, which launches in beta and in English only at first. The date puts the update four days before the iPhone…
Apple Reference Image: The iPhone 18 Pro Feature That Proves Your Photos Aren't AI
Apple Reference Image, a new feature announced with the iPhone 18 Pro on September 9, stores an untouched original of a photo with verification metadata so the image can be shown to come from a real capture rather than from AI. It arrives as Apple also ships Image Playground with photorealistic images in iOS 27,…
Apple Watch Series 12 And Ultra 4 Code Leaks Reveal Four Upgrades
Leaked beta code reveals four new upgrades coming to the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, including a recovery app, better sensors, and 128GB of storage.
Apple Adds iPhone Handoff Feature To The Upcoming iOS 27 Update
Apple is launching a handy iPhone Handoff feature with iOS 27 that lets you use one phone number across two devices. Learn how the cellular setup works.
Apple Releases iOS 27 Beta 8 for Developers with Bug Fixes
Apple released iOS 27 beta 8 for developers to test major Siri AI upgrades and system improvements ahead of the full public rollout coming this September.
Apple Rolls Out Sixth Developer Betas For iOS 27 And iPadOS 27
Apple just released the sixth developer betas for its mobile systems. Read about the new update cycle and how to easily install it on your device.
Apple Confirms iOS 27 Will Not Restrict Devices Over Missed Lease Payments
Apple clarifies that missing a payment under its new Upgrade leasing program will not trigger a restricted mode or lock device functionality in iOS 27.
iOS 27 Brings Smarter Find My Controls To Your Apple Watch
Apple introduces smarter Find My controls in iOS 27 and a unified app for watchOS 27, giving users custom time limits and easier ways to locate devices.
A Complete List Of iPhones Supporting The iOS 27 Public Beta
Find out if your device supports the iOS 27 public beta. Check out the complete generation-wise list of compatible iPhones.