The ultralight may become a permanent fixture in Apple’s smartphone lineup. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Apple could be making a follow-up to the iPhone Air, the ultralight smartphone introduced last fall. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg , plans may be in motion for the company to launch a second version of the device for
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If you don't own an Apple Watch, this is another way you can control your iPhone's camera. Billy Steele for Engadget When Apple released iOS 26 last September, it added a handful of new AirPods features. One of those was Camera Remote. As you can probably guess from the name, it allows you to use
Unlike previous versions of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where Apple announced new features separately by operating system, WWDC 2026 combined information to focus on three overall categories instead. Each category applied to all Apple products — iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro — and they were broken down by performance improvements, trust
Adnan Ahmed/SlashGear At WWDC 2026, Apple debuted the next version of the iPhone's operating system, iOS 27. The public release is set for September, but those interested can try out the new features in iOS 27 early by installing the developer preview. As it is with every beta release, however, there is always a bit of
Simpleimages/Getty Images While most of the attention on Apple this week is laser-focused on the best iOS 27 features coming to your iPhone and a revamped macOS, it's fair to say that the most exciting announcement from Apple is still a few months away. Specifically, Apple is expected to introduce its first-ever foldable iPhone this September. Rumors
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If you’re using older iPhone or iPad hardware and you’re hoping to keep running Apple’s latest operating systems, this year’s releases bring mostly good news. The iOS 27 update will run on all iPhones that can run iOS 26, all the way back to the iPhone 11 and second-generation iPhone SE. The iPadOS 27 update
Evolf/Shutterstock Apple on Monday unveiled the highly anticipated iOS 27 operating system, with developer and public betas coming soon. The official iOS 27 release is expected to be available on compatible iPhones in September, around the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone models, which should ship with iOS 27 preloaded. The following iPhone
