After releasing iOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, and its other operating system updates, as well as starting developer betas for iOS 26 and others, Apple has also introduced developer betas for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, tvOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, and visionOS 2.6.
Apple executives have said in interviews that the company isn't building a public chatbot. You can actually create one with a new action in iOS 26. Here's how.
Apple is making it easier to organize plans in iMessage with a new polling feature in iOS 26, giving group chat participants a way to share opinions and vote on decisions. Here's how it works.
Of all the very many new features in iPadOS 26, none of them make the iPad feel so different as the very many window options. Here's what we've gained 鈥� and what we've lost.
Math fans can now spin, zoom, and explore complex equations in full 3D right on their iPad with iPadOS 26. Here's what it looks like.
As part of making the iPad as powerful as the Mac, Apple has migrated Preview to iPadOS. Here's how it stands in iPadOS 26 versus macOS Tahoe.
Apple is introducing a new tool for developers in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 that could make energy use smarter and more sustainable. Here's how.
Apple Notes on iPadOS 26 is now even more powerful, thanks to the addition of transcripts of call recordings, exporting as a markdown file, and the new menubar.
Apple's iOS 26 update turns album covers into full-screen animations that move while your music plays.
Live translation in iOS 26 will turn the iPhone into a real-time interpreter for calls, messages and video chats, all without leaving your app or sending data to the cloud. Here's how it works.
Apple has released new design resources following the introduction of its new operating systems, helping app developers work on the appearance of apps for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26.
In 2025, Apple slapped a new coat of paint on its operating systems at WWDC and called it good 鈥� but perhaps there was a chance that it actually had planned something entirely different.
Apple software chief Craig Federighi confirmed Monday that promised artificial intelligence upgrades to Siri have been delayed, saying the company needs more time to meet quality standards before launching the features in iOS 26.
It isn't Valve's steam, but Apple's new Games app in iOS 26 and macOS 26 finally admits mobile gaming deserves more than a menu tab and a forgotten leaderboard.
Long-awaited improvements to audio recording on the iPad have arrived with the beta of iPadOS 26, and what was a severe failing is now a big advantage.
Apple's additions of dots and a Menu Bar to iPadOS 26 is quite Mac-like, but makes the iPad a multitasking powerhouse. Here's why.
It's been a rough decade for iPad users as promises of the future of computing kept arriving at unintuitive windowing interfaces and a broken file system, but iPadOS 26 checks nearly every box. Will it matter?
Apple's WWDC 2025 announcements included changes to the Files app in iPadOS 26 that, well, frankly, makes it actually usable for the first time.
Apple is finally bringing its Journal app to iPad when iPadOS 26 arrives, giving users a creative way to document their lives.
Apple has issued its first developer betas for the fall operating system lineup, with initial builds of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 available to download.
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