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Messages has had real polls since iOS 26, and they still sit behind the same button as photos and stickers in iOS 27. Here is how to use them, and the details that get everyone to actually vote.
The Series 12 and Ultra 4 share the same S11 chip, Health Sensing System and Readiness score. The $400 difference buys battery life, toughness and satellite. Here is which to get.
Apple's fourth 27.2 betas end the redesigned Health app preview as planned, give Apple Music a new icon and color scheme, and land the same day as HomeView.
Apple HomeView, HomePod mini 2, a $299 Apple TV 4K and Apple Home Collection: every announcement from Apple's Welcome home event, with prices and dates, plus what the lineup says about Siri AI, rising prices and your existing Apple home.
Apple Home Collection is a lineup of LG and Schneider Electric cameras, a video doorbell, a smart lock and thermostats set up with one tap from iPhone. Prices start at $39.95, availability begins in December, and some products slip to early 2027.
The new Apple TV 4K brings an A19 chip, far field microphones, Siri AI and four speaker HomePod surround for $299. Siri AI also reaches older Apple TV 4K models, which changes the upgrade math for existing owners.
HomePod mini 2 brings Siri AI, surround sound with the new Apple TV 4K and five new colors for $149. The catch: Siri AI arrives in a future software update, not on October 30. What changed, and who should wait.
Apple HomeView puts a 7 inch display, a domed speaker and Siri AI on your counter for $299, shipping November 13. We break down what it needs from your iPhone, what it costs to wall mount, and how it changes an existing Apple home.
Apple says it will add new controls to Full Disk Access, the Mac permission that can expose your Mail, Messages and browsing history. Here is what is changing, what Apple hasn't said, and how to check your Mac today.
Ten years after one of gaming's rockiest launches, No Man's Sky arrives on iPhone and iPad on October 28 with every major update, a free trial, and support for devices as old as the iPhone 11.
Apple and the American Academy of Pediatrics published a six step guide to iOS 27's parental controls. Here is what each step does, where the settings live, and the requirement that trips up most families.
Most new iPhone headaches come from doing things in the wrong order. Here is the right one, from a few days before to the day you hand the old phone on.
