Everything else coming from Apple in July 2025
July is always an interesting month for Apple releases. There’s never any new hardware, and many of the services releases kind of slow down over the summer. But it’s also a big month for the…
Jason Cross
Jason Cross
Apple may give Siri a brain transplant with the help of Claude or ChatGPT
While we’re still waiting for some of the Apple Intelligence Siri features promised next year, a big new report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg says that Apple is talking with Anthropic and OpenAI about replacing…
With visionOS 26, the wonder of Apple’s AR is finally real
I have long complained that, for all its impressive hardware and software technology, the Apple Vision Pro is thus far a failure mostly because Apple doesn’t understand AR. Or Spatial Computing, or whatever it wants…
The iPhone 17 Air may shift the selfie cam from the right to the left
Leaker Majin Bu has noticed something in looking at screen protectors for the iPhone 17 line. The screen protector for the alleged iPhone 17 Air has its camera cutout shifted from the right side of…
Here’s our first look at the iPhone 17 Pro’s purported vapor chamber cooling system
If you haven’t gotten enough iPhone news lately, here’s some more for you. Leaker Majin Bu has posted an image that is purportedly part of the iPhone 17 Pro’s vapor chamber cooling system. We’ve heard…
iOS 26 beta 2 is released to developers with a few new tweaks
As is tradition, Apple released beta versions of its new operating systems to developers on the first day of WWDC on June 9. Beta 1 is for developers only–the public beta will begin in July,…
You might be able to buy a purple or green iPhone 17–but not both
Would you rather have a purple iPhone 17 or a green one? According to prominent leaker Majin Bu, Apple is currently testing both colors for the base iPhone 17 (the Pro models get different colors).…
Live translation in iOS 26: How it works and where to find it
When Apple releases its new operating systems this fall, it’s going to imbue them with the ability to do live, real-time translation in its most critical communications apps. This new capability runs entirely on-device, so…
First iOS 18.6 beta arrives with no new features, but hints at a future home device
Apple has released the first beta of iOS 18.6. With all the new features and attention on iOS 26, this release is likely to be simply a bugfix and compatibility update. But while there aren’t…
iOS 26 developer beta updated just days after initial release
As is tradition, Apple released beta versions of its new operating systems to developers on the first day of WWDC on June 9. Beta 1 is for developers only–the public beta will begin in July,…