Among all the big and small iOS 26 features expected next week, there’s one rumored change that we’re unlikely to hear about from Apple: the ability to replace Siri. That’s because this ‘nuclear option’ is being mandated against Apple’s will, and will be limited in reach—at least for now.
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Next week, Apple will unveil major new software updates including iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, but rumors indicate these releases will drop support for a variety of existing devices. Here are the iPhones, Macs, and iPad that may miss out on the latest software.
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By this time next week, Apple will have fully unveiled its big iOS 26 redesign. But as we count the days until Monday’s WWDC keynote, one notable designer just published what could be the best preview yet of what’s coming to Apple’s software.
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Apple Intelligence has been off to a rocky start, especially when it comes to Siri. The assistant still has a lot to be desired, and that should definitely be at the forefront of Apple’s priorities.
Regardless, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple plans on expanding current Apple Intelligence capabilities to additional apps in iOS 26, and I figured I’d throw out some ideas I’d like to see.
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Last fall 9to5Mac exclusively reported that Apple had a new, dedicated ‘Games’ app in the works for iPhone and more. Then this week, Bloomberg corroborated that report and outlined the timing: the new ‘Games’ app is coming this year in iOS 26 and more. Here are three features to expect.
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I love Mark Gurman’s scoop that Apple plans to introduce iOS 26, not iOS 19, alongside version 26 of macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It’s a different flavor of the same solution I thought about a few months ago but thought might be too much of a reach to share.
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Most of the hype surrounding iOS 19—I mean, iOS 26—focuses on the big redesign that’s rumored. But looking past design changes to actual functional upgrades, three of the best iOS 26 features are, perhaps surprisingly, powered by Apple Intelligence. Here’s what’s coming.
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One of the bigger leaks from Bloomberg is that what we’ve all been anticipating as iOS 19 will instead be branded as iOS 26 (aka 2026).
In other words, Apple is switching from sequential naming to year-based naming. I think that’s a great idea – but not the silly car-maker business of using next year, for a very practical reason …
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Just when it seemed like the internet had finally moved on from obsessing over Apple’s iPhone naming conventions… here we go again.
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Apple is planning a huge shakeup to its naming scheme for software updates. Bloomberg reports that this year’s iOS update won’t be called iOS 19 after all. Instead, Apple is planning to call it “iOS 26” as part of a new year-based naming strategy.
Here’s exactly what that means for all of Apple’s platforms …
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