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Apple's iOS 26 beta includes significant changes that dramatically improve nearly every aspect of the iPhone experience. These are my favorites—and they may soon be yours, too.

By Clay Halton
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Introduced with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia 15, Apple Passwords lets you create, control, and share passwords and passkeys across Apple devices.

By Lance Whitney
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Annoyed by autocorrect? Fed up with slide to type? Here’s how to control spelling corrections when composing a text or email on your iPhone or iPad.

By Lance Whitney
people looking shocked at their phones

Live Photos turns iPhone pictures into looping mini movies. But they take up a lot of space. Here's how to turn it off in the Camera app and on existing images in Apple Photos.

By Jason Cohen
woman taking a photo with the iPhone's back camera

You can try the Liquid Glass UI, the new Games app, spam block and call hold features, Visual Intelligence upgrades and more by downloading the latest version of iOS.

By Jibin Joseph
iPhone mock-ups depicting iOS 26 features

No more pasting text somewhere else and chopping off the parts you don't need.

By Jibin Joseph
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Apple accuses Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti of scheming to break into the development iPhone of Ramacciotti's friend Ethan Lipnik, a now-former Apple employee.

By Jibin Joseph
iOS 26 lock screen and home screen themes

Tired of pulling out your ID at the airport? A handful of states now let you add your driver's license or ID to Apple Wallet, which you can scan at TSA checkpoints and other supported locations.

By Tyler Hayes
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With Apple's Shortcuts app, I can quickly and easily run a host of tasks on my iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch.

By Lance Whitney
Apple's Shortcuts

The feature is currently active within the iOS 26 developer preview, but it may be a bug left over from testing for Apple's child accounts.

By James Peckham
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You can submit claims for up to five Siri-supported devices by July 2, 2025, and receive a payout of up to $20 per device.

By Jibin Joseph
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Apple is ramping up the promotion of its latest original film with push notifications and ads inside the Wallet app. Not a fan? Here’s how to turn them off.

By Jibin Joseph
Apple Wallet app logo as displayed on a iPhone screen

Apple's Shortcuts app lets me merge two or more iPhone photos into one shot with just a few taps, no third-party photo-editing apps needed. Here's how I did it.

By Clay Halton
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I don't need to keep my iPhone by my side to make or answer a call. Here's how to enlist your other Apple devices to handle phone calls.

By Lance Whitney
apple watch screen showing a phone call

To avoid distractions, the feature will only work when the car is parked.

By Jibin Joseph
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At WWDC 2025, Apple announced some useful updates for Visual Intelligence in iOS. But it still trails similar AI tools from Google and Microsoft in one major way.

By Michael Muchmore
Apple's Craig Federighi announces new Visual Intelligence features

Older teens will get roped into age-based restrictions, while parents will get better control over who their kids interact with and the apps they can download.

By Jibin Joseph
Screenshot of a child seeking parents' approval to text a new contact in iOS 26

Apple pushed its 'Liquid Glass' design makeover as the big story of WWDC, but the new iPhone OS is also adding key functionality.

By Chloe Albanesius
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We traveled to Cupertino to bring you live updates on iOS, macOS, Apple Intelligence, and more as Apple revealed them.

By Eric Zeman
Apple WWDC

Apple overhauls the iPhone's Battery Settings page with an Adaptive Power Mode that will automatically reduce screen brightness or slow down some activities to prolong battery life.

By Jibin Joseph
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