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The first iOS 27 public beta is now available for iPhone. It gives users an early chance to try Apple’s biggest software update of the year. Siri AI is the headline feature. The release also includes a redesigned Screen Time experience, Liquid Glass refinements, performance upgrades, and dozens of quality-of-life changes. Here’s how to install […]

Apple has just launched iPadOS 27 in public beta, so anyone can try the new software in advance of its fall release. Here’s what’s new in iPadOS 27, and how to get the public beta. If you’d like to try Apple’s next major software update for iPad before it fully launches, the iPadOS 27 public

Apple has just released tvOS 27 in public beta, so any Apple TV 4K user can install the software in advance of its fall launch. HomePod 27 is available in public beta too. Here’s what’s new. If you’re interested in trying Apple TV 4K’s new tvOS 27 software, or HomePod version 27, they’re both available

In addition to releasing the first wave of public betas for iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple also rolled out revised versions of these developer betas with new build numbers. Here are the details. Apple rolled out revised builds of iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta 3 alongside the first

After three rounds of developer betas, Apple is now rolling out the first public beta of macOS 27. Here’s how to install it. As most 9to5Mac readers know, running test versions of Apple’s operating systems means having to live with the possibility of running into bugs that range from mild inconveniences to completely device-breaking issues.

The watchOS 27 public beta is now available for Apple Watch. It gives users an early look at the software update coming to everyone this fall. watchOS 27 includes one potentially transformative addition: Siri AI on your wrist. Apple also added a dynamic app grid, a one-handed tap gesture, and a more proactive Smart Stack.

Adding to an earlier report from Counterpoint Research that showed Apple posting its strongest-ever second quarter for iPhone shipments, Omdia has now published its own figures pointing to the same record performance. Here are the details. Earlier today, we covered a Counterpoint Research report that showed preliminary data for worldwide smartphone shipments for the second

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The iOS 27 public beta is now available, and it’s full of major new features. Should you install it on your iPhone? Here’s everything you need to know. Here’s what Apple says on its website about installing the iOS 27 public beta: The Apple Beta Software Program lets users try out pre-release software. The feedback

While Apple did its best to insulate Jony Ive in its lawsuit against OpenAI, the company may not be able to keep its former design chief out of the fight. Here’s why. In its lawsuit accusing OpenAI of trade secret theft, Apple went out of its way not to mention Jony Ive, whose company, io