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After many complaints about redesigning the Photos app on iOS 18, Apple is tweaking the look and feel of the app with a new OS release. It is now branded as iOS 26. The change was briefly mentioned on Monday in a keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25). Apple said it is reverting its tabbed interface to the photos, but it doesn't look the same as before. “We never missed using tabs in the Photos app,” said Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. This said it's just as close as Apple admits it made…

After many complaints about redesigning the Photos app on iOS 18, Apple is tweaking the look and feel of the app with a new OS release. It is now branded as iOS 26. The change was briefly mentioned on Monday in a keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25). Apple said it is reverting its tabbed interface to the photos, but it doesn't look the same as before. “We never missed using tabs in the Photos app,” said Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. This said it's just as close as Apple admits it made…

The update to Visionos 26, the operating system that bolsters Apple's Mixed Reality Headset, is built on last year's Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computer, which blends digital content with the physical world. At WWDC, Apple has announced a range of updates for both consumer and corporate customers, from new spatial widgets and content to more realistic personas. All widgets including calendars are shown here – customizable and feature a variety of options for frame width, color and deep image credits: Apple Apple widgets provide useful, personalized information at a glance. With Visionos 26, it becomes spatial and integrated into space.…

WWDC 2025 kicked off on Monday, and like in the past few years, the company focused on software updates and new technologies, including the next version of iOS called iOS 26. This year, as we are lagging behind AI and face continuing legal challenges in the App Store, we have put considerable pressure on our company to compensate developers based on that promise. iOS 26 is the most dramatic design change for over a decade When Apple introduced a massive overhaul to iOS in 2013 with the launch of iOS 7, it felt uncomfortable for many users as they shifted…

Apple announced iOS 26 on Monday at WWDC 2025, but there were many rumors that have surfaced before the event, including the new name for the operating system, a dedicated gaming app, and a virtual health coach. Here is a summary of the most notable features rumored to be coming to iOS 26 that have come true. And be sure to check out the live coverage of the keynotes here. New name Instead of using version numbers, Apple has changed its operating system to reflect the year of release. This means that iOS 19 will be renamed iOS 26, just…

Given the iOS 26 and Macos Tahoe updates, it's no wonder the iPads 26 is getting their own makeover. However, Apple calls the update “the biggest iPados release ever,” but I don't think it's just PR-Speak. The iPados 26 update includes Liquid Glass Design Refresh, a new window system, Apple Intelligence features, improved file management with previews, and audio/video recording for authors. Overall, the iPad 26 makes the iPad feel like a blend between an iPhone and a Mac, as opposed to one huge iPhone. Image credit: Apple Those who use iPads for work or school may feel at ease…

Apple announced some of the biggest updates ever to Spotlight, a search feature on Mac devices at WWDC 2025 on Monday. With Macos Tahoe, you can use the spotlight to perform shortcuts and perform hundreds of actions, including creating emails, setting reminders, playing podcasts and more. Apple is upgrading Spotlight due to the growing popularity of chat applications such as Openai's ChatGpt and Google's Gemini. People around the world are using command line interfaces to further complete their tasks, and it appears that Apple is updating the spotlight to become part of that shift. The company says Spotlight is the…

At WWDC 2025, Apple released a new version of Xcode, an app development suite that integrates Openai's ChatGPT such as coding, Doc Generation, and more. The company also announced that developers can use API keys to bring AI models from other providers to programming proposals with AI in Xcode. “Developers can connect [AI] Model directly into a coding experience to create code, tests and documents. Repeat the design. Correction error. In a blog post about the new version of Xcode 26, the company said. Image credit: Apple New AI integration in Xcode allows developers to use the tools to generate…

Apple revealed an update to the TVOS 26 for the Apple TV operating system at the WWDC 2025 event on Monday. It features the “liquid glass” aesthetics from Apple TV, offering a sophisticated “non-conspicuous” design. One of the outstanding features of users is that they can quickly jump to their user profile. Apple TV presents profile options every time they wake up from sleep, making it more convenient for each family to choose their profile and immediately watch their favorite shows and movies. The Revamped Apple TV app now features new poster art on the main screen, allowing you to…

At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled its new AI-powered shortcuts app. The company says the shortcuts will allow developers to directly leverage Apple Intelligence, allowing developers to access Apple's On-Device Large Language Model (LLM). Shortcuts allow users to access AI models on devices or private computing and generate responses that feed into the rest of the shortcut. For example, students can use AI to compare audio transcriptions of class lectures with notes and create shortcuts that add missing keypoints. You can also leverage ChatGpt to provide additional responses that feed into the input of the shortcut. Users can take advantage of…