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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…
Apple launched at the WWDC 2025 Conference Workout Buddy, an AI Workout Coach. The AI tool collects data from your current workout and fitness history (pace, miles log, activity ring closed, training load, etc.) and coaches through training in real time. Combined with Apple Intelligence on iPhone, the training buddy relies on a speech model from text to transform encouragement into a fun, generative voice that sounds like a fitness trainer. In fact, Generative Voice is built using Fitness+ Trainers' voice data. These are the people who lead their training with Apple's Fitness+ App and Studio. Users can choose from…
Spyware Maker Paragon accused the Italian government of rejecting its help in investigating whether journalists spy on the technology, according to a statement Monday. In a statement first reported by Haaretz, Paragon argued that it was this refusal that encouraged the company to cut ties with Italian government clients. “The company has provided both the Italian government and the parliament with a way to determine whether it was being used against journalists in violation of Italian law and terms of contract,” read the statement. “Paragon has ended its contract in Italy as Italian authorities chose not to proceed with this…
On Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25), Tech Giant announced its upcoming software overhaul of the Apple Watch, the Watchos 26. The Watchos 26 will be launched with a redesigned interface based on Apple's new liquid glass operating system, wristflick gestures, and new Apple Intelligence-driven training buddy fitness features. The redesigned interface is because Apple is trying to integrate the look and feel of the software across all devices. You can use the new listflick gesture to reject notifications you want to deal with later. You can also use a wrist flick to mute incoming calls and silence…
Apple Wallet is getting something a little more travel-friendly, Apple announced at WWDC 2025. This app can instantly hold the digital version of your passport, and boarding pass acquires a new feature that promises to make travel a little easier. The new passport feature “is not a replacement for a physical passport,” Apple said, but it can be used with apps that require age and identity verification, as well as supported TSA checkpoints. A digital passport may help you procrastinate if you haven't yet obtained your actual ID. Boarding pass has been stored in the wallet app for a long…
As part of Apple's Liquid Glass redesign announced at WWDC 2025, the new iOS 26 will recreate several native Apple features and apps. The lock and home screens are getting updates that match the overall aesthetics of liquid glass. On the lock screen, Apple uses a custom font called San Francisco to display the date and time. The font then expands to take up the available space depending on the image selected on the lock screen. For example, if you have a photo of a dog with an sky in the background, it will take longer to fill the sky…
Apple Maps is getting an upgrade to better understand your commute and actively provide recommendations based on your traffic. Apple announced a map update coming to iOS 26 during WWDC 2025 on Monday. The company said your iPhone will learn the routes you often have to go home, work, or pick up your kids from school. The Maps app allows your iPhone to suggest these routes so you can check your commute before you leave and know how long it will take. Apple said the iPhone would propose alternative routes in the event of traffic or unexpected slowdowns, even if…