Apple's iOS 26.4 beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists, early testing for encrypted RCS messaging and a new setting to tone down iOS 26's brighter visual effects.

Apple’s much-anticipated release is set to not just eliminate bugs but also add features and further enhance the Liquid Glass interface. Apple’s iOS 26 for iPhone got off to a rough start when it was ...

Just a week after Apple seeded iOS 26.4 beta 2, the company today has released beta 3 of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to developers of Apple Developer Program portal.

The latest iPhone update has landed. Unusually for a minor point update, it includes features but no security fixes.

Most people had been waiting for iOS 26.4 as the next iPhone software, but no, almost out of nowhere, iOS 26.3.1 popped up. And it was a surprise in another way, too: minor point updates are almost ...

The update, which also applies to iPadOS 26.4 and related systems, brings several brand-new emoji characters aligned with the latest Unicode standards.

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Apple's iOS 26.4 beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists, early testing for encrypted RCS messaging and a new setting to tone down iOS 26's brighter visual effects. With more than a decade of ...

Apple wrapped up WWDC 25 earlier this week, and the very first developer beta of iOS 26 is now here. This early release gives developers (and the most impatient enthusiasts) their first hands-on ...