Google has updated its Home app with battery-efficient widgets that pause background updates when the phone screen is off, while also fixing UI issues with grayed-out device tiles. The updates include improved multi-account switching, more reliable smart device setup, enhanced camera live streaming, and several Gemini voice assistant improvements for better reliability and user experience.
Tola is a minimal todo app available on iOS and Android that organizes tasks into Today, Later, and Done sections. It features voice input for task creation, offline functionality, customizable reminders, and support for eight languages.
Snap is launching Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant designed to anticipate user needs by connecting to apps like Gmail and Slack to manage work tasks, travel information, and personal priorities across iOS, Mac, and Snap's AR glasses. The service uses proprietary open-source models and promises not to access personal content or use connected data for training or ads.
AppSift is a macOS app that provides enhanced App Store search and comparison tools, including custom filters (price caps, rating minimums, update recency), side-by-side app comparisons, price tracking, and multi-window organization features that Apple's native App Store lacks.
Apple's iOS 27.2 beta introduces an anniversary reminder feature within the Call Context system, alerting users when they call someone on their anniversary date if the date is saved in Contacts. The feature builds on Call Context, which already surfaces relevant information like flight confirmations during calls, and can be managed through the Contacts app or Apple Intelligence.
Beadora is a free iPad app that converts photos and text into bead art patterns, with 60 new patterns added across Anime, Sunny Girls, and Pet Portraits categories. The app offers in-app purchases for premium subscriptions and supports multiple languages and Apple devices.
Rossino is a free pomodoro timer for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with optional Pro subscription for cross-device sync. The app features classic 25-minute focus sessions, notifications, widgets, statistics tracking, and is private by design with no tracking or ads.
Apple is testing a redesigned Health app in iOS 27.2 beta featuring new Insights and Longevity tabs that track health metrics like activity rings, heart rate, sleep, and vitals. The app calculates a Health Age score based on long-term data and fitness assessments, with plans to integrate a $119 Quest Diagnostics lab panel. The app will launch later this year, not with iOS 27.2.
Apple released iOS 27.2 beta 1, skipping iOS 27.1 beta, featuring a redesigned Health app with new tabs for health insights and longevity tracking, expanded Siri AI language support, CarPlay themes, and new parental controls for Apple TV profiles. The update also includes minor refinements to Clock, Music, and Podcasts apps, plus new accessibility features like sign language interpretation for FaceTime.
Security firm Calif discovered WeWorm, a zero-click worm exploiting a WeChat VoIP vulnerability that could have compromised over a billion accounts across Android and iOS devices without user interaction. Tencent patched the flaw in August after Calif reported it in July, and all users are now safe. Calif's AI system identified and developed the exploit in just nine days.
iTerm2 Buddy is a companion iOS app that pairs with iTerm2 on Mac to enable terminal interaction from your iPhone. It uses end-to-end encryption via the Noise protocol for secure communication between devices.
Apple's iOS 27.2 beta introduces an anniversary reminder feature within the Call Context system, alerting users when they call someone on their anniversary date if the date is stored in Contacts. The feature builds on Call Context, which already surfaces relevant information like flight confirmations during calls, and will launch in October.
iOS 27.2 beta 1 introduces user profiles for the Apple TV app on iPhone, a feature previously available only on tvOS. The profiles support age-appropriate content filtering for child accounts and can be disabled if unused, addressing a long-standing gap in Apple's streaming platform.
Apple's iOS 27.2 beta includes a redesigned Health app powered by Apple Intelligence that transforms Apple Watch data into personalized health guidance. New features include readiness scoring, longevity tracking, health age assessment, and at-home health tests using the iPhone camera, with some capabilities rolling out later in the year.
Apple released an iOS 27.2 beta to developers instead of iOS 27.1 to avoid leaking iPhone Duo details in code, since the device will ship with iOS 27.1. The two codebases are expected to converge eventually. iPhone Duo launches October 23.
Apple released iOS 27.2 beta 1, expanding Siri AI support from English to five additional languages: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. The expansion comes just days after Siri AI's initial launch with iOS 27.
Apple released the first iOS 27.2 developer beta for iPhone, skipping iOS 27.1 to focus iPhone Duo-specific features closer to the device's October launch. The update includes a redesigned Apple Health app and expanded Siri AI support with multilingual capabilities rolling out over the coming months.
iOS 27's Weather app introduces rain and wind forecast views that bring previously hidden data to the home screen. Users can now tap icons to switch between Conditions, Precipitation, and Wind views, with both hourly and 10-day forecasts updating instantly for each option.
iOS 27 introduces a rebuilt Siri AI that answers questions and performs device actions, enhanced proofreading with grammar checking powered by Apple Intelligence, and an overhauled Spotlight search with better indexing also applied to Photos and Mail apps.
Apple released iOS 27 on September 14, bringing new features including Siri AI beta, Safari website monitoring, enhanced Photos editing tools, and system performance improvements. The update supports iPhone 11 and newer, though Apple Intelligence features require iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 models.