#ios

Apple’s first iOS 26.6 beta appears light on headline features, but one small change stands out: a new alert when users try to block too many contacts.

9to5Mac reports that Meta has released two new iPhone apps this month, with the latest built around Facebook Groups, signaling a renewed push for app-specific experiences on iOS.

X is rolling out a new History tab on iOS that combines bookmarks with records of long videos, articles, and likes, broadening the app’s internal memory of what users read and watch.

Apple has released the fourth developer beta of iOS 26.5, a sign that the company is pushing the update toward launch while continuing work on features that may reshape parts of the iPhone experience.

Apple says iOS 26.4.2 fixes a notifications bug that allowed deleted message content to remain on a device, a flaw reportedly used by the FBI to recover Signal messages.

Apple has released iOS 26.4.2 for iPhone, and the update includes a security fix aimed at preventing deleted notifications from being retrieved or restored later.

The supplied source text indicates that Apple has released iOS 26.5 beta 2 for iPhone, marking another step in the company’s current software testing cycle.

Candidate metadata indicates Apple has released iOS 26.4.1 for iPhone users in a maintenance update centered on fixes rather than major new features.

Google has quietly released an iOS dictation app built around on-device speech recognition, signaling a more direct push into AI-assisted writing tools that work even without a cloud connection.

Apple's latest iPhone update brings AI voice chatbots to CarPlay, offline Shazam recognition, new emoji, and mandatory Stolen Device Protection across the board.

Apple has begun rolling out age verification to UK users in the latest iOS 26.4 beta, prompting users to confirm they are over 18. The move comes as the UK's Online Safety Act pushes tech platforms to verify user ages for content access.