Apple often promotes the App Store as a secure place to download apps. The company highlights strict reviews and a closed system as key protections for iPhone users. That reputation now faces serious ...

Apple overhauled the Phone app in iOS 26 with a new design and added several powerful features, including a new call screening option that I don’t ever want to go without. iOS 26 gives Phone app an ...

While the iOS 26.3 Release Candidate is now available ahead of a public release, the first iOS 26.4 beta is likely still at least a week away. Following beta testing, iOS 26.4 will likely be released ...

If you use Apple Mail as the default email app on your iPhone, there’s good news on the horizon. That’s because when Apple rolls out iOS 18.4, the next big software update coming to the iPhone, it’s ...

Normally, with mid-version incremental updates to iOS, we'd only expect bug fixes, security patches, or under-the-hood optimizations to improve battery life on iPhone. However, in addition these ...

Xcode 26.1 AI was unusable. Xcode 26.3 AI is a big leap. AI-driven migration delivered massive change in under two days. One rule fixed it: no background agents, frequent status updates. I am sure ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul in iOS 26 simplifies the Phone app’s ...

iOS 27 will no longer include a long-rumored feature known as Apple Health+ inside Apple, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple Health+ was supposed to be a virtual health coach that could give ...

Apple’s latest iPhone software patch, iOS 26.2.1, was released as a relatively small update aimed at improving stability and fixing lingering issues from earlier versions. In the days since its ...

By the time I find a pen, I already have this app opened and ready to go ...

One feature that hasn’t appeared in these betas? The new “more intelligent Siri” that Apple has been promising since the iOS 18 launch in 2024. Apple delayed the feature until sometime in 2026, citing ...