The partnership could accelerate Siri’s evolution and redefine Apple’s approach to innovation, privacy, and control.
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WhatsApp arrives on Apple Watch: read, reply, send voice notes, and react with emojis. Calls not yet supported. Works on watchOS 10+ (Series 4+).
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The upcoming Mac, code-named J700, is currently in active testing at Apple and early production with overseas suppliers.
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Vous streamez une vidéo sur votre iPad, tout va bien, et puis ça lag. Pas beaucoup hein, juste une petite micro-saccade bien en rythme toutes les deux secondes. Ce n’est pas la faute de votre routeur et pourtant vous avez beau pinger votre réseau local, ça saute de 3 ms à 90 ms… Bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux d’AWDL, la technologie Apple qui transforme plus d’un milliard d’appareils en mini-pollueurs du spectre WiFi.
Christoff Visser, ingénieur au labo de recherche d’Internet Initiative Japan, a eu ce problème et en a parlé lors de sa dernière présentation à la conférence RIPE 91 . Il était en train de streamer un jeu avec Moonlight quand ça s’est mis à sauter à intervalles réguliers. Ça l’intrigue, alors il fait ce que ferait n’importe quel ingénieur réseau qui se respecte… Il sort Wireshark et commence à tout sniffer.
Et là, surprise… Son iPad saute entre les canaux WiFi.
Mais pas aléatoirement, hein… précieusement toutes les deux secondes. C’est alors qu’il comprend que le coupable est le protocole AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link). Vous voyez AirDrop, cette app magique qui vous permet d’envoyer des fichiers entre iPhone et Mac sans rien configurer ? Handoff, qui vous laisse continuer votre mail de l’iPhone sur le Mac ? Sidecar, pour utiliser votre iPad comme second écran ? Hé bien toute cette magie Apple repose sur ce protocole propriétaire non-documenté qui tourne en permanence sur vos appareils.
Voici comment ça marche… Pour que deux appareils Apple puissent se parler n’importe où dans le monde, ils doivent d’abord se trouver. Apple a donc défini ce qu’on pourrait appeler des canaux sociaux : le canal 6 pour le 2,4 GHz, les canaux 44 et 149 pour le 5 GHz. Ce sont si vous voulez, des points de rendez-vous. Vos appareils sautent alors régulièrement sur ces canaux pour vérifier si quelqu’un veut leur parler, puis reviennent sur le canal de votre réseau WiFi.
Sauf que si vous êtes un admin réseau malin, vous n’utilisez PAS ces canaux parce que tout le monde les utilise. Vous scannez le spectre, vous trouvez un canal vide, et vous configurez votre réseau là-dessus pour éviter les interférences. Logique, non ?
Bah non. Pas avec Apple.
Parce que vos appareils Apple, eux, ils s’en foutent. Ils vont QUAND MÊME sauter sur les canaux 6, 44 ou 149 pour checker si quelqu’un veut leur parler, puis revenir. Hop. Toutes les deux secondes. Que vous utilisiez AirDrop ou pas. Que vous ayez d’autres appareils Apple à proximité ou pas. En permanence !
C’est dingue non ? Du coup, on se retrouve avec ces micro-coupures et une latence qui explose. Visser a découvert que ce problème est remonté sur les forums utilisateurs depuis 2019 . Les gens se plaignent, mais personne ne comprend vraiment ce qui se passe parce qu’Apple ne documente pas AWDL et que ces paquets sont invisibles sur votre propre machine. Du coup, diagnostiquer ça est presque impossible.
Visser a donc contacté Apple via leur Feedback Assistant et il n’a obtenu aucune réponse. Même après sa conf à RIPE91, Apple a gardé le silence…
Bref, le “ça marche tout seul” d’Apple a un coût sauf que ce n’est pas Apple qui le paie. C’est nous, les admins réseaux et tous les autres appareils sur le réseau. Apple a optimisé l’expérience de SES utilisateurs en externalisant le problème sur l’infrastructure WiFi des autres.
Alors y’a t-il des solutions ?
Bah justement. Vous avez trois options mais je vous préviens, elles sont toutes pourries.
Connexion
sudo ifconfig awdl0 down. Cool, ça marche sauf que vous perdez AirDrop, Handoff, Sidecar, et toutes les fonctionnalités cools qui font qu’un iPhone est un iPhone. Autant acheter un Android à ce tarif…Et comme ce n’est pas un problème de matériel, acheter un nouveau routeur WiFi 7 ne changera rien puisque le problème, c’est la communication directe entre VOS appareils. Apple pousse même le RFC 9330 (L4S) pour réduire les délais réseau, mais ça ne résoudra rien non plus parce qu’AWDL, c’est du peer-to-peer et ça bypass votre routeur.
Quelqu’un n’a même pas besoin d’être connecté à votre réseau pour foutre le bordel. Il peut juste passer à côté de vous dans un café, déverrouiller son iPhone, et boom, votre réseau va glitcher quelques secondes pendant que vos appareils négocieront avec le sien.
Visser a donc présenté tout ça en espérant que les admins réseau et les FAI soient enfin informés du souci et puisse répondre enfin aux utilisateurs qui rencontrent ce problème invisible. Donc, voilà, la prochaine fois que votre connexion WiFi merdera sans raison, regardez autour de vous et comptez les iPhones et autres appareil Apple car chacun d’eux est en train de jouer à saute-moutons entre les canaux de votre réseau.
Plus d’un milliard d’appareils qui font ça en permanence, partout dans le monde, c’est pas rien quand même…
Bref…
Passport functionality for iOS 26 devices will launch in the coming weeks for people in the US.
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Competition and Markets Authority’s classification grants it expanded authority to tackle potential competition issues across the nation’s app and mobile markets.
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Pendant qu’Apple peaufine son IA maison pour Xcode (sans date de sortie, évidemment), Microsoft vient tranquillou installer ses petites affaires dans l’écosystème le plus verrouillé du marché en sortant son extension officielle Github Copilot pour Xcode , pile-poil au moment où les rumeurs nous soufflent qu’Apple travaille aussi sur sa propre solution locale.
Cette extension de Github pour Xcode propose trois fonctionnalités principales. Tout d’abord de la complétion de code en temps réel. Ensuite, pendant que vous tapez, un tchat vous permet de poser des questions sur votre code, et il y a également un mode Agent qui peut modifier directement vos fichiers et lancer des commandes terminal. C’est gratuit jusqu’à 2000 complétions et 50 messages tchat par mois, donc largement de quoi rendre accro la majorité des devs iOS avant qu’Apple ne sorte son propre truc !
Maintenant pour utiliser un outil Microsoft dans un IDE Apple, vous devez accorder trois permissions macOS sacrées : Background, Accessibilité, et Xcode Source Editor Extension. Hé oui, Apple force littéralement ses développeurs à ouvrir toutes ces portes et niveau permissions, c’est l’Accessibilité qui pose régulièrement problème, car faut souvent la désactiver puis la réactiver pour que ça fonctionne correctement.
Ensuite l’installation est assez classique. Soit via Homebrew ou en téléchargeant le DMG directement depuis le dépôt GitHub.
brew install --cask github-copilot-for-xcode
Vous glissez ensuite l’app dans Applications, vous accordez les trois permissions système, vous activez l’extension dans les préférences Xcode, et hop, vous signez ça avec votre compte GitHub Copilot.
Un autre projet communautaire existait déjà intitni/CopilotForXcode , non officiel mais fonctionnel, qui supportait GitHub Copilot, Codeium et ChatGPT mais comme Microsoft sort maintenant sa version officielle pour contrôler le territoire comme un dealer dans son quartier, j’imagine que cette dernière ne va plus faire long feu.
Les tests comparatifs montrent que Copilot reste plus rapide et plus précis que le système de prédiction local d’Apple intégré dans Xcode car Apple mise uniquement sur du traitement local avec un modèle embarqué (pas de cloud donc, tout est sur votre Mac), surtout que Microsoft a déjà des années d’avance sur l’entraînement de ses IA et la rapidité de ses serveurs.
Donc voilà, les développeurs iOS se retrouvent maintenant à choisir entre attendre un hypothétique Copilot d’Apple sans date de sortie, ou donner les clés de leur Xcode à Microsoft dès maintenant. Ou alors continuer à coder sans IA comme les hommes de Cro-Magnon à l’époque !
En tout cas, avec 2000 complétions gratuites par mois comme dose pour devenir accro, combien vont résister si Apple tarde encore 6 mois de plus ??
Apple will gladly sell you a $3,500 headset that wraps curved virtual displays around your entire field of view, but the company has never once shipped a physical curved display. Not on the iMac. Not on the Studio Display. Not even a subtle waterfall edge on the iPhone. This isn’t an oversight or technical limitation, it’s ideology made manifest in aluminum and glass.
While competitors like Samsung have built entire marketing campaigns around dramatic curved edges and Dell has carved out profitable niches with wraparound gaming monitors, Apple has spent decades systematically avoiding curves with the dedication of a geometry teacher. The result reveals something fascinating about how the world’s most valuable technology company thinks about design, professional workflows, and the fundamental nature of what a display should be.
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Jony Ive’s design philosophy wasn’t just about minimalism, it was about what he called “truth to materials.” Every curve had to justify its existence through function rather than form. In his worldview, inherited from design mentor Dieter Rams, displays served a singular purpose: presenting information with maximum clarity and minimum distraction. Curves introduced visual complexity that violated this core principle.
This wasn’t mere aesthetic preference but philosophical conviction. When Ive described transforming the iPad Pro from curved to flat edges, he emphasized how engineering advances allowed them to achieve “a very simple straightforward edge detail.” The language reveals everything: simplicity and straightforwardness were virtues, while curves represented unnecessary complexity. For Ive, flat displays weren’t just better designed, they were more honest about their purpose.
Physical curved displays present real-world problems that Apple’s engineering obsessives couldn’t stomach. Curved monitors suffer from geometric distortion near the edges, making straight lines appear bent, a nightmare for professionals working on architectural drawings or precise graphic design. Color accuracy varies across the curved surface as viewing angles change, violating Apple’s commitment to professional-grade color reproduction.
Manufacturing curved panels also means lower yields and higher costs, factors that conflict with Apple’s desire for predictable production economics. More importantly, curved displays complicate internal component layout, thermal management, and the kind of seamless integration that Apple prizes above flashy visual effects. Every curved panel represents engineering compromises that Apple’s teams historically refused to accept.
Apple positioned their displays squarely in professional creative markets where accuracy trumped immersion. Video editors, photographers, and graphic designers need displays that present images exactly as they’ll appear in final output. Even subtle curvature can introduce distortion that makes precision work difficult, particularly when multiple team members need to view the same screen from different angles.
This professional focus also explained Apple’s resistance to gaming-oriented features like high refresh rates until recently. Curved displays were marketed primarily for gaming and entertainment, markets where immersion mattered more than geometric precision. Apple’s customer base of creative professionals had different priorities, and the company built its display strategy around serving those specific needs rather than chasing broader consumer trends.
The Vision Pro’s enthusiastic embrace of curved virtual displays exposes the fundamental contradiction in Apple’s anti-curve stance. The latest visionOS update explicitly promotes wraparound displays that “curve around your periphery,” creating immersive experiences that physical displays simply cannot match. Apple actively markets these curved virtual screens as superior to traditional flat displays.
Virtual curvature solves every problem Apple cited with physical curved displays. Software can eliminate geometric distortion through pixel-perfect rendering. Color accuracy remains consistent because the underlying pixels are physically flat. Manufacturing yields become irrelevant because curves exist only in code. Most importantly, users can switch between curved and flat presentations depending on their task, providing the flexibility that rigid physical displays cannot offer.
Understanding Apple’s curved display aversion requires understanding Ive’s broader design philosophy, which extended far beyond hardware into software. His push for flat design in iOS 7 represented the same geometric principles applied to digital interfaces. He described the aesthetic as “profound and enduring beauty in simplicity,” explicitly rejecting decorative elements that didn’t serve essential functions.
This geometric obsession influenced every Apple product during Ive’s tenure. The iPhone’s evolution toward increasingly flat surfaces, the MacBook’s elimination of curves wherever possible, and even architectural elements in Apple Stores all reflected this commitment to geometric purity. Curves were acceptable only when they served clear functional purposes, never as decorative flourishes or visual drama.
While Apple maintained its flat display orthodoxy, competitors found success with curved screens across multiple product categories. Samsung’s Galaxy Edge phones created differentiation through dramatic curved edges. Gaming monitor manufacturers like ASUS and MSI built enthusiastic followings with ultrawide curved displays. Even premium TV makers embraced subtle curves to enhance viewing experiences.
The curved display market grew substantially without Apple’s participation, suggesting that consumer demand existed for these products. Professional users began adopting curved ultrawide monitors for tasks like video editing and financial trading, undermining Apple’s argument that curves were incompatible with serious work. The company watched potential revenue streams flow to competitors while maintaining its geometric principles.
Apple’s curved display absence has cost the company market opportunities in gaming, entertainment, and even some professional segments where immersive displays provide clear benefits. Curved ultrawide monitors have become popular among content creators for timeline-based work, offering advantages that Apple’s flat Studio Display simply cannot match. The company has effectively ceded these markets to maintain design consistency.
Yet Apple seems remarkably unconcerned about these missed opportunities, and their Vision Pro strategy suggests why. The company appears to view curved physical displays as a transitional technology, something to skip entirely in favor of the ultimate curved display: virtual reality. Why compromise with curved glass when you can eventually sell customers infinitely configurable virtual curves instead? It’s a typically Apple approach, waiting to leapfrog an entire product category rather than participate in its incremental evolution.
The contradiction between Apple’s curved virtual displays and flat physical ones isn’t really a contradiction at all. It’s the logical endpoint of a design philosophy that values function over form, professional utility over consumer spectacle, and long-term vision over short-term market participation. Apple didn’t avoid curved displays because they couldn’t make them work. They avoided them because curved glass was never the destination, just a waypoint on the road to curved light.
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Les nouveaux AirPods Pro 3 sont arrivés, et avec eux, la promesse d’une expérience audio encore améliorée. Après quelques jours d’utilisatio intensive, le constat est clair : Apple a su peaufiner une formule déjà très efficace pour livrer des écouteurs sans fil qui excellent clairement sur les points essentiels. Ce sont toujours les meilleurs écouteurs qui soient, que vous soyez sur iPhone ou Android.
Qualité sonore : la précision avant tout
À la première écoute, on ne note pas de révolution, mais une évolution qui s’entend quand même. Le profil sonore a été retravaillé pour offrir plus de présence dans les basses. Celles-ci sont plus profondes, plus rondes, ce qui donne une assise sonore solide à l’ensemble. On peut y voir un rapprochement avec la signature de certains casques Bose, connus pour leur chaleur. Pour autant, les médiums et les aigus sont aussi clairs et détaillés, et proposent une bonne polyvalence sur tous les styles musicaux, des podcasts aux morceaux les plus complexes.
La véritable avancée de ses petites beautés se situe au niveau de la réduction de bruit active (l’ANC). Sans être une rupture totale avec la génération précédente, son efficacité a été encore améliorée augmentée. Les bruits de fond constants, comme ceux que l’on subit dans les transports en commun, sont filtrés avec une efficacité redoutable. Les nouveaux embouts aident probablement, on y reviendra. Le mode “Transparence Adaptatif” est également de plus en plus convaincant : il atténue les bruits soudains et agressifs (travaux, sirènes) sans vous couper complètement de votre environnement. C’est un vrai plus au quotidien.
De plus en plus confortables
Le confort a été l’un des axes d’amélioration. Apple fournit désormais une nouvelle taille d’embouts en silicone, permettant à une plus grande majorité d’utilisateurs de trouver un ajustement stable et confortable. Pour ma part, cela a réglé les soucis de tenue que je pouvais rencontrer quand j’allais courir avec mes AirPods par exemple.
J’ai également pu tester la fonction de test auditif. C’est rigolo, et potentiellement interessant si vous avez le sentiment d’avoir des problèmes d’audition. Ca dure 5 minutes, et ça fini par vous dire votre niveau d’audition. Ca semble assez sérieux.
Une compatibilité Android efficace
C’est souvent le point qui fâche, mais Apple a assuré sur ce point. Une fois appairés en Bluetooth standard à un smartphone Android, les AirPods Pro 3 délivrent leurs qualités premières : l’excellente restitution sonore et une réduction de bruit active très performante, que l’on active par une pression longue sur la tige.
Bien entendu, l’intégration n’est pas aussi poussée qu’avec un iPhone. On fait l’impasse sur l’appairage rapide, la bascule automatique entre les appareils ou l’Audio Spatial avec suivi des mouvements de la tête. (que je n’utilise de toutes manières pas sur iOS). Cependant, pour une utilisation centrée sur l’écoute de musique et la gestion des appels avec ANC, l’expérience est tout à fait qualitative. Ces manques ne sont pas bloquants pour qui cherche avant tout la performance audio.
La puce qui équipe ces écouteurs leur ouvre des perspectives intéressantes. On pense en particulier à la fonctionnalité de traduction en temps réel, qui a été annoncée mais qui n’est pas encore disponible en Europe. Son arrivée, probablement via une mise à jour logicielle, viendra encore enrichir l’écosystème.
Bref, perso je sur-valide. Ces AirPods Pro 3 ne réinventent pas le concept, mais ils l’optimisent sur tous les plans. Avec une qualité sonore améliorée, une réduction de bruit de premier ordre et un confort clairement amélioré, ils se positionnent comme un choix solide et une référence difficilement détrônable sur le marché. Leur compatibilité assurée avec Android pour les fonctions clés les rend d’autant plus recommandables ! Ils sont dispos en livraison rapide sur Amazon en cliquant par ici.
Article invité publié par Vincent Lautier . Vous pouvez aussi faire un saut sur mon blog , ou lire tous les tests que je publie dans la catégorie “Gadgets Tech” , comme cette liseuse Android de dingue ou ces AirTags pour Android !
This could be seen as a compromise after it dropped its request for all iCloud users’ data.
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This new ransomware detection is available in beta in Google Drive for desktop on Windows or macOS, with a general release expected by the end of the year.
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Si vous êtes sous Mac, je pense que comme moi, vous passez votre temps à chercher des fichiers ou lancer des applications avec Spotlight… Si vous ne connaissez pas cet outil, c’est un truc super pratique d’Apple qui indexe tout votre disque dur pour vous faire gagner du temps. Command+Espace, trois lettres tapées, et hop, votre document apparaît. Pratique, non ?
Sauf que voilà, depuis presque 10 ans maintenant, ce même Spotlight peut servir de cheval de Troie pour siphonner vos données les plus privées. Et le pire, c’est qu’Apple le sait et n’arrive toujours pas à vraiment colmater la brèche.
Patrick Wardle, le chercheur en sécurité derrière plusieurs outils populaires comme LuLu , vient d’expliquer sur son blog Objective-See une technique ahurissante qui permet à un plugin Spotlight malveillant de contourner toutes les protections TCC de macOS. Pour info, TCC (Transparency, Consent and Control), c’est le système qui vous demande si telle application peut accéder à vos photos, vos contacts, votre micro… Bref, c’est censé être le garde du corps de votre vie privée sous Mac.
Alors comment ça marche ?
Hé bien au lieu d’essayer de forcer les portes blindées du système, le plugin malveillant utilise les notifications Darwin comme une sorte de morse numérique. Chaque byte du fichier à voler est encodé dans le nom d’une notification (de 0 à 255), et un processus externe n’a qu’à écouter ces notifications pour reconstruire le fichier original, octet par octet. C’est du génie dans sa simplicité !
Ce qui rend cette histoire encore plus dingue, c'est que cette vulnérabilité a été présentée pour la première fois par Wardle lui-même lors de sa conférence #OBTS v1.0 en 2018. Il avait déjà montré comment les notifications pouvaient permettre aux applications sandboxées d'espionner le système.
Plus récemment, Microsoft a “redécouvert” une variante de cette technique cette année et l’a baptisée “ Sploitlight ”. Ils ont même obtenu un joli CVE tout neuf (CVE-2025-31199) pour leur méthode qui consistait à logger les données dans les journaux système. Apple a corrigé cette variante dans macOS Sequoia 15.4… mais la méthode originale de Wardle fonctionne toujours, même sur macOS 26 (Tahoe) !
Et sinon, savez-vous ce que ces plugins peuvent voler exactement ?
Il y a notamment un fichier bien particulier sur votre Mac, caché dans les profondeurs du système, qui s’appelle knowledgeC.db. Cette base de données SQLite est littéralement le journal intime de votre Mac. Elle contient tout :
C’est le genre de données qui raconte votre vie mieux que vous ne pourriez le faire vous-même. Et avec les nouvelles fonctionnalités d’Apple Intelligence dans macOS Tahoe, cette base de données alimente directement l’IA d’Apple pour personnaliser votre expérience.
Avec ce fichier, quelqu’un pourrait non seulement voir ce que vous faites maintenant sur votre Mac, mais aussi reconstituer vos habitudes des 30 derniers jours. À quelle heure vous commencez votre journée, quelles apps vous lancez en premier, combien de temps vous passez sur tel ou tel site… C’est le rêve de n’importe quel espion ou publicitaire, et c’est accessible via une simple vulnérabilité Spotlight.
Apple a bien sûr essayé de corriger le tir. Dans macOS 15.4, ils ont ajouté de nouveaux événements TCC au framework Endpoint Security pour mieux surveiller qui accède à quoi. Ils ont aussi corrigé la variante découverte par Microsoft (CVE-2025-31199).
Mais… la vulnérabilité de base présentée par Wardle fonctionne toujours sur macOS 26 (Tahoe), même en version Release Candidate avec SIP activé ! C’est comme ajouter une serrure supplémentaire sur la porte alors que tout le monde passe par la fenêtre depuis 10 ans.
Wardle a une idée toute simple pour régler définitivement le problème : Apple pourrait exiger une notarisation pour les plugins Spotlight, ou au minimum demander l’authentification et l’approbation explicite de l’utilisateur avant leur installation. Actuellement, n’importe quel plugin peut s’installer tranquillement dans ~/Library/Spotlight/ et commencer à espionner vos données, sans même nécessiter de privilèges administrateur.
Alors bien sûr, avant que vous ne couriez partout comme une poule sans tête, il faut relativiser :
Ça fait quand même quelques conditions… mais le fait que cette faille existe depuis près de 10 ans et fonctionne toujours sur la dernière version de macOS reste préoccupant.
Cette histoire nous rappelle que les outils les plus dangereux sont souvent ceux auxquels on fait le plus confiance… Wardle fournit même un proof-of-concept complet sur son site pour que la communauté puisse tester et comprendre le problème. Espérons qu’Apple prendra enfin cette vulnérabilité au sérieux et implémentera les mesures de sécurité suggérées.
En attendant, restez vigilants sur les applications que vous installez et gardez un œil sur les notifications système concernant l’installation de nouveaux plugins Spotlight !
Mailbird consolidates your inboxes across all accounts, and it even gives you specialized email analytics.
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This rumored laptop is Apple's latest bid to attract millions of budget-conscious buyers.
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Apple just fixed more than 50 security flaws across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV, and Vision Pro.
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Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language refracts light, adapts to context, and, for the first time, makes iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV, and Vision Pro feel like one family instead of six separate worlds. Today’s announcement of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 finally addresses the fundamental interface problem that overwhelms users when every app competes for attention simultaneously.
Designer: Apple
For the first time, Apple has coordinated visual changes across all six platforms simultaneously while preserving what makes each operating system unique. This unified approach eliminates the jarring disconnection between devices that forces users to mentally readjust interfaces constantly.
Liquid Glass works as a translucent material inspired by visionOS that uses real-time specular highlights for depth and reflections while dynamically transforming to prioritize content over interface chrome. The system affects controls, navigation, app icons, widgets, and typography, not just window decoration.
Adaptive numerals shift based on context. Tab bars and sidebars resize intelligently as users scroll. Lock screen text adapts to underlying imagery for optimal readability. When reading articles, controls fade gracefully. During video editing, timeline tools become prominent while other elements recede naturally.
The philosophy demonstrates sophisticated restraint, recognizing that people switch between iPhone, iPad, and Mac throughout their workday constantly. Visual consistency reduces cognitive friction while platform-specific optimizations preserve each device’s core strengths.
However, this beauty comes with trade-offs. The GPU-intensive rendering means older hardware shows simplified effects. More critically, transparency looks gorgeous indoors but reduces contrast in direct sunlight. On iPhone 17 Pro, the translucency feels alive, though outdoors contrast sometimes slips, a fundamental tension between aesthetic appeal and practical usability that runs throughout Apple’s implementation.
International conference calls and travel create genuine language barriers that slow down professional work. Apple Intelligence introduces Live Translation across Messages, FaceTime, Phone calls, and AirPods without the awkward delays that plague existing translation tools.
The implementation supports English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in beta, with additional language support rolling out throughout 2025. Visual intelligence gains ChatGPT integration for screenshot analysis plus search connections to Google, Etsy, and other supported applications for finding similar images and products.
Genmoji creation lets users combine multiple emoji for more precise expression than settling for approximate matches. Workout Buddy brings personalized spoken motivation to Apple Watch, iPhone, and AirPods during exercise sessions using generative voices built from Apple Fitness+ trainer data.
New developer APIs let third-party apps integrate directly with on-device Apple Intelligence models. Apps like Streaks now intelligently suggest and categorize to-do items, while CARROT Weather provides unlimited conversational weather insights. Detail: AI Video Editor helps creatives by generating teleprompter scripts from outlines or existing text.
The on-device foundation model enables privacy-protected features that work offline, positioning Apple Intelligence as enhancement rather than replacement for human capabilities.
Robocalls and customer service holds remain unnecessarily stressful despite decades of smartphone evolution. Call Screening automatically handles unknown numbers while Hold Assist waits on line until live agents become available, finally automating the tedious aspects of phone communication.
Lock Screen customization includes adaptive time presentation that adjusts to imagery and delightful 3D spatial scenes that respond to lighting conditions and usage patterns. The adaptive design ensures readability across different wallpapers and times of day.
Messages gains screening for unknown senders, poll creation, and conversation backgrounds. Apple Music adds Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation features for select songs across multiple language pairs. Apple Maps introduces Visited Places tracking while Apple Wallet expands order tracking capabilities in beta.
The new Apple Games app creates a personalized gaming destination for discovering and reconnecting with favorite titles. CarPlay users get a compact view for incoming calls, Tapbacks in Messages, plus widgets and Live Activities.
AirPods receive significant updates allowing creators to record high-quality content and remotely control Camera app capture, bridging professional and consumer workflows.
Professional iPad users have complained about windowing limitations for years without adequate solutions. iPadOS 26 introduces an entirely new windowing system that organizes and switches between apps while maintaining iPad’s signature simplicity, the biggest iPadOS release ever.
Multiple windows cooperate intelligently without the chaos that plagues traditional desktop environments. A new menu bar appears with a swipe down from the top or cursor movement to the edge, bridging touch and cursor interfaces elegantly without compromising either interaction method.
Home and lock screen widgets plus app icons gain a new “clear look” that integrates seamlessly with Liquid Glass principles. The aesthetic maintains visual hierarchy while reducing interface noise.
The supercharged Files app offers new organization capabilities and folder customization. Dock folders provide convenient access to downloads and documents from anywhere. The Preview app arrives on iPad with Apple Pencil Markup and AutoFill integration, making document workflows seamless instead of requiring third-party workarounds.
Journal comes to iPad for capturing everyday moments and special events using Apple Pencil or touch. Creative professionals gain Background Tasks, enhanced audio input control, and high-quality local recording capabilities that bring iPad closer to desktop-class content creation.
On iPad M4, the new windowing system finally feels intuitive, but older models show lag when managing multiple windows simultaneously. It shows Apple’s design ambition outpacing its hardware support, a reminder that innovation always moves faster than compatibility.
Desktop search hasn’t fundamentally changed since the 1990s despite massive computing power increases. macOS Tahoe delivers Spotlight’s biggest update ever with new browsing views, enhanced search, and action capabilities for sending emails or creating events through quick keys.
Search transforms from file finding into a command center for everything. Shortcuts integrate with Apple Intelligence models for complex task automation. The updated Control Center offers new personalization options alongside extensive customization choices.
Folder icons can be customized with color, symbols, or emoji. Wallpapers and tints interact directly with Liquid Glass elements, creating cohesive visual experiences that adapt to user preferences. The menu bar becomes completely transparent, expanding visual space without hardware changes.
Live Activities from iPhone now appear directly on Mac for real-time event tracking. Continuity brings iPhone Phone app features including Recents, Favorites, Voicemails, Call Screening, and Hold Assist directly to Mac, dissolving device boundaries.
On MacBook, the transparent menu bar is elegant at night but chaotic against a messy desktop, another example of the aesthetic versus practicality tension running throughout Liquid Glass implementation.
Fitness tracking has focused on reactive data collection rather than proactive health insights. Apple Watch gains a sleep score feature for understanding sleep quality and taking steps toward more restorative rest.
FDA-cleared hypertension notifications represent a significant medical advancement, alerting users when signs of chronic high blood pressure are detected so they can begin potentially lifesaving behavioral changes or treatment. The feature uses machine learning algorithms validated in large clinical studies but remains limited to Apple Watch Series 9 and later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later.
watchOS 26 introduces two new watch faces: Flow and Exactograph. Smart Stack hints offer proactive prompts for actionable suggestions that appear when most relevant. Live Translation in Messages automatically translates texts into preferred languages.
A new wrist flick gesture dismisses notifications, silences alarms, and returns to the watch face on Series 9 and later models. On Apple Watch, wrist flick works instantly, while hypertension alerts inspire trust but raise accuracy questions. It positions Apple as both a lifestyle brand and a quasi-medical provider, which raises trust and liability questions. The Notes app finally arrives on Apple Watch, completing the productivity suite across Apple’s ecosystem.
Workout Buddy provides personalized, motivational audio insights during workouts with dynamic generative voices, while the Workout app debuts its biggest layout update since introduction.
Apple TV has lacked genuine social capabilities despite being shared household devices. Sing-along sessions reach new levels through Sing in Apple Music, transforming iPhones into wireless microphones for Apple TV with friends joining to queue songs or react with onscreen emoji.
Real-time lyrics and visual effects bring performances to life on the biggest screen in the home, making group entertainment interactive instead of passive consumption. Contact Posters on FaceTime simplify video calling from the living room while profile updates allow users to quickly return to personalized recommendations, playlists, and watchlists.
visionOS 26 brings powerful spatial experiences including widgets that integrate seamlessly into users’ spaces and persist across sessions instead of resetting each time. More expressive, realistic Personas and spatial scenes offer lifelike depth for photos.
Spatial browsing transforms Safari articles and lets developers embed 3D objects directly into web pages. Users can share Vision Pro experiences with people in the same room for collaborative movie watching or work sessions. iPhone unlocking while wearing Vision Pro plus hand and eye data saving makes sharing easier than ever.
A new interactive Jupiter environment lets users accelerate time to observe the planet’s massive storms swirling across its surface. Native playback support arrives for 180-degree, 360-degree, and wide field-of-view content from action cameras including Insta360, GoPro, and Canon models.
New accessibility features bring comprehensive customization to the Apple ecosystem. Accessibility Nutrition Labels on the App Store inform users of supported accessibility features before downloading apps, improving discoverability for users with disabilities.
The Magnifier app for Mac connects to external cameras for users with low vision to zoom in and interact with surroundings. Accessibility Reader offers systemwide reading mode with extensive font, color, and spacing options plus Spoken Content support.
Braille Access provides powerful interaction methods for braille users with connected displays. Live Listen controls come to Apple Watch with real-time Live Captions for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, ensuring the design revolution includes comprehensive user access.
Liquid Glass represents Apple’s most significant design evolution since the iOS 7 transformation from skeuomorphic to flat design in 2013. This latest pivot toward adaptive translucency aims to solve the interface chaos created by decades of feature accumulation across multiple platforms.
The simultaneous rollout across six platforms signals Apple’s confidence in unified design language while acknowledging the performance and usability trade-offs. GPU-intensive rendering limits older devices to simplified effects, and contrast issues in bright environments reveal the ongoing tension between beauty and functionality.
All updates are available today as free software downloads. Apple Intelligence launches in beta with expanding language support throughout 2025. Some features remain region-limited, particularly hypertension notifications which require specific hardware and regulatory approval.
This coordinated approach demonstrates how thoughtful design philosophy can unify technical capabilities across an entire ecosystem while maintaining each platform’s unique identity, a balance that will define Apple’s interface evolution for years to come.
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I recently read a Digital Trends piece that spoke about how the ‘iPhone Air is setting us up for Apple Smart Glasses‘, and I couldn’t help but think about how journalists who look at the iPhone Air have one of two reactions. There’s one group of bloggers who believe this particular launch is just a stepping stone to a foldable phone… while the other group, marveling at how all the computing of the iPhone Air exists inside the bump, believe that this is actually leading to Apple building smart glasses. The latter are wrong, but before I tell you my spicy take, let me just preface by declaring that Apple almost certainly could be working on both foldables as well as smart glasses. I just don’t think the iPhone Air is leading to Apple Glasses – because there’s already a device that’s been leading to it. The Watch.
Something about Apple launching a new product really makes journalists lose all sense of objectivity. I’m not being rude, I’m saying this because I’ve found myself doing this too. I was genuinely excited when Apple unveiled the Touch Bar, the Dynamic Island, and Camera Control. It felt ground-breaking for precisely 4 minutes before I then reminded myself… the Touch Bar was first put on a Lenovo laptop 2 years before apple, the Dynamic Island is still larger than most hole-punch cameras, and the Camera Control, while great, doesn’t beat the innovation that Sony’s had in their ‘camera phone’ era. I’m not dunking on Apple, but hear me out – it’s impressive how Apple managed to fit an entire smartphone into the iPhone Air’s camera bump, but Apple’s done this before – the Apple Watch is essentially a computer crammed into a wristwatch. Saying the iPhone Air is building up to smart glasses means completely ignoring all of Apple’s work in the Watch category.
Will the iPhone Air’s innovations lead to wearable breakthroughs? Absolutely. The watch’s heart rate monitor led to breakthroughs in heart-tracking tech that made it to the AirPods Pro 3. The Center Stage camera on the Mac made it to the iPhone. Innovation always travels in multiple directions. But nobody looked at the heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch and thought, wow, this is definitely going to go into my ear someday.
The point is, Apple’s been on track for making powerful wearable devices. The Watch is essentially a computer that’s only limited by its chipset and OS. Bump the S-series chipset’s capabilities to match the A-series and the smartwatch essentially becomes a powerful computing device. It’s already got a gyroscope, it has a battery, tracks health, is ridiculously water-resistant, and could easily pack a camera if you remove the entire sensor array on the bottom for calculating blood oxygen, wrist temperature, respiratory rate, and heart rate variability.
So what’s the iPhone Air hinting at? To be honest, I think the most logical conclusion is a foldable. Apple’s built the iPhone Air to be ridiculously strong, thin, and capable of matching up to the performance of regular flagships. The iPhone Air’s thin design still has a massive battery, which obviously doesn’t port to a pair of smart glasses. Digital Trends asks this exact same question, wondering if Apple’s glasses will have a tethered battery pack like the Vision Pro. But then again, this is exactly what I find so amusing – journalists forgetting that Apple’s been making powerful computing devices with tiny batteries. All you need to do is look at your wrist!
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Remember bendgate? That infamous moment when the iPhone 6 Plus buckled under pressure, quite literally bending in people’s pockets and sparking a global conversation about smartphone durability. Apple learned from that debacle, but SUPCASE has taken the lesson to an entirely different level with their new UB Grip Pro case for the iPhone 17 Pro series. SUPCASE has essentially built a fortress around Apple’s latest flagship, complete with military-grade protection that makes the original bendgate controversy look like a gentle warm-up exercise. This case doesn’t just protect your phone; it turns it into an indestructible communication device that belongs in a superhero’s arsenal.
The UB Grip Pro represents SUPCASE’s evolution from their legendary Unicorn Beetle Pro series, trading the aggressive angular ridges for what they call “structural elegance.” The company has managed to create something that looks like it rolled off the assembly line of a high-end military contractor, complete with precision-milled aluminum components and a design language that screams industrial sophistication. The case wraps around the iPhone 17 Pro’s new aluminum-glass hybrid back and that distinctive horizontal camera bar with the kind of protection typically reserved for equipment heading into combat zones. SUPCASE claims 20-foot drop protection, which means your phone could theoretically survive falling from a second-story window and still boot up ready for your next video call. The four-corner airbag design distributes impact forces like a professional stunt coordinator, ensuring that even the most dramatic accidents become mere footnotes in your phone’s survival story.
Designer: Jet Weng
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The integrated kickstand is rated to survive over 55,000 open-close cycles as per SUPCASE’s testing. SUPCASE built this component from aluminum alloy, giving it the kind of durability you’d expect from your own MacBook’s hinge rather than a some nondescript smartphone accessory online. The kickstand offers 120-degree portrait positioning and 57-degree landscape angles, perfect for taking advantage of the iPhone 17 Pro’s enhanced dual video recording capabilities. The ring grip function doubles as a security feature, essentially making it impossible to drop your phone during those one-handed photography sessions. When folded flat, the kickstand disappears into the case’s contours like a hidden weapon in a spy thriller, maintaining that sleek profile while keeping serious functionality at your fingertips.
SUPCASE’s approach to MagSafe compatibility reads like something from a physics textbook. They’ve incorporated N52 magnets that generate seven times the magnetic force of standard cases, creating a hold strength of up to 1,800 grams. This means your iPhone will stick to magnetic car mounts with the tenacity of a gecko on glass, even during the bumpiest off-road adventures. The magnetic array ensures perfect alignment with MagSafe chargers, delivering the full 25W wireless charging speed without any of the positioning guesswork that plagues weaker magnetic cases. The magnets are strategically positioned to work seamlessly with the relocated Apple logo on the iPhone 17 Pro’s back panel, creating a perfectly centered aesthetic when using clear MagSafe accessories.
The camera zone usually wears the bruises, and the iPhone 17 Pro’s camera bar asks for dedicated protection. Reinforced impact zones wrap the rectangular module without turning it into a brick, a detail that matters in pockets and bags. Raised borders create clearance on tables while avoiding the harsh lip that snags on fabrics. Materials around this area feel denser and more resilient, which echoes the protective story without adding theatrical thickness. Photography stays comfortable to grip, especially when the ring is tucked and the case’s side texture takes over.
The Camera Control button features 19 copper conductors that deliver ultra-responsive feedback, making every shutter press feel as crisp and immediate as the bare phone. This level of precision engineering typically appears in professional camera equipment, not smartphone cases. The case’s textured surfaces provide grip security without sacrificing the premium feel that iPhone users expect. SUPCASE has managed to create a surface that feels substantial and secure in your hand while maintaining the kind of finish quality that wouldn’t look out of place in a luxury car interior.
The included 9H tempered glass screen protector completes the 360-degree protection package, turning your iPhone 17 Pro into a virtually indestructible communication device. Unlike many case manufacturers who treat screen protection as an afterthought or expensive add-on, SUPCASE includes premium glass protection right in the box. The 0.33mm thickness maintains touch sensitivity while providing hardness levels that rival sapphire crystal. The installation process integrates seamlessly with the case design, creating a unified protection system rather than a collection of separate accessories. This comprehensive approach means your iPhone receives laboratory-grade protection from the moment you unbox the case.
The UB Grip Pro comes in four colorways that complement the iPhone 17 Pro’s new finish options: classic black for stealth operations, Guldan for those who prefer darker sophistication, coral that matches the phone’s rumored new color options, and azure that adds a pop of personality to the industrial design. Each color maintains the same premium finish quality and attention to detail that makes this case feel like a custom piece of tactical equipment. SUPCASE has priced the UB Grip Pro competitively for what amounts to comprehensive protection that could save you from a costly device replacement. Available through SUPCASE’s official store and Amazon, this case promises to add armor-like properties to your phone, making it so strong even Hulk wouldn’t be able to bend it… probably.
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