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iPhone hardware and iOS: new features and how to use them, bugs and fixes, buyer's guides and what reviewers found. Reported from Apple's own documentation and release notes, with the leaks marked as leaks.

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1 Oct 20264 min read

iPhone Duo Get Ready opens on 12 October, as unconfirmed reports put assembly yields near 60 per cent

Apple's Get Ready step for iPhone Duo pre-orders opens on 12 October. A Chinese report, unconfirmed by Apple, puts assembly yields just above 60 per cent.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

1 Oct 20264 min read

Halide 3.2 sets the iPhone 18 Pro aperture to any f-number, not just Apple's four stops

Lux Optics released Halide 3.2 on 30 September, letting iPhone 18 Pro owners pick any aperture from f/1.48 to f/4.0 rather than Apple's four presets.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

1 Oct 20264 min read

Messages Suggestions are back in the iOS 27.2 beta, with Group FaceTime Dual Capture and TV app profiles

Messages Suggestions, pulled before iOS 27 shipped, have returned in the iOS 27.2 beta, alongside Group FaceTime Dual Capture and TV app profiles on iPhone.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

1 Oct 20264 min read

Reminders in iOS 27 turns a typed sentence into a dated reminder, on Apple Intelligence iPhones

Reminders in iOS 27 fills in dates, times and places from a typed description, sorts grocery lists in more languages, and drops the old toolbar.

Pinkesh Gajera

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1 Oct 20264 min read

Some iPhone 18 Pro owners report speaker crackling, and Apple has not acknowledged it

iPhone 18 Pro owners are reporting crackles, pops and clicks from the earpiece speaker. The reports are unconfirmed and Apple has said nothing about them.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

1 Oct 20264 min read

DoorDash now takes food orders by text in Apple's Messages, through an AI agent

DoorDash has opened a US waitlist for an AI agent that takes food orders by text in Apple's Messages, matching the sender's phone number to their account.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

30 Sept 20265 min read

Apple's new Screen Time needs every device in a Family Sharing group on 27

Apple published a family screen time guide with the American Academy of Pediatrics on 29 September, and a requirement most coverage skipped.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

30 Sept 20264 min read

Emergency SOS via satellite reaches Norway, and Apple's own caution names northern Norway

Apple added Norway to Emergency SOS via satellite on 29 September, in a support document updated the same day.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

29 Sept 20265 min read

Final Cut Camera can now set the iPhone 18 Pro aperture, and Apple lists four stops rather than a range

Apple released Final Cut Camera 2.4 on 29 September, adding control of the iPhone 18 Pro variable aperture along with scopes, genlock and clean SDI out.

Pinkesh Gajera

iPhone

29 Sept 20264 min read

The iOS 27 Shortcuts app adds 21 new actions, and two things automators have asked for for years

Apple's Shortcuts app in iOS 27 gains 21 new actions, 14 improved ones and three new automation triggers, spread across Messages, Reminders and Photos.

Pinkesh Gajera

iPhone

29 Sept 20265 min read

A Google Analytics for Firebase payload crashed thousands of iPhone apps at launch

Apps built with Google Analytics for Firebase began crashing on launch early on 29 September. The fault was a server response, not an app update.

Pinkesh Gajera

iPhone

29 Sept 20265 min read

The iPhone Duo hinge angle is available to apps, and Apple's guidance is not to build your layout on it

Craig Federighi described the iPhone Duo's hinge angle API this week. Apple's own developer session tells apps to use it for effects, not for layout.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone Duo Get Ready opens on 12 October, as unconfirmed reports put assembly yields near 60 per cent

Halide 3.2 sets the iPhone 18 Pro aperture to any f-number, not just Apple's four stops

Messages Suggestions are back in the iOS 27.2 beta, with Group FaceTime Dual Capture and TV app profiles

Reminders in iOS 27 turns a typed sentence into a dated reminder, on Apple Intelligence iPhones

Some iPhone 18 Pro owners report speaker crackling, and Apple has not acknowledged it

DoorDash now takes food orders by text in Apple's Messages, through an AI agent

Apple's new Screen Time needs every device in a Family Sharing group on 27

Emergency SOS via satellite reaches Norway, and Apple's own caution names northern Norway

Final Cut Camera can now set the iPhone 18 Pro aperture, and Apple lists four stops rather than a range

The iOS 27 Shortcuts app adds 21 new actions, and two things automators have asked for for years

A Google Analytics for Firebase payload crashed thousands of iPhone apps at launch

The iPhone Duo hinge angle is available to apps, and Apple's guidance is not to build your layout on it

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