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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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29 Sept 20265 min read

iOS 27.0.1 fixes the Face ID restart, and names two more iPhone 18 Pro faults

Apple released iOS 27.0.1 on 28 September, fixing the bug that made an iPhone 18 Pro restart when a Face ID scan failed, plus two others.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

24 Sept 20264 min read

Apple confirms an iPhone 18 Pro Face ID fix is coming next week

Apple has confirmed that a software update fixing the iPhone 18 Pro Face ID reboot is due early next week, settling whether the fault was hardware.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

24 Sept 20265 min read

AT&T will not commit to iPhone Handoff, leaving T-Mobile alone in the US

AT&T has declined to commit to iPhone Handoff, the iOS 27 feature that shares one number across two iPhones, leaving T-Mobile as the only US carrier offering it.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

23 Sept 20265 min read

Apple's redesigned Health app has started selling lab tests through Quest Diagnostics

Lab test ordering through Quest Diagnostics has switched on in the redesigned Health app, in the first public beta of iOS 27.2 released on 22 September.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

22 Sept 20265 min read

Apple has narrowed Texture and Grain to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo, after saying otherwise

Apple has rewritten the footnote on its iPhone 18 Pro announcement so that the new Texture and Grain controls apply only to the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

22 Sept 20264 min read

Apple has stopped signing iOS 26.6.2, and the way back from iOS 27 is now shut

Apple stopped signing iOS 26.6.2 on 21 September, which closes the last official route from iOS 27 back to iOS 26 eight days after the release.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

21 Sept 20265 min read

A failed Face ID scan is freezing and rebooting some iPhone 18 Pro units

Some iPhone 18 Pro owners say the phone locks up and restarts after a failed Face ID attempt in a locked app. 9to5Mac has reproduced it on demand.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

21 Sept 20264 min read

CarPlay in iOS 27 can run third-party video apps, and only while the car is parked

iOS 27 lets developers build CarPlay apps people can browse and watch on the car's own screen, gated behind an Apple entitlement, a parked car and automaker support.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

21 Sept 20265 min read

The iPhone 18 Pro display frame broke on three of the four units iFixit opened

iFixit gave the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max a provisional 7 out of 10 for repairability, then reported that the display's plastic frame failed on three of four units.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

20 Sept 20264 min read

Apple's three iOS 27 speed numbers each come from a different iPhone

Apple says iOS 27 launches apps 30 per cent faster and moves AirDrop 80 per cent faster. The footnotes name three different iPhones and three different tests.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

20 Sept 20264 min read

iOS 27 can split a restaurant bill from a photo, in one country

iOS 27 lets you scan a receipt and settle up with Apple Cash. Apple's own footnote restricts it to the United States, on an Apple Intelligence iPhone.

Pinkesh Gajera

iPhone

19 Sept 20265 min read

Apple's hardware chief asks to be held accountable on the iPhone Duo crease

Apple's hardware engineering VP told TechRadar on 18 September that the iPhone Duo's matte display will keep its crease from becoming more visible with use.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iOS 27.0.1 fixes the Face ID restart, and names two more iPhone 18 Pro faults

Apple confirms an iPhone 18 Pro Face ID fix is coming next week

AT&T will not commit to iPhone Handoff, leaving T-Mobile alone in the US

Apple's redesigned Health app has started selling lab tests through Quest Diagnostics

Apple has narrowed Texture and Grain to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo, after saying otherwise

Apple has stopped signing iOS 26.6.2, and the way back from iOS 27 is now shut

A failed Face ID scan is freezing and rebooting some iPhone 18 Pro units

CarPlay in iOS 27 can run third-party video apps, and only while the car is parked

The iPhone 18 Pro display frame broke on three of the four units iFixit opened

Apple's three iOS 27 speed numbers each come from a different iPhone

iOS 27 can split a restaurant bill from a photo, in one country

Apple's hardware chief asks to be held accountable on the iPhone Duo crease

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