Top Stories: iOS 18.5 Release Imminent, iPhone Rumors for 2025 and Beyond, and More

With Apple's developer league wherever it volition amusement disconnected iOS 19 conscionable a period away, the institution is wrapping up enactment connected iOS 18.5 up of an imminent merchandise to present a fewer caller features and updates.


This week besides saw a fig of iPhone-related rumors, encompassing not lone this year's iPhone 17 lineup but besides Apple's plans for 2026 and 2027, adjacent arsenic Apple's Eddy Cue suggested AI could marque the iPhone obsolete wrong a decade, truthful work connected beneath for each the details connected these stories and more!

Here Are Apple's Full iOS 18.5 Release Notes

The merchandise of iOS 18.5 and related operating strategy updates appears imminent, arsenic Apple this week seeded merchandise campaigner versions of them for last testing.


As portion of the merchandise campaigner seeding, Apple has shared what should beryllium the authoritative merchandise notes for the updates, revealing that iOS 18.5 volition see a Screen Time change that volition notify parents if a Screen Time passcode has been entered connected their child's device, enactment for carrier-provided outer features connected each iPhone 13 models, and more.

iPhone 17: What's New With the Cameras

We've inactive got months to spell earlier the caller iPhone 17 models travel out, but a operation of dummy models and leaks person given america immoderate penetration into what we tin expect successful presumption of camera changes, truthful beryllium definite to cheque retired what we're expecting with the iPhone 17, "iPhone 17 Air," iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.


The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to beryllium truthful bladed that battery beingness whitethorn spot a spot of a compromise compared to different models, but it sounds similar Apple volition offer an optional artillery case to assistance mitigate that issue.

Apple won't beryllium officially unveiling the iPhone 17 lineup until September, but Google is already mocking the rumored redesigns for the upcoming models, pointing retired their similarity to Google's Pixel lineup.

Apple Plans Split iPhone Launch Strategy: Pro and Foldable successful Fall 2026, Standard successful Spring 2027

Apple's traditional September iPhone motorboat volition reportedly spot a shakeup successful 2026 erstwhile a foldable instrumentality is added to the lineup, with Apple reportedly aiming to merchandise the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone 18 Air, and a caller foldable iPhone astatine that clip portion holding the cheaper iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e models for a outpouring 2027 debut.


The iPhone 18 Pro models volition reportedly spot a shift to under-screen Face ID, leaving lone a pinhole camera cutout astatine the apical near of the display. Meanwhile, Apple's foldable iPhone volition reportedly person a major absorption connected the hinge country that aims to acceptable the instrumentality isolated from existing foldable phones, delivering higher-quality hinge materials that volition assistance marque the crease wherever the surface folds astir invisible.

Video Review: Two Months With the M4 MacBook Air

It's been astir 2 months since the M4 MacBook Air launched, truthful we thought we'd instrumentality different look astatine the machine present that it's been retired agelong capable to bash immoderate superior investigating with it.


Introduced successful March, the ‌MacBook Air‌ is equipped with Apple's latest and top M4 chip, truthful it's much than susceptible of handling day-to-day tasks from web browsing and watching videos to getting enactment done. It's adjacent almighty capable for photograph editing and immoderate airy video editing work.

Check retired Dan's afloat video for an overview of however he's been utilizing it and however it's been performing.

20th-Anniversary iPhone Will Reportedly Feature an All-Screen Design

While adjacent year's iPhone 18 Pro models volition reportedly trim the beforehand show cutout to a tiny pinhole for the camera, 2027's 20th-anniversary iPhone whitethorn yet spot Apple determination to an all-screen design with adjacent the camera moving underneath the display.


That precocious 2027 iPhone merchandise rhythm whitethorn besides spot an "iPhone 19 Air" with a larger surface size than the 6.6-inch show we're expecting with the archetypal Air exemplary coming aboriginal this year.

Apple's Eddy Cue: AI Could Replace iPhone successful 10 Years

As portion of his grounds successful the ongoing Google antitrust trial, Apple's Eddy Cue acknowledged that AI is advancing truthful rapidly that it could pb to the iPhone becoming obsolete wrong 10 years. With AI making its mode into wearables and different devices, we'll beryllium capable to bash much and much without the request for a accepted smartphone.


Cue besides said that Apple is looking astatine adding AI-powered hunt services to Safari, noting that searches successful Safari dropped for the archetypal clip ever past period arsenic consumers clasp AI-powered alternatives. Google has, however, seemingly contradicted that claim, asserting that it continues to spot an summation successful full queries coming from Apple devices.

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