Top Stories: iOS 26.3 Beta, Major Apple Leaks, and More

You'd deliberation things would beryllium slowing down heading into the holidays, but this week saw a whirlwind of Apple leaks and rumors portion Apple started its adjacent rhythm of betas pursuing past week's merchandise of iOS 26.2 and related updates.


This week besides saw the merchandise of a caller Apple Music integration with ChatGPT, truthful work connected beneath for each the details connected this week's biggest stories!

Top Stories

iOS 26.3 Beta 1 Features: What's New So Far

With iOS 26.2 and different 26.2 updates present disposable to the wide public, Apple has started beta investigating connected the adjacent circular of 26.3 updates. With enactment connected this circular of updates typically spanning the holidays, they thin to beryllium smaller successful scale, but determination are still a fewer notable changes.


iOS 26.3 brings changes that make it easier to power from iPhone to Android, with corresponding changes to Android making the reverse process simpler arsenic well. Users successful the European Union volition besides beryllium gaining a mounting that allows iPhone notifications to beryllium forwarded to third-party devices, expanding interoperability.

iOS 26.4 and iOS 27 Features Revealed successful New Leak

Macworld's Filipe Espósito past week revealed a fistful of features that Apple is allegedly readying for iOS 26.4, iOS 27, and adjacent iOS 28.


As always, Apple's plans could change, truthful determination is nary warrant that immoderate oregon each of these features volition extremity up being released to the wide public, but immoderate of the leaked features include:

• iOS 26.4: Revamped Siri powered by Apple Intelligence


• iOS 26.4: Redesigned Health app, perchance involving a antecedently rumored Apple Health+ subscription service


• iOS 26.4: Credit paper AutoFill improvements for third-party apps


• iOS 27: Improvements to collections successful the Photos app and AirPods pairing


• iOS 28: New metrics for Apple Watch slumber tracking

Apple Leak Confirms Work connected Foldable iPhone, AirTag 2, and Dozens More Devices

More accusation connected the sourcing of that bundle leak has subsequently surfaced, and it seemingly comes from an aboriginal physique of iOS 26 (then inactive known arsenic iOS 19) that was connected a leaked prototype iPhone.


In summation to galore features planned for aboriginal bundle updates, which we've outlined successful much detail, the leak besides reveals dozens of devices successful Apple's merchandise pipeline, including galore of the expected evolutionary updates to existing products but besides immoderate caller products that person either been antecedently rumored oregon recently revealed.

Notable additions see the archetypal foldable iPhone, Apple's upcoming astute location products, the rumored low-cost MacBook powered by an A18 Pro chip, an iMac with a high-powered M5 Max chip, and more.

Apple Aims to Boost Popularity of iPhone Air 2 successful Two Ways

A caller study this week from The Information outlined immoderate details connected Apple's iPhone merchandise roadmap, including connection that Apple is looking astatine two cardinal improvements for the second-generation iPhone Air: a 2nd rear camera and a little terms tag.


The existent iPhone Air has reportedly not sold good owed to compromises related to camera capabilities, artillery life, and perceived worth for the price, with suppliers reportedly already winding down accumulation owed to the fig of already-produced units inactive disposable for distribution.

The aforesaid study claimed that next year's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max volition see under-screen Face ID with the beforehand camera becoming a punch spread astatine the top-left country of the screen. Apple is reportedly besides adding a mechanical iris to 1 of the device's rear cameras, which volition let for adaptable aperture to power the magnitude of airy reaching the sensor.

Leak Reveals Foldable iPhone Details

We've already heard a batch astir Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone that's expected adjacent year, but a caller study from a predominant leaker connected Chinese blogging tract Weibo has added a fewer caller details to the existing rumors.


The foldable iPhone volition reportedly usage a Touch ID powerfulness fastener connected the broadside of the instrumentality alternatively than Face ID successful bid to prevention interior space, and it volition see a 7.58-inch interior show with an under-screen camera. When folded, the extracurricular volition diagnostic a 5.25-inch show with a punch-hole camera.

ChatGPT's Apple Music Integration Is Now Live

There's present a dedicated Apple Music app for ChatGPT, which allows ChatGPT to marque euphony recommendations and physique playlists.


ChatGPT tin beryllium utilized to hunt done the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog for songs, artists, albums, and playlists, adjacent without an ‌Apple Music‌ subscription. OpenAI says that each users are capable to observe music, make playlists, and perceive to preview clips successful ChatGPT. ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers tin adhd songs, albums, and playlists to their ‌Apple Music‌ Library utilizing ChatGPT.

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