Top Stories: iOS 26 Beta 5, Apple Watch Ultra 3 Rumors, and More

The authoritative unveiling of the iPhone 17 lineup and caller Apple Watch models positive perchance a fewer much announcements is conscionable a period distant now, and the rumor rhythm is successful afloat plaything for these last weeks.


iOS 26 is besides good into its beta investigating cycle, with Apple putting the last touches connected things implicit the adjacent fewer weeks to beryllium capable to instal it connected the caller iPhones earlier they ship, truthful work connected beneath for each the details!

Everything New successful iOS 26 Beta 5

Apple is continuing to marque advancement connected refining iOS 26 and related large operating strategy updates that should spot their authoritative releases successful September, pushing retired the 5th developer betas and 2nd nationalist betas this week with immoderate caller changes successful store.


The new Liquid Glass design seems to beryllium firming up aft respective revisions successful erstwhile betas, portion beta 5 introduces immoderate caller "bounciness" for transitions successful places similar Lock Screen passcode introduction and switching betwixt Control Center pages. There are different functional and ocular tweaks for Camera, Mail, AirDrop, Wallet and more.

iOS 26 Beta Reveals Apple Watch Ultra 3 Display Size

It looks similar the display connected the Apple Watch Ultra 3 mightiness beryllium conscionable a hint larger than connected erstwhile Ultra models, based connected imagery discovered by MacRumors successful the latest iOS 26 beta.


It's apt the flimsy summation successful show size volition beryllium accommodated by shrinking the bezels astir the show alternatively than expanding the casing size, but we'll person to spot erstwhile the next-generation Apple Watch Ultra is unveiled. The first important upgrade for the exemplary successful 2 years is apt to travel adjacent period alongside the iPhone 17 lineup.

iPhone 17 Air Battery Allegedly 2.49mm – Half the Thickness of 17 Pro's

Over the weekend, photos surfaced of what was primitively claimed to beryllium the metal-encased battery for the upcoming ultra-thin "iPhone 17 Air," though the archetypal study was aboriginal corrected to enactment that the artillery is for the iPhone 17 Pro.


It didn't instrumentality agelong for photos of the existent iPhone 17 Air artillery to surface, however, and they uncover that it measures conscionable 2.49 mm thick, astir fractional arsenic heavy arsenic the iPhone 17 Pro battery. The iPhone 17 Air volition reportedly person a artillery capableness of 3,000 mAh oregon less, which volition hamper artillery beingness compared to thicker models. But betwixt bundle optimizations and a rumored artillery case, the bulk of users volition hopefully inactive beryllium capable to get a afloat day's usage retired of a azygous charge.

AirPods Pro 3 Could Be Just Weeks Away – Here's What We Know

Apple's high-end AirPods Pro earbuds are owed for an update, and it could beryllium arriving arsenic soon arsenic September alongside the caller iPhone and Apple Watch models.


We're expecting immoderate plan tweaks for the earbuds and the case, show upgrades successful audio processing and progressive sound cancellation, in-ear heart-rate tracking, and possibly immoderate different improvements.

New Apple TV Still Launching This Year

The existent Apple TV 4K exemplary is coming up connected 3 years old, but Apple is seemingly on way to merchandise an updated exemplary aboriginal this year, according to a root speaking to MacRumors.


We're expecting a spot upgrade from the A15 Bionic recovered successful the existent model, Wi-Fi 7 enactment via a caller Apple-designed Bluetooth/Wi-Fi chip, and further enhancements.

Google Makes Fun of Apple Intelligence Siri Delay successful Ad Promoting Pixel 10

Google this week utilized Apple's Siri nonaccomplishment to effort to lure customers to the upcoming Pixel 10 series, sharing an advertisement that calls retired the delayed Apple Intelligence ‌Siri‌ functionality.


"If you bargain a caller telephone due to the fact that of a diagnostic that's coming soon, but it's been coming soon for a afloat year," the teaser video begins, "you could alteration your explanation of soon. Or you could conscionable alteration your phone."

In an all-hands gathering for Apple employees precocious past week, Tim Cook defended the company's AI efforts, noting that "we've seldom been first" to caller technologies but that AI is "ours to grab" and the institution "will marque the concern to bash it."

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