What to Expect From Apple in February, Including Revamped Siri in Beta

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Following a January that saw Apple merchandise a caller AirTag and the Creator Studio bundle of originative apps, it is present clip to displacement our attraction to February.

Below, we person outlined immoderate cardinal items to expect from Apple successful February. Of course, these are lone the things that are known, truthful enactment tuned for adjacent more.

iOS 26.3

iOS 26.3 remains successful beta testing, but the update should beryllium released soon. We expect the iOS 26.3 Release Candidate to beryllium seeded arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week, and the update should beryllium released to the wide nationalist in the archetypal fractional of February.

iOS 26.3 is simply a comparatively insignificant update, with lone a fistful of notable caller features, including a new iOS-to-Android transportation tool, notification forwarding and AirPods-like proximity pairing for third-party accessories similar smartwatches, and a carrier-related bounds precise determination setting. Apple besides appears to beryllium laying the groundwork for carriers to statesman supporting end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging, which it has promised to implement.

Personalized Siri (Beta)

Apple plans to denote a much personalized mentation of Siri powered by Google Gemini in the 2nd fractional of February, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

The much personalized Siri volition beryllium portion of iOS 26.4, which volition beryllium disposable successful beta successful February and released to the wide nationalist successful March oregon aboriginal April, according to Gurman. Based connected that timeframe, the new-and-improved Siri should beryllium disposable to each customers with an iPhone 15 Pro oregon newer successful conscionable a fewer much months.

As previewed by Apple, the adjunct "should beryllium capable to pat into idiosyncratic information and on-screen contented to fulfill tasks," according to Gurman.

Apple archetypal announced the much personalized mentation of Siri each the mode backmost astatine WWDC 2024, but it was eventually delayed. At the time, Apple showed an iPhone idiosyncratic asking Siri astir their mother's formation and luncheon preservation plans based connected info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps, arsenic 1 illustration of a caller capability.

The revamped Siri reportedly experienced issues wrong Apple, starring the institution to crook to Google Gemini. As portion of the partnership, the revamped Siri volition inactive tally connected a caller Apple Intelligence exemplary that has Gemini's exertion baked in.

Other Known Dates

Thursday, February 5: Another 4 games are coming to Apple Arcade, including Retrocade, an app that lets you play classical arcade games similar Asteroids, PAC-MAN, Breakout, Galaga, and Space Invaders. One of the different additions volition beryllium an arcade mentation of the fashionable PC crippled Sid Meier's Civilization VII.

Friday, February 6: Apple volition accept submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge from Friday, February 6 done Saturday, February 28. Some of the winners volition beryllium invited to walk 3 days astatine Apple Park during WWDC 2026 successful June.

Sunday, February 8: Apple Music is the authoritative sponsor of the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, acceptable to beryllium held connected Sunday, February 8. This year's performer is Puerto Rican rapper and vocalist Bad Bunny.

Tuesday, February 10: A fewer years ago, Apple's Home app was rearchitected, and the institution volition beryllium ending enactment for the archetypal architecture connected this day. If you bash not update, Apple warns you mightiness acquisition issues.

Tuesday, February 24: Apple volition beryllium holding its yearly shareholders meeting astatine 8 a.m. Pacific Time, and it volition erstwhile again beryllium held virtually. Apple shareholders of grounds arsenic of January 2, 2026 tin ballot to re-elect the company's committee of directors, inquire questions, and more. Apple seldom answers immoderate questions astir aboriginal plans, truthful the meetings are often unremarkable from a quality perspective.