👨‍💻 WWDC25 in five highlights

1️⃣ Apple is introducing a new visionOS-like design language ak Liquid Glass across its devices. It’s also renaming its operating systems around the release year, including iOS 26 and watchOS 26.

2️⃣ iPhone is getting revamped Phone and Camera apps that focus on simplicity.

3️⃣🤕 The AI features are underwhelming. There is basically a gap year. The latest additions include making Translate a system-wide feature and new tools for Shortcuts.

4️⃣👍 iPad is getting huge changes, including a revamped multi-tasking system that mimics Mac.

5️⃣ Apple Vision Pro is becoming more of an enterprise device with improved sharing of hardware between employees. There’s also support for PlayStation VR controllers and a new Logitech wand-like accessory.

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📱 Tim Cook said that Apple TV+ is driven by a commitment to storytelling and artistic excellence

...rather than an effort to boost iPhone sales.

📰 Variety interviewed Tim Cook and Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 driver, revealing Apple's vision for cinema ahead of the premiere of the film ‘F1: The movie’.

Apple's leader claims:

"F1" is the perfect vehicle to test Apple’s power to affect culture with the soft power of a broad-appeal movie rather than through the hardware of its computers and smartphones.

☑️ Cook added that 2025 is the first year the platform will release a full, weekly content slate, unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic and industry strikes.

🍿 "F1" pictures internationally on June 25 and in North America on June 27.

💬 In fact, AppleTV+ has some truly worthy and meaningful works. Which AppleTV+ product do you like best? Admin's favorite is Tetris, a film about a programmer and creator from the USSR.

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🕙 After 18 years, Apple is killing its 9-minute snooze

😁 That can only mean one thing – it's finally time to sleep as much as we need!

🔢 In iOS 26, the alarm clock now allows to change the repeat interval to any number of minutes, instead of the standard 9 minutes. There is also a new alarm clock interface on the lock screen with large buttons and an enlarged current time display.

⏰ AlarmKit has been released for developers, allowing third-party apps to create functionality related to the Clock app and use system interface elements to display their features.

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📱 Apple has released new shorts

🔎 They showcase new features in iOS and iPadOS 26, which will be available to regular users this fall.

1. New iOS Liquid Glass design.
2. Multitasking and Menu Bar on iPad.
3. Polls and ‘split the bill’ in Messages.
4. Suspicious and unwanted messages are into junk drawer.
5. Live translation during FaceTime calls.
6. Screenshots become events in Calendar.

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🎧 AirPods will get a new microphone mode in the fall

🎤 Thanks to the update, Apple headphone microphones will be able to function not as a speakerphone transmitter, but as a standalone microphone with full voice source detection functionality.

Finally, we will be able to hear conversation partners during the calls...

📸 As for the Camera app – it will be possible to press and hold the AirPods stem to take a photo or start/end a video recording.

😴 AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2 will detect when the user has fallen asleep with the headphones on. If music or a video was playing – playback will automatically pause.

🔜 In addition, Apple has announced the first public beta version of AirPods firmware, which will be available in July along with other public beta builds.

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📲 A website will become an app with iOS and iPad OS 26

📰 In iOS and iPadOS 26, users will be able to install any website as a Progressive Web App (PWA) from the Safari browser's "Add to Home Screen" option, regardless of whether the website has a manifest file (a file that contains metadata about a set of accompanying files). This means that users can turn any website into a PWA, effectively making it behave like a native app on their device. It will also be possible to switch to the normal icon-shortcut mode, which opens in Safari.

🧭 However, unlike macOS, links within the established PWA are not fixed. This means that when you click on a link in an email or message, the installed PWA will be opened on mac OS by default, and on iOS, Safari always opens by default.

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🎵 A music lover's dream: a smooth transition between songs on the iPhone

🎚 Now DJ mixes will be automatically created in the Music app. It will officially start working with the release of iOS 26.

ℹ️ The new feature smoothly adjusts the volume and frequency of songs. For comparison, the usual "fade-in" in Apple Music simply overlays the tracks on top of each other. With AutoMix, the transition becomes completely seamless.

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👂 New data about the foldable iPhone

📱 According to Chinese analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Foxconn is expected to officially launch the development of the assembly project in late 2025. At this point, many component specifications (including the hinge) have yet to be approved.

📆 The foldable display is the only component that has approved specs. They will be supplied by Samsung Display in quantities of 7-8 million panels. However, although the panels will begin to be delivered this year, the device itself will not be assembled in full and in large-scale volumes until 2026.

🧮 Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple has placed an order for the assembly of 15-20 million folding iPhones for the next 2-3 year cycle, not just for 2026. That is, the company predicts a relatively small demand for the novelty and therefore is already calculating delivery plans for 2027 and 2028. The probable reason is its high price and correspondingly low demand. Although these plans could still change.

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💻 Apple had told students ‘how to convince your parents to get you a Mac’...

...but later removed the video from YouTube. It’s not clear why.

📰 The seven-minute video was posted to Apple’s YouTube channel. It featured incoming college students practicing how to pitch their parents on getting them a Mac instead of a PC for college.

The presenter in the video:

Can’t put a price on a healthy spine. One of the main factors affecting spine health in teens is, you guessed it, school bag weight. And the MacBook Air only weighs 2.7 pounds. Hey, maybe your parents don’t care about your spine. I doubt that, right?

And:

So to wrap things up, you can either buy a MacBook Air for $899, or you can buy a PC, but you also have to buy antivirus software, a manual backup software, a protective case, a guard dog to protect it from your roommate, an external power bank…I mean, it’s insane.

😁 Apple has gone a step further than just the video, however. You can head to its website today to download a “Parent Presentation” that highlights “45 undeniable reasons why a Mac is essential for college.”

#ApplePromo #MacBook #humor @iPhone

🎵 Music summaries will become monthly

📰 Starting with iOS 26, the Music app will finally feature Apple Music Replay statistics with your monthly and yearly song listening summaries

👍 Previously, the full version of the summary was only available in the web version, but now it has been integrated into the Music app.

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🧐 Apple was interested in buying AI search startup Perplexity

📰 Bloomberg reports that Apple executives were considering acquiring startup Perplexity to catch up on lost AI momentum. The new search could become the main replacement for Google amid a possible partnership breakup with Google.

📱 According to the source, a potential merger with Perplexity could be Apple's strategic response to a possible breakup of its search agreement with Google - the same contract that has Google as the default on iPhones. In April 2025, the U.S. Justice Department demanded that such arrangements be canceled, deeming them in violation of antitrust laws.

😶 Perplexity responded to the publications by saying it knew nothing about the negotiations with Apple. There was no comment from Apple itself either.

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👝 iPhone users aren't happy about Apple promoting 'F1 Movie' with Wallet app notification

Sometimes, indeed, Apple's ads for movies and TV series are so aggressive that it feels like you're literally being “forced” to watch - as was the case with their “Severance” series.

📰 Apple sent out an ad to some iPhone users in the form of a Wallet app push notification – movie ticket company Fandango is offering on a pair of tickets to Apple's new film "F1: The Movie."

🤬 iPhone users who received the notifications have complained about it across Reddit, 𝕏, and other online discussion platforms. Some people are especially upset about receiving a push notification ad through the Wallet app because it is a very important app for personal finances, so simply turning off notifications for the entire app is not a feasible solution.

ℹ️ iOS 26 beta adds an "Offers & Promotions" toggle to the Wallet app, allowing users to opt in or out of receiving special offers and discounts available from Apple and its unspecified partners. However, Apple sent out to the push notification ad to iPhone users on iOS 18 too, and those users seemingly did not explicitly opt in to receive such an ad. For that reason, some people are disappointed in Apple.

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👀 The first “live” photos of the iPhone 17 Pro have appeared

📱 Insider Majin Bu showed how the smartphone looks in hand.

🔎 The camera unit now occupies the entire width of the rear panel. It seems that the new design looked worse on the renders.

🔜 Officially the novelty will be shown in the fall. Not long to wait.

#iphone #rumors @iPhone

📸 Slowly but surely

Users of the 🍏 26 beta have discovered a new notification in the operating system: “Clean Back Camera” – the system itself determines when the lens is dirty.

Meanwhile, Android smartphone users, who have had this feature for 10 years: 🗿

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