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If you make a call and are placed on hold, a new feature in ‌iOS 26‌ will do the waiting for you so you can do other things. Hold Assist listens for hold music playing, and then alerts you when a person comes on the line so you can pick up the call. Hold Assist …
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ChatGPT users can now interact with a handful of third-party apps directly within their conversations, OpenAI has announced. The new Apps SDK allows developers to build tools that blend naturally into chats, and initial partners include Spotify, Canva, Zillow, Expedia, Booking.com, Coursera, and Figma. Users can summon apps by name. For example, you can ask …
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Apple released the second beta of iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, introducing useful changes to alarms, multitasking on the iPad, and more. There are also subtle tweaks to some of the Liquid Glass design elements as Apple continues to refine iOS 26. Alarms and Timers Alarms set using the Clock app now have a slide …
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Supplies of the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro model appear to be constrained amid rumors that an upgraded M5 model could launch as soon as this year. As noted by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, custom configurations of the ‌M4 MacBook Pro‌ model have a delayed shipping date and will not be delivered to customers until October 23 …
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Apple today updated its TestFlight and Apple Support apps, adding Liquid Glass designs to match the rest of iOS 26. Both apps now feature Liquid Glass interface elements, such as more rounded buttons, floating navigation bars, and translucency in some areas. They also feature Liquid Glass app icons that look like multiple layers of glass …
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With the second beta of iOS 26.1, Apple updated the design of alarms set on the iPhone, making them harder to dismiss than before. Stopping an alarm in iOS 26.1 beta 2 requires a new Slide to Stop gesture rather than a simple tap. You can continue to tap to snooze an alarm, but if …
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With the second beta of iPadOS 26.1, Apple tweaked multitasking on the iPad to reintroduce the Slide Over feature. Slide Over was removed in iPadOS 26 because Apple replaced it with a new windowed multitasking system, but some ‌iPad‌ users missed the feature. The updated version of Slide Over works with all of the new …
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Apple today provided developers with the second betas of upcoming iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1 updates for testing purposes. The second betas come two weeks after Apple released the first betas. The new betas can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by …
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Amazon this week has Apple’s AirTag 4-Pack for $64.99, down from $99.00. This is a match of the all-time low price on the accessory, and it’s one of the all-around best discounts we’ve seen ahead of Prime Big Deal Days. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make …
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On the latest episode of The Verge‘s Decoder podcast, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe told guest host Joanna Stern why the EV maker continues to pass on Apple’s CarPlay — both the standard version and the more advanced CarPlay Ultra. Echoing his previous comments on the matter, Scaringe said Rivian is focused on offering a “seamless …
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