By any measure, Apple is precisely complying with the ruling that the Epic vs. Apple judge put down about App Store steering and fees. In a filing to the US Supreme Court, Epic wants Apple punished for not following the spirit of the ruling, though. The next chapter of the saga begins on January 11, 2027 with oral arguments. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
As it turns out, you can damage your iPhone Duo by opening and closing it too much, at least theoretically. Don't worry, you don't have that much time on your hands.CNET's Fold-a-Phone rig | Image credit: CNETThree weeks ago, CNET put the iPhone Duo on it's custom testing rig, the Fold-A-Phone. Now, after 440,300 folds, it's finally reached its breaking point.Sort of, if you're willing to define "breaking point" loosely. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple recently announced that over 100,000 apps have been built for the iPhone Duo, but with developers working with multiple SDKs, it could still be a long time before your favorite apps really make full use of what the first foldable iPhone has to offer.iPhone Duo has a big display, but not enough apps use itAt first blush, that 100,000 figure certainly grabs the attention, especially just a few weeks after launch. But it doesn't tell the whole story, and there's still work to be done.While Apple's big number applies to apps that have been built from scratch or refactored to fully support the iPhone Duo, many more haven't. Yet more find themselves in some kind of middle ground. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple executives have revealed that the new HomeView is the culmination of years of design effort balancing audio, privacy, and especially Siri AI.Designing HomeView was a "hard fought, fun journey," says Apple.As the first buyers take delivery of the new HomeView, two of Apple's executives involved have been discussing the device. Speaking to TechRadar, they describe developing HomeView as a difficult but rewarding journey because of where it is meant to be used."Home life is super busy, you know, it's complicated, it's complex, and people are moving around," said Matthew Costello, Apple's Vice President of Hardware Engineering, "and we wanted a device that was really designed specifically for that environment." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple has released tvOS 26.2.1, and has updated an article on its support site listing the requirements for Siri AI on the set-top box.Apple TV 4KAccording to Apple, Siri AI will be available via tvOS 27.2.1 on Apple TV 4K from the second generation onward. It also requires a paired Siri AI-enabled device nearby.While Apple rolled out the 27.2.1 updates for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and others earlier in the week, tvOS was notably absent. However, given what we've learned about Siri AI support coming, it makes sense that Apple may have held off on the rollout.And late on Friday, tvOS 27.2.1 arrived, adding the feature. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
