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Mobile O.S's | webOS Info and Apps | Zune / iOS 27 Coming to Older iPhones May Just Be Apple's Winning Strategy

« Last post by javajolt on June 16, 2026, 09:19:21 PM »

The phone's eighth year of software support isn't just a kindness. More people all over the world are using older iPhone models.

The iPhone 11, originally released in 2019, will be receiving the update to iOS 27 this fall.
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Apple's iOS 27, unveiled at WWDC 2026, will be coming to iPhone models as old as the iPhone 11 series that launched in 2019. While eight years of software support is unprecedented, it's also potentially more necessary than ever.

Even though the iPhone 11 is unlikely to support any of the newer Apple Intelligence-related features, the additional year of fresh software support comes amid two important moments in the tech industry.

The most obvious has been the overall increased cost of electronics, attributed to factors like the ongoing RAM shortage and concerns over rising tariffs over the past few years. We've seen several phone companies push phone prices up by as much as $200 between their 2025 and 2026 models -- in some cases, phone prices have even increased after their initial release.

But perhaps less publicized is the second-hand market, where older iPhone models remain easy to obtain. The iPhone 11 with 256GB of space costs $209 as of this writing on Amazon. In a recent CNET poll surveying 2,600 adults, over 48% said they have considered purchasing a refurbished device, citing cost-effectiveness and the high cost of new electronics as the primary motivators.

Both factors point to a trend that people are aiming to keep their phones longer than ever and are willing to make use of devices that aren't the latest and greatest but are perfectly capable of their overall needs. I've contacted Apple asking about how many iPhone 11 users are out there (an answer I'm not expecting to get), but there's other evidence that people are using older iPhones and can use the additional software support.

Apple has reasons to take care of customers on older iPhones

Apple's iPhone line typically tops the lists for bestselling smartphones around the world, and as such, it's not too surprising to hear that Apple's also one of the biggest sellers of refurbished phones. According to an October 2025 report from analytics firm Counterpoint Research, the iPhone 12, iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 all drove refurbished sales growth in Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

In markets more like the US, the refurbished market had flatter growth between 2024 and 2025, with the report citing longer replacement cycles and rising costs driving customers to delay upgrading.

With fewer people upgrading, Apple may be taking a closer look at ensuring customers who are still using older devices aren't left in a lurch with devices that are harder to use. In January of this year, iPhone models running iOS 12 and later received a small update that helped ensure that iMessage and FaceTime would still function on models as old as the iPhone 5S from 2013. And even when Apple does sunset iOS updates for an iPhone, the company historically provides several additional years of security updates.

The only way to get a smaller iPhone 13 Mini is to buy one used, and in some cases, that's exactly
what people are doing. | Sarah Tew/CNET

Supporting older iPhone models can help stem people from moving to Android

As phone prices increase, Apple's ongoing support of older iPhone models could be a defensive strategy. While Samsung, Motorola and Google have a plethora of new Android phones that sell for under $500, Apple's entry-level price for a new phone is now $600 (the iPhone 17E released earlier this year).

Making 2019's iPhone 11 feel a little fresher with iOS 27 provides an additional reason for an iPhone user to stick around in Apple's ecosystem without needing to consider a switch to Android where they might get a phone with a bigger battery or newer camera for less money than a new iPhone.

Giving reasons to stay on an iPhone is more important since Apple's also being driven (largely by the European Union) to support more open technologies that put the iPhone and Android phones on a more level playing field. This includes RCS text messaging that makes many iMessage-like features work across iPhone and Android, and eSIM features that make it easier to transfer your phone number from an iPhone to Android.

Apple providing a currently industry-leading eight years of support to its iPhone 11 is a small feather in its cap that can be touted to one-up Android until similar commitments are made by companies like Samsung, Google and Motorola.

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Google | Alphabet | Gmail | Meta | YouTube | Telegram / Google Earth's Flight Simulator Is Now on Browsers: Here's How to Play

« Last post by javajolt on June 16, 2026, 09:05:08 PM »

Take to the virtual skies without having to download the desktop app.

You can fly just about anywhere on Earth with the Google Earth Flight Simulator.
Google Earth

One of the hidden features in the Google Earth desktop app is a fun little flight simulator that lets you fly all over the Earth using maps generated by the app. And Google has just announced that the flight simulator is also now available in your web browser of choice for all to enjoy.

The addition of the game is part of a larger push by Google to add pro-level features to the website interface, so you can skip installing the desktop app. Some of those features include elevation profiles, new import types, extra data layers and the flight simulator.

Most of the above features are for professional and hobbyist use, but the flight simulator is just there for fun. It's been around since 2007 in the desktop app, and Friday marks its first appearance in the website version of Google Earth.

It's not as in-depth as some other flight sims, but you can't argue with the breadth of places where
you can fly. | Google Earth

How to play the flight simulator in Google Earth

It doesn't take a lot of effort to get into the game. Start by following this link to the Google Earth website and clicking the Explore Earth button in the top right corner. Use the search bar to load the point on Earth where you would like to fly. Finally, click Tools, and the flight simulator is the last option on the list.

The controls aren't shown in the game, but you can find them on Google's developer website. You can choose to use the mouse or arrow keys to control the pitch and roll of the plane. The Page Up and Page Down buttons increase and decrease thrust, respectively. But be careful -- it is quite easy to lose control of the airplane, leading to a topsy-turvy browser screen. The game ends if you crash the airplane, but Google lets you try again as often as you want.

It's not nearly as in-depth with its gameplay as something like Microsoft Flight Simulator or the Ace Combat series. However, Google Earth's flight simulator has access to the entire Google Earth database, so you can fly to almost anywhere on Earth and check out various landmarks.

There aren't any missions, achievements or other notable progress that you can make, but if you ever wanted to thread an airplane under the Golden Gate Bridge, now is your chance.

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Windows 11 | 10 | How To & Fixes | Tips & Tricks / Microsoft hides these secret Windows 11 performance boost settings

« Last post by javajolt on June 16, 2026, 04:03:09 PM »

Windows hides advanced CPU boost settings to balance performance, power consumption, and heat, more effectively. They can be easily enabled.

Windows enthusiasts often look for ways to extract as much performance out of their systems as possible, and it's often the case that they try and do so while trying to minimize the heat and power consumption. This is especially relevant in the case of mobile Windows PCs since laptops and notebooks tend to get hot and management of that heat and power is harder in such a form factor.

As such users often turn to techniques like under-volting which can be used to squeeze out the maximum capabilities of a chip while also maintaining lowered power levels. There are official apps from AMD and Intel with the likes of Ryzen Master and XTU (Extreme Tuning Utility). While these are quite handy, most enthusiasts probably prefer to dig into the BIOS and play around with settings there like Curve Optimizer on Ryzen, which lets users set various frequency-voltage scaling values. These are essentially called P-States.

If you are not familiar with them, Processor Power Management is done through Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) P-states and C-states. While P-states or performance pwoer states handle CPU voltage-frequency scaling, C-states deal with CPU sleep states so that some of the CPU functions, which are not necessary at that moment, can be disabled. The P-states and C-states work together to make the processor run more efficiently. It helps the OS and apps determine which cores can be parked and which should be boosted.

Of course not every user is an enthusiast or knows the technicalities and integrities of how things like overclocking or undervolting work. Thankfully for them Windows itself offers something pretty cool, though it is hidden by default on all systems.

By default, Windows only has two P-States, "Minimum Processor State" and "Maximum Processor State." However, this can be changed with a Registry trick to expand the options under a secret "Processor performance boost mode" dropdown. This essentially enables the HWP or hardware P-States available on a device, and these are not controlled just by the OS itself as the underlying hardware gets involved too.

In total there are five Processor Performance Boost Mode profiles that control how Windows requests and allows CPU turbo/boost behavior under the different power policies. They are:

Disabled: In this mode, processor boosting is effectively turned off. The CPU will avoid entering turbo or boost frequencies and instead operate closer to its base frequency ceiling. This can significantly reduce power consumption and heat output, but at the cost of reduced burst performance and responsiveness in short workloads.

Enabled: This is the standard behavior where boost functionality is allowed under normal conditions. The processor can opportunistically increase frequency when workload demands it, balancing performance gains with power and thermal constraints as managed by the system.

Aggressive: Aggressive mode favors performance more heavily, allowing the CPU to enter higher boost states more readily and sustain them longer. This should in theory improve responsiveness under bursty or heavy workloads but increases power draw and thermal output compared to the default enabled behavior.

Efficient Enabled: This mode still allows boosting, but with a stronger bias toward energy efficiency. The system attempts to use boost more selectively, avoiding unnecessary frequency spikes when the performance gain is marginal.

Efficient Aggressive: This is a hybrid approach where boost is still performance-responsive, but the system continuously weighs efficiency more heavily than in Aggressive mode. It aims to deliver noticeable performance improvements while reducing wasted power in less demanding scenarios.

Here's how to enable the Processor performance boost mode:

1️⃣ Open Registry Editor: Press Win+R, type regedit, and click OK.

2️⃣ Go to:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7

(where HKLM stands for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_)

3️⃣ Modify the value of Attributes from 1 to 2 (you can find modify option by right-clicking)

After that, exit Registry, you should now be able to see the new "Processor performance boost mode" dropdown menu:

As you can see there are now five new P-States or CPPC states or power profile available that help define the boost mode processor setting on your PC.

Wrapping it up here's a quick run-down of the settings as defined by Microsoft itself.

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Patch Tuesday| Updates | Security | Privacy | Anti-virus / Windows 11 KB5094126 BSODing, freezing, forcing BitLocker lockout, and more

« Last post by javajolt on June 16, 2026, 03:32:00 PM »

A wide range of bugs and problems are being reported online by users including blue screening, freezing, BitLocker lockout, OneDrive access fails.

Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5094126 and KB5093998 last week as the latest Patch Tuesday updates. Following that the company also published the accompanying dynamic updates under KB5094149, KB5095971, and KB5094156.

While Microsoft has so far not acknowledged any major problems with the release, some users online are running into issues. These range from OneDrive and Dropbox access issues, BitLocker recovery lockouts, to blue screens and BSODs.

The most common one seems to be happening with HP systems wherein affected users say they hit 0xc0430001 BSOD (blue screen of death) error code after the KB5094126 update. We wonder if this could be related to the recent bug we covered on HP devices wherein the ongoing Secure Boot certificate updates are leading to similar issues.

While we are not certain, users affected by this issue likely need to ensure that the boot.stl file is included on the installation media (such as a USB installer or ISO), if the above-mentioned dynamic updates are deployed. If this file is missing, computers may fail to boot from the installation media and could display the error 0xc0430001. This STL file is used by Secure Boot to verify that the boot files are trusted, so it must match the same Windows version and system architecture.

To ensure the file is included, Microsoft recommends using the Update WinPE script, which automatically updates the image and handles the required files. Alternatively, you can manually copy the boot.stl file from the Windows\Boot\EFI folder on a Windows device and place it in the matching folder on your installation media before deploying the updated image.

Aside from blue screening some users also note their systems have been freezing following the update. This could be happening to Lenovo PCs specifically.

In the case of the OneDrive and Dropbox access issues, a user figured out that there could be a conflict with UAC. He explained: "Okay, so I did some digging, and in our environment KB5094126 breaks OneDrive and Dropbox in Explorer. I went through all our GPOs and found out that the combination of disabling UAC and having my user being a local admin breaks OneDrive in Explorer. ... If I enable UAC again, then it works, even with KB5094126 still installed."

Hopefully, Microsoft will look into these issues.

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Windows 10, 8.1, 7 |PC Games / Forza Horizon 6 gets big bug-fixing and balancing update

« Last post by javajolt on June 16, 2026, 03:24:17 PM »

Playground Games has released a big Forza Horizon 6 update with fixes, patches, and balancing tweaks.

Today, Playground Games released a big Forza Horizon 6 update with a long list of fixes, patches, and balancing tweaks that the studio promised earlier. Version 375.327 is now available on Steam, Microsoft Store, and Xbox, offering users improvements for AI, audio, design, performance, road discovery, upgrades, visuals, online play, and more.

Some of the most notable changes in the Series 2 update include rebalanced drivatars, particularly their difficulty and race start behavior. As such, the game should be more balanced on higher difficulty levels, and AI cars should not shoot out when the race starts as if they have rocket boosters. Speaking of difficulty, developers nerfed Drag Tires physics for a more expected and realistic behavior. They are no longer the go-to option for record-breaking times in road racing, and all leaderboard entries with drag tires will be removed.

Completionists will also be glad to get a new feature that lets you see road discovery percentage in each region, which should make discovering all roads easier while keeping it quite challenging and interesting (I spent quite a long time finding the last road).

Festival Playlist is also getting some much-needed fixes, including patches for bugs that allowed completing Seasonal Jobs ahead of time or where weekly challenges would not unlock for some players. Developers will retroactively give reward points to all who could not complete all challenges due to these bugs.

Other changes include changes to Horizon Play progression so that it is easier to reach Level 100, audio improvements on lower-spec devices, fixes for visual glitches, including pixelated smoke, and more. Developers also addressed the currently non-working Eliminator, an online mode gamers used to farm credits with a Hummer EV exploit. Playground Games plans to re-enable it soon. As a gesture of goodwill, players will get a free McLaren Sabre. Those who used the exploit will not be banned, but developers plan to roll back credits to a maximum of 10M for all who farmed credits using the exploit.

You can find the complete changelog for the latest Forza Horizon 6 update here.

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Windows 11 | 10 | 8.1 Software | Drivers & Utilities / Rufus Version 4.14

« Last post by riso on June 16, 2026, 09:36:55 AM »

Rufus Create bootable USB drives the easy way Version 4.14
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

It can be especially useful for cases where:
you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed
you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
you want to run a low-level utility
Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!
Windows User Experience improvements:
Add a Quality of Life option, to disable Teams, Outlook, Copilot and other Microsoft forced nuisances
Add a Silent installation option, that automatically, and WITHOUT PROMPT, installs Windows on the first detected disk
Add an option to copy SkuSiPolicy.p7b to the ESP on installation (please refer to KB5042562 for more info)
Add tooltips for all the dialog options
Add limited support for El-Torito UEFI image extraction (Mostly for Dell BIOS update ISOs)
Improve error report when the user tries to use an image that resides on the target drive
Improve the UEFI:NTFS partition label to make the install media more explicit during Windows Setup disk partitioning
Improve support for Bazzite and other Fedora derivatives that don't follow EFI conventions
Improve detection and exclusion of the new Bitdefender hidden VHDs
Improve reporting of GRUB and Isolinux MBRs
Fix potential errors during creation of Windows To Go media, due to the use of new versions of bcdboot
Fix errors with local accounts that start or end with whitespaces
Via Rufus | Downloads here: http://rufus.ie/en/

Windows 11 / Microsoft released the Windows 11 Secure Boot update for all PCs

« Last post by riso on June 16, 2026, 09:16:32 AM »

With the June 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5094126), Microsoft pushed the Secure Boot 2023 certificate update to a significantly wider set of Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices. For the better part of two years, this rollout has been cautious and phased, held back by firmware compatibility checks. With the June update, the vast majority of supported consumer PCs that Microsoft has diagnostic data for are now in the high confidence category, which means the certificates are either already applied or on their way without any action needed from you.

Secure Boot has been one of the more misunderstood topics in Windows lately. Since a lot of coverage has been aimed at IT professionals, regular home users are left wondering if they need to do anything at all. The short answer for most people is no. The longer answer depends on a few things, and we cover all of them here.

What is Secure Boot and why is it important for your PC?
Secure Boot is a security feature built into the firmware of your PC, specifically the UEFI (the modern replacement for BIOS). When you power on your computer, Secure Boot checks the cryptographic signature of the software trying to load before Windows even starts. If something unauthorized tries to run at that early stage, like a rootkit or a bootkit that hides from your antivirus, Secure Boot blocks it. It has been required for Windows 11 since its launch and is on by default on all modern PCs.

The certificates that back this system were originally issued in 2011. Those 2011-era certificates are now expiring in stages, starting June 24, 2026, with additional expirations stretching to October 2026. Microsoft has been rolling out replacement certificates, called Secure Boot 2023, so that PCs can continue receiving boot-level security updates after the old certificates stop being useful. We covered what happens to Windows 11 PCs if you ignore this deadline in detail earlier.

If you’re a regular Windows 11 or Windows 10 user, here’s what to do
Check your status in Windows Security

For most home users, nothing needs to be done manually. The Secure Boot 2023 certificates are being delivered through Windows Update, and if your device qualifies and Windows Update is not paused, the update happens in the background. However, you should still verify your status. Since the April 2026 update, Windows 11 shows your Secure Boot certificate status directly inside the Windows Security app. Open Windows Security > Device Security > Secure Boot section. A green checkmark means your PC is fully updated, and no further action is needed.
Via windowslatest

Windows 11 / The Windows 11 June update makes your Start menu and Search feel more snappier

« Last post by riso on June 16, 2026, 09:05:23 AM »

If you've ever clicked on the Start button and watched the menu appear after a second or two, you already understand the problem Microsoft is trying to solve with its June 2026 Windows 11 update.

The update (KB5094126) rolled out on June 9, 2026, for WIndows 11 24H2 and 25H2, and targets the shell responsiveness issues that have quietly frustrated users since its launch in 2021. The headline change is the broad rollout of the Low Latency Profile.

What is Low Latency Profile and why does it matter?
It's something that Microsoft first tested in the May 26 preview build (with limited availability) before promoting it to the stable channel (with broader availability) this month.

The way it works is that the Low Latency Profile briefly spikes the CPU frequency to its maximum for one to three seconds, providing an additional burst of performance whenever you interact with the core system features, including the Start menu, Search, Action Center, and taskbar flyouts.

The burst is short enough that it doesn't meaningfully impact battery life or thermals, but substantial enough that the shell responds immediately rather than after half a second, making those core system features feel more responsive.

With the Low Latency Profile, system flyouts can open up to 70% faster, and core apps can launch up to 40% quicker compared to the same hardware running the previous build. The performance gains are most visible on older or lower-spec machines that barely cleared Windows 11's hardware requirements and have felt sluggish ever since.

What else is new in the June update?
Shared Audio now lets two people listen to audio from a single Windows 11 PC simultaneously via Bluetooth LE Audio. The Windows Task Manager gets new NPU usage columns, making it easier to see how your neural processing unit is being used during on-device AI tasks.

Multiple apps can now access the same camera stream simultaneously. In addition, Windows Search now finds local files with as few as two characters, which, as far as I understand, is a quality-of-life improvement for daily users.

Windows Setup now lets you choose a custom user folder name during initial installation. Windows Hello has also been refined to consistently fall back to face or fingerprint-based sign-in after alternative methods have been used.

You shouldn't hold off on installing the update, as it includes the June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes for more than 200 security vulnerabilities.
Via tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/windows-11-june-makes-start

Windows 11 / Windows 11 KB5094149 / KB5095971 / KB5094156 Setup, Recovery updates

« Last post by riso on June 16, 2026, 08:56:51 AM »

These updates deliver improvements like those to the setup files and also help in recovery of the OS. Earlier this week Microsoft released its newest Patch Tuesday updates (KB5094126 / KB5093998 on Windows 11 and KB5094127 on Windows 10). Alongside those, Microsoft also released new dynamic updates.

These Dynamic Update packages are meant to be applied to existing Windows images prior to their deployment. Dynamic Updates also help preserve Language Pack (LP) and Features on Demand (FODs) content during the upgrade process. VBScript, for example, is currently an FOD on Windows 11 24H2.

This time both recovery and setup updates were released for Windows 11 as well as Windows 10. The company writes:

"KB5095185: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 26H1: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.28000.2269.

KB5094149: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.26100.8655

KB5095971: Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 23H2: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to Windows setup binaries or any files that setup uses for feature updates in Windows 11, version 23H2.

KB5094156: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 23H2: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.22621.7219

KB5098815: Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2: June 9, 2026

This update automatically applies Safe OS Dynamic Update (KB5094154) to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on a running PC. The update installs improvements to Windows recovery features.

KB5094154: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 10, versions 21H2 and 22H2: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.19041.7417.

KB5094153: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server 2019: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.17763.8880.

KB5094152: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 10, version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: June 9, 2026

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.14393.9234."

Microsoft notes that both the Recovery and Setup updates will be downloaded and installed automatically via the Windows Update channel.
Via Neowin

Apple / Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant

« Last post by javajolt on June 09, 2026, 10:10:53 AM »

Powered by Apple Intelligence, the new version of Siri is profoundly more capable and conversational,
and deeply integrated across products.

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence. A profoundly more capable and conversational assistant with personal context understanding, broad world knowledge, and onscreen awareness, Siri AI can help users find what they need in the moment, from answering questions from the web on virtually any topic, to surfacing relevant information from a user’s personal messages, emails, photos, and more. Siri AI also includes a dedicated app for users to revisit conversations across their products, an expanded Visual Intelligence experience, and integrated tools for writing. With a bold new architecture uniquely designed to protect users’ privacy, Siri AI leverages the next generation of Apple Intelligence to bring state-of-the-art understanding and reasoning, along with powerful systemwide capabilities, to Apple’s operating systems. These features are available for developer testing starting today, and will be available as a beta to users later this year.

“We’re excited to introduce Siri AI, a dramatically more capable and conversational assistant designed to help users find information and get things done throughout the day,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “With access to broad world knowledge for up-to-date answers on virtually any topic, along with onscreen awareness and personal context understanding, Siri AI can help users take action across apps more naturally than ever.”

An Entirely New, Deeply Integrated Siri

Powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI is a completely reimagined version of Siri that is more helpful, more capable, and more intelligent. With detailed, engaging responses and natural back-and-forth conversation, Siri AI helps users get more done than ever.

Siri AI can answer questions related to the content on a user’s screen, draw on personal context
understanding to search across apps, and go out to the web to get up-to-date information using
broad world knowledge and generate a helpful answer.

This new version of Siri is built on Apple Intelligence, allowing Siri to draw on personal context understanding and help users find what they need in the moment across messages, emails, photos, and more. For example, users can ask Siri to find a restaurant recommendation a friend messaged them about, surface a hotel confirmation number from an old email, or pull up photos with friends and family from a recent trip. And personal context understanding extends to third-party apps when developers integrate with Spotlight.

Siri AI taps into personal context understanding to help users find what they need across apps
like Photos, Messages, and more.

With even more systemwide app actions, Siri AI lets users get things done across apps, like drafting an email from scratch, or editing and sharing a set of photos. Using onscreen awareness, Siri AI can answer questions related to the content on a user’s screen. For example, if a user gets a text about a potluck with friends, they can brainstorm with Siri on what to bring and then add a recipe to the Notes app.

In addition, Siri AI can use broad world knowledge to get up-to-date information from the web on virtually any topic and generate a helpful answer, such as when and where to see the next solar eclipse, or when a musician is coming to town. Users can extend almost any response from Siri into a rich conversation and ask follow-up questions.

iPhone users can swipe down from the Dynamic Island to start a conversation with Siri AI and get
an in-depth answer.

Users can take advantage of this new version of Siri from anywhere across the system. In addition to saying “Hey Siri,” iPhone users can invoke Siri with the side button, or swipe down from the Dynamic Island to start a conversation and get an in-depth answer. On iPad and Mac, Siri AI is integrated into Spotlight so users can search for answers to almost any question. It is also integrated into systemwide context menus, allowing users to control-click to ask about images, files, or text on their screen. On Apple Vision Pro, Siri AI leverages spatial computing with a 3D visualization that users can place anywhere in their space, and they can invoke Siri by simply looking at it and starting to speak.

Siri AI leverages spatial computing with a 3D visualization that Apple Vision Pro users can place
anywhere in their space, and they can invoke Siri by simply looking at it and starting to speak.

Users can also tap into Siri AI across their products when they’re on the go with iPhone, Apple Watch, CarPlay, and AirPods. Apple Watch users can conveniently start a conversation with Siri right from the wrist, or a new Smart Stack suggestion can automatically appear to help users continue a recent conversation.

Apple Watch users can take advantage of Siri AI on the go, starting a conversation right from the
wrist or through a new Smart Stack suggestion.

Rebuilt from the Ground Up with a Powerful New Architecture

Siri has been rebuilt from the ground up with powerful AI at its core. It takes full advantage of the bold new architecture for Apple Intelligence, including the next generation of Apple Foundation Models that run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute. When Private Cloud Compute is handling users’ requests, their personal data is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else. Outside experts can continue to verify this privacy promise at any time. Additionally, Siri AI uses the system orchestrator to tap into core capabilities like the Spotlight index and App Toolbox, which work entirely on device to keep users in control of their data.

With powerful new features and unrivaled privacy protections, Siri remains the world’s most private digital assistant.

Siri AI takes full advantage of the bold new architecture for Apple Intelligence, including the next
generation of Apple Foundation Models that run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute.

A Powerful On-Device Model Brings New Capabilities

For products that support Apple’s most advanced on-device model ever, Siri AI offers even more expressive voices, as well as a major boost in accuracy with systemwide dictation.1 Users have the ability to customize the expressiveness and pace of Siri’s voice so it’s just right for them. Dictation now captures what users say as polished text with greater precision, automatically handling capitalization, punctuation, and formatting as they speak. With improved speech understanding, users can speak naturally and trust that their words will appear clearly, accurately, and as intended.

Users can customize the expressiveness and pace of Siri’s voice until it’s just right.

A Dedicated Siri App to Revisit Conversations

When users want to revisit a past conversation or kick off a new one, they can open the all-new dedicated Siri app. The Siri app uses iCloud to privately sync conversational history across a user’s products, so they can start chatting with Siri on Mac and continue the conversation on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro, bringing together rich conversations in one place.

The all-new dedicated Siri app brings together rich conversations from across a user’s products.

Siri with Visual Intelligence Now Across iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro

Siri now offers powerful image understanding and multimodal capabilities, so users can ask questions about visual content.

On iPhone, Siri’s multimodal capabilities are integrated right into the Camera app with a brand-new Siri mode, allowing users to get information and take action on what’s in front of them. Users can simply tap the shutter button to let Siri see what they see and receive useful responses. Siri mode in Camera also includes a rich new set of actions, including the ability to split a bill with friends using Apple Cash, get nutritional insights about a plate of food, and more.

Siri mode in Camera includes new actions for users, including the ability to split a bill with friends
using Apple Cash or get nutritional insights about a plate of food.

For the first time, Visual Intelligence with Siri also comes to iPad and Mac, allowing users to search visually, ask questions, and take action on their screen seamlessly. On iPad, Visual Intelligence is integrated right into the screenshot experience. On Mac, users can tap into it with a dedicated keyboard shortcut, allowing them to select something on their Mac display and type directly to Siri to get a helpful answer.

Visual Intelligence also expands to Apple Vision Pro, allowing users to ask Siri about things just by looking at them, from the content inside app windows to physical objects around them.

Visual Intelligence comes to Mac and iPad, so users can search visually, ask questions, and take
action on their screen.

A Smarter Way to Write and Edit Virtually Anywhere with Siri AI

Siri now offers integrated Writing Tools that are more powerful than ever, allowing users to write with Siri AI virtually anywhere they type. Users can describe what they need and Siri can generate a draft from scratch to get the ball rolling. If a user wants to refine what they’ve written, they can describe the change they want to make and Siri can quickly update it.

Users can write and edit with Siri AI virtually anywhere they type by just describing what they need.

When writing in Mail and Messages, Siri can reflect how users usually communicate with each recipient, including the punctuation and tone they typically use. For example, if users normally send their manager short bullet points, that’s what will populate when they draft an email with Siri. Siri can also give users tips and suggestions to improve their written work. Plus, Siri now automatically proofreads for users as they type across the system, including within most third-party apps.

Siri AI can give users tips and suggestions to improve their writing.

Additional Apple Intelligence Capabilities Make Everyday Apps Smarter

The next generation of Apple Intelligence also brings exciting new features to the apps users rely on every day, including incredible editing capabilities in Photos, tools that can transform the way users browse the web in Safari, new ways for users to bring their imagination to life in Image Playground, and more.

Availability

• New Siri AI features are available for developer testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27. Siri AI will be available for developer testing in a future watchOS 27 beta.

• Siri AI will be available as a beta later this year for users with a supported device set to English, and Apple will quickly expand support for more languages.

• Apple Intelligence is available with support for these languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For more details, visit apple.com/apple-intelligence.

• Apple Intelligence and Siri AI in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 are available on iPhone 16 models or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), MacBook Neo (A18 Pro), iPad models with M1 or later, Mac with M1 or later, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 9 or later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, and Apple Watch SE 3 when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone nearby.

• Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro users in the EU will be able to access Siri AI when set to a supported language. Siri AI will not be available initially in the EU in iOS and iPadOS. Apple is working hard to find a path forward that preserves its users’ privacy and security.

• Siri AI and the other new Apple Intelligence features will not be available in China while Apple works through regulatory requirements.

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