HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2" - Uncompromised PC-Level Productivity with Tablet Convenience

<p>In product design, there is something called a mature design. That’s the point at which a product is so optimised that further refinements yield only marginal improvements. The laptop is the quintessential mature design for productivity. While internal specs get faster and batteries last longer, the fundamental device has hit an evolutionary plateau. This is why they remain the benchmark for all productivity-focused devices. However, the way people work is changing. It is becoming more mobile. This new, hyper-flexible work stle requires a new device that can live up to the PC-grade productivity but is more flexible. The <b>HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2”</b> might just be the answer to these evolving demands.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Brilliant Display that Captivates</b></p><p>The HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” with narrow 4.6 mm bezels achieves a remarkable 92% screen-to-body ratio. This display incorporates unique Tandem OLED architecture, which represents a marked improvement over the traditional OLEDs. Nano-level pixel stacking technology doubles the screen's peak brightness to a previously inconceivable 2,000 nits.</p><p>The anti-glare nano-level etching eliminates 99% of environmental light interference on the screen surface. This results in a clearer and more vibrant viewing experience even in complex lighting conditions. Anti-glare nano-level etching technology also creates uneven surface textures at the nano-level, increasing the damping effect while writing, to retain the familiar micro vibrations, rustling sound, and traction of pen on paper.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/07/huawei-matepad-pro-12.2-best-features.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2”" border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex6J8PmPJh85UAzqBgLa_E0Je4Ei0tDKrW37WFbCTxQdudiibemtCCcxr-FT6TZ13CAHoQDf798L2_WuZZOdBIOQot3p_WIw9A40jIY5vE8yo53EZST3gbFXEJN8VYf_5ecrwgOUNb4Tckimcgr1VG6UUwXSSc6X4qkEvqm1t3AKIO0IeCo7J0L9ziiE/s16000/huawei-matepad-pro-12.2.jpg" title="HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2”" /></a></b></div><b><br />The Mobile Workstation</b><p></p><p>The HUAWEI Glide Keyboard, powered by Nearlink, offer a great deal of versatility and convenience to your mobile office experience. It features a 2-in-1 storage and charging design for styluses. Placing the stylus in the slot will initiate an automatic pairing with the tablet, after which there's no need to ever pair again. When you do not need to use the stylus, you can put the stylus back into the slot for easy and secure storage and charging.</p><p>The keyboard is crafted using aerospace-grade materials and, at just 420 g, is the lightest keyboard of its kind. Together with the tablet, it weighs 928 g, making the whole setup an extremely portable mobile workstation. With a design that achieves both safe storage and all-day charging for M-Pencil, it adds the instant convenience of a readily available stylus anytime.</p><p>From simple viewing to complex tasks, the WPS office offers PC-level features and flexible window management. The WPS is packed with functional optimisations similar to the PC version. WPS spreadsheets, presentations, and formulas offer a nearly identical experience to their desktop counterparts, enabling seamless switching between PC and tablet for efficient work.</p><p>The HUAWEI Notes is a professional note-taking app designed by Huawei that delivers an amazing paperless office experience. The MatePad Pro 12.2” comes pre-installed with HUAWEI Notes, an app that comes fully fitted with a range of tools that’s enough to equip you for work tasks. The Resource Center offers a stunning array of note covers, papers, and stickers, so you can customise your notes to your own style, making them more functional and adding a personal touch.</p><p>HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” packs a powerful 10,100 mAh ultra-large capacity battery, which supports 14 straight hours of local video playback. In addition, it supports SuperCharge Turbo mode, which charges the tablet to 85% in 40 minutes, and to capacity in 55 minutes.</p><p>The HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” is a whole new way to work, simplifying productivity by offering a tablet that turns into a PC form factor with all the software bells and whistles you would need.</p><p>The HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” is now available for pre-order in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at a starting price 2499 SAR (after applying Cashback) with valuable gifts through Huawei’s online store and other selected retailers. </p>

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Cisco unveils Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM)

<p><b>Cisco </b>(NASDAQ: CSCO), the leader in security and networking, today unveiled <b>Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM)</b>, a new security solution that transforms how organizations combat persistent identity-based attacks that are accelerating in the AI era. Identity is a prime target for bad actors, accounting for 60% of Cisco Talos Incident Response cases in 2024, because current solutions have critical weaknesses that attackers exploit. Duo IAM offers an innovative and security-first approach, with added protection built on its globally trusted multifactor authentication (MFA). Duo IAM is the latest advancement in Cisco’s long-standing commitment to user-friendly Zero Trust security.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Security-First Identity and Access Management</b></p><p>According to Cisco’s 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, nearly a third of companies worldwide rank identity as their top cybersecurity challenge, but traditional IAM solutions often treat security as optional rather than foundational. Purpose-built to protect against modern identity threats, Duo IAM enables organizations to securely manage their entire identity infrastructure.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/07/cisco-unveils-duo-identity-access-management.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cisco unveils Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM)" border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdGrDppZyEYDGSIWm23wYXa0XU08pnj0xGFqeSpISBl5G62tGIL_eyQsp8zovyPalmoDsqISGvGZKh6ue7e5FzQEvYdC6NDhtVBN7d1QSz_RrMdy5vo1Xxn_6ZYV3eiQ0vvl_11RZGNHIFAWOZJMJ8LQ7i8anIfh4WiNaluLRE23b2I0lIwpoPBbu3V0/s16000/cisco-unveils-duo-identity-access-managementcisco-unveils-duo-identity-access-management.jpg" title="Cisco unveils Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM)" /></a></div><br />Duo includes a new User Directory to simplify storing user identities – including usernames, emails, and roles – and managing their access to resources. Paired with its existing capabilities including MFA and Single Sign On (SSO) to provide users with simple, easy and secure access to hundreds of applications from one login page, Duo now offers customers a comprehensive IAM solution.<p></p><p>Open and flexible, Duo IAM also integrates effortlessly with existing third-party identity systems. The new Identity Routing Engine allows Duo to integrate with many identity providers either as an identity broker or as a secondary identity provider. Incorporating security by default, Duo IAM frustrates attackers, while improving user experience and management costs. The <b>Cisco AI Assistant</b> is embedded in Duo to help organizations easily deploy and manage the new solution out-of-the-box.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>End-to-End Phishing-Resistance</b></p><p>AI has accelerated the scale and complexity of account takeover through automated agentic social engineering. In response to rising threats, globally trusted Duo MFA now delivers the strongest form of authentication, without sacrificing convenience or purchasing expensive hardware keys. Recent innovations strengthening end-to-end phishing resistance include:</p><p>• Complete Passwordless: New option ensures a secure authentication experience without users ever having to use or remember a password.</p><p>• Proximity Verification: This capability uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to ensure a user’s mobile and access devices are near each other when authenticating.</p><p>• Session Theft Protection: New enhancements to Duo Passport remove the reliance on browser cookies from authentication, protecting against session theft and hijacking.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Unified Identity Intelligence</b></p><p>Identity infrastructure is complex and often disconnected, creating blind spots where attacks and vulnerabilities go unnoticed. To help organizations continuously monitor and respond to changes in identity risk, Duo IAM integrates with Cisco Identity Intelligence, connecting identity and access data across the <b>Cisco Security Cloud</b> platform. With AI-driven behavioral analytics and Cisco's unmatched reach into the network, organizations gain comprehensive visibility, threat detection, and the ability to take graduated responses like quarantining an identity, killing active sessions or isolating the network.</p>

Cisco unveils Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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IFA Berlin and Cradle to Cradle NGO enter into Partnership

<p><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/ifa-2025.html" target="_blank">IFA Berlin</a></b>, the world's leading platform for home and consumer tech, is expanding its commitment to sustainability in 2025 by entering into a partnership with <b>Cradle to Cradle NGO (C2C NGO)</b>. As part of the cooperation, the tech trade platform is working together with the non-profit organisation to promote forward-looking change in the industry – towards genuine circularity, responsible use of resources, positive impact and innovative product design.</p><p>Since 2012, Cradle to Cradle NGO has been driving the implementation of the Cradle to Cradle principle in Germany and beyond. The sustainability partnership with IFA emphasises the shared goal of making innovations for a genuine Circular Economy visible and actively driving the transformation forward.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/07/ifa-berlin-cradle-to-cradle-ngo-partnership.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IFA Berlin and Cradle to Cradle NGO enter into Partnership" border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz7Rgf-enXp_COhh8ob_nFROIV7sw0QsY7Roe7WxSdfVA-ZDUxVKkEvXvATCw1bVwCIIPgmyYNrR6RemiG5MqtZjeR4vqJ_-fTmUFL9ygnbORqNvzyFZCqmBgW0jHxG2uXBHqwtBHTUGCQXUor6CwoS6BpR3exAuBX4soUjEpwDpf0aG8I47ZSluYCMc/s16000/ifa-berlin-cradle-to-cradle-ngo-partnership.jpg" title="IFA Berlin and Cradle to Cradle NGO enter into Partnership" /></a></div><br />The focus of the collaboration is on making C2C-design visible in the consumer electronics industry. C2C NGO will help shape the content of the IFA stages – with keynotes, panels, workshops and micro talks where entrepreneurs and thought leaders can present and discuss their solutions for recyclable consumer electronics. A joint position paper with concrete recommendations for business and politics, as well as the NGO's participation as a jury member in the first IFA Innovation Awards, underline the relevance of the partnership. Cradle to Cradle NGO will also be present at the exhibition grounds with its own stand to provide further input and engage with industry experts.<p></p><p>From now on, when purchasing tickets for the IFA in September, both private and trade visitors will have the opportunity to support the work of Cradle to Cradle NGO with a voluntary donation. In this way, IFA is making the step towards sustainable trade event visits easy and transparent – and giving visitors the chance to make a concrete contribution.</p><p><b>Leif Lindner, CEO of IFA Management GmbH</b>, said; <blockquote>The partnership with Cradle to Cradle NGO is more than a statement for us – it is a call to action. As the industry's leading platform, IFA brings innovation and industry together. Together, we are sending a strong signal that future technology and circular thinking must go hand in hand. Only if we understand sustainability as a design task, we can achieve real, sustainable progress.</blockquote></p><p><b>Nora Sophie Griefahn & Tim Janßen, Founders and Managing Directors, Cradle to Cradle NGO</b>, said; <blockquote>We see the partnership with IFA Berlin as an opportunity to provide important impulses for change across an entire industry. Consumer electronics have become an integral part of our everyday lives. However, devices and components are rarely reusable. Materials are often sourced under precarious conditions, and the situation is further exacerbated by the wasting of scarce resources. Neither linear business models nor mere reduction and avoidance offer future-proof solutions. What is needed is a new way of thinking that focuses on design with the aim of creating a positive footprint. An electrical appliance designed according to Cradle to Cradle takes all production steps into account, enabling materials to be separated and kept in continuous use without any loss of quality. C2C products are designed to be fair and materially healthy. This secures future resource use and shows how we can make technology sustainable and responsible.</blockquote></p>

IFA Berlin and Cradle to Cradle NGO enter into Partnership

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ASUS Republic of Gamers announces the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X Handheld Gaming Consoles

<p><b>ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG)</b> has officially unveiled the upcoming <b>ROG Xbox Ally</b> and ROG Xbox Ally X, the next evolution in handheld gaming. Developed in collaboration with Xbox, these all-new devices bring console-caliber experiences and enhanced ergonomics to gamers in the UAE and around the world.</p><p>With this announcement, ASUS continues its commitment to bringing the latest innovations in gaming technology to the Middle East region soon. The new ROG Xbox Ally series is designed to merge the best of PC and Xbox gaming into a single portable platform—ideal for gamers who value performance, comfort, and flexibility on the go.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/asus-rog-xbox-ally-x.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdHvnr-SNGiuJingUc2tZniFF2Eqky-GjETVlCjxyaeY3OD-NwGEL1ApRYaRP5wHBvpQO3G_Dm7m_wHCRbQ38seoDMxUnGC90DWDqVLabtj0xrxFaweaFSUUc5XW7lidttHNWwr044Na_uIiYKTffJUODiYuuaf26060dvqS72pa1pAHj1EslvYVYs00/s16000/asus-rog-xbox-ally.jpg" /></a></b></div><b><br />Built for Comfort, Designed for Play</b><p></p><p>The ROG Xbox Ally series introduces a completely redesigned chassis for improved comfort during long gaming sessions. Both models offer a refined grip inspired by Xbox controllers, while the ROG Xbox Ally X includes advanced impulse triggers for more immersive gameplay.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next-Gen Performance Powered by AMD</b></p><p>Under the hood, the ROG Xbox Ally features the all-new AMD Ryzen™ Z2 A Processor, while the Ally X is equipped with the Ryzen™ AI Z2 Extreme Processor, offering enhanced performance, extended battery life, and support for the latest AMD gaming technologies. These processors are optimized for both performance and power efficiency, allowing for smooth gameplay across a wide range of titles.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Xbox Experience, Windows Flexibility</b></p><p>The devices run on Windows 11 with a full-screen Xbox interface, offering a streamlined experience for Game Pass users while maintaining the flexibility to run other gaming platforms and mods. A newly optimized software environment ensures fast access to games and settings, enhancing the user experience on handheld devices.</p>

ASUS Republic of Gamers announces the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X Handheld Gaming Consoles

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REDMAGIC Gaming Tablet 3 Pro launched in China

<p>The <b>REDMAGIC Gaming Tablet 3 Pro</b>, also known internationally as the <b>REDMAGIC Astra Gaming Tablet</b>, is now available in China in three configurations: 12GB+256GB, 16GB+512GB, and 24GB+1TB. It comes in two color options: Eclipse Black and Starfrost Silver.</p><p>With the REDMAGIC Gaming Tablet 3 Pro, REDMAGIC sets a bold new standard for performance, design, and versatility in the gaming tablet category. Powered by the advanced Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, this device is engineered to deliver elite-level gaming experiences with seamless efficiency. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/redmagic-astra-gaming-tablet.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="REDMAGIC Astra Gaming Tablet" border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLY9DCn6L18o_jpg_UGwvQlJZtfdpBoi5Qg_6ipwGk1UsQriiWiXudTA0dSjqaBr3kjLaYDLr9C8ccfc0FUFVreLaXotM_amKeT6sOh5VrloIOLmqgEmF29yw23JHKEEoQQf8BuCe4VXO4r7Xqr7SyoG17ipue1wDI-ljXxCbh5Qbg8WPXD9bcT6HKa_A/s16000/redmagic-astra-gaming-tablet.jpg" title="REDMAGIC Astra Gaming Tablet" /></a></div><br />It features a striking transparent metal chassis accented by dynamic RGB lighting, a stunning 9.06-inch OLED display with 2.4K resolution and an ultra-smooth 165Hz refresh rate, ensuring a visually immersive and responsive gameplay experience.<p></p><p>Backed by an 8,200mAh battery with 80W fast charging and the enhanced ICE-X Cooling Technology, the REDMAGIC Gaming Tablet 3 Pro ensures sustained performance even during marathon gaming sessions. Whether for competitive play, creative work, or immersive entertainment, it offers a truly portable powerhouse that redefines what’s possible in mobile gaming.</p>

REDMAGIC Gaming Tablet 3 Pro launched in China

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IFA 2025 makes Travelling and Accommodation Easier for Trade Visitors, Exhibitors and Media

<p><b>IFA Berlin</b>, the world's largest platform for home & consumer tech, is offering trade visitors, exhibitors and media exclusive services for travel, accommodation and mobility – for a comfortable and stress-free stay in Berlin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Travelling with benefits - exclusive offers for IFA 2025</b></p><p>In cooperation with Deutsche Bahn AG and Lufthansa Group, IFA is offering special tariffs for national and international visitors.</p><p>From 1 July 2025, it’s possible to take the benefit of discounted prices for travel within Germany. Free city tickets for seamless connections at the start and destination and 1st class seat reservations included. Valid for travel between 3 and 11 September 2025, booking via the IFA booking portal.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/ifa-2025.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IFA 2025" border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3mdQMPKZEO9s9QyCMQ7Kfwe2LxaxCjZgFqO_0x6-Di00KXGZ7wbF2U2gonhDnaJAKXT2feA9vL-EJJxzF9CXiyUyJKBAsc9294ykJPsxU1uVNwCr9CVisVv5wf8FACpzZmTN82QfQgN8jX1BKvFKrT-uKCe_Sz2_7Cw9EzJPJOt-Pv8r2xkhjv_Pxow/s16000/ifa-2025.jpg" title="IFA 2025" /></a></div><br />International travellers receive discounted prices on Classic and Flex tariffs (excluding Green and Economy Light) from over 310 destinations worldwide - operated by the Lufthansa Group, with additional options via Air Canada and United Airlines. Valid for travel between 29 August 2025 and 16 September 2025, the discount is automatically applied within the IFA booking portal.<p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Central accommodation at special discounts in top Berlin hotels</b></p><p>For IFA, selected top hotels in the immediate surroundings of Messe Berlin are available with discounts of up to 30% - these can be booked easily and securely via the official EventBeds™ website. Special support is available for group bookings of 6 rooms or more. Due to limited availability, early booking is recommended.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mobility in Berlin - connections to the exhibition grounds</b></p><p>Berlin's public transport network offers fast and reliable connections to all entrances to the exhibition grounds - by S-Bahn (including lines S3, S9, S41, S42), U-Bahn (line U2) or bus (X34, X49, M49, 104, 139, 218, 349). Alternatively, bike and e-scooter sharing, ride-sharing services and limited parking facilities including e-charging stations are available</p>

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IBM to Build World’s First Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer

<p><b>IBM </b>unveiled its path to build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, setting the stage for practical and scalable quantum computing.  </p><p>Delivered by 2029, <b>IBM Quantum Starling</b> will be built in a new IBM Quantum Data Centre in Poughkeepsie, New York and is expected to perform 20,000 times more operations than today’s quantum computers. To represent the computational state of an IBM Starling would require the memory of more than a quindecillion (10^48) of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. With Starling, users will be able to fully explore the complexity of its quantum states, which are beyond the limited properties able to be accessed by current quantum computers.  </p><p>A large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer with hundreds or thousands of logical qubits could run hundreds of millions to billions of operations, which could accelerate time and cost efficiencies in fields such as drug development, materials discovery, chemistry, and optimization.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/ibm-quantum-starling-quantum-computer.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IBM Quantum Starling" border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXMU6Xql0ydJqc6rK_-m82mWKbWJR_9Jzswhb5hL21JbZtzYNwZZFKDF2vd0W7n1Mh6EFlivTREyugCbd3TDaxjHstUlIM7VxE68rA1aig-cJjbGb5jYMjeLCEd782V1u9momeMCvsrH2v4Qb2Lc6IhvzdJWE_CQ98c8GanjZ9fwyV3fb7UUIVWE4O_E/s16000/ibm-quantum-starling-quantum-computer.jpg" title="IBM Quantum Starling" /></a></div><br />Starling will be able to access the computational power required for these problems by running 100 million quantum operations using 200 logical qubits. It will be the foundation for IBM Quantum Blue Jay, which will be capable of executing 1 billion quantum operations over 2,000 logical qubits.  <p></p><p>A logical qubit is a unit of an error-corrected quantum computer tasked with storing one qubit’s worth of quantum information. It is made from multiple physical qubits working together to store this information and monitor each other for errors.</p><p>Like classical computers, quantum computers need to be error corrected to run large workloads without faults. To do so, clusters of physical qubits are used to create a smaller number of logical qubits with lower error rates than the underlying physical qubits. Logical qubit error rates are suppressed exponentially with the size of the cluster, enabling them to run greater numbers of operations.</p><p>Creating increasing numbers of logical qubits capable of executing quantum circuits, with as few physical qubits as possible, is critical to quantum computing at scale. Until today, a clear path to building such a fault-tolerant system without unrealistic engineering overhead has not been published.</p><p> </p><p><b>The Path to Large-Scale Fault Tolerance</b></p><p>The success of executing an efficient fault-tolerant architecture is dependent on the choice of its error-correcting code, and how the system is designed and built to enable this code to scale.</p><p>Alternative and previous gold-standard, error-correcting codes present fundamental engineering challenges. To scale, they would require an unfeasible number of physical qubits to create enough logical qubits to perform complex operations – necessitating impractical amounts of infrastructure and control electronics. This renders them unlikely to be able to be implemented beyond small-scale experiments and devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>A practical, large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer requires an architecture that is:</p><p>Fault-tolerant to suppress enough errors for useful algorithms to succeed.</p><p>Able to prepare and measure logical qubits through computation.</p><p>Capable of applying universal instructions to these logical qubits.</p><p>Able to decode measurements from logical qubits in real-time and can alter subsequent instructions.</p><p>Modular to scale to hundreds or thousands of logical qubits to run more complex algorithms.</p><p>Efficient enough to execute meaningful algorithms with realistic physical resources, such as energy and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Today, IBM is introducing two new technical papers that detail how it will solve the above criteria to build a large-scale, fault-tolerant architecture.</p><p>The first paper unveils how such a system will process instructions and run operations effectively with qLDPC codes. This work builds on a groundbreaking approach to error correction featured on the cover of Nature that introduced quantum low-density parity check (qLDPC) codes. This code drastically reduces the number of physical qubits needed for error correction and cuts required overhead by approximately 90 percent, compared to other leading codes. Additionally, it lays out the resources required to reliably run large-scale quantum programs to prove the efficiency of such an architecture over others.  </p><p>The second paper describes how to efficiently decode the information from the physical qubits and charts a path to identify and correct errors in real-time with conventional computing resources.</p><p> </p><p><b>From Roadmap to Reality</b></p><p>The new IBM Quantum Roadmap outlines the key technology milestones that will demonstrate and execute the criteria for fault tolerance. Each new processor in the roadmap addresses specific challenges to build quantum systems that are modular, scalable, and error-corrected:</p><p>IBM Quantum Loon, expected in 2025, is designed to test architecture components for the qLDPC code, including “C-couplers” that connect qubits over longer distances within the same chip.</p><p>IBM Quantum Kookaburra, expected in 2026, will be IBM’s first modular processor designed to store and process encoded information. It will combine quantum memory with logic operations — the basic building block for scaling fault-tolerant systems beyond a single chip.</p><p>IBM Quantum Cockatoo, expected in 2027, will entangle two Kookaburra modules using “L-couplers.” This architecture will link quantum chips together like nodes in a larger system, avoiding the need to build impractically large chips.</p><p>Together, these advancements are being designed to culminate in Starling in 2029.</p>

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Apple iPadOS 26 - Everything You Need to Know

<p><b>Apple </b>today previewed <b>iPadOS 26</b>, the biggest iPadOS release ever, taking a huge leap forward and pushing the unique capabilities and versatility of iPad even further. A beautiful design brings a new look to iPad, making the experience even more expressive and delightful. While maintaining the simplicity of iPad, iPadOS 26 introduces an entirely new powerful and intuitive windowing system with new features that help users control, organize, and switch between apps.<b> Apple Intelligence</b> becomes even more capable and integrated across iPadOS 26, with new features that help users communicate, express themselves, and get things done, including <b>Live Translation</b>, new ways to create with <b>Genmoji </b>and <b>Image Playground</b>, and intelligent actions with <b>Shortcuts</b>. The supercharged <b>Files </b>app offers new ways to organize files and customize folders. And with Folders in the dock, users can conveniently access downloads, documents, and more from anywhere. The <b>Preview</b> app comes to iPad, giving users a dedicated app to view and edit PDFs, with powerful features like <b>Apple Pencil Markup</b> and <b>AutoFill</b> built in. And with <b>Background Tasks</b>, audio input selection, and<b> Local capture</b>, iPadOS 26 unlocks new capabilities for creative pros working with audio and video.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Beautiful New Design</b></p><p>The beautiful new design brings more expressive and delightful experiences to iPad users, while maintaining the familiarity of iPadOS. It’s crafted with Liquid Glass — a translucent new material that reflects and refracts its surroundings, while reacting to user input and dynamically transforming to bring greater focus to the content they care about most. It enables a new level of vitality across experiences like the Lock Screen and Control Center, and gives users new ways to personalize their Home Screen with updated app icons that come to life in light or dark appearances, colourful new light and dark tints, as well as an elegant new clear look. And updated controls and navigation extend to apps including Mail, Safari, Apple TV, Apple Music, and more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple iPadOS 26" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qDpQpgklbvfp6bSZOQFBOwLymXeav_b-uviXBgxLKvhDzZbzghtty5LUWkIG-Sd4I0Nx1N_G1Q2OAE3XGRT2yvpSZaizzsk8UW91q4tZ7MAKrTbN84rksA20ymCGafTmNir9GIW5mMzVaIvzSZ8brOFVV-czpnImnfDpV0u-agMzeet5Oj4H00d7cug/s16000/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.jpg" title="Apple iPadOS 26" width="599" /></a></div><p><b>An Entirely New Powerful and Intuitive Windowing System</b></p><p>iPadOS 26 introduces powerful new features that help users work with, control, organize, and switch between app windows — all while maintaining the immediacy and simplicity that iPad users expect. The new windowing system lets users fluidly resize app windows, place them exactly where they want, and open even more windows at once.</p><p>Familiar window controls allow users to seamlessly close, minimize, resize, or tile their windows. Window tiling is designed for the unique capabilities of iPad, and enables users to arrange their windows with a simple flick. If a user previously resized an app, it opens back in the exact same size and position when they open it again. With Exposé, users can quickly see all their open windows spread out, helping them easily switch to the one they need. The new windowing system works great with Stage Manager for those who want to group their windows into distinct stages, and with an external display for those who want even more space to work across their apps.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iPadOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/ipados-26-introduces-powerful-new-features-that-push-ipad-even-further/article/Apple-WWDC25-iPadOS-26-window-tiling-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iPadOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>With a new menu bar, users can access the commands available in an app with a simple swipe down from the top of the display, or by moving their cursor to the top. Users can quickly find a specific feature or related tips in an app by using search in the menu bar. Additionally, developers can now customize the menu bar in their own apps.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Features Powered by Apple Intelligence</b></p><p>Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that delivers helpful and relevant intelligence while taking an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI, becomes even more capable and even more integrated across iPadOS 26. Live Translation in Phone, FaceTime, and Messages enables iPad users to communicate seamlessly across languages. In Messages, incoming texts — including group messages — are automatically translated into the user’s preferred language. On FaceTime, a user can follow along with translated live captions while still hearing the speaker’s voice. And when on a phone call, the translation is spoken aloud throughout the conversation.</p><p>iPadOS 26 brings users new ways to create Genmoji, giving them the ability to start with existing emoji and descriptions, modify personal attributes like hair length or accessories, and select expressions. Users will also have more control of personal attributes and expressions in Image Playground, and can tap into brand-new styles with ChatGPT, like an oil painting style for a friend’s Contact Poster. For moments when users have a specific idea in mind, they can tap Any Style and describe exactly what they want. And Image Playground can now send a user’s description or photo to ChatGPT and create a unique image.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iPadOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/ipados-26-introduces-powerful-new-features-that-push-ipad-even-further/article/Apple-WWDC25-iPadOS-26-Shortcuts-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iPadOS 26" width="599" /></a>Shortcuts features new intelligent actions that allow users to create shortcuts that are more powerful than ever, including summarizing text with Writing Tools and creating images with Image Playground. Users can also tap directly into Apple Intelligence models to provide responses that feed into the rest of their shortcuts. For example, a student can build a shortcut that uses Apple Intelligence models to compare an audio transcription of a class lecture to the notes they took, and add any key points they may have missed.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Powerful New Ways to Work with Files</b></p><p>iPadOS 26 introduces powerful new ways to manage, access, and edit files. An enhanced Files app with an updated List view allows users to see more of their document details in resizable columns and collapsible folders. To make folders easier to identify at a glance, Files also offers folder customization options that include custom colours, icons, and emoji that sync across devices. For quicker access, users can now drag any folder from the Files app right into the Dock. Additionally, users can set a default app for opening specific files or file types.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Preview App Comes to iPad</b></p><p>Preview comes to iPad, giving users a dedicated app for creating a quick sketch, as well as viewing, editing, and marking up PDFs and images with Apple Pencil or by touch. Users can access all of their PDFs and images in the Files app right from Preview, create an empty page, use Apple Pencil to draw and write on it, and use AutoFill to quickly fill out PDF forms.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Ways to Work with Apps</b></p><p>Taking advantage of the incredible power of Apple silicon, iPadOS 26 unlocks the ability to perform computationally intensive Background Tasks. When users start a long-running process in an app, Background Tasks will show up with Live Activities, giving users complete control and a clear sense of what is running. And developers can use an updated Background Tasks API that allows users to perform long-running tasks from their apps, too.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iPadOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/videos/2025/hls/06/iPadOS-26-Voice/Web/US/posters/Apple-WWDC25-iPadOS-26-Voice-Memos-recording-250609_571x321.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iPadOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>iPadOS 26 also brings new audio features that offer more flexible input and streamlined recording. Users now have better control over their audio input, with the ability to choose different microphones for each app, as well as individual websites. Recorded audio will be made even better with the availability of Voice Isolation, which blocks ambient noise, and allows clear and crisp recordings. And with AirPods 4, AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), and AirPods Pro 2, studio-quality audio recording allows users to record their content with great sound quality and enjoy clear calls.</p><p>With Local capture, users can produce high-quality recordings right from iPad with any video conferencing app, and easily share audio and video files once the call is over. Echo cancellation of other participants’ audio keeps the user’s voice front and center, allowing for a clear recording of their side of the call.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Apps, Plus More Ways to Communicate</b></p><p>With iPadOS 26, Journal comes to iPad, making it easy for users to capture and write about the details of everyday moments or special events. Using Apple Pencil or touch, users can incorporate drawings and handwriting, along with photos, videos, audio recordings, places, their state of mind, and more. Users can keep multiple journals for various aspects of life, and now have access to a beautiful map view that organizes entries by location.</p><p>The all-new Apple Games app brings users a new home for gaming, and iPadOS 26 introduces Game Overlay, which allows users to quickly see new events and updates, adjust settings, call or invite a friend mid-game, and more.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ipados-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iPadOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/ipados-26-introduces-powerful-new-features-that-push-ipad-even-further/article/Apple-WWDC25-iPadOS-26-Phone-app-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iPadOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>The Messages app brings conversation Backgrounds, which lets a user personalize their chats with stunning designs and create unique backgrounds that fit their conversation with Image Playground. Messages also brings Polls and a redesigned details view that helps users easily navigate what has been shared in a conversation, and supercharges group chats with typing indicators, as well as the ability to request and receive Apple Cash. Additionally, the Phone app comes to iPad, and includes updates like Hold Assist and Call Screening.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional iPadOS 26 updates:</b></p><p>Available in the tool palette, the new reed pen uses stroke-angle presets to enable a traditional calligraphy experience with Apple Pencil or touch in apps like Notes, Preview, Freeform, and Journal; when using Markup; and in third-party apps using the PencilKit API.</p><p>Calculator introduces new 3D graphing capabilities in Math Notes, allowing users to write an equation with three variables and create a graph in three dimensions.</p><p>Notes adds the ability to import and export a note into a markdown file, along with support for capturing conversations in the Phone app as audio recordings with transcriptions.</p><p>Accessibility features include Accessibility Reader, a new systemwide reading mode designed to make text easier to read for users who are blind, have low vision, or have other disabilities affecting reading; an all-new Braille Access experience that offers a user-friendly interface for users with a connected braille display; Share Accessibility Settings to temporarily use accessibility settings on another person’s device; and more.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. New software features will be available this fall as a free software update for iPad Pro (M4), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (M2 and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad (A16), iPad (8th generation and later), iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad mini (5th generation and later). The Apple Intelligence features detailed require supported devices, which include all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad and Mac models with M1 and later that have Apple Intelligence enabled and Siri and device language set to the same supported language: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese (simplified). More languages will be coming by the end of this year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. For more information, visit apple.com/os/ipados and apple.com/ca/apple-intelligence. Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. </p>

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<p><b>Apple </b>today announced new <b>Apple Intelligence</b> features that elevate the user experience across <b>iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch</b>, and <b>Apple Vision Pro</b>. Apple Intelligence unlocks new ways for users to communicate with features like <b>Live Translation</b>; do more with what’s on their screen with updates to visual intelligence; and express themselves with enhancements to Image Playground and Genmoji. Additionally, <b>Shortcuts</b> can now tap into <b>Apple Intelligence </b>directly, and developers will be able to access the on-device large language model at the core of Apple Intelligence, giving them direct access to intelligence that is powerful, fast, built with privacy, and available even when users are offline. These Apple Intelligence features are available for testing starting today, and will be available to users with supported devices set to a supported language this fall.</p><p>Apple Intelligence features will be coming to eight more languages by the end of the year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-apple-intelligence.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple Intelligence" border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONhtEdzhG5Ud4vJUTTmHXpCdHWA5R2uFzm5G4Eg6y4HtcRa18K4NPaCXCWf_PKXTDdpfdjH2xePCk3lX9z1taD-3VtJ_6fc_Sji8lqYQ5TnynMziimjwm4N9Gi4shNL9rnjLfSRjGefoI5_-1glb67PsN-DVf472h8G_sWY5nwtNeT8vu8P1TCxghndw/s16000/apple-wwdc25-apple-intelligence.jpg" title="Apple Intelligence" /></a></b></div><b><br />Live Translation Breaks Down Language Barriers</b><p></p><p>For those moments when a language barrier gets in the way, Live Translation can help users communicate across languages when messaging or speaking. The experience is integrated into Messages, FaceTime, and Phone, and enabled by Apple-built models that run entirely on device, so users’ personal conversations stay personal.</p><p>In Messages, Live Translation can automatically translate messages. If a user is making plans with new friends while travelling abroad, their message can be translated as they type, delivered in the recipient’s preferred language, and when they get a response, each message can be instantly translated. On FaceTime calls, a user can follow along with translated live captions while still hearing the speaker’s voice. And when on a phone call, the translation is spoken aloud throughout the conversation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Ways to Explore Creativity with Updates to Genmoji and Image Playground</b></p><p>Genmoji and Image Playground provide users with even more ways to express themselves. In addition to turning a text description into a Genmoji, users can now mix together emoji and combine them with descriptions to create something new. When users make images inspired by family and friends using Genmoji and Image Playground, they have the ability to change expressions or adjust personal attributes, like hairstyle, to match their friend’s latest look.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-apple-intelligence.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple Intelligence" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/article/Apple-WWDC25-Apple-Intelligence-Image-Playground-with-ChatGPT-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple Intelligence" width="599" /></a>\</b>In Image Playground, users can tap into brand-new styles with ChatGPT, like an oil painting style or vector art. For moments when users have a specific idea in mind, they can tap Any Style and describe what they want. Image Playground sends a user’s description or photo to ChatGPT and creates a unique image. Users are always in control, and nothing is shared with ChatGPT without their permission.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Visual Intelligence Helps Users Search and Take Action</b></p><p>Building on Apple Intelligence, visual intelligence extends to a user’s iPhone screen so they can search and take action on anything they’re viewing across their apps.</p><p>Visual intelligence already helps users learn about objects and places around them using their iPhone camera, and it now enables users to do more, faster, with the content on their iPhone screen. Users can ask ChatGPT questions about what they’re looking at on their screen to learn more, as well as search Google, Etsy, or other supported apps to find similar images and products. If there’s an object a user is especially interested in, like a lamp, they can highlight it to search for that specific item or similar objects online.</p><p>Visual intelligence also recognizes when a user is looking at an event and suggests adding it to their calendar. Apple Intelligence then extracts the date, time, and location to prepopulate these key details into an event.</p><p>Users can access visual intelligence for what’s on their screen by simply pressing the same buttons used to take a screenshot. Users will have the choice to save or share their screenshot, or explore more with visual intelligence.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Apple Intelligence Expands to Fitness on Apple Watch</b></p><p>Workout Buddy is a first-of-its-kind workout experience on Apple Watch with Apple Intelligence that incorporates a user’s workout data and fitness history to generate personalized, motivational insights during their session.</p><p>To offer meaningful inspiration in real time, Workout Buddy analyzes data from a user’s current workout along with their fitness history, based on data like heart rate, pace, distance, Activity rings, personal fitness milestones, and more. A new text-to-speech model then translates insights into a dynamic generative voice built using voice data from Fitness+ trainers, so it has the right energy, style, and tone for a workout. Workout Buddy processes this data privately and securely with Apple Intelligence.</p><p>Workout Buddy will be available on Apple Watch with Bluetooth headphones, and requires an Apple Intelligence-supported iPhone nearby. It will be available starting in English, across some of the most popular workout types: Outdoor and Indoor Run, Outdoor and Indoor Walk, Outdoor Cycle, HIIT, and Functional and Traditional Strength Training.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Apple Intelligence On-Device Model Now Available to Developers</b></p><p>Apple is opening up access for any app to tap directly into the on-device foundation model at the core of Apple Intelligence.</p><p>With the Foundation Models framework, app developers will be able to build on Apple Intelligence to bring users new experiences that are intelligent, available when they’re offline, and that protect their privacy, using AI inference that is free of cost. For example, an education app can use the on-device model to generate a personalized quiz from a user’s notes, without any cloud API costs, or an outdoors app can add natural language search capabilities that work even when the user is offline.</p><p>The framework has native support for Swift, so app developers can easily access the Apple Intelligence model with as few as three lines of code. Guided generation, tool calling, and more are all built into the framework, making it easier than ever to implement generative capabilities right into a developer’s existing app.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Shortcuts Get More Intelligent</b></p><p>Shortcuts are now more powerful and intelligent than ever. Users can tap into intelligent actions, a whole new set of shortcuts enabled by Apple Intelligence. Users will see dedicated actions for features like summarizing text with Writing Tools or creating images with Image Playground.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-apple-intelligence.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple Intelligence" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/article/Apple-WWDC25-Apple-Intelligence-Shortcuts-Notes-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple Intelligence" width="599" /></a></b></p><p>Now users will be able to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models, either on-device or with Private Cloud Compute, to generate responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut, maintaining the privacy of information used in the shortcut. For example, a student can build a shortcut that uses the Apple Intelligence model to compare an audio transcription of a class lecture to the notes they took, and add any key points they may have missed. Users can also choose to tap into ChatGPT to provide responses that feed into their shortcut.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional New Features</b></p><p>Apple Intelligence is even more deeply integrated into the apps and experiences that users rely on every day:</p><p>The most relevant actions in an email, website, note, or other content can now be identified and automatically categorized in Reminders.</p><p>Apple Wallet can now identify and summarize order tracking details from emails sent from merchants or delivery carriers. This works across all of a user’s orders, giving them the ability to see their full order details, progress notifications, and more, all in one place.</p><p>Users can create a poll for anything in Messages, and with Apple Intelligence, Messages can detect when a poll might come in handy and suggest one. In addition, Backgrounds in the Messages app lets a user personalize their chats with stunning designs, and they can create unique backgrounds that fit their conversation with Image Playground.</p><p>These features build on a wide range of Apple Intelligence capabilities that are already available to users:</p><p>Writing Tools can help users rewrite, proofread, and summarize the text they have written. And with Describe Your Change, users can describe a specific change they want to apply to their text, like making a dinner party invite read like a poem.</p><p>Clean Up in Photos allows users to remove distracting elements while staying true to the moment as they intended to capture it.</p><p>Visual intelligence builds on Apple Intelligence and helps users learn about objects and places around them instantly.</p><p>Genmoji allow users to create their own emoji by typing a description. And just like emoji, they can be added inline to messages, or shared as a sticker or reaction in a Tapback.</p><p>Image Playground gives users a way to create playful images in moments, with concepts like themes, costumes, accessories, and places. And they can add their own text descriptions, and create images in the likeness of a family member or friend using photos from their photo library.</p><p>Image Wand can transform a rough sketch into a polished image that complements a user’s notes.</p><p>Mail summaries give users a way to view key details for an email or long thread by simply tapping or clicking Summarize.</p><p>Smart Reply provides users with suggestions for a quick response in Mail and Messages.</p><p>Siri is more natural and helpful, with the option to type to Siri and tap into its product knowledge about the features and settings on Apple products; Siri can also follow along if a user stumbles over their words, and maintain context from one request to the next.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-apple-intelligence.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple Intelligence" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/article/Apple-WWDC25-Apple-Intelligence-polls-in-Messages-02-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple Intelligence" width="399" /></a></b></p><p>Access to ChatGPT is integrated in Writing Tools and Siri, giving users the option to tap into ChatGPT’s image- and document-understanding capabilities without needing to jump between tools.</p><p>Natural language search in Photos makes it easier for users to find a photo or video by simply describing it.</p><p>Users can create a memory movie in Photos by typing a description.</p><p>Summaries of audio transcriptions in Notes are automatically generated to surface important information at a glance.</p><p>Users can generate summaries of call transcriptions to highlight important details.</p><p>Priority Messages, a section at the top of the inbox in Mail, shows the most urgent emails, like a same-day invitation to lunch or a boarding pass.</p><p>Priority Notifications appear at the top of a user’s notifications, highlighting important notifications that may require immediate attention.</p><p>Notification summaries give users a way to scan long or stacked notifications and provide key details right on the Lock Screen.</p><p>Previews in Mail and Messages show users a brief summary of key information without needing to open a message.</p><p>The Reduce Interruptions Focus surfaces only the notifications that might need immediate attention.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Breakthrough for Privacy in AI</b></p><p>Designed to protect users’ privacy at every step, Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing, meaning that many of the models that power it run entirely on device. For requests that require access to larger models, Private Cloud Compute extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence so a user’s data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is used only to fulfill their request. Independent experts can inspect the code that runs on Apple silicon servers to continuously verify this privacy promise, and are already doing so. This is an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these new features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. Users who enable Apple Intelligence on supported devices set to a supported language will have access this fall, including all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad and Mac models with M1 and later, with Siri and device language set to the same supported language: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese (simplified). More languages will be coming by the end of this year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. For more details, visit apple.com/ca/apple-intelligence.</p>

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<p><b>Apple </b>today previewed <b>visionOS 26</b>, an expansive update packed with groundbreaking spatial experiences and new features for <b>Apple Vision Pro</b>. Everyday interactions become more immersive and personal, with widgets that integrate into a user’s space, spatial scenes that use generative AI to add stunning lifelike depth to photos, striking enhancements that make Personas feel more natural and familiar, and shared spatial experiences for Vision Pro users in the same room.</p><p>visionOS 26 also adds support for 180-degree, 360-degree, and wide field-of-view content from Insta360, GoPro, and Canon, while new enterprise APIs allow organizations to create spatial experiences unique to visionOS. And with support for PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers, players can enjoy a new class of games on Apple Vision Pro.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Widgets Become Spatial</b></p><p>Across the Apple ecosystem, widgets offer personalized and useful information at a glance, and with visionOS 26, widgets become spatial, integrating seamlessly into a user’s space and reappearing every time they put on Apple Vision Pro. Widgets in visionOS 26 are customizable, with a variety of options for frame width, colour, and depth. Beautiful new widgets — including Clock, Weather, Music, and Photos — all offer unique interactions and experiences.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-visionos-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple visionOS 26" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9zTFWUYaLUmKgBynBLa7QyZ1lLFhCtYtzlorXjlVDVRQe1nkWMWiGmQjdGYt5ohN6mO0nBhcquMxDbdSgYmV3obOzUi5VeqbZUdS4BOfeYiGLsrKnK5bvYS9Q0HlH7X5NjgO0JzQzzTLsWn9mPha_RwSGLU9-6Xt9dHdWcuNoTuXc9VSzjVUPJYvrTI/s16000/apple-wwdc25-visionos-26.jpg" title="Apple visionOS 26" width="599" /></a></div><br />Users can decorate their spaces with favourite widgets, including stunning panoramas and spatial photos of their favourite memories, clocks with distinctive face designs, and quick access to their go-to playlists and songs on Apple Music. The Widgets app helps users find widgets, including those from compatible iOS and iPadOS apps, and developers will also be able to create their own widgets using WidgetKit.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Enhanced Shared Spatial Experiences</b></p><p>Users love how visionOS lets them connect with family, friends, and colleagues remotely, and with visionOS 26, they can share spatial experiences with other Apple Vision Pro users in the same room. They can come together to watch the latest blockbuster movie in 3D, play a spatial game, or collaborate with coworkers. Users can also add remote participants from across the world via FaceTime, enabling connection with people near and far.</p><p>Dassault Systèmes, a leading provider of engineering and 3D design software, is leveraging this ability with their 3DLive app, bringing the ability to visualize 3D designs both in person and with remote colleagues.</p><p>With visionOS 26, Personas are transformed to feel more natural and familiar. Taking advantage of industry-leading volumetric rendering and machine learning technology, the all-new Personas now have striking expressivity and sharpness, offering a full side profile view, and remarkably accurate hair, lashes, and complexion. Personas are still created on device in a matter of seconds, and new improvements to the setup process allow users to adjust and preview how their Persona looks spatially, and even pick glasses from over 1,000 variations.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Introducing Spatial Scenes</b></p><p>visionOS 26 makes spatial photos even more realistic, leveraging a new generative AI algorithm and computational depth to create spatial scenes with multiple perspectives, letting users feel like they can lean in and look around.</p><p>Users can view spatial scenes in the Photos app, Spatial Gallery app, and Safari, while developers can use the Spatial Scene API to make their app experience even more immersive. Zillow is taking advantage of the API for their Zillow Immersive app, allowing users to see images of homes and apartments with the rich depth and dimension that spatial scenes offer.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Ways to Browse, Play, and Watch</b></p><p>Users can select spatial browsing to transform articles on Safari, hide distractions, and reveal spatial scenes that come alive as they scroll. Web developers have the ability to embed 3D models directly into web pages, letting users shop and browse with depth and dimension, and see and manipulate 3D objects and models right in Safari.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-visionos-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple visionOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/visionos-26-introduces-powerful-new-spatial-experiences-for-apple-vision-pro/article/Apple-WWDC25-visionOS-26-Apple-Intelligence-Image-Playground-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple visionOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>visionOS 26 supports native playback of 180-degree, 360-degree, and wide field-of-view content from Insta360, GoPro, and Canon. Users can enjoy their exciting 2D action footage the way it was meant to be seen. Developers can incorporate this new playback capability into their apps and websites.</p><p>visionOS 26 also introduces support for the PlayStation VR2 Sense controller. Now, developers can deliver even more engaging gameplay experiences for Apple Vision Pro thanks to high-performance motion tracking in 6 degrees of freedom, finger touch detection, and vibration support.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Enterprise APIs and Tools</b></p><p>Companies around the world are harnessing spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro to supercharge their workflows for design, training, sales, education, and more. New capabilities like team device sharing let organizations easily set up and manage a shared pool of devices. Users can securely save their eye and hand data, vision prescription, and accessibility settings to their iPhone running iOS 26 and bring it to another Vision Pro, making sharing easier than ever.</p><p>visionOS 26 adds support for Logitech Muse, a spatial accessory built for Apple Vision Pro that enables precise input and new ways to interact with collaboration apps like Spatial Analogue.</p><p>Enterprise-focused APIs, like the new Protected Content API, ensure that only people who have been granted access can see confidential materials like medical records or business forecasts, while preventing copying, screenshots, and screen sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional visionOS 26 features include:</b></p><p>More Apple Intelligence features — including updates to Image Playground — come to Apple Vision Pro. visionOS 26 also adds support for new languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, along with support for English in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, and the UK.</p><p>Look to Scroll allows users to explore apps and websites using just their eyes. Users can customize the scroll speed, and developers can integrate Look to Scroll into their visionOS apps.</p><p>In the redesigned Control Center, features like Guest User, Focus, Travel Mode, and more are conveniently displayed in one view, letting users effortlessly manage their music, adjust their Environment settings, and connect to Mac Virtual Display.</p><p>Users can unlock their iPhone while wearing Apple Vision Pro, even in a fully immersive experience like an Environment. This feature can be enabled in Settings for Face ID-enabled iPhone models running iOS 26.</p><p>visionOS 26 supports relaying calls from iPhone, so a user can now answer phone calls directly from Apple Vision Pro, or start a call from People View by selecting a contact’s phone number or clicking on a phone number in a web page.</p><p>Home View now supports folders, letting users rearrange and group apps together.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com. For more information, visit apple.com/os/visionos. Apple Intelligence requires Apple Vision Pro running visionOS 26 with Apple Intelligence enabled and Siri and device language set to the same supported language: English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish (Mexico, Spain). Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. Compatible hardware and software may be required.</p>

Apple visionOS 26 brings new Spatial Experiences on Apple Vision Pro

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Apple unveils macOS Tahoe 26 for more Productive, and Intelligent Mac

<p><b>Apple </b>today previewed the next major macOS release — <b>macOS Tahoe 26</b> — which introduces a stunning new design and powerful capabilities that enable users to get even more done. With the new design, iconic elements of macOS will feel more expressive, delightful, and personal while remaining instantly familiar, including the desktop, Dock, in-app navigation, and toolbars. Users can further personalize the experience with an updated Control Center and new colour options for folders, app icons, and widgets. Continuity gets even better with the Phone app arriving on Mac, so users can access familiar features from iPhone — including Recents, Contacts, and Voicemails — and new ones like Call Screening1 and Hold Assist.2 And with Live Activities from iPhone, users can stay on top of things happening in real time, like an upcoming flight, right on their Mac. Spotlight gets its biggest update ever, allowing users to now directly execute hundreds of actions — like sending an email or creating a note — and take advantage of all-new browsing experiences to get to content faster.</p><p>Apple Intelligence expands with powerful new features that elevate the Mac experience further, while protecting privacy at every step. Live Translation helps users easily communicate across languages, translating text and audio. Genmoji and Image Playground offer new options for creativity.3 Shortcuts get even more powerful with intelligent actions and the ability to now tap directly into Apple Intelligence models to automate complex tasks.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Gorgeous New Design</b></p><p>The gorgeous new design enhances the Mac experience in new ways, while maintaining the familiarity of macOS. It is crafted with Liquid Glass, a translucent new material that reflects and refracts its surroundings. The Dock, sidebars, and toolbars have been refined, bringing greater focus to a user’s content. The menu bar is now completely transparent, making the display feel even larger. There are more ways to customize what controls appear in the menu bar and Control Center, along with how they’re laid out. The new design also unlocks more personalization on the Mac. App icons come to life in light or dark appearances, colourful new light and dark tints, as well as an elegant new clear look. Users can also change the colours of folders and add a symbol or emoji to give them a unique identity. And when combined with personalized wallpapers and theme colours, it’s easier than ever to make Mac a seamless extension of a user’s style.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-macos-tahoe-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhav6CJeNRGgp4ptdZVqDb_OpsAn1cmOekFME82E6zlq13927MQ59HqWahTJlEtHfpBC90VZpfJfXyyraucmEgsKQOv28AGDLfC3OkOUhWSTmQS4HD3rnDQ8Kyib8q1zNHL8uvx7oWE6t3fuHzm-UWR9po6TW87sOjo1-Pg4DWv9LTB3CQm0taoNwwziMc/s16000/apple-wwdc25-macos-tahoe-26.jpg" title="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" /></a></b></div><b><br />New Continuity Experiences with the Phone App and Live Activities</b><p></p><p>The Phone app arrives on Mac thanks to Continuity, which lets users relay cellular calls from their nearby iPhone. The Phone app on Mac has the familiar features of the Phone app on iPhone — including Recents, Favorites, and Voicemails — and the latest updates like Call Screening and Hold Assist. Call Screening automatically answers calls from unknown numbers and asks the caller for information so a user can decide whether or not to answer. And when a user is stuck on hold, Hold Assist allows them to keep their spot in line while they wait for a live agent, so users can continue working on their Mac.</p><p>Live Activities from a user’s nearby iPhone will now appear in the menu bar on their Mac so they can stay on top of things happening in real time, like an upcoming Uber ride, flight, or live sports score. When clicking on a Live Activity, the app opens in iPhone Mirroring to show more information so users can take action right from their Mac.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-macos-tahoe-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/macos-tahoe-26-makes-the-mac-more-capable-productive-and-intelligent-than-ever/article/Apple-WWDC25-macOS-Tahoe-26-Phone-incoming-call-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" width="599" /></a></b></p><p><b>The Biggest Update Ever to Spotlight</b></p><p>Spotlight, the central place to search for things on Mac, makes finding what users are looking for easier than ever, and provides users with all-new ways to take action. During a search, all results — including files, folders, events, apps, messages, and more — are now listed together and ranked intelligently based on relevance to the user. New filtering options rapidly narrow searches to exactly what a user is looking for, like PDFs or Mail messages. Spotlight can also surface results for documents stored on third-party cloud drives. And when a user doesn’t know exactly what they’re searching for, Spotlight’s new browse views make it easy to scan through their apps, files, clipboard history, and more.</p><p>Users can now take hundreds of actions directly from Spotlight — like sending an email, creating a note, or playing a podcast — without jumping between apps. Users can take actions from both Apple apps and apps built by developers, because any app can provide actions to Spotlight using the App Intents API. Users can also run shortcuts and perform actions from the menu bar in the app they’re currently working in, all without lifting their hands off the keyboard. Spotlight learns from users’ routines across the system and surfaces personalized actions, such as sending a message to a colleague a user regularly talks to. Additionally, Spotlight introduces quick keys, which are short strings of characters that get users right to the action they’re looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Brand-New Capabilities Powered by Apple Intelligence</b></p><p>Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that delivers helpful and relevant intelligence, gets even more capable while protecting users’ privacy at every step.</p><p>Seamless communication across language barriers with Live Translation: In Messages, Live Translation can automatically translate messages, so if a user is making plans with new friends while travelling abroad, their message can be translated as they type and delivered in the recipient’s preferred language. And when the user receives a response, each text can be instantly translated.4 On FaceTime, a user can follow along with translated live captions while still hearing the speaker’s voice. And when a user is on a call in the Phone app, their words are translated for the recipient as they speak.5 This is enabled by Apple-built models that run entirely on device, so conversations stay private.</p><p>Shortcuts get more intelligent: A whole new class of intelligent actions lets users create shortcuts that are more powerful than ever, including summarizing text with Writing Tools and creating images with Image Playground. And now users will be able to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models, either on-device or with Private Cloud Compute, to generate responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut, maintaining the privacy of information used. For example, a student can build a shortcut that uses Apple Intelligence models to compare an audio transcription of a class lecture to the notes they took, and add any key points they may have missed. Users can also choose to tap into ChatGPT for its broad world knowledge and expertise. Additionally, users can now run shortcuts automatically on macOS, such as at a specific time of day, or when taking a specific action like saving a file to a folder or connecting a display.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-macos-tahoe-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/macos-tahoe-26-makes-the-mac-more-capable-productive-and-intelligent-than-ever/article/Apple-WWDC25-macOS-Tahoe-26-Apple-Intelligence-Shortcuts-Notes-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" width="599" /></a></b></p><p>Updates to Genmoji and Image Playground: macOS Tahoe brings new ways to create Genmoji, giving users the ability to start with existing emoji and descriptions, modify personal attributes like hair length or accessories, and select expressions based on the moment. Users will also have more control of personal attributes and expressions in Image Playground, and can tap into brand-new styles with ChatGPT, like an oil painting style or vector art. For moments when users have a specific idea in mind, they can tap Any Style and describe exactly what they want.</p><p>Increased productivity with Reminders: Apple Intelligence can review an email, website, note, or other content on Mac to find the most relevant action items. And users can also choose to use Apple Intelligence to automatically categorize Reminders into sections to make them more manageable.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Apple Games App, Game Overlay, and More Titles</b></p><p>macOS Tahoe introduces Apple Games, a dedicated app that gives players a home for all their games, making it easier to jump back into favourites, discover new games tailored just for them, and play with friends in whole new ways. With the new Game Overlay, players can conveniently adjust their system settings, chat with friends, or invite them to play, all without having to leave their game. Players can also turn on Low Power Mode, which extends gaming sessions and maximizes playtime on battery. For developers, macOS Tahoe introduces Metal 4, which brings even more advanced graphics and next-generation rendering technologies to games, like MetalFX Frame Interpolation and MetalFX Denoising, for smoother visuals and faster frame rates.</p><p>Alongside these improvements, developers continue to deliver exciting new games on Mac, including upcoming titles like Crimson Desert and InZOI. Both games leverage powerful software technologies like MetalFX Upscaling to accelerate performance and deliver high-quality visuals, as well as take advantage of the M3 and M4 family of chips with ray tracing for a breathtaking experience. Additional titles on the way include Cyberpunk 2077, Cronos: The New Dawn, Architect: Land of Exiles, Lies of P: Overture, HITMAN World of Assassination, EVE Frontier, Where Winds Meet, and more.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-macos-tahoe-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/macos-tahoe-26-makes-the-mac-more-capable-productive-and-intelligent-than-ever/article/Apple-WWDC25-macOS-Tahoe-26-gaming-Assassins-Creed-Shadows-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple macOS Tahoe 26" width="599" /></a></b></p><p><b>Additional features in macOS Tahoe include:</b></p><p>Safari, the world’s fastest browser,6 offers a fresh but familiar experience, featuring a rounded tab design that floats in the toolbar, along with a refreshed sidebar with new sections to help users more easily find saved content like iCloud Tabs and Saved. When compared to Chrome, Safari is 50 percent faster at loading frequently visited websites7 and offers up to four more hours of battery life when streaming video.8 And for even greater protection from trackers when browsing, Safari now offers advanced fingerprinting protection in all browsing by default.</p><p>The Messages app brings Backgrounds, Polls, and a redesigned details view that helps users easily navigate what has been shared in a conversation. Plus, it features typing indicators in groups to let participants know exactly who is going to chime in, as well as the ability to add new contacts easily right from the group chat and search with more natural language.</p><p>Journal comes to Mac, making it easy to capture and write about everyday moments and special events when inspiration strikes. On Mac, it’s easy to type long, thoughtful entries and view them on a map. Users can keep multiple journals for various aspects of life, which are all synced across Apple devices.</p><p>Photos has an updated design that includes beautiful Liquid Glass elements, enhancements for customization, easier workflows, and sidebar consistency with iPadOS. Pinned Collections now come to Mac, so users can access the collections they use most with a click on the sidebar. Users will also find new buttons to quickly access filtering and sorting options in all views, and the ability to customize the size of Collections tiles, so they can view their library just how they like.</p><p>On FaceTime, the reimagined landing page features beautiful Contact Posters of recent callers, Liquid Glass controls now float in the bottom right and recede to create more space, and a new More button lets users quickly access features like SharePlay and Live Translation.</p><p>Notes adds the ability to import and export a note into a markdown file, and support for capturing conversations in the Phone app as audio recordings with transcriptions.</p><p>Accessibility features include Magnifier on Mac, which enables users with low vision to zoom in on their surroundings using Continuity Camera on iPhone or attached USB cameras, apply image filters so items are easier to see or read, and even change perspective when viewing presentations or books from an angle. Additional features include Accessibility Reader, a new systemwide reading mode designed with accessibility in mind; an all-new Braille Access experience that offers a user-friendly interface for those with a connected braille display; and Vehicle Motion Cues, which helps reduce motion sickness in a moving vehicle.</p><p>With Passwords, users can easily reference changes they make to their accounts, including checking previous versions of passwords they save, along with details on when they were changed.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. The release will be available as a free software update this fall. The Apple Intelligence features detailed require supported devices, which include all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad and Mac models with M1 and later that have Apple Intelligence enabled and Siri and device language set to the same supported language: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese (simplified). More languages will be coming by the end of this year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. For more information, visit apple.com/os/macos and apple.com/ca/apple-intelligence. Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. For more information about availability, visit apple.com.</p>

Apple unveils macOS Tahoe 26 for more Productive, and Intelligent Mac

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Apple watchOS 26 brings more Personalized Ways to Stay Healthy, and Connected

<p><b>Apple </b>today previewed <b>watchOS 26</b>, offering a beautiful new look and even more intelligence for a more personalized experience, to support users in staying active, healthy, and connected. A new design with <b>Liquid Glass</b> makes features like the <b>Smart Stack, Control Center</b>, the <b>Photos watch face</b>, and in-app navigation and controls more expressive, while maintaining the instant familiarity of watchOS. Apple Intelligence enhances the fitness experience with Workout Buddy, which provides personalized, spoken motivation. The Workout app features a new layout, and offers music to listen to based on a user’s tastes and the workout type. watchOS 26 makes everyday interactions even more convenient with Smart Stack hints and updates to Messages, and introduces a new one-handed wrist flick gesture to easily dismiss notifications.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Beautiful New Design</b></p><p>A gorgeous new software design with Liquid Glass brings a fresh look to watchOS 26. Across apps, this new design enables a vibrant and expressive experience that reflects and refracts content using real-time rendering, which brings even more focus to content and makes using Apple Watch even more delightful. Smart Stack widgets, Smart Stack hints, notifications, Control Center, and in-app controls and navigation will adopt the new design. The popular Photos watch face is enhanced with numerals made of Liquid Glass, allowing users to see even more of their photo.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-watchos-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple watchOS 26" border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeOlmZPrxVD5JAkpDGct_ymcSC5lZU3B6kXbJNBD9toMiGuxPG6tk8KTmssDLHrufrXD8_uq7nDPZ-Ym7fCfBK3EB5_5E-K6l_ujw_BAiA1QTgA3qSvMzoCMhgSx7TrS66wEkN6ARqFb9grtK5dKpq7nGtnKHphaFpYNPeWuoIISvwJmZ0RQF6jX31hQ/s16000/apple-wwdc25-watchos-26.jpg" title="Apple watchOS 26" /></a></b></div><b><br />Apple Intelligence Comes to Fitness with Workout Buddy</b><p></p><p>Workout Buddy is a first-of-its-kind fitness experience with Apple Intelligence that incorporates a user’s workout data and their fitness history to generate personalized, motivational insights during their session, based on data like heart rate, pace, distance, Activity rings, personal fitness milestones, and more.</p><p>For example, as a user starts a run, Workout Buddy will give a personalized pep talk that may remind them of their running mileage for the week so far, or share how they are doing against their Activity ring goals: “Way to get out for your run this Wednesday morning. You’re 18 minutes away from closing your Exercise ring. So far this week, you’ve run 6 kilometres. You’re going to add to that today.”</p><p>During the workout, Workout Buddy can mark key moments like their kilometre splits, or tell them if they hit a new milestone based on their fitness history: “Kilometre four. You picked up the pace and ran that last one in 8 minutes and 28 seconds.” “Hey, check this out. Your total running distance for the year just crossed the 200-kilometre mark! That’s a lot of running!”</p><p>When a user ends a workout, Workout Buddy will recap their workout stats and congratulate them on their achievements: “Way to get your workout in! You went 4.3 kilometres in just over 38 minutes. Your average pace was 8 minutes and 58 seconds, and your average heart rate was 128. That was your longest run of the last 28 days. What will you do next?”</p><p>To offer meaningful inspiration in real time, Workout Buddy analyzes data privately and securely, with Apple Intelligence. A new text-to-speech model then translates insights into a dynamic generative voice built using voice data from Fitness+ trainers, so it has the right energy, style, and tone for a workout.</p><p>Workout Buddy will be available on Apple Watch with Bluetooth headphones, and requires an Apple Intelligence-supported iPhone nearby. It will be available starting in English, across some of the most popular workout types: Outdoor and Indoor Run, Outdoor and Indoor Walk, Outdoor Cycle, HIIT, and Functional and Traditional Strength Training.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional Updates to the Workout Experience</b></p><p>The Workout app is one of the most popular apps on Apple Watch, and in watchOS 26, it debuts the biggest update to its layout and navigation since its introduction. Four new buttons in the corners of the app make it easier for users to access their favourite features to customize workouts, like Workout Views, Custom Workout, Pacer, Race Route, and more.</p><p>To add inspiration, users can set up music and podcasts right in the Workout app to automatically play when they start a workout. For users’ convenience, Apple Music can now select the best playlist for a user’s workout based on the workout type and their personal tastes.1 Alternatively, users can see suggestions for playlists or podcasts based on what they’ve recently listened to during that particular workout type.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Smart Stack Becomes Even More Proactive</b></p><p>The Smart Stack is designed to help users quickly access important information from any watch face. In watchOS 26, the Smart Stack improves its prediction algorithms by incorporating more contextual data, sensor data, and data from a user’s routine to provide Smart Stack hints, a proactive prompt for actionable suggestions that are immediately useful. Made of Liquid Glass, Smart Stack hints will appear on the display as a gentle visual prompt. For example, a hint for Backtrack may appear when a user is in a remote location with no connectivity, or a hint for a Pilates workout may show up when a user arrives at a studio location at their usual time.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Added Convenience in Messages</b></p><p>Apple Watch now supports Live Translation in Messages with Apple Intelligence, allowing incoming texts to be automatically translated into a user’s preferred language, right on their wrist.2 And when the user responds, their texts can be instantly translated for the person they’re having a conversation with. Live Translation will be available on Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2, with an Apple Intelligence-supported iPhone.</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-watchos-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple watchOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/watchos-26-delivers-intelligence-powered-personalization/article/Apple-WWDC25-watchOS-26-Messages-Live-Translation-Apple-Intelligence-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple watchOS 26" width="599" /></a></b></p><p>Additionally, for users whose device language is set to English, Apple Watch will intelligently suggest relevant actions in Messages using the context of a conversation, like starting a Check In when a friend asks a user to share when they arrive home. Customizable Backgrounds set on iPhone will also appear on Apple Watch to make conversations feel more personal and distinct, and users can respond to polls right on their wrist. Smart Replies get even more precise for users whose device language is set to English, with an improved on-device language model that can generate relevant responses based on the content of a conversation.3</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notifications Are Easier to Manage</b></p><p>Notifications are even easier to manage with a simple wrist flick gesture on Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. When a user raises their wrist to check a notification but isn’t ready to respond, they can quickly turn their wrist over and back to dismiss the notification. The wrist flick gesture can be used to dismiss notifications and incoming calls, silence timers and alarms, and return to the watch face. It uses the accelerometer and the gyroscope — along with a machine learning model — to analyze a user’s wrist movement. Wrist flick joins the double tap gesture to allow users to do even more on Apple Watch with only one hand, for times when the user’s other hand is occupied, such as when walking the dog, cooking, or holding a cup of coffee.</p><p>Apple Watch can also now automatically adjust the speaker volume based on the ambient noise in a user’s surroundings for notifications, timers, alarms, incoming calls, and Siri, allowing them to stay connected without worrying about disturbing those around them.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional updates in watchOS 26:</b></p><p>The Notes app comes to Apple Watch, allowing users to access their notes right on their wrist. Users can also pin and unlock notes, complete checklist items, and create new notes with Siri, dictation, and the keyboard.</p><p>Hold Assist and Call Screening come to the Phone app, when an iPhone is nearby. When a user is waiting for a live agent, Hold Assist recognizes once a live agent is available and notifies the user to return to the call.4 Call Screening helps users manage incoming phone calls from unknown numbers more efficiently by collecting a name and reason for the call before their phone rings, so they can make an informed decision on whether to pick up, decline the call, or ask for more information.5</p><p><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-watchos-26.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple watchOS 26" border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="599" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/watchos-26-delivers-intelligence-powered-personalization/article/Apple-WWDC25-watchOS-26-Notes-app-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple watchOS 26" /></a></b></p><p>For users who are deaf or hard of hearing, Live Listen controls come to Apple Watch with a new set of features, including real-time Live Captions of what their iPhone hears on a paired Apple Watch while listening to the audio.6Apple Watch serves as a remote control to start or stop Live Listen sessions on a paired iPhone, or jump back into a session to capture something that may have been missed.</p><p>The Photos face will now shuffle images based on Featured content from Photos, so users can see images of their most meaningful moments every time they raise their wrist or tap the display.</p><p>Users can now explore and discover watch faces more easily with the redesigned watch face gallery on Apple Watch and in the Watch app on iPhone, with faces grouped into collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Tools for Developers</b></p><p>Developers are able to take advantage of new APIs in watchOS 26 across design, the Smart Stack, and more. Developers are able to take advantage of new APIs in watchOS 26 across design, the Smart Stack, and more. With the Control Widget API, developers can create custom controls to be added to the Control Center, Action Button, or Smart Stack widget, and the Smart Stack Relevance API allows third-party widgets to be added to the Smart Stack with new signals like Points of Interest, with user permission to incorporate location data. For example, the Smart Stack can intelligently show a widget for Slopes when users arrive at a ski resort with improved location APIs, and now Dark Noise can add a custom control to Control Center so users can easily turn on a sleep soundscape without picking up their iPhone.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. watchOS 26 will be available this fall as a free software update for Apple Watch Series 6 or later, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), and all Apple Watch Ultra models, paired with iPhone 11 or later, running iOS 26. The Apple Intelligence features detailed require supported devices, which include all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max that have Apple Intelligence enabled and Siri and device language set to the same supported language. Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. For more information about availability, visit apple.com</p>

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Apple launches iOS 26 at WWDC25 - Everything You Need to Know

<p><b>Apple </b>today previewed <b>iOS 26</b>, a major update that brings a beautiful new design, intelligent experiences, and improvements to the apps users rely on every day. The new design provides a more expressive and delightful experience across the system while maintaining the instant familiarity of iOS. Integrated throughout the system and built with privacy from the ground up, Apple Intelligence gets even more capable. Updates to the Phone and Messages apps help users stay connected while eliminating distractions like unwanted calls. iOS 26 also introduces new features in CarPlay, Apple Music, Maps, and Wallet, as well as Apple Games, a brand-new app that gives players a single destination for all their games.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A Beautiful New Look</b></p><p>The new design makes apps and system experiences more expressive and delightful, while keeping iOS instantly familiar. It’s crafted with Liquid Glass — a new translucent material that reflects and refracts its surroundings, bringing greater focus to content, and delivering a new level of vitality across controls, navigation, app icons, widgets, and more. The new design extends to the Home Screen and Lock Screen, making them more personal and expressive than ever. Liquid Glass also brings new customization options to app icons and widgets, including a stunning clear look.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apple iOS 26" border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn2LC3B5pwV_4iQbdDKtjOKsIZGXkdXCP6NLUY_-UNOX9e7I_cAaxxWvTEv3K80jdIFKAGoeHTJf2-OJHiUq4OlMyPYTm9XRvPUPlFkj9N2b-Qxln91OHDT9M-5VMmToCaHq2Xm5UbeUNqfJGoIV6o-nABDYxWpanUAGJa-OcwKxWCuOe2UxDebqTC6g/s16000/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.jpg" title="Apple iOS 26" /></a></div><br />On the Lock Screen, the time fluidly adapts to the available space in an image, and spatial scenes bring wallpapers to life with a 3D effect when users move iPhone. Updated design elements also deliver fresh experiences in apps. A simplified, streamlined Camera layout helps users keep their attention on the moment they’re capturing, and the Photos app is updated to feature separate tabs for Library and Collections views. In Safari, web pages flow from the top edge to the bottom of the screen, enabling users to see more of the page while maintaining access to frequently used actions like refresh and search. In Apple Music, News, and Podcasts, the tab bar is redesigned to float above users’ content, dynamically shrink when users are browsing to put content front and centre, and then expand when they scroll back up.<p></p><p>An updated set of APIs provides developers with access to Liquid Glass materials and components so they can make their apps appear just as dynamic and delightful.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>New Capabilities Powered by Apple Intelligence</b></p><p>Apple Intelligence elevates the iPhone experience and helps users get things done easier than ever, while unlocking new ways to communicate and do more with what’s on their screen. Live Translation is integrated into Messages, FaceTime, and Phone to help users communicate across languages, translating text and audio on the fly. Live Translation is enabled by Apple-built models that run entirely on device, so users’ personal conversations stay personal.</p><p>Building on Apple Intelligence, visual intelligence extends to a user’s iPhone screen so they can search and take action on anything they’re viewing across apps. Users can ask ChatGPT questions about what they’re looking at onscreen to learn more, as well as search Google, Etsy, or other supported apps to find similar images and products. Visual intelligence also recognizes when a user is looking at an event and suggests adding it to their calendar, repopulating key details like date, time, and location.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-elevates-the-iphone-experience-with-ios-26/article/Apple-WWDC25-iOS-26-Apple-Intelligence-Live-Translation-Phone-app-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>Genmoji and Image Playground provide users with even more ways to express themselves, including mixing their favourite emoji, Genmoji, and descriptions together to create something new.</p><p>Shortcuts are now more powerful and intelligent than ever. Users can tap into intelligent actions, a whole new set of shortcuts enabled by Apple Intelligence, and will see dedicated actions for features like Writing Tools and Image Playground.</p><p>Apple Intelligence can now automatically identify and summarize order tracking details from emails sent from merchants and delivery carriers, giving users the ability to see their full order details and progress notifications all in one place — even for purchases not made with Apple Pay.</p><p>Additionally, a new Foundation Models framework opens up access for any app to tap directly into the on-device foundation model at the core of Apple Intelligence, giving developers direct access to powerful intelligence that’s fast, built with privacy at its core, and available offline, using AI inference that is free of cost.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Features for Staying Connected and Eliminating Interruptions</b></p><p>Fundamental to the iPhone experience, the Phone app now offers a unified layout that combines Favorites, Recents, and Voicemails all in one place. Call Screening builds on Live Voicemail and helps eliminate interruptions by gathering information from the caller and giving users the details they need to decide if they want to pick up or ignore the call. And for the times when a user is stuck on hold, Hold Assist notifies the user when a live agent is available.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-elevates-the-iphone-experience-with-ios-26/article/Apple-WWDC25-iOS-26-Apple-Cash-group-chats-in-Messages-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>In Messages, users can now screen messages from unknown senders, giving them more control over who appears in their conversation list. Messages from unknown senders will appear in a dedicated folder where users can then mark the number as known, ask for more information, or delete. These messages will remain silenced until a user accepts them.</p><p>iOS 26 also offers enhancements to conversations, including custom backgrounds and the ability to create polls. With Apple Intelligence, Messages can detect when a poll might come in handy and suggest one, and users can generate unique backgrounds that fit their conversation with Image Playground. Additionally, in group chats, users can now see typing indicators, and request, send, and receive Apple Cash.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Enhancements to CarPlay</b></p><p>CarPlay — the smarter, safer way to use iPhone while driving — is used over 600 million times per day, and now with iOS 26, it receives updates that make it even more beautiful and easy to use. The stunning design includes a new compact view for incoming calls, allowing users to see who’s calling without missing key information like upcoming directions. iOS 26 also brings Tapbacks and pinned conversations to Messages in CarPlay, and with widgets and Live Activities, users can stay in the loop without losing focus on the road. These updates also come to CarPlay Ultra, which brings the best of iPhone and the best of the car together for a deeply integrated, unified experience across every screen.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-elevates-the-iphone-experience-with-ios-26/article/Apple-WWDC25-iOS-26-CarPlay-Light-mode-250609_big.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p><b>Updates to Apple Music, Maps, and Wallet</b></p><p>In Apple Music, Lyrics Translation helps users understand the words to their favourite songs, while Lyrics Pronunciation allows everyone to sing along, regardless of language. AutoMix uses intelligence to transition from one song to the next like a DJ, using time stretching and beat matching to seamlessly move from one song to the next.</p><p>In Apple Maps, Visited Places help users remember the places they’ve been. Users can choose to have iPhone detect when they’re at a place like a restaurant or shop, and view all of their Visited Places in Maps. Visited Places are protected with end-to-end encryption and cannot be accessed by Apple. Additionally, iPhone can now use on-device intelligence to better understand a user’s daily route, presenting them with their preferred route when they’re headed home or to the office, along with notifying them of delays and offering alternate routes.</p><p>Updates in Apple Wallet help make everyday interactions with the physical world easier than ever. Users can choose to pay with instalments or rewards when they make in-store purchases with Apple Pay using iPhone. Refreshed boarding passes in Wallet offer the ability to see and share Live Activities for real-time updates on a flight. They also provide convenient access to a traveller’s most relevant information, such as Maps to navigate airports, Find My to track important items and report missing bags, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional features in iOS 26:</b></p><p>Apple Games is a new app that gives players an all-in-one destination for their games. It helps players jump back into titles they love, find their next favourite, and have even more fun with friends. They’ll find out what’s happening across all their games, including major events and updates, so they never miss a moment. The Games app is also the best way to experience Apple Arcade, Apple’s game subscription service with more than 200 award-winning and highly rated games for the whole family.</p><p>AirPods are more versatile than ever with new features for AirPods 4, AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), and AirPods Pro 2. Building on the benefits of Voice Isolation, studio-quality audio recording allows iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to record their content with great sound quality and enjoy even clearer calls. With camera remote, users can press and hold the AirPods stem to take a photo or start and stop a video recording on iPhone or iPad.</p><p><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2025/06/apple-wwdc25-ios-26.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Apple iOS 26" border="0" src="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2025/06/apple-elevates-the-iphone-experience-with-ios-26/article/Apple-WWDC25-iOS-26-Maps-Visited-Places-250609_inline.jpg.large.jpg" title="Apple iOS 26" width="599" /></a></p><p>Parents can now create or move kids into Child Accounts even more easily, taking advantage of a wide set of parental controls designed to keep children safe. Enhancements across Communication Limits, Communication Safety, and the App Store include parental approvals for contact requests from kids, blurring out sensitive content in FaceTime calls and photos in Shared Albums, and enabling parents to grant an exception for their child to download an app with an age rating that exceeds the app content restriction they set.</p><p>Browsing in Safari gets even more private with advanced fingerprinting protection extending to all browsing by default.</p><p>Powerful accessibility features include Accessibility Reader, which provides a customized systemwide reading experience, and Braille Access, an all-new interface for iPhone devices with connected braille displays. Updates to Live Listen, Background Sounds, Personal Voice, and more bring a new level of accessibility across the Apple ecosystem.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Availability</b></p><p>All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. New software features will be available this fall as a free software update for iPhone 11 and later. The Apple Intelligence features detailed require supported devices, which include all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad and Mac models with M1 and later that have Apple Intelligence enabled and Siri and device language set to the same supported language: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese (simplified). More languages will be coming by the end of this year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. For more information, visit apple.com/ca/apple-intelligence. Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. </p>

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