While Apple has confirmed its plans to bring encrypted RCS messaging to iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches, no exact ...

Apple’s Phone app is getting its biggest changes ever this year in iOS 26, with a completely revamped layout, call screening tools, Apple Intelligence features, and more. Here’s everything new that’s ...

Apple’s new iOS 26 update brings one of the biggest visual redesigns in years to the iPhone, with a new “liquid glass” look and a simplified Photos app among the changes. (If the iOS 26 name has you ...

The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has quietly rolled out the first beta of iOS 26.3, and it includes a built-in “Transfer to Android” feature. Found in Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone ...

I suspect many TidBITS readers are of the generation that still uses the iPhone as a phone. Heck, many of us remember rotary phones that needed actual dialing, and some may even have had party lines, ...

In iOS 26, Apple's Live Translation feature can turn your iPhone into a real-time interpreter during phone calls. Whether you're talking business with international clients or chatting with family ...

If you don't get on with the new look in iOS 26, here's how to revert to the traditional Phone app layout: Open the Phone app on your iPhone. Tap the three-line icon in the upper right corner of the ...

At WWDC25 this year, Apple announced a pair of new features to vastly improve the phone calling experience for iPhone users. Hold Assist does exactly what it says on the tin, and manages calls for you ...

Apple’s upcoming WWDC 2025 showcase is going to be a busy one, even though the expected AI-powered software rebirth may not land until next year. In the meantime, reliable sources have spilled the ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...