Voice assistants handling phone calls is a little more accepted today than back in the Duplex days. Call screening features abound—whether on a Pixel, Samsung, or iPhone, onboard assistants routinely intercept unknown callers to ask why they’re calling. But these kinds of features—much like hyped-up AI translation features—can often fall short. Calls are unpredictable, and
In May, Apple agreed to pay out $250 million as part of a class action lawsuit over claims the company overhyped its Apple Intelligence tools, specifically the long-delayed Siri AI overhaul. Although the revamped Siri AI voice assistant is now available for owners of newer iPhones via iOS 27, you may still be eligible to
iFixit, the company known for completely tearing apart just about every product and device it can, has fully disassembled a brand new iPhone 18 Pro. The goal is to understand how all the parts fit together and find ways to fix anything that might break. In the company’s post and teardown video, iFixit showed off
What’s New in iOS 27? Photograph: Julian Chokkattu While last year’s iOS 26 debuted the divisive Liquid Glass, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 focus squarely on quality-of-life improvements, with a redesigned and much improved Siri AI assistant, easier Shortcuts, and lots of little tweaks to enhance speed and stability. Siri AI doesn’t just look different—now
Battery life has been stellar on the Pro models over the last few years, and that remains true here. The Pro Max is the more notable of the two because it packs a denser battery. With average use (around 5 hours of screen-on time), I hovered around 50 percent by the end of the day,
At Apple’s recent hardware event, the software powering its foldable iPhone Duo stood out, with translucent Liquid Glass effects and vertically stacked icons. But you don’t need to snatch a folding smartphone to reap the benefits of Apple’s iOS 27 updates. When iOS 27 leaves beta on Monday, Siri AI’s standalone app and smartphone search
