Reading up on ios
19 deep · digging since feb 11
- Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy
Apple has begun showing persistent advertisements within iOS interfaces such as Settings and the App Store, prompting widespread user complaints about intrusiveness.
- iOS 27 Review: Little things mean a lot – Six Colors
iOS 27 refines the OS with a markedly improved Siri AI, refreshed Liquid Glass UI, and numerous quality‑of‑life tweaks across core apps.
- GitHub - Samin100/codex-ios-assistant: Control and inspect an iPhone from Codex through iMessage and Shortcuts
Codex iOS Assistant enables a Mac-based Codex to control an iPhone via iMessage and Shortcuts, allowing actions like reading text, managing alarms, and opening apps through a CLI interface.
- Build from anywhere with Cursor for iOS
Cursor released a native iOS app in public beta that lets developers launch and control AI coding agents from their phone, with cloud agent support and remote control.
- Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness
Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues feature, which displays animated dots that move with the car's motion, effectively eliminated the author's motion sickness when using an iPhone in a moving vehicle.
- WWDC26 — The Small Things - Oneberri Blog
A blog post lists dozens of minor but thoughtful improvements across Apple's platforms, emphasizing the company's attention to detail in user experience.
- Apple Events - Apple
Apple announced a new Siri AI powered by Apple Intelligence, expanded child safety features, and performance improvements across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27.
- Apple releases iOS 26.4 with 8 new emoji and 12 more changes to your iPhone - 9to5Mac
Apple released iOS 26.4, bringing 8 new emoji, Apple Music Playlist Playground, keyboard accuracy improvements, and accessibility settings to iPhones.
- Instagram's URL Blackhole
A researcher found an Instagram SQLite database with a URL blackhole table containing 4,629 flagged URLs, mostly phishing links using redirectors like t.co and storage.googleapis.com.
Takes
It is time to spotlight even more indie apps for iOS 27. Here's our second roundup of some excellent app updates for iOS 27, and what you can do with them using Siri AI and widgets: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/our-favorite-indie-apps-for-ios-27-vol-2/
@viticci
We're kicking off a new series on MacStories today: Our favorite indie apps for iOS 27. Check it out: https://www.macstories.net/roundups/our-favorite-indie-apps-for-ios-27-vol-1/
@viticci
RIP Android.. Apple has finally launched iOS 26.4 This is iOS biggest upgrade in history. Here are insane features you won't believe in the new update: 👇
@Alokkumarzz
This week’s ChatGPT feature drop - Aug 28: The team won't let me take a week off with these posts. Here's what we shipped 🚀 this week: 1/ Scheduled tasks for free users: Now anyone can create recurring tasks for ChatGPT. "Every Thursday, tell me about cool events happening this weekend nearby". 2/ Stickers: Use Imagegen to turn any photo into a sticker pack to share on iMessage or WhatsApp. If you like stickers in iMessage, this one's for you. 3/ Save temp chats: By popular request, you can now save a temporary chat to your sidebar after you've started it. You can also choose to use memory for temp chat. It's a nice quality of life improvement! 4/ Multiple accounts for Google plugins: Lots of people ask ChatGPT questions about their email and calendar (only available for paid users for now). You can now add more Google accounts so you can ask about all your accounts! 5/ Voice widgets in lock screen: Voice conversations now show things like weather and sports in the iOS Live Activity, even when your screen is locked. See you next week!
@adamhfry
We shipped! iOS and Android apps also got updates and they look great. Had to bump Node to keep things smooth, if the autoupdater doesn't work, run the web installer and it'll take care of that for you.
@steipete
Lightning fast 📸 A new and much improved way to take and upload photos in ChatGPT on iOS.
@ChatGPTapp
Lots of potential with the new Foundation Model APIs on iOS 27. Here is a prototype for ingredient substitutions in Crouton. Quickly get replacement ideas, or if you have something in mind, get feedback. Hopefully shipping later this year 😊
@JustMeDevin
Is this really the First Beta of WWDC 26? WHY THIS IS SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD : ) First Beta of iOS/iPadOS 27 > Final version of iOS26/iPadOS26
@balaji_ravada
@levelsio @mitsuhiko why not use the iphone password manager ?
@MakerThrive
Beautiful libghostty-based iOS/iPad terminal by @almonk. Libghostty has been blowing up in usage it’s kind of silently behind so many apps now I’ll continue to share more. The idea is working! https://t.co/erZ4NhvoUt
@mitchellh