Apple's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists and early testing for encrypted RCS messaging.

The workflow of app developers has been changing thanks to how AI tools, and Apple just made one of the biggest changes to date about how they're implemented.

Casey Liss, developer of a new app, Callsheet, that makes looking up movie and show trivia trivially easy. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Planet of the Apps is a series of interviews with app ...

As the official launch of iOS 18 approaches, Apple is now inviting developers to submit their new apps or updates ready for the next versions of the company’s systems. This also includes watchOS 11 ...

Apple this week released the first developer and public betas of iOS 26.4. The upcoming software update is a big one, with a ...

iOS 26.4 beta 1 is now available in beta for developers. The update includes a ton of new features and changes for iPhone users. There are new changes to the Music app, Messages, Apple Podcasts, and ...

It’s now possible for developers to make their apps available as a universal purchase. Apple enabled the change on Monday, paving the way for macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS apps to be bundled as one.

Apple is expanding CarPlay with a new app category called “voice-based conversational apps” in iOS 26.4. The change creates a pathway for third-party, voice-first AI assistants to run in CarPlay if ...

With iOS 26.4, CarPlay users will be able to use third-party chatbots with CarPlay. AI services like Claude, Gemini, and ...

The fifth developer beta of iOS 18.1 is now available for all with updates to the Control Center customization and Camera Control. On Monday, Apple released the fifth developer beta of iOS 18.1. While ...

iOS 18 beta 4 is now available to registered developers. It should roll out to those in the public beta program within a week. Previous iOS 18 betas introduced advanced Home Screen and Control Center ...

Anyone with a compatible iPhone can test the latest iOS 26 features ahead of the operating system's official release next month. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google ...