Apple released iOS 26.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.2 release candidates, signaling an upcoming final version. Discover the changes now.

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Learn how to get active Live Activities from your iPhone apps on your car’s display when using wired or wireless CarPlay in iOS 26.

Follow these solutions to fix wireless and wired CarPlay issues on your new iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air.

Learn how to add and customize iPhone app widgets to your car’s screen via CarPlay to glace at important information with ease.

With iOS 26.2, Apple will allow iPhone users to launch third-party voice assistants using the side key (but only in Japan so far).

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Follow these tips if you can’t change the iMessage background on iPhone in iOS 26 or if one added by a friend doesn’t appear on your device.

Check out these six easy ways to personalize the look of the Lock Screen clock on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.

Dynamic iPhone wallpapers with rich gradients and flowing contours that use light refraction to add a Liquid Glass aesthetic.

Learn how to complete a quick setup to train your Apple device to recognize your name and then alert you when someone calls on you.

iOS 26.2 beta brings a handful of improvements, including slick menu animations and extends Liquid Glass to more system apps.

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Find out what to do if you cannot view photos in 3D spatial scene in the Photos app or set them as Lock Screen wallpaper on iPhone in iOS 26.

Adjust your iOS 26 Lock Screen clock and frame it with these customized iPhone wallpapers.

Security patches for iPhone, iPad and Mac now happen without requiring the user to do anything, via Background Security Improvements.

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This week on Cult of Mac's podcast: Apple reportedly plans to pay a cool $1 billion a year to use Google Gemini to make Siri smarter.

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Make a quick tweak to the settings on your iPhone, and a Bluetooth speaker will never again steal the audio from your AirPods.

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Follow these troubleshooting tips if Apple Maps on your iPhone running iOS 26 does not alert you of new directions when the device is locked.

Go through these tips if you feel your iPhone freezes, runs slowly, or has similar performance issues after updating to iOS 26.

The biggest improvement in iOS 26.1 is the option to disable a gesture mostly used to accidentally open the iPhone Camera app.

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Apple rolls out iOS 26.2 beta 3 to developers, bringing several new features and enhancing the existing ones for a better experience.

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Apple’s iOS 26.1 update is out now; there are five features you should check out after you install it — changes to Liquid Glass and more.

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