Author: David Bernal Raspall

Apple has released iOS 27.0.1 two weeks after the release of iOS 27, alongside new versions for watchOS and macOS. An update that fixes some very specific bugs and fine-tunes the systems for the new hardware.

Face ID and the iPhone 18 Pro camera

iOS 27.0.1 focuses on the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. According to MacRumors, Apple fixes Face ID-related restarts, a small color artifact that could appear in 2x photos, and an odd freeze when opening the Notification Center and Control Center simultaneously.

The update arrives after the long list of new features in iOS 27 and features like the iPhone recovery system and focuses on the new devices, although it is available for all devices running iOS 27.

watchOS and macOS also receive updates

watchOS 27.0.1, which has been available since September 24, is now available on all models compatible with watchOS 27, that is, the Series 9 and later. After initially rolling out to the Series 12 and the Ultra 4, the update brings those tweaks to the rest of the lineup and focuses on stability.

On the Mac, macOS Golden Gate 27.0.1 arrives alongside macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1. The versions fine-tune performance and security. Tahoe, Sequoia, iOS 26.7.1 and iPadOS 26.7.1 also fix CVE-2026-86950, a CoreGraphics vulnerability associated with files that can execute code.

All in all, an especially important round of updates for security and the smooth operation of your devices. While we wait for the release of iOS 27.1 for the iPhone Duo and of the 27.2 versions for the rest of the systems, it’s best to update as soon as possible.

Google introduced Gems, in 2024, as customized versions of Gemini that let us give the assistant specific instructions and adapt it to specific tasks. Now, the company is preparing a major change to this customization, as Gems will start automatically turning into Skills from November 17, 2026, as reported by 9to5Google.

From Gems to Skills: only how you access them changes

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Gems let us define instructions, add files as context, and choose specific tools for Gemini to work with. An idea we already knew when Google introduced these personalized AIs, and that now evolves into something more straightforward.

With Skills, we’ll be able to access our custom setups by typing a slash in the text box. The best part, though, is that we’ll be able to run several Skills at the same time, which will let us combine knowledge and features.

As Google is expanding Gemini with connected apps and bringing its assistant to more platforms, including a native Windows app, the evolution follows the same trend: making Gemini available right where we need it, and with fewer steps.

What will happen to our Gems

The migration will begin on November 17. Until each Gem is migrated, we’ll be able to keep using it just as we do now. For Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, creating new Skills is already linked to Gemini Spark.

Apple’s plans around the Vision Pro are taking shape again. After focusing exclusively on smart glasses planned for 2027 and abandoning the Vision Pro, we now know that the company is continuing the development of a new version of the spatial computer. Apple is working on a new generation of the Vision Pro, according to rumors. This is what we know.

A lighter Vision Pro with several new ideas

According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, in the project, codenamed N224, Apple is studying four different concepts. The company had already explored a lighter and more affordable Vision Pro, and this new proposal draws on part of that learning. The main goal is to considerably reduce the weight of the device.

One of the designs, as far as we know, retains the shape of the current Vision Pro, while Apple experiments with a build using plastic, titanium, and other metals. The choice of materials can make an enormous difference in comfort, but there’s more.

According to Gurman, another possibility is that the device’s chips would be joined to the battery in its external unit, following an approach similar to Meta’s. This way, a large part of the weight could be moved out of the headset.

Tim Cook has already defended the Vision Pro’s potential as a platform, and the timeline Gurman has had access to places this new model between late 2028 and early 2029. Apple has time to refine the materials, the chips, and the design before shaping its next generation. A long wait, yes, but also an opportunity for a major generational leap.

With the release of iOS 27, Apple greatly strengthens protection for the youngest members of the household. Now, in a new video, the company goes over the tools that make it much easier to tailor each device to the age and preferences of our children.

More control over apps, websites, and communications

Kids’ accounts are now easier to set up and let us choose which apps remain available to those who use them. Ask to Buy lets our children request apps and games from us, while Ask to Browse brings that same idea to Safari so that we can approve new websites before the little ones can even open them.

Communication Safety, meanwhile, extends its reach in Messages and FaceTime, since it can now detect nudity, violence, and explicit images before showing them, while communication controls let us decide who our children can talk to. Alongside the other improvements to Messages in iOS 27, security takes a major step forward.

Time Allowances and Schedules let us set time limits according to the day or the activity. We can limit games during classes, extend time at specific moments, or pause access during a family meal, for example. iOS 27 turns Screen Time into a much more precise tool.

Considering that all devices in Family Sharing must be running version 27, or later, of their operating systems, this is a major improvement when it comes to managing technology as a family.

Following its arrival on Android, Google Photos‘ Wardrobe feature is now available on iOS in the United States, India, and Brazil. Thanks to artificial intelligence, we can now use our photos to create an automatically organized digital wardrobe and see how different clothing combinations would look on us before getting dressed.

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Our wardrobe, right inside Google Photos

Google Photos analyzes our photo library, recognizes the clothes we’re wearing across our photos, and gathers them into a Wardrobe section within Collections. We can filter by shirts, pants, and other clothing items, combine them, and create complete outfits. Once that’s done, we can save them to a moodboard or even send them to our friends.

How to use the Wardrobe feature on our iPhone

Best of all, we can virtually try those combinations on. If our account is in a supported region, accessing the wardrobe is really simple. The whole process happens right inside the Google Photos app on our iPhone. Here are the steps:

• We open the Google Photos app.

• We go into the Collections section.

• We tap on Wardrobe.

• We choose and combine the garments.

• We tap the virtual try-on option.

• If we want, we save the result or send it.

While we wait for a wider rollout, it’s clear that Google is increasingly interested in bringing Gemini to the iPhone. Meta Muse, meanwhile, is making headway in the field of AI. We’ll see what other surprises artificial intelligence has in store for us.

Siri AI has completely changed what we can ask of our iPhone, and its next big leap seems to be in the home. According to MacRumors, HomePod Software 27 includes “Linwood,” the system behind Siri AI, along with a new system for the status lights. All signs point to Siri AI also coming to the HomePod, making the speaker much smarter.

Siri AI jumps from the iPhone to the whole house

The implementation suggests new hardware for several reasons. The first and most obvious is that even though the system is already available in the software running on current HomePods, Siri AI is absent. The second, also very obvious, is that the new lights use white, blue, and orange, the same tones as the new Siri, which aren’t available on current HomePods.

Lastly, we should keep in mind that rumors point to a HomePod mini with an S9 processor or later, even the S11 from the Apple Watch Series 12. Given Siri AI’s current requirements, a more powerful chip makes perfect sense.

Alongside the main chip, Apple could also add its N1 chip, a new generation of Ultra Wideband, and new colors. Changes that fit with the major home refresh Apple is planning, where the HomePod mini would become much more important in the ecosystem.

Given how much Siri AI improves Apple’s assistant, it makes perfect sense that Apple wants us to be able to talk to the new Siri from any room and with the same context and capabilities we already have on our other devices. If everything lines up, this fall Siri AI will go from answering us through our screens to accompanying us throughout the house.

With the new Beats 360 already here, Apple comes very close to what the AirPods Max offer. After the first leaks, the new headphone model comes in at $349.99 versus the AirPods Max’s $549.00. The price difference is especially striking, even more so when we consider that Apple has put much of its high-end audio experience into these Beats.

Customization matters more than it seems

Much like the AirPods Max (although in that case we’re talking only about the ear cushions), with the Beats 360 we can swap out their ear cushions and headband. Here we can choose between Performance Knit and UltraPlush with different textures and combine different colors. We can adapt comfort, looks, and how we use them in seconds.

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The headphones automatically detect what type of ear cushion we’ve installed and instantly adjust the acoustics and noise cancellation to offer us the best sound quality. On top of that, there are several top-tier features: IPX4 resistance, 32 hours of battery life with ANC on, and the personalized Spatial Audio system that we already enjoy in the company’s other headphones.

AirPods Max with a different philosophy

While Apple refreshed the AirPods Max with USB-C and the Beats Studio Pro sit in a different tier in the lineup, with the Beats 360 the company clearly expands our options. With up to 1.75 times the noise-canceling capability of the Studio Pro and integration with iPhone, Siri, Find My, and automatic switching between devices, these are some really interesting headphones.

For $199 less than the AirPods Max, the Beats 360 offer remarkable flexibility. The ability to change the parts we touch most can quickly transform them depending on what we want to do with them, while the quality of the ANC and sound wins us over in every other area.

Meta has introduced a new artificial intelligence device. Called Muse Charm, the device is designed to let us talk to Muse without needing glasses or other devices. After making Muse one of the most-downloaded apps in the United States, Zuckerberg wants to take interaction with AI outside the phone. Where others have already tried, let’s see what Meta has in mind.

A Tamagotchi for talking to Muse

The Muse Charm fits in the palm of your hand and has a 2-inch OLED screen where a customizable Muse character appears. It has cameras and microphones so Muse can understand what’s in front of us, speakers for its replies, and 5G and USB-C connectivity.

As reported by Bloomberg, the project started in the design lab led by Alan Dye, former head of interfaces at Apple. The Charm will arrive in December and its price would be similar to that of a smartwatch.

It is also arriving alongside smart glasses without cameras that, once again, are meant to let us interact with Meta’s AI. A version of the smart glasses that Meta launched a few months ago, but without the drawback of the cameras that have received so much criticism over privacy.

While Meta adds dedicated devices, most AI use is happening on phones, where we already have all our personal information and the apps we already use. With that in mind, it’s worth remembering how many other devices have wanted to revolutionize the way we interact with AI. The big question is how much space we want to devote to another screen when phone, watch, and earbuds are already our gateway to AI. We’ll see how the market responds.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief with the Supreme Court backing Apple in the Apple-Epic Games case, pushing this long fight over App Store rules back into view. The government sides with one of Apple’s main arguments: a court order has to be enforced as written, not stretched beyond what it actually says.

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the 27% commission is back at the center of the case

At the heart of the dispute is the 27% commission on purchases made outside the App Store, which Apple introduced after the court’s first ruling. That ruling didn’t set a commission rate. It only said the commission had to be “fair.” Epic Games called the 27% cut “unfair,” and the court then found that Apple hadn’t complied with the judgment.

That’s where the Department of Justice steps in. Apple has long argued that the order allowed those external links and still left room for Apple to charge for the value of its platform. That idea is still built into Apple’s newer commission proposal. In its brief, the Department of Justice says that reading of the order is perfectly reasonable.

The whole dispute turns on the “fair ground of doubt” standard. Civil contempt requires complete clarity about the conduct in question, so, in the Department of Justice’s view, Apple didn’t violate the judge’s directives and the Supreme Court should throw out the contempt finding.

Major boost for Apple

In Europe, Apple has already adjusted to App Store rules and still charges a commission on purchases made outside the App Store. Epic Games’ complaints don’t draw the same level of attention there anymore. In the United States, though, they still do.

Here, support from the Department of Justice matters a lot. Courts take that seriously, and it could shape how the Supreme Court comes down on the case.

Several business groups and legal experts are also backing Apple’s arguments, but the fight still comes down to the exact wording of the order. Right now, the stronger reading seems to be that a “fair” commission can still mean 27%. We’ll see where the courts land.

OpenAI has just taken another step in the evolution of ChatGPT Voice. Following the arrival of GPT 6 a few days ago, the company has significantly expanded what we can do by talking to ChatGPT. Voice has gone from a simple conversation to being able to handle full tasks.

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GPT-6 comes to ChatGPT’s voice mode

ChatGPT Voice can now rely on GPT-6 Astra for searches and reasoning. All of this adds to the new voice mode presented in July, which makes conversations feel much more natural and is capable of listening and speaking at the same time. Now we can combine that naturalness with much more capable models.

In addition, OpenAI has announced that plugins are coming directly to voice chats. We can connect email, calendar, Slack, and other applications and request actions simply by speaking. This simple integration makes voice conversation a much more useful tool for everyday use.

ChatGPT Work also understands our spoken commands

The other big new feature is in ChatGPT Work, which now accepts voice interaction both on the web and on mobile. We can ask it to create documents, prepare presentations, summarize Slack messages, or use its cloud browser to search for and cross-check information.

This change could easily go unnoticed amid the number of new developments, from both OpenAI and other companies, that we’ve been seeing lately, but it makes a big difference. It turns voice into a gateway to practically everything ChatGPT can do. We start a task while walking, continue it from the computer, and let Work keep working on it while we’re busy with other things. Without a doubt, great news.