To beta or not to beta? If you’re a user of Apple devices, tis the season of temptation as the company has made available unfinished versions of its next generation of operating systems for all of its ...

Amid the chaos and excitement of an Apple event, one or two interesting announcements will generally fall through the cracks and go unreported. Sure enough, one WWDC25 news item affecting the AirPods ...

Apple today provided public beta testers with the first release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers.

Apple has taken a small step toward securing cross-platform messaging, with early RCS encryption support now appearing in the iOS 26.4 beta. Just don't expect to get that much testing done right now.

Apple is set to release iOS 26 Developer Beta 2 on June 23, 2024, with the public beta following in July. This update aims to refine the features introduced in Beta 1 while addressing critical bugs ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Apple is already moving on from iOS 26.3.

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Google has begun rolling out Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 to testers and confirmed Android 17 Beta 1 is arriving soon for ...

Macworld After Apple released iOS 26.3 last week, we were anticipating the first beta release of iOS 26.4 with bated breath. That’s because rumors for the better part of a year have pointed to this ...

Apple today provided public beta testers with the third beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.2 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers. After ...

Apple has introduced iOS 18.6 Developer Beta 3, surprising developers and beta testers alike. This release was accompanied by updates for iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. However, the ...