In the Loop
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October 2026
Apple HomeView brings back the iPhone 6s color palette 👀
Welcome back, iMac G4.
"HomeView" could be the name of Apple’s new smart home hub, featuring an A18 chip, desktop and wall mounted versions, and four colors. It ships in mid November.
Source: Mark Gurman
iOS 27 is now being pushed to iOS 26 users, while iOS 26 updates are becoming less prominent.
Last year, Apple only started recommending the iOS 18 to iOS 26 upgrade after iOS 26.1 came out.
Apple announces October event 🚨
“Welcome home.”
October 13, 2026.
The new Apple Music wordmark could be coming to playlist covers soon.
iOS 27.2 Beta 3 redesigns the Menu button in Apple Books' reading view, replacing it with a standard Liquid Glass menu.
iOS 27.2 Beta 3 adds splash screens to two apps: "What’s New" in Apple TV and "Your Fitness and Health Data" in Fitness.
iOS 27.2 Beta 3 has updated the battery icon in Settings.
iOS 27.2 Beta 3 is out now!
Netflix just updated its tab bar with Liquid Glass.
iOS 26.7 and iOS 27 top bar comparison: Progressive blur vs frosted blur.
September 2026
Apple is expected to launch three new smart home devices on October 13:
- All-new Smart Home Hub with Display, featuring a design inspired by the iMac G4
- HomePod mini 2
- Apple TV 4K (4th generation)
Source: Mark Gurman
Apple has released iOS 27.0.1 👀
Here’s what’s new:
- iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max may unexpectedly restart when Face ID fails to authenticate
- A color artitact may appear on photos captured at 2x under certain lighting conditions at f/1.48 on a small number of iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max devices
- Opening Notification Center and Control Center simultaneously may cause the touchscreen to become unresponsive
iOS 27.2 Beta 3 could drop this week 👀
Apple also confirmed that a fix for the Face ID issue on iPhone 18 Pro is coming this week, possibly as iOS 27.0.1.
Here’s the difference between Apple Music AutoMix in iOS 26 and iOS 27.
Big improvement.
iOS 27 lets Liquid Glass reflect more color from its surroundings than iOS 26 did
iOS 27.2 beta 2 makes the status bar icons smaller again.