Following the conclusion of its WWDC25 keynote, Apple has released the first developer betas of iOS 26 and its other renamed operating systems.
Apple releases the first developer betas of iOS 26 and other operating systems
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Visual intelligence gets a boost in iOS 26
In iOS 26, the visual intelligence feature extends to the installed iPhone apps, letting you learn more about anything you see in apps simply by taking a screenshot.
Apple previews redesigned Liquid Glass user interfaces on iPhone, other devices
Apple has previewed the overhauled user interfaces across the iPhone and other devices, known as Liquid Glass, at the WWDC2025 today.
Chrome is dropping support for older iPhones and iPads, requiring iOS 17
Google Chrome will soon require at least iOS 17, causing it to stop working on older iPhones and iPads, such as the iPhone X and certain iPad Pro models.
Security researcher wh1te4ever demos WebKit-based re-jailbreak utility for iOS 12
Security researcher @wh1te4ever shared a particularly interesting tidbit via their 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) social media account this weekend of what appears to be a WebKit-based re-jailbreak demonstration for iOS 12 devices.
Pocket Poster lets iOS 17+ users apply custom animated PosterBoard wallpapers without a jailbreak
Nugget developer LeminLimez has released a new add-on for iPhones running iOS 17.0 and later this Sunday afternoon called Pocket Poster that makes it possible for end users to apply custom community-made animated wallpapers to their device for an added level of personalization not seen on stock handsets.
Jailbreak news of the week: Aquila, Cellebrite acquiring Corellium, Silque, & more…
Hacking and jailbreaking iPhones & iPads is one of our favorite activities here at iDownloadBlog, so it goes without saying that we follow these spaces very closely and enjoy sharing our findings with our like-minded readers.
Apple said to bring the Mac’s Preview app to the iPhone with iOS 26
The built-in Preview app from the Mac should expand to the iPhone and iPad with Apple's iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates to let you manage PDFs.
iOS 26’s dedicated Games app described as “underwhelming”
iOS 26 is expected to replace Game Center with a new Games app, but don't expect it to change Apple's fortunes in the gaming world.
Cellebrite acquiring Corellium virtualization company for $200M, raising eyebrows of privacy advocates
Two firms that the jailbreak community is vividly familiar with have made it in the news this week after Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite completed its acquisition of Corellium, a company renowned for its virtualization services that allow firms like Cellebrite to test their hacks and/or software on virtualized hardware, for $200 million.
Alpine could one day be a CLI & SSH Server tool for iOS that doesn’t require a jailbreak
In an interesting turn of events, iOS developer @skadz108, the same person who created the dirtyZero device customization toolbox based on Ian Beer’s CVE-2025-24203 security vulnerability, took to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Thursday to share that they were working on a new project called Alpine.
Upcoming Silque project strives to offer effortless IPA sideloading & app management without a computer
To this day, AltStore remains the most popular way for iPhone and iPad users to sideload apps, but it has the sometimes-pesky requirement of needing a computer, which isn’t always available when you need it most. For this reason, there have been several attempts to create a computerless sideloading alternative for iPhone and iPad users, such as SideStore.