Apple announced on Thursday that it would release iOS 18.6.1 for iPhones and watchOS 11.6.1 for Apple Watches so that Blood Oxygen monitoring could make a comeback on certain models – specifically, the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2.
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iOS 26 will bring live translation to AirPods for real-world conversations
Apple is reportedly working on an in-person live translation option for AirPods that should arrive via an update to iOS 26 later this year or next year.
Hacker gets macOS running on a jailbroken iPhone
Have you ever wished for the day when you’d be able to run macOS on your iPhone or iPad? This is certainly a pipe dream for many users, and something Apple never plans to implement, but one hacker has managed to get things working – at least partially.
iOS 26: Listen to the new “Little Bird” ringtone and 6 new variants of “Reflection”
Apple's iOS 26 operating system brings seven new iPhone ringtones, six of which are variants of the default “Reflection” ringtone, plus a new one called “Little Bird.”
Get live lyrics on your jailbroken device’s Lock Screen whenever you listen to music with LSLyrics
Do you like to listen to music on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad? If you answered yes to that question, then you might take kindly to a newly released jailbreak tweak called LSLyrics by iOS developer Mysteryexe, which helps bring your music to life by displaying time-synced lyrics on your device’s Lock Screen background.
Looky makes it easier to see incoming notifications on your jailbroken iPhone at a glance
Interested in a notification experience on your jailbroken iPhone that doesn’t suck? If you answered yes to that question, then you might want to look at a newly released jailbreak tweak called Looky by iOS developer ella89sp, which changes incoming notification behavior on your Lock Screen to a more hands-free approach.
iOS security researcher Alfiecg_Dev begins a new career with Cellebrite Labs starting next month
Following in the footsteps of famed Dopamine jailbreak and TrollStore perma-signing utility lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev), @alfiecg_dev announced in a post shared to social media platform 𝕏 Friday morning that he will be joining the Cellebrite Labs team next month as a full time iOS security researcher.
Apple Intelligence will integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT-5 model when iOS 26 arrives
Apple has confirmed that it will integrate OpenAI's latest ChatGPT-5 model into the Apple Intelligence suite when its iOS 26 software launches next month.
Apple brings Wi-Fi privacy indicators to the Control Center in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 bring enhanced Wi-Fi network indicators in the Control Center that now include privacy status and security icons for connectivity insights.
iOS 26 lets you revert swipe direction when changing camera shooting modes
Classic mode switching in the fifth beta of iOS 26 reverts the scroll direction when swiping to change shooting modes in the Camera app.
iOS 18.5 officially unsigned, stopping downgrades from iOS 18.6

Apple on Tuesday officially stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 18.5, one week after releasing iOS & iPadOS 18.6 with bug fixes and security improvements for its mobile platforms.
KonbanXV jailbreak tweak replaces the Home Screen’s Today widget page with an app of your choice
When you’re looking at your iPhone’s Home Screen, you’ve always been able to swipe all the way over to the leftmost page to find your Today widgets. Unfortunately, most people find the Today widgets lacking in capability, if not utterly useless.