Learn everything about sports mode on CarPlay, which lets apps display real-time stats for live sporting events on the Now Playing interface while streaming audio.
What is CarPlay sports mode? How does it work?
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26 features iOS 26 ‘borrowed’ from the jailbreak community
As with every major iOS & iPadOS release, there’s usually some overlap with new features that Apple announces and some pre-existing functionality that jailbreakers have had on this platform for years (or even as much as a decade) thanks to jailbreak tweaks. The same can even be said about Apple’s upcoming iOS & iPadOS 26 updates, which the Cuperinto-based company announced at WWDC 2025.
Software tinkerer gets iOS running on a first-generation Nintendo Switch via QEMU
While the Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage lately with respect to headlines, we car across something on social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) this week involving the original Nintendo Switch that may have some of you doing a double take, and rightfully so.
iOS 26: Safari opens every bookmark added to the Home Screen as a web app
In iOS 26, every website you add to your iPhone's Home Screen opens as a web app by default, but you can change it to open as a regular bookmark instead.
Apple testing iOS 18.6 with possible Apple Intelligence features tailored for China
The iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6 updates should bring Apple Intelligence to iPhone, iPad and Mac owners in China for the first time since iOS 18.1 brought the first batch of AI features to Apple's customers in the United States last October.
iOS 26: Smart Display Zoom on CarPlay brings an extra row of app icons
Apple's iOS 26 operating system brings a new Smart Display Zoom setting to CarPlay which resizes the interface to fit an extra row of app icons.
LeminLimez says upcoming hack could enable custom CarPlay wallpapers without a jailbreak
In a post shared to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Monday Nugget and Pocket Poster lead developer LeminLimez said that it would be possible to apply custom CarPlay wallpapers with Pocket Poster.
Nugget v6 now available with new features & bug fixes, including preliminary iOS 26 beta support
Over the weekend, Nugget lead developer LeminLimez took to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) to share that version 6.0 of the ever-popular Nugget iPhone customization toolkit had been released.
How to set your AirPods to automatically pause audio when you fall asleep
Learn how to configure your AirPods to automatically pause audio playback when you fall asleep so your favorite music or podcast won’t disrupt your sleep.
Jailbreak news of the week: iPadOS 26 kills off checkm8 iPads, Pocket Poster, Letterpress, & more…
Despite the fact that there have been no modern jailbreak releases since iOS 16, the team at iDownloadBlog continues to monitor the environment for jailbreaking potential by following leading voices in the community and bringing what we learn back to all our readers.
Flow and Glow are two new jailbreak tweaks that enhance the Facebook and Messenger apps
Jailbroken device users who frequently use the Facebook and Messenger applications could have a lot to gain from using iOS developer dayanch96’s new Flow and Glow jailbreak tweaks.
Letterpress add-on for TrollStore adds audio visualizer effects to your Dynamic Island or Notch
Do you take a liking to audio visualizers? If the answer was yes, then you might take a liking to a new TrollStore add-on called Letterpress by iOS developer 82flex, which can apply unique audio visualizer effects to your iPhone’s Dynamic Island or Notch whenever you have media playing on your device.