About this episode

The episode discusses the release of xOS 26.5 and rumors surrounding the Apple Watch.

xOS 26.5 is now available. What are the new features? Plus, we talk about Apple Watch rumors in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. 00:00:30 Start 00:02:08 iOS 26.500:17:14 Apple Watch00:48:45 Apple History00:58:13 Comment Corner01:13:19 Wrap up and how to contact us Show notes for episode 983: https://www.macworld.com/article/3136846iOS 26.5 is out now: https://www.macworld.com/article/3102432iOS 26.5 may be small, but it hides some incredible new features: https://www.macworld.com/article/3136734Apple isn't bringing Touch ID to Apple Watch, leaker insists: https://www.macworld.com/article/3136698It sounds like Apple has run out of ideas for watchOS 27: https://www.macworld.com/article/3130942Fitbit Air looks like no Fitbit you’ve seen (Tech Advisor): https://www.techadvisor.com/article/3133758How Apple reinvented the music business with the iTunes Store: https://www.macworld.com/article/220875 Send us an email: podcast@macworld.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/macworld.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacworldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/macworld_hq/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@macworld_hqTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@macworld.comMailing…

People in this episode

Host: Macworld

Topics covered

• xOS 26.5 features
• Apple Watch rumors
• technology updates
• iOS
• Apple history

Keywords

• xOS 26.5
• Apple Watch
• features
• rumors
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: xOS 26.5, Apple Watch

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