Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allowing users to build automations via natural language prompts
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Google's web-based AI Studio now lets users build native Android apps; Google says the apps are for personal use only for now and publishing is on the roadmap
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Google launches Disco, a Gemini 3-powered experiment that suggests and creates GenTabs, web apps based on the user's open browser tabs and Gemini chat history
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Meta launches a centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram, with AI-powered search and an AI assistant to answer queries, in its iOS and Android apps
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OpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode
here's how Aman Kumar / PhoneArena : OpenAI has finally addressed a major problem with ChatGPT's voice mode feature NDTV Profit : ChatGPT Voice Now Built Into Main Interface: What's New For Users? Sar...
Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro
Apple Issues Critical Update For 1 Billion iPhones Jason Cross / Macworld : Apple brings the App Store to the web Appleosophy : Apple launches new App Store for the web Brad Bennett / MobileSyrup : Ap...
Sesame, which is developing an AI agent with a natural-sounding human voice and smart glasses, raised a $250M Series B and opens an early beta of its iOS app
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Kayak launches a ChatGPT-powered AI Mode chatbot on its desktop and mobile website that lets users ask travel questions and compare flights, hotels, and cars
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Appfigures: Sora saw 56K iOS downloads on its first day, on par with Grok and ahead of Claude and Copilot; ChatGPT and Gemini each had ~80K downloads on day one
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Appfigures: dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have yet to gain traction; the largest such app, Instance: AI App Builder, has just 16,000 downloads
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