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While a smarter Siri may have been a no-show at WWDC, Alexa Plus, the generative AI-powered overhaul of Amazon's voice assistant, is finally appearing in the wild. No one at The Verge has access yet, but Amazon spokesperson Eric Sveum tells me over a million people now do - up from hundreds of thousands" just [...]

There's a line in showbiz that goes, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Ian Proulx, CEO of Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games, has recently learned the hard way that's not entirely true. Last week, during the Summer Game Fest keynote livestream, Proulx came out to promote his game wearing a black hat that read [...]

Google has launched a bevy of noteworthy additions to its Home app, most of which are available now in public preview (which you can enroll in here). The biggest news, according to The Verge's smart home expert Jen Tuohy, is that picture-in-picture support has arrived for Nest Cams on whichever Google TV product you might [...]

Nothing's next major phone is going to be revealed next month, but it might be missing the company's signature Glyph lights. Leaker Max Jambor shared a picture of what he says is the Nothing Phone 3, and the image doesn't appear to include Glyph lights, which Nothing has offered on previous phones as a way [...]

Ninja Gaiden 4 was one of several games that Xbox showed off in its games showcase over the weekend. And during its Summer Game Fest-adjacent in-person preview event, I got the chance to play it for myself. I've never played Ninja Gaiden before and was skeptical that the game's generic dark aesthetic, which feels straight [...]

Google is rolling out a new feature to Pixel devices that makes it easier to connect with people you're close to. Pixel VIPs is a new widget that builds on the favorite contacts already saved to Pixel phones, allowing users to add personal notes about them, see real-time location information when shared, and quickly check [...]

Android 16 is officially here, and it includes Google's take on the iPhone's Live Activities. On Tuesday, Google announced that Live Updates are rolling out first with ride-share and food delivery apps, allowing you to track the progress of your ride or delivery with persistent, real-time notifications. Google first started working on Live Updates last [...]

Father's Day is on Sunday, June 15th, and if you're after a last-minute gift that won't blow your budget, we've got you covered. Several retailers are currently offering fantastic Father's Day discounts on an array of gadgets we can personally vouch for at The Verge, from the Roomba Combo 10 Max to budget-friendly options like [...]

Apple's next major software updates are getting a huge new feature for playback speed sickos like me: you'll be able to listen to shows on the Podcasts app at as much as 3x speed, Apple notes in a press release about new services features. Previously, the maximum was 2x. You can move to super speed [...]

The new $84.99 Pro Controller for the Switch 2 may not be your idea of a pro-grade controller - perhaps not by a long shot. But it's certainly more of one than Nintendo's $69.99 last-gen controller. It has two extra buttons embedded into its grips (one on each side), which can be programmed on a [...]

Sonos has released a major software update for its Ace wireless headphones bringing performance improvements and a feature that was supposed to originally be available late last year. TrueCinema mode, which adapts the headphone's spatial audio to your space and makes the virtual surround sound effect more convincing, is finally available, as spotted by What [...]

Snap plans to start selling its first pair of augmented reality glasses to the public in 2026. The coming release is part of CEO Evan Spiegel's decade-plus bet on what comes after the smartphone. He teased it Tuesday onstage at the Augmented World Expo, an augmented and virtual reality developer conference in Long Beach, California. [...]

All sequels have to live up to their predecessors in some form, but few have as daunting a task as Mario Kart World. It's a follow-up to the best-selling game across Nintendo's last two console generations, and a game that eventually doubled in size thanks to an ambitious array of downloadable add-ons. So instead of [...]

The Trump administration is working on an AI.gov" website and API to accelerate government innovation with AI," 404 Media found based on code posted to Github and an early version of the site. The project appears to be run by the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services, led by former Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd. Shedd, [...]

Meta is close to finalizing an almost $15 billion investment in Scale AI, the tech giant's largest-ever external investment, which would give Meta a 49% stake in the company, according to The Information. As part of the deal, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team of about 50 people to help Meta supercharge [...]

Threads users will soon be able to send direct messages to each other without having to leave the platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on June 10th that Threads will start testing its own DM system this week, starting in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina, with plans to expand to more locations soon." The experiment [...]

Things are getting nutty in the world of vehicle fuel economy standards. Last week, Transportation Secretary (and ex-reality TV contestant) Sean Duffy declared that he was resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that govern vehicle fuel efficiency in the US. Duffy confidently declared that the current CAFE standards, in which fuel economy would [...]

American Screen Actors Guild members have reached a tentative" contract agreement with major gaming companies that could potentially end the 11-month-long video game actors' strike. SAG-AFTRA announced the tentative contract on Monday without specifying terms or protections for performers. The strike began on July 26th, 2024, after the union and a bargaining committee of video [...]

Xbox has revealed its new handheld line, the ROG Xbox Ally and the Ally X, made in partnership with Asus. And I got the chance to play it during Summer Game Fest. My colleague Tom Warren has already broken down how the handheld works with its operating system, UI, and integration with the Xbox app [...]

Microsoft isn't planning to host its Build developer conference in its home city of Seattle next year. The conference is being relocated, and Microsoft has reportedly canceled all its holds for Build at the Seattle convention center for all future years." Our plans for Build 2026 have changed, but our vision to empower builders and [...]

VanMoof, the poster child of bikeaggedon, just launched the first e-bikes developed under new leadership following its 2023 bankruptcy sale to McLaren Applied. The bikes were supposed to be revealed tomorrow, but a link provided to an early access program has resulted in the details leaking early. The new S6 Series - which I briefly [...]

I genuinely never expected to say this: it appears Apple finally figured out multitasking on the iPad. With iPadOS 26, the company hasn't completely taken off the guardrails for how you can use and place apps on your tablet, but it came awfully close. With a couple of clever iPad-specific tricks, and better support for [...]

The squid kids are coming to the Switch 2. In its mobile news app today, Nintendo made some surprise announcements about its ink-shooting franchise. First up, a spinoff game called Splatoon Raiders is in the works for the Switch 2, though there aren't a lot of details. The new game will take players to an [...]

The New York Times' games team is trying something new: it's about to start testing a Scrabble-like game it calls Crossplay, but instead of folding the game into the main NYT Games app, Crossplay will be a standalone app. The game is soft launching in New Zealand on iOS on June 10th. I was recently [...]

Microsoft has started testing a new feature for its Edge browser that adds an AI-powered search to browsing history. This new enhanced search" feature lets you find websites in your browser history even if you use a phrase, synonym, or even a typo that's similar to the site you actually want to find. The AI-powered [...]

The tech world is full of cycles. Things are always bundling and unbundling, going from minimalist to maximalist, embracing nostalgia before diving head-first into the future. And right now, it appears, we're doing glassy again. On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Allison Johnson and Victoria Song to [...]

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally, officially out, and Verge staffers have spent a bunch of time playing with it. The new console has a lot of improvements, like a bigger screen and an extra USB-C port. There's a bunch of games to play, too, including a new Mario Kart and nice updates to older [...]

After two years as an iPhone exclusive, Apple's Journal app will soon be available on Mac and iPad. Apple announced at WWDC on Monday that its latest macOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates will support the Journal app, which helps users track their daily activities and experiences with images, videos, and voice memos. Journal comes [...]

Starling Bank, one of the UK's digital challenger banks, has launched a new AI-powered tool that will answer questions about your spending habits. You can now easily find out how much you've spent at Amazon in a particular month, how much money you've wasted on fast food outlets over the past year, or how much [...]

On Monday after a weekend of demonstrations, hundreds of people flocked to Downtown Los Angeles for another round - to support loved ones who've been detained during recent immigration protests orICE raids, and to face off with National Guard troops deployed by President Donald Trump. Helicopters circled over an event led by unions to protest [...]

The stakes are higher than usual at this year's WWDC. Major Apple Intelligence features the company teased at last year's conference are stalled out, the company got a stern talking-to from a federal judge a couple of months ago over its App Store policies, and then there's everything going on with tariffs. It's not an [...]

After staring at, scrolling through, and puzzling over Apple's new Liquid Glass design language on my iPhone for the better part of an afternoon, I don't hate it. But I also think it needs a little more time in the kiln. Apple announced Liquid Glass on Monday for all of its devices at WWDC 2025. [...]

Apple packed a bunch of major updates into its annual Worldwide Developer Conference keynote. During the event, the company showed off the sleek design refresh coming to its operating systems, as well as a mix of new features for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more. Here's a roundup of some of the most exciting [...]

Macs equipped with an Intel chip will no longer receive major software updates after the release of macOS Tahoe this fall. During the WWDC Platforms State of the Union keynote, Matthew Firlik, Apple's senior director of developer relations, announced that macOS Tahoe will be the final release for Intel Macs." After launching its first in-house [...]

Microsoft is now allowing Windows 11 testers to try out a new, larger Start menu that includes a scrollable interface, new views, and more customizability. An early version of the new Start menu first started showing up in Windows 11 builds in April, followed by Microsoft's official announcement in May. Today's Dev Channel release lets [...]

Apple is working on a new adaptive power" feature in iOS 26 that aims to make your battery last longer. In the iOS 26 developer beta, Apple describes the feature as a way for the iPhone to make small performance adjustments to extend your battery life," including by lowering screen brightness and allowing some activities [...]

The Nintendo DS was a wildly successful console, but emulating its unique dual screen design on modern handhelds is a challenge. You can try to squeeze both screens onto a single touchscreen, attempt to completely recreate the DS' unique hardware, or do what Retroid is doing and release a temporary clamp-on, secondary screen that's compatible [...]

With Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg revitalized the Predator franchise and showed us all how wildly thrilling its central conceit could still be with just a little bit of reworking. Prey took the classic Predator story and made it feel new by focusing on the past and framing its alien characters' excursions to Earth as part [...]

Roku is experimenting with a new homepage that aims to make it easier to jump into your favorite apps and discover new things to watch. The test is rolling out to a small number of Roku users now and adds new sections like Quick Access, which automatically populates with the apps you visit the most. [...]

Design, to quote a wildly overused Steve Jobs-ism, is how it works. And if that's the case, Apple's new design language, which the company is calling "Liquid Glass" and just announced at WWDC 2025, is really nothing new at all. The Liquid Glass look comes largely from VisionOS, which shipped with a particular constraint: it [...]

Apple announced sweeping updates to iOS 26 during WWDC 25 that'll launch this fall, and that extends to CarPlay, its infotainment interface. CarPlay and CarPlay Ultra-compatible cars will reap the benefits of the new update, both in terms of aesthetics and at-a-glance usability. The list of cars that support CarPlay is big, but CarPlay Ultra [...]

The first developer betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and macOS Tahoe are now available if you're eager to try the updates that Apple just announced. Everyone will have early access to the new versions of the operating systems when the public betas are released next month, but only [...]

This year's WWDC is shaping up to be surprisingly focused on power users. There are lots of new personalization ideas, plenty of new ways to move things around on your device, and some new ways to get things done. But Mac power users in particular are going to really fall for two things: the new [...]

Apple's next major versions of iOS and macOS, iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26, are set to launch as free updates this fall, the company announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). One major feature across both updates is a new Liquid Glass" software design that adds a lot of translucency across the operating systems, [...]

Apple has announced iOS 26, the next version of its iPhone operating system, as part of its suite of announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It features a complete redesign with Apple's new Liquid Glass" design language along with updates to apps across the platform. The announcement also marks a change in how Apple [...]

Apple announced the latest major update for its Vision Pro headset during the company's WWDC 2025 keynote presentation on Monday. It's now called visionOS 26 to match Apple's new naming convention for its mobile and desktop operating systems. One of the biggest additions is widgets that appear blended into physical environments, integrating seamlessly into a [...]

A protester attempted to disrupt the beginning of Apple's WWDC. At Apple's in-person event, software chief Craig Federighi was onstage delivering opening remarks to attendees when the protester began shouting. The protester marched in and unzipped his jacket to reveal a keffiyeh. He also held up a badge and appeared to say I work at [...]

tvOS 26, the latest operating system update for Apple TV hardware, has been unveiled in the roster of announcements made by Apple at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). We're currently on tvOS 18, so the new tvOS 26 name may confuse some users who were watching out for tvOS 19 announcements. As with the iOS, [...]

Apple announced a new version of macOS during its WWDC 2025 keynote presentation. The new update, expected later this year, is called macOS 26 Tahoe. While Apple is sticking with California-themed names in Tahoe, this marks the first time Apple is numbering macOS to align with its yearly update schedule - with 26 replacing last [...]