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Welcome to the October 2026 edition of AppleVis Unlimited, your monthly digest of the latest and most notable content on the AppleVis website. This newsletter features a curated selection of community-submitted content, including new app entries, updates, news, podcast episodes, and popular discussions. We hope that you find this publication to be both helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback about this newsletter, please feel free…

On the heels of introducing the 8th generation iPad Mini, Apple this week updated the iMac and MacBook Pro, bringing faster chips, improved connectivity, and, for the first time, a touchscreen to the MacBook Pro.

iMac

Featuring up to a 12-core CPU, the new iMac with M6, according to…

Welcome to the October 2026 installment of AnonyMouse's App Pick of the Month, where each month I highlight a new or noteworthy app. This month's pick is ReSort: Water Sort Puzzle App, a fun and relaxing water-sorting puzzle game that has quickly become one of my favorites.

I know, I know. Another game for my App Pick of the Month! I realize not everyone here is a gamer, and I'm sorry for picking yet another one. But we've had so many fun new games coming our way lately, I just can't…

Apple today introduced the new 8th-generation iPad mini, bringing a thinner and lighter design, an 8.5-inch OLED display, A20 Pro chip, N1 and C2 networking chips, a new audio system, and more.

With the new design, iPad mini features an upgraded 8.5-inch OLED display while maintaining its existing footprint, thanks to 24 percent thinner bezels. A new audio system that integrates…

Apple has today released iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 to the public, bringing Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, support for multiple profiles in the TV app, anniversary alerts in Call Context, and various bug fixes. Apple has also released iOS 26.7.2 for devices not running iOS 27.

Resolved Accessibility Bugs

Our experience is that the following accessibility bugs have been resolved or meaningfully improved in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2:

Apple has today released version 27.2 of macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod Software to the public.

Our experience is that the following accessibility bug has been resolved in macOS Golden Gate 27.2:

• VoiceOver no longer announces "System has new window" when playing media.

We are additionally aware of two new bugs in this release:

• …

Apple today announced updated models of the HomePod Mini and Apple TV 4K; as well as an all-new HomeView smart home hub and…

The last couple years have been big for iPhone.

In 2025, Apple introduced two brand new iPhone models: iPhone 16e, an entry-level model with most of the essential components of the more expensive iPhones of its generation; and iPhone Air, the thinnest-ever iPhone to date at the time. This year…

Welcome to the September 2026 edition of AppleVis Unlimited, your monthly digest of the latest and most notable content on the AppleVis website. This newsletter features a curated selection of community-submitted content, including new app entries, updates, news, podcast episodes, and popular discussions. We hope that you find this publication to be both helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback about this newsletter, please feel…

Welcome to the September 2026 installment of AnonyMouse's App Pick of the Month, where where each month I highlight a new or noteworthy app. This month's pick is Restaurant Rush: Cook & Serve.

September 2026 has been one of those months where choosing just one App Pick of the Month has been especially difficult. It has felt like one of the busiest months I can remember on AppleVis, particularly when…

Apple has today released version 27.0.1 of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, bringing assorted bug fixes, including for issues with Face ID on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Apple has also released iOS 26.7.1, iPadOS 26.7.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1 for devices not running version 27 of their respective operating systems.

As iOS 27.0.1, iPadOS 27.0.1, and macOS Golden Gate 27.0.1 were not distributed to external testers prior to their release, we do not have any…

Apple has today released watchOS 27.0.1 for Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, bringing a fix for an issue that caused the devices to restart unexpectedly.

As watchOS 27.0.1 was not distributed to external testers prior to its release, we do not have any information on whether it contains any accessibility fixes for blind, deaf blind, or low vision users at the time of writing. However, as this update appears to have been released to address a specific issue on a small…

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will be available to customers on Friday, September 18, 2026. Ahead of the launch, Apple sent me an iPhone 18 Pro for review. While a full review will come once I’ve had the opportunity to live with iPhone 18 Pro for a while, I do have some initial impressions that I wanted to share.

First, and perhaps most noticeably, iPhone 18 Pro has what I would describe as a really big sound for its size. When compared side-by-side to iPhone 17 Pro Max—a…

Apple has today released tvOS 27 for Apple TV 4K (2nd generation and later).

According to Apple, tvOS 27 includes support for larger accessibility text sizes, high-resolution lossless audio in Apple Music, and a redesigned Podcasts app. More details should become available in the near future when Apple updates its "About…

iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 are now available to the public. (Note: As spotted by AppleVis Community Member TJT 2001, Apple has also released iOS/iPadOS 26.7 for those not wishing to upgrade to iOS 27.) This post contains Apple's Release Notes for iOS 27, as well as links to all of AppleVis' content related to these updates. Also included are instructions on how to install the update.

iOS 27 Release Notes

Apple has today released macOS 27 Golden Gate to the public. As usual, we won’t cover the mainstream features here, concentrating instead on what's new and changed for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users. For an overview of the mainstream changes, we recommend this in-depth review by MacStories.

Please remember to check the section about bugs to see if now is the right time to upgrade. There’s no harm…

Apple has today released watchOS 27 to the public. watchOS 27 is compatible with the Apple Watch Series 9 and later and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later.

Due to the inherent challenges of beta software testing on watchOS, our testing of watchOS 27 has been quite limited. That said, for VoiceOver users, there is at least one new bug that we are aware of and a handful of new features and improvements.

New VoiceOver Bugs in watchOS 27

• There is rather significant…

iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 were released to the public on Monday, September 14, 2026. This post contains a summary of new bugs and fixes impacting VoiceOver and Braille support that the AppleVis Editorial Team has independently validated during our use and testing of these releases.

The information contained in this post is compiled from our own use and testing of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 during the beta period from June to September 2026; as well as from validated reports submitted by others…

Introduction

15 years ago, I produced my first "What's New in iOS Accessibility" article. Every September since, I've been documenting what my testing of the betas has yielded. There are many welcome mainstream changes in this year's iOS 27, such as the upgraded Siri app, new parental controls, a slider to adjust Liquid Glass, further enhanced Apple Intelligence features, and much more. The new Siri has its own app, and coverage of it is beyond the scope of this article other than…

Intro

Apple has just wrapped up Surprise and Shine, the big fall announcement event. We got new iPhones, Apple Watches, and (non-pro) AirPods. And yes, the rumors were finally true: one of the new iPhones is a folding one. AirPods have some new tricks, the new Apple Watch has some very nice improvements, and even the normal iPhones are worth checking out. Let's get into it.

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo

All of the iPhones announced today share a few features, so we…