Apps

Meta has launched a brand-new iPhone app officially called Seller, a Facebook app. The new Meta app is specifically for Facebook users managing listings on Marketplace, the social network’s virtual storefront for physical items.

Mention of a new Apple Card feature in iOS 27 brought to mind a banking app feature I recently had to enable after discovering it was not on by default.

This too relates to automatically recurring card payments, and it turned out not to work in the way we might expect it to …

OpenAI is releasing a big update to the ChatGPT desktop app today that introduces GPT Voice mode for talking through work to complete tasks. The new feature is powered by GPT-Live, OpenAI’s upgraded voice mode that arrived on mobile this month.

Anthropic is bringing a long-overdue upgrade to voice mode in Claude today. The upgraded Claude voice mode has new capabilities and works with Opus and Sonnet models for the first time.

With the version rolling out today, users who rely on SmartGym’s iPhone app will find it easier to adjust and log their sets during workouts. Here are the details.

Looking for new iPhone and iPad games to play? The App Store has plenty of games without ads and in-app purchases.

Apple Arcade is a great subscription option for families, though it’s not the only game in town. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’re also paying for a huge catalog of great iPhone and iPad games.

Apple Invites just got its second app update this summer, adding two new digital invitation features for users.

Meta has quietly released a new iPhone app that uses AI to create personalized children’s stories, complete with illustrations, narration, and original music.

A planned merger of two major streaming platforms, HBO Max and Paramount+, may not be happening after all.

The plan was announced back in March after Netflix dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery. However, a federal judge has now imposed a restraining order preventing the transaction from completing – at least for now …

As vibecoding becomes more accessible, new App Store releases are surging, doubling in the first half of 2026, while downloads increased by just 2%. Here are the details.

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.

If you’ve ever found yourself striking up a conversation while out and about, you may end up wanting to quickly share your contact information with another person. While Apple does offer NameDrop, it lacks granularity, and isn’t always the most reliable. Passable brings contact sharing into neat looking Apple Wallet passes, and it offers tons of granularity.

Update, 4:29 p.m. ET: Apple reached out to 9to5Mac with more information, which you can find below the original post.

San Francisco city attorney David Chiu has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google, demanding that they remove several “nudify” apps from their app stores. Here are the details.

Roblox says it will soon bring game creation to mobile for the first time. This will allow users to create new playable experiences directly inside the iPhone and iPad app.

Nearly three months after Brazilian officials first questioned Apple over betting apps accessible to minors, the company has now been given five business days to provide additional details about its App Store safeguards. Here are the details.

CarPlay is a useful Apple feature that brings communication and entertainment apps from your iPhone to the built-in screen in your car. Install supported apps on your iPhone, then compatible CarPlay apps generally appear on your car display when you’re connected.

We’ve tracked CarPlay app releases for a decade. Below is our list of more than 120 CarPlay apps across over a dozen categories.

Anthropic is providing free access to premium Claude AI features to K-12 teachers in the United States. The effort is part of a new Claude for Teachers initiative.

Navigation app Waze is rolling out an update to its iPhone and Android app to introduce three new AI-powered features.

The first uses your journey history to understand your routing preferences in order to provide personalized navigation options …

The European Union is proposing to ban under 13 year olds from using social media apps, with a plan for “phased and gradual access” for teenagers.

While most social media apps claim to have a minimum age of 13, this is extremely poorly enforced. The EU proposal would give this the force of law, as well as applying restrictions for older teens …