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Some items you may have missed during yesterday’s WWDC announcements

Amid the plethora of Apple announcements at yesterday’s Worldwide Developer Conference there were many items that were easy to miss.

Amid the plethora of Apple announcements at yesterday’s Worldwide Developer Conference there are many items that were easy to miss, such as:

° With iOS 26, Apple added a new feature called Adaptive Power that joins Low Power Mode as a power management option.

° iOS 26 has introduced a third display appearance option called “Clear Look,” along with the traditional Light and Dark Mode choices.

° With iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, Apple is expanding the Phone app to the Mac and the iPad for the first time.

° Apple’s Journal app is coming to the Mac and iPad with macOS 26 and iPadOS 26.

° Apple’s tvOS 26 announced at WWDC requires second-generation Apple TV 4K devices and later.

Apple has shared a two-minute video that highlights some of its keys announcements from the WWDC 2025 keynote earlier today.

° macOS Tahoe does away with the Launchpad feature and replaces it with a new “Applications” interface akin to the App Library on the iPhone and iPad.

° iOS 26’s Photos app sees the return of the tab bar.

° Apple ended its WWDC keynote with a hilarious song made of real App Store reviews (as noted by 9to5Mac).

° Apple News+ subscribers who upgrade to iOS 26 can now access an all-new game, which Apple calls “Emoji Game” (as noted by MacRumors).

° Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year; macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon (from 9to5Mac).

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.