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MacRumors Staff @ MacRumors 1 place · today 09:00 EDT

Top Stories: Apple Creator Studio, Google Gemini-Powered Siri, and More

We have our first Apple product announcement of 2026, and it's a software subscription known as Apple Creator Studio featuring Apple's video, audio, and image editing apps, as well as some AI-powered features and premium content for iWork apps and Freeform.


In other news this week, Apple made it official that next-generation Siri will leverage Google Gemini, while we got the second round of betas for iOS 26.3 and other updates, so read on below for all the details on these stories and more!

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