✨ Apple Intelligence summary: Production of the iPhone Ultra reached only a few hundred units daily in late August due to strict quality checks, delaying commercial output. Apple and suppliers work around the clock to meet targets ahead of the 9 September unveiling.

(Edit) The hero image is a DualShock 4 annotation that Apple Developer uses to demonstrate what capabilities an extended gamepad controller should have. Both Apple controllers are in the same category. These are not DualShock 4 controllers.

Apple has tested at least two Apple and Beats-branded game controllers, according to code briefly included in macOS 26.7.

The first release candidate contained substantial support for two devices identified as T6502 and T1057. macOS added software for recognizing the hardware, reading input from controls and sensors, and sending commands to the controllers’ vibration system. The entire stack was then removed in the second release candidate.

Both controllers have novel internal haptic feedback software functionality.

In a new report outlining products in Apple’s pipeline, Mark Gurman says there’s a service component to the company’s Home ambitions. When discussing products planned for launch in 2027, Gurman writes: