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Apple is expected to release two new iPhone apps this year, including an Apple Business app and a Siri app with chatbot-like functionality.

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With the Apple Business app, employees at businesses using the new Apple Business platform will be able to install apps for work, view contact information for colleagues, and request support. Apple Business is launching on April 14, and it replaces Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple Business Connect.

While not yet announced by Apple, it was recently reported that the company is also testing a Siri app with similar functionality as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini apps. Users would be able to interact with Siri in both text and voice modes, and the app would provide users with access to their past conversations with Siri.

Both apps will also be available on the iPad and Mac. Apple says the Apple Business app will require iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, while the Siri app will reportedly be available as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 later this year.

Tags: Apple Business, Siri Guide

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klasma
2 weeks ago

The title is misleading… they aren’t just iPhone apps!!!
They’re saving that for separate “Apple Releasing Two New iPad Apps This Year” and “Apple Releasing Two New Mac Apps This Year” articles.
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Onlyuseapple
2 weeks ago

What's the best app for attaching iPhone to Mac, to rearrange apps on iphone home screen from Mac?
In macOS 26.4 there is iPhone mirroring built in.
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indiekiduk
2 weeks ago
Siri should have always just been in Messages
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AppleTO
2 weeks ago

With the Apple Business app, employees at businesses using the new Apple Business platform ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/24/apple-unveils-apple-business/') will be able to install apps for work, view contact information for colleagues, and request support. Apple Business is launching on April 14, and it replaces Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple Business Connect.
Any idea if Business Essentials through this new platform will be available outside the US? So far it’s been US only.
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bigandtasty
2 weeks ago

I think Apple Configurator may still do this. I know what you mean, iTunes used to do it. Absolutely infuriating trying to do it from the phone, I haven't touched my Home Screen in years because it's a form of torture.

Craig Federighi should be sentenced to one year hard labor trying to re-organize an iPhone Home Screen.
Thanks CarAnalogy, appreciate the info
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CarAnalogy
2 weeks ago

The title is misleading… they aren’t just iPhone apps!!!
Apple doesn't make any software anymore that's not an iPhone app. Sometimes those apps get ported to the Mac or iPad. But all development at Apple is centered around the iPhone. And Services.
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