Best of iOSJanuary 2026

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    Avatar of appledevApple Developer·18w

    Hello Developer: January 2026

    Apple's January 2026 developer newsletter highlights a SwiftUI activity in Cupertino, expanded Liquid Glass resources, a video overview of Apple design tools, new Develop in Swift tutorials, and an article on leveraging foundation models. The update provides developers with learning opportunities and resources across Apple's development ecosystem.

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    Avatar of searlsJustin Searls·17w

    It is Twenty Fucking Twenty Six and…

    iMessage continues to treat phone numbers with and without country codes (+1) as separate contacts while grouping them in the same message thread, creating a frustrating user experience that forces users to potentially save duplicate contact entries for US phone numbers.

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    Avatar of searlsJustin Searls·17w

    Oh, Apple. Scheduled a "Send…

    A scheduled iMessage failed to send due to a timezone-related bug in Apple's implementation. When crossing time zones, the scheduled send time (10 AM) never occurred locally, causing the message to remain permanently unsent instead of being based on an absolute timestamp.