Carrying two iPhones might get a lot less annoying, especially if you dread the process of finicky eSIM transfer problems. The all-new iOS 27 update would let a single phone number live on two devices at once. Instagram’s bosses just wanted that if the “addictive” algorithm is deactivated, your feed will be flooded with ads. On a slightly brighter side, a developer made an app that detects creepy Meta smart glasses nearby and warns you.

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Apple quietly previewed iPhone Handoff at WWDC 2026, and the company has now confirmed the feature is arriving as part of iOS 27. It lets users share a single phone number and message thread across two iPhones simultaneously, making it easier to bounce between a personal device and a work phone without juggling separate numbers or missing a conversation. Both handsets need to run iOS 27, use eSIM technology, be signed into the same Apple Account with FaceTime and iMessage active, and have Messages in iCloud enabled to keep everything in sync.

The feature is broadly compatible, covering the iPhone 11 and later as well as the iPhone SE second generation and later, so there is no requirement to own the latest hardware. Carrier support is the bigger limiting factor at launch. In the United States, T-Mobile is currently the only confirmed provider, with Apple's own documentation noting that carrier fees may apply. Germany's Telekom is the only other carrier named so far, and no other US carriers have been announced.

A Polish software developer named Pawel Szydlowski grew alarmed after watching videos of people using Meta smart glasses to record and identify strangers without their knowledge, and so he built an app to fight back. Called Zuckoff, the tool works by examining the Bluetooth signals broadcast by nearby devices, comparing their universally unique identifiers and manufacturer data against known fingerprints for Meta and Ray-Ban smart glasses, and then estimating how close those glasses are to the user. Since launching on Apple's App Store last month, the app has attracted 5,000 users, and a Pro version lets people receive notifications even when the app is running in the background.

The app arrives at a fraught moment for Meta's smart glasses line. The company recently disabled thousands of units after discovering that owners had tampered with the LED indicator lights meant to signal when recording is active, and Meta's chief technology officer has been publicly insisting that the glasses were designed to be noticed. Those efforts have done little to quiet critics, and Szydlowski argues that Meta could go further by adopting an industry-wide standard similar to the one Apple and Google developed for Bluetooth trackers, which automatically alerts nearby phones when an unknown device appears to be following someone. He maintains that smart-glasses makers could build this kind of transparency directly into their products if they chose to, and that until they do, third-party tools will continue filling the gap.

Algorithms beat a chronological feed for most people. That's the pitch Instagram head Adam Mosseri made this week, arguing that scrapping ranked feeds in favor of reverse chronological timelines would leave users worse off. He spoke at a briefing tied to the Australian rollout of the company's Algo Confessions series, in which celebrities and influencers walk through how Instagram's ranking systems actually work. Strip out the algorithm, Mosseri said, and the accounts that end up on top are the ones that can afford to post the most. Brands and companies fit that description. Friends and creators, the people users open the app to see, would get buried. His warning: engagement drops, and reach shrinks for everyone across the board.

The argument lands with extra force in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he wants social platforms to prompt users to pick between algorithm-recommended content and a plain chronological feed of the accounts they already follow. Mosseri sidestepped the proposal itself. But he conceded that ranking systems don't get everything right, and pointed to a specific flaw: Instagram leans too hard on what it can measure cleanly and undervalues the qualities that resist easy counting. He also claimed only a "very vocal minority" actually wants chronological feeds. Regulators and user-control advocates aren't likely to let that one slide.

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