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Last updated: April 17, 2026, 5:30 PM ET

Software & Policy Developments

Apple backed away from a mandate in India that would have required the preinstallation of the state-run Aadhaar biometric application on all new iPhones sold within the country, concluding a period of regulatory uncertainty for the hardware maker in the region. Separately, the company continues to invest in machine learning research, preparing to present nearly 60 studies across various topics at the International Conference on Learning Representations held in Rio de Janeiro. Furthermore, consumers can expect continued iterative improvements to core services, as Apple Maps prepares to roll out further functional enhancements to navigation accessibility within the forthcoming iOS 26.5 update.