Harman’s Drops lets users share 10–30-second song moments, with plays counting toward streams on Apple Music, Qobuz, and TIDAL. Launched Nov. 10 for iOS and Android in the U.S., it uses official artwork and no generative AI.
Meta’s second Muse update in one week, announced in November 2026, lets users create project-specific workspaces that sync with third-party apps. Mark Zuckerberg said he used Spaces for a BBQ game, event tracker, and home-control dashboard.
More than 100,000 App Store apps now support Apple’s iPhone Duo just two weeks after launch, with thousands more added daily, VP Susan Prescott says. But Instagram’s messy launch experience shows adoption doesn’t guarantee polish.
Kobo’s Stack supports EPUB/PDF uploads up to 200MB, syncing progress, highlights and notes across apps, web and select e-readers. It launches in six markets at Canadian $3.99/month or UK £2.99/month, with a 90-day trial; US availability is unannounced.
The service is rolling out first to a small group of US customers via invitation text, with Amazon promising “millions more” in the coming weeks. Users can send product photos or descriptions, get recommendations, track prices, and complete purchases.
Meta’s Muse Voice supports video chats through two new models, Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice. U.S. users can customize the default Jolly avatar as a person, animal or other character on mobile, web and Mac.
Meta’s Muse AI now supports real-time voice conversations in its iOS app, with an avatar animated to match speech and adjustable voice tones. The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and is coming soon to AI glasses and the Muse Charm.
Microsoft says the redesigned Xbox PC app launches up to 60% faster, while Home, Store and Game Pass pages load up to 50% faster and in-app windows up to 65% faster. Xbox Insiders can test it now; Cloud Gaming updates arrive in coming weeks with a library tab, desktop mode and five high-contrast accessibility settings.
Edits is now available for Mac, adding a multi-track timeline, keyframes, audio waveforms, custom font support and multilingual captions for larger projects. Creators can publish directly to Instagram, while mobile-saved styles sync across devices.
WhatsApp’s 2026 event tools let hosts invite non-users via shareable links, with guests viewing details without installing the app. The Events Home adds RSVP management, reminders and plus-ones, while phone numbers stay hidden and addresses appear after RSVP; rollout begins in coming weeks.
Election-night activity nearly matched Bluesky’s all-time record: users generated 44 million likes, 4.8 million posts and 2 million follows on Nov. 4. Traffic peaked at 35.8 GB/s, 200% above normal, between 8 and 10 p.m. PT.
Discord’s new Windows client runs on 290MB of RAM, versus over 1GB for the current app with a handful of servers open. CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy says user testing is coming soon, but no full-release date is set.
