Usman Qureshi
Usman Qureshi is a senior contributing editor at iPhone in Canada, a publication focused on Apple, telecom, and technology news. He covers gaming within the mobile and console ecosystem, including releases on iOS and Android. Alongside gaming, he writes news and analysis about Apple software, hardware, and platform features across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and related devices. His work is distinguished by close attention to how operating system changes, AI capabilities, and privacy and control settings alter the way people use their devices day to day.
Apple platforms, updates, and device launches
Qureshi reports on major iOS releases such as iOS 27, highlighting expanded parental controls, system stability improvements, and bug fixes across core apps like Messages, Safari, Mail, and Calendar. He explains how these updates address practical frustrations, including longstanding issues inside the Messages app that affect everyday communication.
His device coverage includes launch roundups for flagship phones, such as an in‑depth look at everything new in Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro lineup, from feature upgrades to pre‑order and release timing. He also reports on new camera technologies like Apple Reference Image on iPhone 18 Pro, describing how hardware‑backed verification can distinguish genuine photos from AI‑generated images.
Across these pieces, Qureshi stays close to the technical detail of Apple’s announcements while translating specifications into clear implications for how people set up, update, and rely on their devices.
AI, audio intelligence, and Siri features
Qureshi covers Apple’s expanding use of AI, including an article on the company’s Audio Intelligence white paper that explains new ambient listening capabilities on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4.
In that coverage he outlines how Apple’s technical architecture keeps conversations private even as devices process more sound in the background. He follows AI features on the phone and tablet side as well, producing a step‑by‑step guide to enabling Siri AI in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, with clear instructions on requesting beta access and activating the feature inside settings.
His Siri AI guide pairs interface walkthroughs with explanations of what the new capabilities add to Apple’s voice assistant and how they fit alongside existing Siri functionality. Taken together, his AI coverage shows a consistent focus on matching complex, technical changes with straightforward, actionable explanations for everyday users.
Privacy, controls, and data use
Qureshi’s reporting on iOS 27 emphasizes Apple’s expanded suite of child safety tools and more granular parental controls across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
He details how these controls strengthen protections while giving adults finer control over what children can access and for how long. His earlier work tagged under location data traces how background location collection dropped by 68 percent and foreground data by 24 percent following changes introduced in iOS 13.
He presents these shifts in data collection as concrete evidence of how platform‑level privacy updates alter app behavior and data flows on mobile devices. Beyond Apple’s own software, he reports on browser updates such as Mozilla’s upgrade to Firefox on iOS that introduces a built‑in ad blocker, focusing on how native tools change the experience of ads and tracking on smartphones.
This thread of privacy, controls, and data use runs through his coverage, linking operating system settings, app capabilities, and user protections into a single, coherent area of expertise.
Gaming and cross‑platform coverage
On the gaming beat, Qureshi covers mobile game launches and availability, including the release of Pokémon Champions for players on iOS and Android.
His gaming stories sit alongside coverage of competing hardware, such as Microsoft Surface articles that situate Apple devices within a wider ecosystem of laptops and tablets. This cross‑platform perspective allows him to connect how games, apps, and operating systems perform across different devices, keeping his focus on real‑world usability rather than marketing language. Across gaming and non‑gaming pieces, Qureshi structures his coverage around what new software or hardware means for people already invested in Apple’s platforms, whether they are installing an OS update, configuring a new AI feature, or downloading a game.
The result is a body of work that combines gaming coverage with technically grounded reporting on platform changes, giving a clear picture of how Apple‑centric users experience their devices across work, communication, and play.
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Andrew Webster
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