Cursor iOS app launching coding agents from a phone

Cursor on iOS: When the Code Editor Becomes a Remote Control

TL;DR On June 29, 2026, Cursor released a native iOS app in public beta, available on all paid plans, for iPhone and iPad You can launch cloud agents from your phone - pick a repo, describe the task by voice or text, use slash commands, choose a frontier model, and let an agent run in an isolated VM Remote Control lets you take an agent already running on your desktop and keep steering it from your phone, with an option to keep the machine awake while you’re away Live Activities put agent status on your lock screen; you get push notifications, can review demos, screenshots and logs, inspect diffs, and merge pull requests without opening a laptop A launch promo gives 75% off Composer 2.5 runs in the mobile app through July 5, 2026 This lands months after SpaceX’s move on Cursor - and reframes the editor as an orchestration surface rather than a place you type code I’ve written about Cursor enough times on this blog that a phone app could have been a footnote. It isn’t. Not because the app itself is revolutionary - it’s a well-made mobile client - but because of what it quietly admits about how the work has changed. For most of software history, the editor was where you sat and typed. Cursor’s iOS app is built on the assumption that you mostly aren’t typing anymore. You’re directing. ...

June 29, 2026 · 8 min · James M
Mobile music production apps for iPad and iPhone

Music Production: Mobile Apps for iPad and iPhone

About iOS has quietly become one of the most interesting platforms for music making. The combination of multi-touch, low-latency audio, AUv3 plug-in hosting, and instant-on hardware means an iPad can sit somewhere between a notebook for ideas and a fully credible studio instrument. The list below is what I keep installed and reach for - synths I actually open, grooveboxes that have made it into finished tracks, and a couple of learning tools that are genuinely useful. Apps are grouped by developer so you can find related instruments quickly. Where an app is iPhone-only or particularly suited to one device, I’ve called that out. ...

May 1, 2026 · 6 min · James M
A personal history of favourite computers, consoles, and mobile devices

Favourite Computers, Consoles & Mobiles

A list of all my favourite computers, phones & games consoles I’ve mostly owned or used at school & college, in order of purchase / initial use … Computers Commodore PET (1977) The Commodore PET was the first computer I learnt BASIC in the school computing club (1981) The first program I wrote was an animated Christmas card as part of a school competition, I was quite proud of it. We were meant to showcase all of our programs at a public school event however I forgot to take the tape with me to school, I was truly gutted. I also mislaid the tape at home so have lost all those initial programs I wrote :( ...

July 29, 2024 · 11 min · James M