It was this month a year ago when I posed the question: Will the Siri face survive watchOS 10 and Apple Watch widgets? To my knowledge, Apple has never retired a watch face. Some are hardware specific, others are redesigned, but watch faces don…
Lees meerOne of the new features of iOS 18 is an app called Image Playground, which is part of the “Apple Intelligence” suite of AI tools coming later this year. With Image Playground, users will be able to generate images from text commands or even based on…
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Lees meerTemperature tracking has long been one of my favorite aspects of HomeKit. Understanding how the temperature can vary in different parts of my house helped me decide where to use stand-alone fans and adjust our HVAC schedule. Meross recently released…
Lees meerApple announced macOS Sequoia, or simply macOS 15, at WWDC 2024 on Monday. The update comes with a bunch of improvements, including new features in Messages and a new way to mirror your iPhone on your Mac screen. Interestingly, the new version of ma…
Lees meerFollowing WWDC, Apple executives including Craig Federighi, Greg Joswiak, and John Giannandrea have done a series of interviews discussing iOS 18, Apple Intelligence, and more. Head below for a roundup of those interviews. more…
Lees meerMicrosoft has had quite the few weeks of ups and downs. Following a strong launch event for its AI-centric Copilot Plus PC devices, the hallmark AI feature was deemed by an expert as a ‘security disaster.’ It took a while, but the company responded—…
Lees meerAccording to a new report from the Financial Times, the European Union is planning to hit Apple with a fine for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act. This would make Apple the first company to be fined for not complying with the DMA, and i…
Lees meerApple Maps is upgraded with topographic hiking trails in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia. The feature offers detailed planning and guidance for custom hikes, the ability to save the maps offline, elevation details, and more. Here’s …
Lees meerApple has a big focus on new math features with this year’s software updates, such as Math Notes in iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. As it turns out, Apple has also expanded calculator-like functionality in iOS 18, allowing you to do basic math and conv…
Lees meerYour Friday edition of the best deals on Apple gear and the accessories for them has now arrived with the best price ever on the 11-inch M4 iPad Pro. You can now score open-box units with full warranties starting from $820 alongside ongoing offers o…
Lees meerOne major component of Apple Intelligence is a feature called Genmoji, which lets you create an infinite number of emoji-like images using generative AI. While Genmoji isn’t available in the first beta of iOS 18, Apple elaborated on the feature with…
Lees meerSonos is probably wishing its only controversy was an app redesign. Today the company is receiving a lot of heat for a revision to its privacy policy that introduced a major policy reversal with the removal of a single line. more…
Lees meerApple TV+ has had a number of shows cancelled over the years, but no cancellation received more attention than that of Jon Stewart’s show, The Problem with Jon Stewart. Reports indicated Apple and Stewart’s parting of ways had to do with conflict…
Lees meerIt’s vacation season, and whether you’re heading out of town for some much-needed rest, or just traveling for work as usual, the accessories you travel with can make a world of difference. Here are the best travel essentials for Apple devices. …
Lees meerThree new WhatsApp video call features are aiming to make the app more competitive with FaceTime – including the company’s own take on SharePlay. The company also emphasized the recent improvements it made to both audio and video quality … m…
Lees meerA class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 12,000 current and former staff claims that Apple underpaid female employees over a four-year period. The lawsuit said that while the Cupertino company didn’t do this deliberately, it had two policies in …
Lees meerA research paper explicitly says that Apple doesn’t use your data to train Apple Intelligence. This differs from OpenAI’s policy, which does use your ChatGPT sessions to help train its model. However, Apple says that it does scrape websites for c…
Lees meerWe’re still digging into all the new features coming with iOS 18, which was announced earlier this week at WWDC 2024. We’ve just reported on the update letting users choose their preferred Home Hub, but now there’s another significant change coming,…
Lees meerApple TV+ offers exclusive Apple original TV shows and movies in 4K HDR quality. You can watch across all of your screens and pick up where you left off on any device. Apple TV+ costs $9.99 per month. Here’s every Apple original television show and …
Lees meerApple TV and HomePod owners have the option of setting up these devices as a Home Hub to control HomeKit and Matter accessories remotely. However, while you can set up multiple devices as Home Hubs, there’s no option to choose a specific hub as the …
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