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iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3 are here with Universal Control and more

Enlarge / The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of all its operating systems, including iOS/iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. These releases include new features across all platforms, not just bug fixes or security updates. As usual, the […]

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Apple job listing mentions “homeOS” days before WWDC keynote

Enlarge / Apple’s discontinued HomePod. (credit: Jeff Dunn) A reference to “homeOS” was recently found in an Apple job listing, suggesting that Apple may have plans to change how it classifies and presents the software running on devices like the HomePod mini in the future. Twitter user Javier Lacort discovered the terminology in an Apple […]

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Report: Apple plans Apple TV/HomePod and iPad/HomePod hybrid products

Enlarge / RIP HomePod, 2021. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Apple is working on multiple new products to replace the recently discontinued HomePod and to bring Siri and Apple services into living rooms, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Debby Wu and Mark Gurman. One of those products would be a device that combines the TV […]

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Apple pulls the plug on the HomePod

Apple’s HomePod. [credit: Jeff Dunn ] Apple has discontinued production of the pricey HomePod smart speaker that it began shipping in 2018. The speaker will still be sold until supplies run out, but the space gray version is already gone from Apple’s online store. Only the white version remains, though you might be able to […]

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Soon, you may be able to change the default music service in iOS

Reddit user matejamm1’s screenshot illustrating the change in iOS 14.5. [credit: u/matejamm1 ] It had long been an inescapable fact about Apple’s iOS operating system for iPhones that you couldn’t change your default apps away from those made by Apple itself. But only a few months after Apple changed course and allowed users to change the […]

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iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 adds new camera features, fixes bunches of bugs

Enlarge / The 2020 iPad Air—one of several devices supported by today’s new software releases. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple began rolling out iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 to supported iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. The company also pushed watchOS 7.3 to Apple Watches and tvOS 14.4 to Apple TVs. iOS 14.4/iPadOS 14.4 is […]

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IOS 14.2 is here using fresh emoji and backgrounds, long listing of bug fixes

Expand / / The iPhone 12, that operates iOS 14, also today (if you decide to upgrade ) iOS 14.2. (charge: Samuel Axon) The final upgrade to iOS along with iPadOS has been iOS 14.1 on October 22. The newest variations of iOS along with iPadOS include 100 fresh emoji, including”creatures, faces, food, household items, […]

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Apple pushes out iOS 14.1, iMovie Upgrades, and Much More

Expand / / The a variety of color choices of this iPhone 12. Last week, Apple has introduced lots of software upgrades to pave the way for tomorrow’s iPhone 12 launching. One of them: iOS along with iPadOS 14.1, and upgrades on iMovie and GarageBand to get iOS. IOS 14.1 provides support for the several […]

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Apple’s new $99 HomePod Mini is about the Road –here are the Particulars

Much like HomePod, however smaller (and more economical ). It took a few decades, but Apple has declared HomePod Mini, also a wise speaker that is priced to compete with cheap offerings from rivals Google, Amazon, and Sonos. The revised HomePod is a much cheaper, less potent cousin to the more expensive HomePod which Apple […]

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Things to expect from Apple’s October 13″Hello, Speed” Occasion

Expand / The promotional crucial artwork picture Apple sent out using its statement regarding its October 13, 2020, product launching event. Here we are , less than 1 month following Apple’s September 15 occasion. Following Tuesday, October 13, Apple agents will take into the streaming platform to announce new products in an occasion that the […]