Tag: ios
This neat iPhone camera trick will let you take pictures using nothing but your voice
If you’ve ever used your iPhone’s camera timer, you’ll know the pain of awkwardly rushing into position before counting down the seconds, attempting to smile at the perfect moment, then being ultimately disappointed by the downright unusable pictures you’re greeted with upon your return to the camera (trust us: we’ve…
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Apple Maps might finally get a much-requested feature in iOS 18
iOS updates usually bring a suite of new features to Apple’s hardware and first-party software – and one rumored upgrade coming with iOS 18 could be the Apple Maps feature you’ve been waiting for: custom routes. On other apps with custom routes, the feature allows users to specify which route…
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iOS 18 might break the iPhone’s iconic app grid, and it’s a change no one asked for
The iPhone and iOS are not messy. Throughout their nearly 20-year life they’ve embodied precision and consistency, with no design element left to chance. There’s never a detail unexplained or unaccounted for; and one thing you absolutely will not find, on either the phone itself or in its operating system,…
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A fake LastPass developer wizarded their way onto the App Store – but things could actually be far worse
People worry, and I know I’ve written about how Apple allowing side-loaded apps, as it’s about to do in Europe with iOS 17.4, could lead to dangerous malware-filled apps arriving on your best iPhone. But it turns out that Apple’s ironclad App Store checks and balances aren’t entirely perfect either.…
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Apple’s poison-pill approach to EU regulation might be the right thing to do
What if Apple is right about the App Store and its control of it? I’ve never wanted an open App Store. Side-loading apps onto my best iPhone struck me as the perfect way to infect or ruin them. Granted, I was not an iPhone jailbreak kind of guy. I’ve also…
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iOS 18: new features, compatible devices, and everything you need to know
Apple debuted iOS 18 at WWDC 2024, and the feature-packed software update is now available to download on all iOS 18-compatible devices. Now in its sixth iteration (known officially as iOS 18.5), iOS 18 brings Apple Intelligence to the best iPhones (i.e. the iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16 Pro,…
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