Category: iOS

July 17, 2024

iOS 18 brings a major update to Control Center that expands both capabilities and customization. The quick access controls go from a single page to multiple ones that you can smoothly slide through, third-party integration, and more. Here’s how to […]

July 12, 2024

Apple has been pushing gaming on its platforms in earnest for a few years now. And with incredible, seamless integration between hardware, software, and services, many users have been waiting on the edge of their seats for AAA game studio […]

July 8, 2024

A couple of weeks after seeding the second beta, iOS 18 beta 3 is now available to developers. As the public testing version is just around the corner, we expect Apple to debut Apple Intelligence features soon. With iOS 18 […]

July 5, 2024

It’s been almost a month since Apple started beta testing iOS 18 with developers. This upcoming operating system update will bring several new features, including big changes to the foundation of the iPhone OS with redesigns to the Home Screen, […]

June 24, 2024

A couple of weeks after seeding the first beta, iOS 18 beta 2 is now available to developers. Historically, Apple doesn’t add many changes with its second testing version, as it usually prepares more robust features starting with beta 3 and the […]

June 19, 2024

During the WWDC 2024 keynote, Apple took yet another step towards a more protected device and released two key features: The ability to hide apps, and the option to lock iPhone apps behind Face ID/Touch ID. With these changes, Apple […]

June 11, 2024

Ahead of today’s WWDC keynote, there were a lot of features that had already been reported on. One surprise that showed up as part of iOS 18 was Game Mode, a special mode that optimizes your device for gaming sessions. […]

May 17, 2024

Apple unveiled several accessibility features for the iPhone earlier this week that will be enabled once iOS 18 rolls out. There are plenty of interesting additions to the iPhone’s suite of accessibility features that I plan to use once they’re […]

May 15, 2024

iOS 17.5 has just been released, and a major bug has been troubling some iPhone users. According to a Reddit thread, people who updated to iOS 17.5 found deleted photos reappearing in their library without explanation. The creator of this […]

May 10, 2024

Apple has dabbled in audio transcription in the past with mixed success. One shining example lately has been Apple Podcasts transcripts; more pessimistically, voicemail transcripts are still subpar. But according to a new report, the upcoming iOS 18 release will […]

April 24, 2024

People really like their iPhones. But I think everyone can agree that we all get way too many notifications. Notifications are everywhere. If you install any app (ANY APP) on your phone, it is going to want to bombard you […]

April 10, 2024

Consumer choice is important and, while it’s easy to search through the App Store and find a browser that isn’t the built-in Safari app, it feels like you should be presented with all of the options when you’re setting up […]

March 29, 2024

It’s a familiar scene — you’re about to board a five-hour flight and you’re frantically downloading music from Spotify or movies from Netflix, when, all of a sudden, your iPhone flashes: “iPhone Storage Full.” You pause to consider whether to […]

March 25, 2024

Apple is a few months away from unveiling iOS 18, a software update it reportedly thinks it’s the biggest in the history of the iPhone. That’s going to happen at WWDC 2024, which Apple is yet to announce. I already […]

March 18, 2024

Apple is preparing to imminently release iOS 17.4.1, which will come with the build number 21E235. There’s no word on what’s new in iOS 17.4.1, but the update will focus on bug fixes and performance improvements rather than new features. […]

February 29, 2024

You can use an iPhone without getting an Apple ID, but you’d have to settle for a dumb phone rather than a smartphone experience. You can’t download apps or any other digital content without an Apple ID. That’s why most […]

February 28, 2024

After a month of beta testing, iOS 17.4 will be available to all iPhone users starting next week and will have several new features. Since Apple already seeded the iOS 17.4 Release Candidate version, the official build can’t be far […]

February 19, 2024

2024 is shaping up to be the “Year of AI” for Apple, with big updates planned for iOS 18 and more. The rumors – and Tim Cook himself – make it clear that there are new AI features for Apple’s […]

February 12, 2024

iOS 18 will be the biggest iPhone update ever released. That’s what Apple sources who are reportedly familiar with iOS 18 told Mark Gurman a few days ago. I speculated that there’s only one thing that could elevate iOS to […]

February 6, 2024

Apple is now seeding iOS 17.4 beta 2 to developers as the company aims for a March release of this upcoming operating system update. There are several changes coming with iOS 17.4, including exclusive functions for European customers, by opening […]