The new NameDrop feature is a handy way to share contact information via Apple’s AirDrop technology, but it’s unlikely to be something many iPhone owners use every day. However, Apple is broadening the number of uses for the technology with the upcoming iOS 17.2 update due next week. Once the update drops, iPhone owners will … [Read more…]
When Apple announced the iPhone 15 range in September it confirmed support for the Qi2 wireless charging standard. Now it has emerged iOS 17.2 will bring support for the new magnetic charging standard all the way back to the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 models. Hooray! Get a 256GB iPhone 14 with 100GB data for … [Read more…]
Apple iOS 17.1’s NameDrop feature has been in the news lately with police departments in the US advising iPhone users to turn off the ability to easily share contact information with others. However, those privacy fears are overblown according to experts and anyone who has actually looked into how the feature works. Apple Watch 9 … [Read more…]
Apple is relying on an “ambitious” iOS 18 release to lift up what could be an underwhelming series of hardware updates for next-year’s iPhone 16. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who provides more details on why Apple briefly shut down feature development in order to deal with a larger number … [Read more…]
Apple is reportedly pausing development on new features for iOS 18 as part of an over-arching effort to stamp out the bugs early doors. While iOS 18 won’t be out until next autumn or even previewed on iPhone until next summer, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reckons Apple is encountering lots more bugs than usual, at this … [Read more…]
StandBy mode is one of the significant features to be added to the iPhone with the iOS 17 update, and here’s how to use it. StandBy is a new mode that turns an iPhone running iOS 17 into something akin to a smart display, highlighting the time, weather, calendar appointments and even a photo slideshow. … [Read more…]
Apple rolled out iOS 17.1 yesterday and, while it added some decent features for AirDrop, Apple Music and StandBy, it wasn’t as much of a newsworthy upgrade we’ve seen from ‘point one’ launches in the past. However, the first beta of Apple iOS 17.2 sent out to developers today, includes more exciting fare. Namely, the … [Read more…]
Apple has released iOS 17.1 for iPhone owners, which is the first major feature drop since the company launched the operating system last month. The software update, which is available to download now, includes numerous new features and fixes. It expands the capabilities of AirDrop, the StandBy smart display feature, the Music app and more. … [Read more…]
Google is rolling out a handy feature in its Chrome web browser that will pick up on typos and suggest web pages when you mis-type a URL. We’ve all been in that annoying situation where we type out a lengthy web address on our phones, only to miss out or insert an incorrect letter. The … [Read more…]
iOS 17 has brought a whole new batch of features to the iPhone series, including the ability to create videos with Live Photos. iOS 17 has brought a swath of new features to the forefront. We’ve already run through how to create Live Stickers and how to record a Facetime video using iOS 17, but … [Read more…]