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The ‘Now Bar’ Is Samsung’s Take on iOS’ Live Activities
The grand Samsung Galaxy S25 unveiling was also the first time anyone got a good look at One UI 7, Samsung’s take on Android 15—it’s now available on the Galaxy S25 handsets, and will be making its way to older models as well in the coming months. Among the many new features the software update ushers in, one of the…
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Apple gets into AI: all the news on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more
Apple has released iOS 18 — plus iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and other new updates — bringing several key updates to how the company’s devices operate and setting the stage for generative AI features. The most discussed feature of iOS 18 is the Apple Intelligence suite. With the release of iOS 18.2 on December 11th, features that are…
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Here’s What’s New in iOS 18.3
When Apple dropped iOS 18.2, it made a bit of a splash—especially for iPhones compatible with Apple Intelligence. The update brought dedicated image generation to iOS, including both Image Playground and Genmoji, as well as an AI-updated Mail experience and more control over default apps. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had our first look at the company’s next update…
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Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications
As someone who is inundated with emails and messages throughout the day, one of the Apple Intelligence features I was most cautiously optimistic about was Notification Summaries. The feature aims to make sorting through the pings on your Lock Screen a neater, faster experience, by grouping multiple notifications from the same app together and quickly summarizing the lot. Unfortunately, it…
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How to create Genmoji stickers of your contacts in iOS 18.2 using Apple Intelligence
iOS 18.2 has brought a plethora of fun features, ranging from its integration with ChatGPT, being able to make memory movies out of your photos, and of course, the introduction of Genmojis. As someone who’s always looking for ways to add personality to my messages, I’ve become slightly obsessed with creating Genmojis of everyone in my contacts. There’s something hilariously…
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Apple pushed hard by EU to make iOS and iPadOS more interoperable
On Wednesday, the EU Commission submitted draft recommendations to Apple regarding changes that would make the iOS operating system more compatible with third-party devices like smartwatches, earbuds, and headsets. The Commission is also proposing measures to improve how Apple communicates with developers who make interoperability requests for iOS and iPadOS, including increased transparency around internal features and rejections. The EU’s…
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Apple Intelligence arrives for the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand with iOS 18.2 – Computerworld
Apple has released iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, which means local language access to Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone, Mac, and iPad users in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand. (They’ve had to set their language to US English to use these features until now; users will need to update their software first, as it…
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I just tested the new iOS 18.2 Apple Intelligence features — and I’m surprisingly underwhelmed
When talking about Apple Intelligence, it’s important to remember that Apple’s efforts to bring more artificial intelligence to its mobile device is a work in progress. Where we are today is not where we’re going to be a year from now — or even in a few months, given the pace at which Apple is rolling out updates to iOS…
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15 New iPhone Features You Should Check Out in iOS 18.2
The phased rollout of Apple Intelligence continues with iOS 18.2, but there are plenty of other new features for those who couldn’t care less about AI. As ever, you can install the update via Settings > General > Software Update once it’s available. 1 New Apple Intelligence Capabilities Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 brings five new features: Image Playground, Image…
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iOS 18.2 is out now, adding ChatGPT integration and more Apple Intelligence tools
Apple has released iOS 18.2,iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, which add a bunch of new Apple Intelligence features, including Image Playground, Genmoji, and integration with ChatGPT. With Image Playground, users can generate an image from a prompt or make something based on one of Apple’s suggestions. However, Image Playground seems to opt for cartoony or stylistic photos instead of…
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