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A Thunderbird iOS Beta Arrives Later This Year
Now that the Thunderbird email client has an Android app, the Thunderbird team is finally setting its sights on iOS. An app beta, available via Test Flight, should arrive by the end of the year. Just don’t expect too much from it. Thunderbird on iOS: Baby Steps Thunderbird announced its iOS plans in a new progress report. Details are slim,…
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Here Are All the New Features in iOS 18.4
The new iOS 18.4 beta is still missing an AI-overhauled Siri with on-screen awareness and the app integrations Apple promised all the way back in June at WWDC. If you’re waiting on that, try your luck with iOS 18.5. Nevertheless, 18.4 isn’t an empty update. The patch is set to introduce Priority Notifications, and Apple Intelligence will now support more…
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iOS 18.4 Lets You Add Your Apple Music Playlists to the Lock Screen
As a big fan of background music, I was intrigued by iOS 18.4’s Control Center changes. It adds a new tab called Ambient Music to Control Center’s list of customizable controls. You can use this to add one of four pre-selected Apple Music playlists (or your own) to the Control Center, your lock screen, or the Action Button (provided your…
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How to Install the iOS 18.4 Developer Beta
Last week, Apple launched their developer beta for iOS 18.4. The update brings fresh changes to iOS, including Priority Notifications, a new Genmoji button, and additional supported languages. While it may be some time before iOS 18.4 is launched to all iPhone users, those curious to try out the new features can do so by installing the beta. However, doing…
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The iOS 18.4 beta brings Matter robot vacuum support
As spotted by 9to5Mac, Smart Home Centre confirmed the functionality using a Switchbot S10, which offers its own beta support for Matter. (Switchbot first added Matter robot vacuum support last year, but it required a hub and was kind of a hack.) Apple Home screenshots shared in the story show the robot vacuum’s Home widget (complete with a little robot…
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iOS 18.3.1 Release Expected Within the Next Few Weeks
The first incremental update to Apple’s iOS 18.3 may drop next week, both 9to5Mac and MacRumors predict. Both sites monitor the devices used by their visitors to track waves of updates. It’s normal for Apple to release minor fixes after the launch of a new version, and iOS 18.3.1 is likely to include the same. However, the new release gained…
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Mistral releases its genAI assistant Le Chat for IOS and Android – Computerworld
French AI company Mistral has released several updates to its generative AI assistant Le Chat and made it available on Android and iOS. Mistral describes the tool as a comprehensive genAI assistant for both life and work that can be used to access the latest news, plan daily tasks, keep track of projects, upload and summarize documents, and more. Le…
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Europe’s DMA gives another big boost to iOS platform decay – Computerworld
“Contrary to the false statements made by the marketplace developer, we certainly do not approve of this app and would never offer it in our App Store,” Apple said. “The truth is that we are required by the European Commission to allow it to be distributed by marketplace operators like AltStore and Epic who may not share our concerns for…
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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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