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The company is also redesigning the iPhone's lock screen, in the most substantial visual redesign the operating system for iPhones has received since the ...

And they will be able to swipe through multiple lock screens, with different looks and functionality for different use cases – a work lock screen could pin emails and mute social media, for instance, while a weekend lock screen could have more casual pictures and hide communications from work. For many, the most important change announced at the event will be for their iPhone lock screens. Apple’s buy now, pay later offering will compete with companies like Klarna and ClearPay by letting users take out an interest-free four-month loan on any payments made using its Apple Pay service.

Users can personalize their Lock Screen, keep family photos in iCloud Shared Photo Library, recall sent messages, schedule mail, and discover more with Live ...

It includes an emergency reset that helps users easily sign out of iCloud on all their other devices, reset privacy permissions, and limit messaging to just the device in their hand. - The Health app adds Medications, allowing users to conveniently build and manage a medications list, create schedules and reminders, and track their medications, vitamins, or supplements. - The Fitness app is available to all iPhone users to help track and meet fitness goals, even if they don’t have an Apple Watch. iPhone users can set up a daily Move goal in the Fitness app and see how their active calories will help close their Move ring. - Dictation offers a new on-device experience that allows users to fluidly move between voice and touch. - Apple Maps is introducing multistop routing, so users can plan up to 15 stops in advance and automatically sync routes from Mac to iPhone when they’re ready to go. A software update to iOS 16 will bring support for the Matter smart home connectivity standard once it becomes available later this fall, enabling a wide variety of accessories to work together seamlessly across platforms, helping fulfill the true vision of a smart home. A user can also choose to send photos to the Shared Library automatically using a new toggle in the Camera app. Browsing in Safari is even safer with passkeys, unique digital keys that are easy to use, more secure, never stored on a web server, and stay on device so hackers can’t steal them in a data breach or trick users into sharing them. Users can choose to share existing photos from their personal libraries, or share based on a start date or people in the photos. They will also work across apps and the web, and users can sign in to websites or an app on non-Apple devices using just their iPhone. Now users can schedule emails ahead of time and are even given a moment to cancel delivery of a message before it reaches a recipient’s inbox. CarPlay will be able to provide content for multiple screens within the vehicle, creating an experience that is unified and consistent.

Apple today announced M2, beginning the next generation of Apple silicon designed specifically for the Mac.

- Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM. Performance measured using select industry‑standard benchmarks. - Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM. Performance measured using select industry‑standard benchmarks. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. The power-efficient performance of M2 helps the new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro meet Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency. And, M2 delivers the peak performance of the PC chip while using just a quarter of the power.2 When compared to the latest 12-core PC laptop chip — which needs dramatically more power to deliver an increase in performance and is therefore found in thicker, hotter, more noisy systems with less battery life — M2 provides nearly 90 percent of the peak performance of the 12-core chip while using just one-fourth the power.3 M2 brings all of this — plus new custom technologies and greater efficiency — to the completely redesignedMacBook Airand updated 13-inch MacBook Pro.

macOS Ventura, the latest version of the world's most advanced desktop operating system, takes the Mac experience to a whole new level.

Users can choose to share all of their existing photos from their personal libraries, or share based on a start date or people in the photos. Users can also now lift the subject away from an image and drop it into another app. The result is accelerated performance that provides gamers with a more responsive feel and graphics that look stunning. Passkeys make it simple to sign in securely, using Touch ID or Face ID for biometric verification, and iCloud Keychain to sync across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with end-to-end encryption. Metal 3, the latest version of the software that powers the gaming experience across Apple platforms, introduces new features that take the gaming experience on Mac to new heights and unleash the full potential of Apple silicon for years to come. In macOS Ventura, Safari introduces a powerful new way for users to browse together: With shared Tab Groups, friends, family, and colleagues can share their favorite sites in Safari and see what tabs others are looking at live. Users can also build a list of bookmarks on a shared Start Page, and even start a Messages conversation or FaceTime call right from Safari — great for planning a trip or researching a project together. Handoff now comes to FaceTime, allowing users to start a FaceTime call on one Apple device and seamlessly transfer it to another Apple device nearby. Continuity Camera now gives Mac customers the ability to use their iPhone as a webcam, and unlocks new capabilities that were never possible before on a webcam. Users can quickly find what they are looking for as soon as they click into search, including recent emails, contacts, documents, photos, and more, all before they even start typing. Stage Manager works in concert with other macOS windowing tools — including Mission Control and Spaces — and users can now easily get to their desktop with a single click. “macOS Ventura includes powerful features and new innovations that help make the Mac experience even better.

The company said nothing about plans for the virtual and augmented reality market. It has been rumored to be planning the launch of VR and AR capable ...

The new Air starts at $1,199; the Pro starts at $1,299. Apple also unveiled new versions of 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops, powered by a new processor, called the M2. The new chip has 18% better CPU performance and 25% better graphics performance than the M1 chip, Apple said. Apple announced a new version of iOS, the operating system that powers the iPhone, at its annual developer conference on Monday.

Apple revealed its latest operating system, macOS Ventura, with a new Stage Manager organization tool at WWDC. The company announced updates to Spotlight ...

Apple has long had the goal of bringing macOS closer to its mobile counterparts, a process which this update continues. Continuity Camera includes support for Apple’s Center Stage and Portrait Mode, as well as a new Studio Light feature that can illuminate a subject’s face and dim their background. Safari has a new Tab Groups feature, which allows users to see what tabs their friends are viewing in real time — you can collaborate on bookmark lists and start conversations or calls right from the browser. Apple also announced Metal 3, which will “unleash the full potential of Apple Silicon for years to come,” per the keynote. There are other features in the new app that make it easier to collaborate on files within group chats and to join SharePlay sessions. Search in the Mail app has received tweaks, including more complete previews, instant suggestions, and typo corrections.

“The work of this year's Apple Design Award winners embodies how apps can be transformative, uplifting, or even provide an escape through creative gameplay — ...

It’s a truly amplified take on the audiovisual experience. With its cinematic feel, sizzling visual effects, and tactile gameplay, Castaways is a force to be reckoned with. Developer: Lux Optics (United States) The game’s unique mechanic provides plenty of freeflying fun, but its environmentally conscious storyline — and the subtle empathy involved with playing as another living being — teaches a crucial lesson. Rebel Girls shares the stories of the world’s most influential women — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Simone Biles, and Frida Kahlo, to name just a few — through rich audio and gorgeous original art. The game’s narrative unfolds with a richly animated minimalism, the gameplay puts a novel spin on the rhythm game, and the end result illustrates how seemingly disparate design elements can work in perfect concert. The app is packed with a mountain of data but designed to be as easy to navigate as a run on the bunny slopes. With its sensational designs, playful haptics, and elegant gamification, this life hack adventure plays out as an inspiring journey through forests and mountains — it makes tracking habits a truly artistic experience. An Apple Arcade original, Wylde Flowers brings a refreshingly diverse storyline and cast of LGBTQIA+ representative characters to players with a witchy twist. Procreate, a world-class tool for artists and designers, brings people more creative power than ever through its iPad app. The winners were chosen from 36 finalists, all of which have demonstrated outstanding technical achievement. This year’s winners include developers from around the world who were selected for delivering innovative, creative, and beautifully designed experiences through apps that inspired users with vision, purpose, and brilliance.

As Apple hosts WWDC, it's facing mounting challenges in China. But first… The Bloomberg Technology Summit kicks off on Wednesday, featuring interviews with ...

Apple will have to change the connector on iPhones sold in Europe by 2024 after EU countries and lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to a single mobile charging ...

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The new Wallet features are designed to attract more people to Apple Pay and keep customers locked into the iOS ecosystem.

And because of Apple's scale with more than a billion devices in use, a lot more people are about to be exposed to these products. But things are moving slowly in some areas, such as last year's feature that lets you add your driver's license, which is available in just a couple of states in the U.S., and with a few more expected soon. It could be a tough time for Apple to launch a new product designed to get people to buy more stuff if those trends persist throughout the year. Apple's new rivals in the buy now, pay later space have struggled in recent months as consumer spending shifts from goods to services. Many of these features aren't designed to make money for Apple directly, but they do make Apple Pay more attractive for people who haven't tried it yet. But Apple's new Wallet features are also coming at a time of great economic uncertainty.

Apple's iOS 16 offers the biggest change to the look of the iPhone's lock screen since 2014 and includes improvements to apps like Messages, Mail, and Maps.

The iPhone has an excellent, photo-quality camera that can record in 4K or 8K. Wouldn't it be better to dial into a Zoom call with that instead of the lower-quality camera on your laptop? Safety Check. A new feature called Safety Check enables users to quickly turn off all services and apps being shared with the user's family, such as location. Building on last year's Focus mode, Apple now enables users to have entirely different wallpapers or app setups for different times of day, like when the user is at work or asleep. Apple Maps is getting an update that will allow you to add different stops to a route. Plus, Apple Watch owners will be to monitor their sleep and heartbeat in the iPhone health app. Users will be able to add smaller widgets with real-time data like the weather forecast on the lock screen, and even change the font of the clock for the first time. Apple Wallet in iOS 16 will also make it easier to share digital car or home keys through messaging. Apple is also adding artificial intelligence features that can translate text in photos or videos that the user takes. But now the app is using artificial intelligence to automatically share photos with up to six people based on who's in the photo — such as kids or family members. Apple Maps can add multiple stops to a route. The other user won't get a notification but will see that the message has been edited or recalled. So, if you want these features and still have that phone, it may be time to upgrade this fall.

Apple software engineer Karen Xing spent some time explaining how the new Continuity Camera feature for macOS Ventura will actually work at WWDC 2022 ...

Apple figured out a way to bend and crop images from the iPhone’s super-ultrawide lens to let you show off things on the surface of your desk without moving your phone. macOS Ventura will automatically switch to your iPhone if it’s mounted on a stand and either plugged in via USB or detected as “nearby” using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. FaceTime isn’t the only app that’ll “magically” switch to your iPhone when you plop it down. macOS will detect your iPhone as a camera and microphone, period, so every camera app should work. You can turn your iPhone to any orientation, and it’ll still work. You get a zoomed-in effect if your iPhone’s in portrait orientation.

Apple is holding its Worldwide Developers Conference where the company introduced new MacBooks, macOS Ventura and new iOS and iPadOS updates.

The company is designing new and existing features for iOS and macOS to work more consistently. And it seems they want to do the same with Macs by reducing the life span.” The wide spectrum of new software and hardware unveiled by Apple on Monday is poised to accelerate Mac upgrades.

On iOS 16, Apple iPhones will support bluetooth pairing with Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons.

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Apple took the wraps off new Macs, a new CarPlay and more at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week.

WWDC gave Apple an opportunity to reveal new versions of the operating systems for its watch, iPad and Mac coming this fall. Apple will begin selling the new laptops starting in July at the same price as existing models and has discounted the existing 13-inch MacBook Pro to make room for the new models. Apple touted iCloud Shared Photo library at WWDC as a convenient new way for families and friends to share memories. Apple’s emphasizing new productivity features like Stage Manager to better manage the clutter of many open apps. Apple received fierce criticism earlier this year for the webcam in its premium-priced $1,599 27-inch Studio Display, which users said produced very low-quality images. Apple, a long-time Arm licensee, developed its own custom silicon to power the iPhone and the iPad. But for years, Apple’s Mac computers continued to use microprocessors made by Intel and a succession of Intel and third-party graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia and rival AMD. Apple said 98% of new car models sold in the U.S. support CarPlay — in its current implementation. Which ostensibly gives CarPlay app makers a year or so to get things with the new tech right, before people start messing around with their custom dash designs. Apple Inc. kicked off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday with an ambitious vision of CarPlay’s future, and promised buy-in from automakers, though it’ll take a while before new features actually make it to cars. As with other tech giants, Apple uses its developer event to frame both public and developer expectations. But Apple’s new CarPlay implementation is certainly a much more ambitious and complete reach than Android Auto. Apple introduced a lot of new technology this week, but it’s probably worth noting what Apple didn’t introduce: Any new Augmented Reality (AR) headset or VR device.

Apple's iOS 16 has some secret photo-editing skills that appear to be jabs at Photoshop and Google's Magic Eraser.

Of course, Adobe won't idly stand by and let Apple and Google eat its editing lunch, even if Apple appears to be coming at it sideways. There's no reason why Apple couldn't extend the concept to let you, for example, select and replace a drab sky with a more dramatic one. Apple usually leaves these kinds of tricks to the best photo editing apps, but it's now dabbling with automated Photoshop skills.

Apple announced new M2-equipped MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros at its 2022 WWDC keynote presentation.

Although small usability upgrades like that will factor into our recommendations for most people, the new processor will be a major factor when we consider the new MacBook Air in a future update to our guide to the best video and photo editing laptops, which are meant for more specialized uses. Starting at $100 more than the new MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has the same M2 processor but adds a cooling fan inside, which Apple says will keep the processor cool when it’s under heavy loads for long periods of time. All the new laptops will ship in July, and as soon as we’ve had time to thoroughly test the new models, we’ll be updating our recommendations. If the M2 MacBook Air improves on the experience of the M1 version, that will make the newly announced M2 13-inch MacBook Pro a strange in-between to consider. To fit that larger screen into a similarly sized laptop, Apple has added a camera notch at the top, similar to that of the iPhone and the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. Nestled within that notch is a 1080p webcam, the same camera as in the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and a nicer camera than the 720p version found in the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, a crucial benefit in the videoconference age.

The MacBook Air stole the show, iPadOS gets MacOS feature, and the and iOS 16 sees minor updates.

Basically, Lock Screens are now customizable – and you can make many of them - with widgets inspired by Apple Watch Complications, which is a great way to tie it into iOS. The 13-inch MacBook Pro that launched in 2020 is now outfitted with the M2 chip, but that’s the only update it gets. We are still wondering why the 13-inch MacBook Pro even exists when the new Air just became a far more compelling option.13-inch MacBook Pro keeps Touch Bar and previous-gen Retina WWDC wrapped with minor updates to MacOS, iOS, watchOS 9 gets some new watch faces and Health features, while iPadOS and iOS get some new UI improvements. It isn’t even a true “Pro” without the SD card and extra ports from the larger models. Apple has moved on from the Touch Bar, but this laptop has not. This new 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 is a very strong entry-level offering for Apple’s notebook lineup. The beloved wedge design is gone and replaced with a flat unibody look. The MacBook Air gets refreshed hardware, and it looks spectacular, so let's start with that. The M2 sees beefed up CPU and graphics performance on the next-generation 5nm tech. The CPU improvement is about 18%, while graphics are 35% more powerful graphics, and neither is likely to make someone with an M1-powered laptop to make the upgrade. The week kicked off with Apple’s WWDC event that brought both software and hardware-related updates.