I thought Apple would announce RCS support coming to the Messages app during the iOS 18 segment of the WWDC 2024 keynote, and I was right. Apple said a few months ago that RCS — the carrier standard, not Google’s version — was coming to the iPhone by the end of the year. iOS 18…
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Apple made waves this Monday at its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference by joining the AI trend in a major way. Apple Intelligence is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac this fall, bringing an upgraded Siri, ChatGPT integration, writing tools, and image generation with it. But even Apple will have to deal with the same AI…
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Have you ever tried to help your parents navigate their phones? I’m sure you have. Parents love to turn to their kids to serve as their personal Geek Squad, especially if you’re a writer for a technology publication (sorry, Mom and Dad). Enter: SharePlay.Trying to help someone figure out something on their iPhone is a…
Apple kicked off its worldwide developer conference by taking the plunge into generative AI (GenAI) across macOS and iOS, announcing that it’s deeply integrating Apple Intelligence based on ChatGPT into macOS Sequoia. It has introduced what it describes as system-wide Writing Tools built into macOS Sequoia, which enable users to rewrite, proof-read and summarise text…
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The wait is over. iOS 18 is official, and you can install the first beta on your iPhone right now. The new operating system brings several exciting features to the iPhone, though Apple Intelligence, the suite of AI features Apple built into iOS 18, will be available only later this year.When Apple AI launches, it…
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iOS 18 preview was full of great surprises, but I assure you no one expected Apple to go this hard when redesigning the iconic flashlight tool. In the first developer’s beta of iOS 18, people noticed that Cupertino tweaked the flashlight widget so it would become more vivid on the iPhone’s Dynamic Island.While the iPhone’s…
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I’m a longtime iPhone user, a fan of gen AI products, and a ChatGPT Plus subscriber. All of that tells you that I loved seeing that Apple went with OpenAI’s ChatGPT for iOS 18 integration at WWDC. Of all the chatbots out there, I wanted ChatGPT to come to iOS 18 because it’s currently the…
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I’ve been running iOS betas on my iPhone ever since Apple started the program, with one exception. iOS 17 wasn’t exciting enough to warrant installing it on my iPhone 14 Pro last year. With the iOS 18 beta coming this week, I can’t wait to get it going on my iPhone. That’s because I can’t…
iOS 18 beta will bring Apple AI to the iPhone, but I might not install it Read More »
Apple’s first iOS 18 developer beta is now available following the WWDC 2024 keynote on Monday, June 10th. Just like last year, Apple will make it easier to download the developer beta profile, as you’ll only need to toggle off the previous version and select the new one.Interestingly enough, this change started with iOS 16.4. At the…
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The iPhone is the only product in Apple’s lineup where Apple goes out of its way to avoid mentioning the amount of RAM. Apple has continued to upgrade the capacity and speed of its iPhone RAM over the years. Also, iOS is optimized to work with more limited memory availability. Often, the iPhone beats rivals…
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