The UK government that the Competition and Markets Authority has launched strategic market status investigations into mobile ecosystems, specifically the App Store models of iPhone and Android.

The report says it will assess Apple’s market power, and potential exploitative conduct. This includes options for app distribution to customers, and the terms app developers must agree to to be listed in the App Store in the first place.

In summary, this sounds like the UK equivalent of the EU’s various enforcements under the umbrella of the Digital Markets Act.

Apple Watch users regularly credit the device with helping save their life during health scares and emergency situations. For the founder of Whole Foods, however, it was insight gained from the that helped him improve his life.

Business Insider this week that Whole Foods founder John Mackey decided to give up drinking three years ago thanks in part to data collected by his Apple Watch.

“I wish I’d stopped drinking 30 years ago,” Mackey said. “That’s 30 years of feeling good that I let

I love my , but I can’t say the same about every “intelligent” feature Apple has added over the years. If you want to roll with your AirPods Pro as straightforward as possible, these are the features to disable.

Fun fact: you can read this in reverse to make sure you’re using every smart AirPods Pro 2 feature.

Personally, I prefer to run my like it’s 2019. Apple has steadily made AirPods Pro smarter over the years, but not all of

There’s a new app called “People” coming soon to the iPhone that looks promising. Like Cardhop and other Contacts app alternatives, People wants to modernize your address book with important context.

This is the pitch from indie developer Andrew Theis:

I’ve been working on a product geared towards those who meet a ton of people professionally or otherwise, but have a hard time remembering everyone. If you’re like me, maybe you have resorted to jotting names down in Notes—not exactly the best solution

I’ve played guitar as a hobby since I was in junior high. While the instrument hasn’t changed, the tools I use to make it possible have — sort of. In addition to the built-in GarageBand app, these are the two must-have iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps I use for for fun.

Back in 2005, I used a Korg guitar tuner that and tab printouts on paper from the school library to find my way around my instrument.

Two decades later

TikTok’s deactivation for US users may have been short-lived , but the app is still missing from the iPhone’s App Store. Here’s why one lawyer says Apple can’t bring it back yet.

If you have TikTok on your iPhone, the app now works after a short period of going dark in the US late Saturday night and into Sunday.

But if you don’t yet have it downloaded, there’s currently no way to get the app in the US.

Apple has

The screen recording utility in iOS is a great way to share quick screencasts of what’s on your iPhone’s display. I use it all the time for tutorials, or as a way to simply explain what I’m talking about in the most straightforward way possible. As I touched on in the last episode of iOS Decoded , in a future iOS update, the built-in screen recording utility will gain three new features that will increase its usefulness.

As a user-facing utility, iOS screen recording

iOS 18.3 is only days away from a public launch, bringing new Camera Control features , AI changes, and bug fixes. It will also be the rare update that actually removes a current iPhone feature—but just temporarily.

Apple Intelligence first rolled out last October in iOS 18.1, and one of its first features was notification summaries.

I quickly found notification summaries one of the most valuable AI additions .

At their best, these summaries make notifications more informative and easier to parse.

At their

Samsung made a slew of announcements today at its Unpacked 2025 event today, headlined by the , , and .

At the end of the event, however, Samsung also dropped a surprise teaser for its forthcoming ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge. Samsung’s teaser comes ahead of Apple’s rumored release of its ultra-thin smartphone, the iPhone 17 Air , later this year.

Our friends over at for today’s Unpacked 2025 event. The teaser for the Galaxy