Google updates Search widget on iPhone with customizable shortcuts, like Gemini

The Search widget offered by the Google app on iPhone and iPad now offers customizable shortcuts, including to Gemini.

Previously, the Medium widget (as seen above) just showed a pill-shaped search bar up top and shortcuts for Lens, Voice Search, and Incognito.

That bottom row of shortcuts can now be customized with a fourth slot added. You can choose from:

  • Activity: The app’s second tab that shows Open tabs, Search History, and Saved pages
  • Gemini
  • Homework: Google Lens
  • Incognito
  • Lens
  • Screenshots:
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These are the macOS Sequoia features not available on Intel Macs

If you’re still running an Intel-powered Mac, you’ll have at least one more year of macOS support. macOS Sequoia runs on the same Macs as macOS Sonoma , but as usual, there are some caveats about specific features supported on Intel machines.

Now that macOS Sequoia is available to everyone , here’s what you need to know.

As we’ve covered a few times already, all the Apple Intelligence features announced by Apple are only available on Apple Silicon-powered Macs. Specifically,

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iOS 18: How to add a Bluetooth toggle to Control Center on iPhone

iOS 18 brings a big change to Control Center on your iPhone. With iOS 18, Control Center has a bunch of new controls and now flows over multiple pages. This includes changes to the Connectivity widget, which puts the Bluetooth toggle behind a second tap.

By default, to access Bluetooth settings, you must first tap on the corner of the 2×2 widget to open a full-screen group of toggles. You can then change Bluetooth. However, if you want a Bluetooth toggle available at the

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9to5Mac Daily: September 16, 2024 – Everything new in iOS 18

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iOS 18 finally adds T9 dialling on iPhone

A long-requested feature for Android users switching to iPhone is the addition of T9 dialling. This is a shortcut to dialling phone numbers from your address book, by typing in letters on the keypad.

For instance, to call John you’d press 5 6 4 (for J O H). On many Samsung and other Android phones, this would search for the closest alphabetical match to a person’s name in your contacts. iPhone has not had this feature … until now with iOS 18.


Widgetsmith updated for iOS 18 with aesthetic new ‘Actions’ system

, everyone’s favorite aesthetic app, is getting a big update today to take advantage of iOS 18. As , Widgetsmith 7 “takes device customization to all-new levels.” The update focuses on new customizable Actions that can be added to the Control Center, Lock Screen, and Home Screen.

Customization is one of the big themes of iOS 18, ranging from new Home Screen options to a completely revamped Control Center design. Widgetsmith taps into all of that with this new system of Actions. These

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watchOS 11 finally lets users change their Apple Watch ringtone

With watchOS 11, users will get a bunch of new features, including health and fitness improvements, Live Activities, the Translate app, and new watch faces. But the watchOS 11 update also comes with another new feature that wasn’t explicitly mentioned by Apple, and that’s the ability to change the default ringtone.

Since the very beginning, Apple Watch users have been able to make and answer calls from their iPhone. However, users are still stuck with Apple’s default ringtone. With the

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Google Fi waiting on Apple to enable RCS for iPhone users

iOS 18 is with RCS to improve the Android-iPhone messaging experience, but support is not yet enabled for all carriers, including Google Fi Wireless.

In a statement, Google tells us that “only Apple has the ability to enable RCS interoperability for iPhone users on Fi.” The Google MVNO has done all the necessary work to support iPhone RCS on its end.

As of the iOS 18 launch today, RCS is enabled on the big US carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon


PSA: iOS 18 adds new ‘Repair Assistant’ for configuring replacement parts

iOS 18 is rolling out to iPhone users, and it includes an . This feature allows iPhone users and repair professionals to configure new and used Apple parts on device. Here’s what this change will mean for millions of iPhone users…

The move was first announced in April , when Apple said it would relax its rules around repairs to allow used genuine parts for the first time. At the time, Apple said this new process is designed to “maintain an iPhone user’s privacy, security, and safety


Today’s release of macOS Sequoia brings 70+ new security fixes

macOS Sequoia has officially launched with new features and improvements such as window tiling, iPhone Mirroring, the new Password app , and more. But under the hood, Apple delivered a staggering amount of patched bugs/vulnerabilities to Mac users. These are the 76 security patches that come with the first public release of macOS 15 Sequoia.

The release of macOS Sequoia includes a significant number of security fixes, which is not surprising for a major .0 release. However, this is the most extensive list of CVEs I

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