With last year’s release of iOS 18 , AirPods Pro got even better. Apple added new gestures, improvements to gaming support, and more. Head below for a recap of each of these features and details on how to use each of them.
Available on AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4
With iOS 18, and users can interact with Siri and incoming notifications by nodding their heads up or down.
is a great way to securely mount your Mac mini under your desk, on a wall, or behind a monitor, allowing you to reclaim precious desktop real estate. I recently tested the MacCuff mini with my , and I was impressed with its build quality, thoughtful design, and ease of use. Watch my hands-on review of the MacCuff mini, and be sure to for more videos.
When Netflix introduced its ad-supported tier in late 2022, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. Other mainstream streaming services had been widely adopting the strategy, much to viewers’ protests.
Now, Netflix has that indicates that while many might object to an ad-supported tier, they’re watching it anyway.
Netflix says its ad-supported tier now has 94 million monthly active users, up more than 20 million since last November.
That’s a massive leap in just six
Apple Card launched nearly six years ago , and in some ways it still feels odd that the iPhone maker offers its own credit card. But here are three Apple Card features that help make it my no-brainer favorite to this day.
According to new data from Appfigures (via ,) mobile game spending hit new highs in 2024, even though downloads and new game releases saw a steep decline.
The report reveals that spending on mobile games rose 4% to $65.7 billion last year. However, just $3.9 billion of the total amount came from titles actually released in 2024.
While new games hit their first million in revenue faster than ever, taking 106 days on average (versus
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Starting , Apple Maps users in the U.S. will be able to search for and view restaurants and hotels with MICHELIN Guide distinctions, including MICHELIN Stars, Green Stars, Bib Gourmand restaurants, and Key-rated hotels.
Apple is also bringing curated content and rankings from The Infatuation and Golf Digest to Maps “soon,” with more sources planned for the future.
These expert contributions now appear on place cards across Apple Maps, alongside descriptions and photos. In some cases, users can even book hotels directly from
iOS 18 brought a major change to Apple’s Calendar app: you can now see all your reminders alongside calendar events. But there’s one change that would make the feature even better.
I’ve written before about how happy I am to see the Reminders app get integrated with Calendar.
It’s a feature I’ve wanted for years, since pairing calendar events with reminders means I can get an accurate overview of my day at a glance.
But there’s one main shortcoming in Calendar
Today, Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE unanimously to maintain a provisional measure issued last week requiring Apple to loosen restrictions on how iOS developers offer services and handle payments in their apps.
The measure stems from an investigation launched in 2022 following a complaint by Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre.
At the heart of the case is Apple’s long-standing policy that forces iOS developers to use its in-app payment system, which charges commissions of up to 30%, and forbids them from informing
WWDC is only a few weeks away , and the just got updated in preparation. There’s little new inside the app to explore, but one nice addition can be found in the Messages app: new iMessage stickers.
The Apple Developer app was to version 10.8. Per release notes, new to this update:
Opening the app reveals not much