Support for robot vacuums is coming to Apple Home with iOS18. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Apple has announced that Apple Home will finally support robot vacuums with iOS 18. This was one of just a few updates to Apple Home announced at WWDC 2024. The others wer … | Continue reading
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple’s new “Apple Intelligence” AI features will let you make your own custom emoji and images, the company announced at WWDC 2024. The custom emoji are called “Genmoji,” and they look like a lot of fun. In one example, during Monday’s keynote, … | Continue reading
Apple announcing ChatGPT in Siri at WWDC 2024. | Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple is partnering with OpenAI to put ChatGPT into Siri, the company announced at its WWDC 2024 keynote on Monday. ChatGPT will be available for free in iOS 18 later this year without an account, and Ap … | Continue reading
Apple’s new Passwords app. | Image: Apple At WWDC 2024, Apple revealed a new Passwords app that expands on its existing iCloud Keychain features and syncs your passwords across more devices. Now, with Passwords, Apple is releasing a standalone app to manage passwords and passkeys … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has announced several AI-powered features coming to its Siri virtual assistant, such as an updated design and improvements to how it speaks and understands spoken language commands. These features, announced during Apple’s WWDC event … | Continue reading
Image: Apple Apple announced “Apple Intelligence” at WWDC 2024, its name for a new suite of AI features for the iPhone, Mac, and more. The company that once refused to use the term “artificial intelligence” when talking about its machine learning features now has AI enhancements … | Continue reading
Apple’s tvOS doesn’t get the primary focus at WWDC, but it’s still adding a few new features this fall, including one that will be familiar to people who’ve used Amazon’s streaming service. The new InSight feature is limited to Apple TV Plus original shows and movies, where it wi … | Continue reading
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple officially announced macOS 15 Sequoia at WWDC 2024 on Monday, with iPhone mirroring, Continuity updates, automatic window tiling — FINALLY — and a cross-platform Passwords app. The developer beta is available today, with public betas this … | Continue reading
Image: Apple Apple offered a preview of iPadOS 18 during its WWDC 2024 keynote, providing a brief glimpse of the latest version of its tablet software. Like in previous years, the new update will arrive in the fall, with a developer beta available today and a public beta availabl … | Continue reading
Image: Apple The iPad is finally getting a Calculator app as part of iPadOS 18. The long-requested app was just announced by Apple at WWDC 2024. On its face, the app looks a lot like the calculator you might be familiar with from iOS. But it also supports Apple Pencil, meaning th … | Continue reading
As it has done in years past, Apple outlined upcoming new software features coming to the company’s current lineup of AirPods earbuds and headphones today. You can soon use your AirPods to control Siri in new ways, including shaking your head yes or no to respond without needing … | Continue reading
Image: Apple Apple’s iOS 18 introduced satellite capabilities to the iMessage app during WWDC. With the new capability, those off-grid should be able to connect with loved ones even when they lack a traditional internet connection. The feature will be available on the iPhone 14 a … | Continue reading
Rest days!!! Apple just announced watchOS 11, the latest version of its smartwatch platform, at WWDC 2024. Developers will be able to start tinkering with it starting today, while a public beta will arrive sometime next month. As in past years, a final public release is expected … | Continue reading
Apple announced at WWDC 2024 that Canon is making a funky-looking new lens for its EOS R7 camera, tailor-made for creating spatial video content for the Vision Pro headset. This comes alongside the new visionOS 2 update, which brings more emphasis on spatial images to the Photos … | Continue reading
Image: Apple Apple is bringing Game Mode to iOS devices as part of iOS 18. The new feature was announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday. When Game Mode is on, your device will minimize background activity to maximize frame rates and will have improved responsiveness with AirPods and game … | Continue reading
It’s about damn time. | Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices. The move … | Continue reading
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple has just announced the next major software upgrade for the iPhone: iOS 18. At the company’s WWDC keynote, software VP Craig Federighi demonstrated a slew of new improvements coming to Apple’s own apps. First up was a more customizable home … | Continue reading
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Much more of the world will soon have the chance to buy Apple’s mixed-reality headset. Apple announced today that its $3,499 Vision Pro will be sold internationally with a rollout kicking off on June 28th. The first countries outside the US to ge … | Continue reading
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has announced visionOS 2, the second version of the Vision Pro’s operating system, aiming to bring a lot of features that users have been asking for since launch. Apple says that in the new update, users will be able to convert an … | Continue reading
A still photo from season 2 of Severance. Before getting into the tech stuff, Apple opened up WWDC 2024 with a sizzle reel detailing its upcoming lineup for Apple TV Plus. Most notably: the trailer gave the first looks yet at the second seasons of both Severance and Silo. The two … | Continue reading
Scary good looking, on an iPhone. | Image: Capcom Capcom is about to launch Resident Evil 7: Biohazard — the first game in the survival horror franchise’s shift to a first-person perspective — for Apple devices. It will be available in the Apple App Store on July 2nd for the iPho … | Continue reading
Unlike the FreeStyle Libre systems (pictured above), Abbott’s new continuous glucose monitors won’t require a prescription. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Abbott announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared two new over-the-counter continuou … | Continue reading
I’d probably be boring and buy it in black, but more speakers should come in fun colors. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The Echo Pop is the cheapest and simplest way into Amazon’s smart home ecosystem, and the tiny Alexa-enabled smart speaker is on sale for just $ … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge Tim Cook promised that AI features were on the way. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, we’ll finally learn what Apple’s been building. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify’s personalization features are about to pop up in more areas of the app. The service will soon start showcasing banners and in-app messages tailored to your listening habits, such as telling you how many times you listened to artis … | Continue reading
They’re petite, modern, and sound very good, even without dedicated noise cancellation. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you’re still kicking along with the last-gen Beats Solo, now is a pretty good time to upgrade. It took Apple less than two weeks to discount the 2024 refr … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge It’s Apple’s turn to show how AI will work on its iPhones, iPads, and maybe even the Vision Pro. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Bungie Bungie just concluded the long-running saga of the light and darkness in Destiny 2: The Final Shape earlier this month, and now the Halo and Destiny developer is teasing what’s next. In a “journey ahead” stream today, Bungie disclosed the first details on its plans … | Continue reading
These Pixel Watch 3 renders look just like the previous model. | Image: 91mobiles / OnLeaks Google Pixel Watch 3 renders have apparently leaked, and it looks like not much is changing except for a slightly chunkier design. As revealed by 91mobiles and OnLeaks, who uncovered a rum … | Continue reading
Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made the call with Stefan Lindström, Finland’s ambassador of digitalization and new technologies. | Image: Nokia Nokia has made the first audio and video call using 3D spatial audio, the company announced on Monday. It placed the call over a cellular netw … | Continue reading
Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: Cohere Enterprise is the pathway to profit, Gomez says, but maybe don’t ask it to do medicine quite yet. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: The Verge We’ve seen two approaches to AI in mobile tech in this year: “AI That’s Not Your Phone” and “AI That Does Random Stuff on Your Phone.” The “Not Your Phone” group includes devices like the Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI Pin, two small gadgets that sought to make AI m … | Continue reading
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The German automaker goes back to the future Mercedes-Benz’s newest concept car is a reminder that the company pioneered the concept of cars. The Vision Mercedes Simplex, unveiled late last week at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, is essentially a modern-day reboot of the original … | Continue reading
On Friday, China’s version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, banned all content containing homosexuality from its platform. But after a weekend full of online protests, Weibo has reversed its decision, clarifying that it’s not targeting gay content anymore. Weibo wrote in a post on Monday, … | Continue reading
HMD Global is bringing the updated Nokia 6 to the US for $269.99, after launching it in China back in January, via Android Central. The original Nokia 6 marked the brand’s return to the US under the stewardship of HMD, albeit as a decidedly budget experience. The updated model lo … | Continue reading
Police in South Wales have arrested a drug dealer based on a WhatsApp message with a photograph of the dealer’s hand holding an assortment of pills, according to a report from the BBC. The first convictions in Wales based on fingerprints from a photo Despite that the photo only o … | Continue reading
Bourge Design, the company behind the Arc Hub — one of the best USB-C hubs around — is back with its next device, a wireless charger named Venus. Much like the Arc Hub, Venus is a simple idea combined with high-end materials. It’s made from glass and aluminum, and features simple … | Continue reading
Fitbit is making it easier to use its Coach training service, with a new version now available on the Windows Store for Xbox One consoles and Windows 10 PCs. Fitbit Coach is Fitbit’s $39.99 per year subscription service that gives users access to personalized training through an … | Continue reading
At CES this year, I saw the future of headphones and it was messy. Where we once had the solid reliability of a 3.5mm analog connector working with any jack shaped to receive it, there’s now a divergence of digital alternatives — Lightning or USB-C, depending on your choice of ja … | Continue reading
Jill Soloway’s I Love Dick has been canceled after one season, Variety reports. The show, an adaptation of Chris Kraus’ modern classic feminist novel and a long overdue star vehicle for Kathryn Hahn, was lauded for its boundary-pushing depiction of “the female loser” and female a … | Continue reading
Cryptocurrencies have had a rough week: the value of bitcoin plunged to a mere 50 percent of its 2017 peak, and other currencies, such as Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin have seen double-digit losses compared to their heights from last year. Tuesday also witnessed the collapse of … | Continue reading
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has revealed he asks his staff to print out Donald Trump’s tweets so he can read them, according to several reports. Tillerson made the comments at a Stanford University talk on Wednesday, saying that by the time his staff hand him the printed twe … | Continue reading
It seems like there may still be some room for the Nintendo 3DS after all. Today, Nintendo revealed some of its sales numbers in the US, and the 3DS — which many predicted would die out following the launch of the Switch — actually saw a jump in sales. According to Nintendo, the … | Continue reading
Lifeguards testing out new drone technology in Australia have saved two people stranded off the coast of New South Wales state, as spotted by Quartz. The drone footage shows a birds-eye view of the ocean before the drone ejects the yellow floatation device, which inflates when it … | Continue reading
Each and every year we see more and more laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show. We’ve seen insanely small and light ones, giant gaming machines, ones that flip and spin, and then just regular plain old laptops. At this year’s show the laptops haven’t been as insane, but a few … | Continue reading