Tag: ios

The next Siri will make it look like you’re squishing your phone and other secrets of Apple Intelligence you may have missed

Was I imagining things or did it look like the iPhone 15 Pro screen was distorting every time someone summoned the new Siri? Nope. It’s a clever bit of screen animation that’s part of Apple‘s upcoming iOS 18 Apple Intelligence integration, which spans everything from the Notes and Messaging apps…

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“It is very early innings here,” says Apple’s Craig Federighi on the Apple Intelligence generative AI journey

Apple is having its generative AI cake and eating it, too. Apple Intelligence, which was unveiled today at WWDC 2024, is largely a product of local generative models of varying sizes, but even the power of the A17 Pro chip is not always enough to handle every one of your…

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iOS 18: the five upgrades I’m really hoping for at WWDC 2024

It’s almost time for WWDC 2024, with the event set to kick off on June 10, and it’s here where we’re sure to get our first official look at iOS 18. This should be worth tuning in for, as leaks suggest that iOS 18 could be a massive overhaul of…

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Leica’s new iOS app transforms your iPhone into one of its cameras for free

Leica has launched a new iOS app called LUX that allows iPhones to mimic one of its cameras. The app accomplishes this in two major ways.  First, LUX has a feature called “Aperture Mode,” which simulates the “characteristic signatures” for a handful of Leica’s lenses. Those include the Summilux-M 28mm…

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iOS 18 tipped to bring next-gen Siri and a time-saving AI notifications boost

We’ve heard for a while now that iOS 18 is going to be the biggest overhaul of Apple’s mobile operating system in its history, and over time there’s been a steady trickle of leaks revealing what we can expect. Now, we’ve just got another tasty morsel that lifts the veil…

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New iOS feature can help prepare your iPhone for repairs without disabling functionality

A new feature was discovered in the files of the fourth iOS 17.5 beta called Repair State. What it does is place your iPhone in a special hibernation mode that doesn’t force people to disable Find My when sending their device in to be serviced. The way it works currently…

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