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Top Stories: WWDC Recap With iOS 18, Apple Intelligence, and More WWDC 2024 kicked off on Monday with a jam-packed keynote revealing iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more, all fueled by upcoming Apple Intelligence technology. We’ve highlighted the major announcements below, but be sure to check out our recap post that includes a video going over the highlights plus links to all of our coverage from the big day! App…

You Can Give Siri a New Name With iOS 18’s Vocal Shortcuts Apple in iOS 18 added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature, and now that ‌iOS 18‌ is available in a beta capacity, users have figured out that this option can be used to give Siri a new wake word. With Vocal Shortcuts, you can assign a custom phrase that ‌Siri‌ can understand to launch shortcuts and complete “complex tasks,” and one of the s…

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Apple Explains How iOS 18 Genmoji Work One of the Apple Intelligence features coming in iOS 18 is Genmoji, which will allow iPhone users to use AI to generate all-new emoji characters based on text input. The Genmoji will look similar to emoji, but are custom created, according to an iOS 18 WWDC session focused on Genmoji. Emoji are not images, but are instead pictographs that are e…

iOS 18 Gains Emergency SOS Live Video Support iOS 18 is giving iPhone users who find themselves in an emergency situation a way to provide more information and context to emergency responders with an update to Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS now supports live video, which means once the SOS feature is activated, streaming video and recorded media can be sent to emergency personnel. Emergency …

You Can Select a Preferred Home Hub in iOS 18 The Home app in iOS 18 allows HomeKit users who have more than one device that serves as a home hub to select which one should be used as the preferred hub. It is a small but useful change because it prevents ‌HomeKit‌ from choosing a hub that is further away from most ‌HomeKit‌ products or that has a weaker connection. In iOS 17 and earlier, …

Apple Redesigning TestFlight App in iOS 18 Apple plans to overhaul the design of its TestFlight app that is available to developers for beta testing their apps, and the updated design was highlighted in a WWDC session on App Store Connect. TestFlight in iOS 18 features a new invitation experience that will better showcase the app by highlighting key information including app name and ic…

iOS 18 and tvOS 18 Reintroduce SharePlay for Apple Music on HomePods and Apple TV iOS 18 and tvOS 18 reintroduce SharePlay for Apple Music on the HomePod, HomePod mini, and Apple TV. The feature first appeared in the iOS 17.4 and tvOS 17.4 betas earlier this year, but it was removed before those updates were released. This feature allows others to control Apple Music playback on your HomePod or Apple TV with permission, rega…

iOS 18’s Best New Battery Feature Is Only for iPhone 15 Limiting charging can be a boon for an iPhone’s battery health.

iOS 18’s Satellite Messaging Is a Game Changer You can text from anywhere, even without cell service.

Here’s What’s New in Apple Wallet on iOS 18 for Event Tickets and More iOS 18 includes a handful of enhancements to the Wallet app on the iPhone, with new features for Apple Pay, Apple Cash, event tickets, and more. Below, we outline everything new for the Wallet app on iOS 18, based on information from Apple’s press release and a WWDC 2024 coding session. Redesigned Event Tickets Event tickets have an all-new de…

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Is a Sigma 18-50mm worth it if I already have a 30mm? Pretty much what the title says. The only lens I own is the 30mm f/1.4. I shoot mostly street landscape architecture and everyday stuff. Looking for a second lens and it was between this and the Sony 18-135mm. submitted by /u/magnysanti

iOS 18 will let you use Apple Pay on desktop Chrome by scanning a code Image: AppleApple is introducing a way to use Apple Pay on non-Safari desktop web browsers, as reported by MacRumors, meaning that you’ll soon be able to use Apple’s payment service to buy things on desktop Chrome, Firefox, and even on Windows PCs. Apple showed how it works in a WWDC 2024 video for developers. If you’re using a desktop browser t…

First Look at Messages via Satellite in iOS 18 Apple has been gradually expanding its suite of satellite connectivity features for iPhone, and iOS 18 brings a significant new one in the form of Messages via satellite. The feature allows users to send and receive iMessages and SMS texts, including emoji and Tapbacks, while out of range of cellular and Wi-Fi networks. CNET met up with Apple’s…

iOS 18 Enables You to Use Apple Pay With Chrome and More on Desktop Apple this week previewed a new system that will allow iPhone users who update to iOS 18 to use Apple Pay in any desktop web browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and others. The computer running the browser can even be a Windows PC. Any website that implements the latest version of Apple Pay will support this new system. When a customer chec…

iOS 18 Adds These 5 New Features to CarPlay Apple did not mention CarPlay during its WWDC keynote this week, but iOS 18 includes a handful of new features for the in-car software. Overall, there is not a whole lot new for CarPlay on iOS 18, with changes seemingly limited to the Messages and Settings apps so far. Below, we recap everything new for CarPlay on iOS 18. New for CarPlay on iO…

iPadOS 18 Brings a New Customizable Tab Bar and Sidebar UI to Apps In iPadOS 18, Apple has redesigned the tab bar experience in apps like Clock, Apple TV, and Apple News. Previously, tabs sat at the bottom of the standard app interface. When in portrait orientation, tab bars now sit at the top of the app interface to be closer to other navigation controls. Apple says having the tab bar at the top of the app an…