These iOS 18 Features Aren’t Coming to iPhones Until iOS 18.1 or Later iOS 18 includes many new features for the iPhone, but not all of them will be available when the update is initially released in September. Below, we have listed all of the features that will not be available until a later version of iOS 18, according to Apple’s website. The features should begin rolling out with iOS 18.1 in October and iOS 18….

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…

What does Android offer now that iOS still doesn’t? For as long as they’ve existed, Androids seemed like the more mature system that allows more user customization, granular control over the OS, automation, developer friendly APIs, and overall more flexibility when it comes to alternatives app stores. Since then, Google has iteratively locked Android down more and more, by taking away existing f…

What It Will Be Like to Text With Android Users on iOS 18 The green bubbles are here to stay.

iOS 18 Can Record and Transcribe Your Phone Calls One of the interesting new features coming in iOS 18 will let you automatically record and transcribe your live phone calls through the Phone app. After answering a call or placing a call, you can enable recording. All call participants are notified that the call is being recorded, so there are no surprises and everyone is aware of the recordi…

You Can Send Texts via Satellite in iOS 18 With iOS 18, Apple is expanding the Emergency SOS via satellite feature to introduce Messages via satellite, a feature that will let you send texts even when you don’t have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. Available on the iPhone 14 or later, you can send and receive iMessages or SMS messages using a satellite connection. The feature works with …

Squads Labs Raises $10M Series A, Unveils Smart Wallet for Public Testing on iOS The funding round led by Electric Capital included participation from RockawayX, Coinbase Ventures, L1 Digital and Placeholder.

Top Stories: WWDC Next Week With iOS 18 Beta and More WWDC is right around the corner! All eyes will be on Cupertino next week as Apple takes the wraps off the next major updates to iOS, macOS, and other platforms. Artificial intelligence is the hottest buzzword in technology these days, and Apple will be getting on that train with Monday’s announcements, pushing beyond its existing machine learni…

YouTube Launches ‘Playables’ Mobile Games for iOS YouTube is the latest company to introduce mobile games that are available outside of the App Store, today announcing the official launch of “Playables” in the YouTube app. Playables are free games that can be played on the YouTube website or in the YouTube app for iPhone and iPad. There are more than 75 games available, including Angry Birds S…

iOS 17.5 Sets the Stage for Sideloading on the iPhone But only if you live in the E.U.

Youtube differences between uploading from iOS and PC hi there, so i was wondering about the differences between uploading a video from iOS and PC on Youtube: it is shameful but yes, at the moment we can choose thumbnail only from mobile phone, because they smoke too much weed and drinks too much alcohol while organizing these things or are there some tricks to avoid this madness? 2) i would unha…

How to tame notifications on iOS Take back control of your lock screen. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeI don’t think I’m alone when I say that notifications are a nuisance. There are simply too many of them, and the helpful ones are often drowned out by the spam. Whether promotional notifications should be allowed at all on our phones is an open question (I have my o…

Stripe iOS widget? We recently moved all of our payment processing for our e-commerce site to Stripe. Do you know if there is a widget I can implement to see my daily sales on my Home Screen without needing to log into the app? I know Shopify has something so curious if stripe has a similar offering! TIA!!! submitted by /u/Tantan011582

Top Stories: M3 Macs Launch, iOS 17.1.1 Released, and More Following Apple’s “Scary Fast” event on October 30, the new M3-based MacBook Pro and iMac models have officially launched, so media and everyday users alike have been sharing their thoughts on what’s almost certainly the last of Apple’s new hardware for 2023. While hardware may be wrapping up for the year, Apple’s still hard at work on software…

This little tool can crash an iPhone running iOS 17 Illustration by Lille Allen / The VergeSecurity researchers have discovered that iPhones updated to iOS 17 are susceptible to a Bluetooth attack using a Flipper Zero device that can crash the phone. Ars Technica reports that security researcher Jeroen van der Ham fell victim to the exploit on a train journey last month, with his phone displaying…

iOS 17.1 Features: What’s New in iOS 17.1 Apple today released iOS 17.1, introducing a range of new features for iPhones that run the iOS 17 operating system. While Apple outlined some of the major new additions in its release notes, there are also several hidden features that were not mentioned. In this guide, we’ve rounded up all of the feature additions and changes we found in iOS 1…

iOS 17.1 has officially been released This year’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeApple has officially released iOS 17.1, the latest version of its iPhone operating system. The update has been available in beta since late last month, during which time its biggest new feature has arguably been the ability to continue AirDrop transfers over a cellular con…

iOS 17.1: How to Shuffle a Photo Album on Your Lock Screen Apple is expected to release iOS 17.1 later today, and amongst other features the update includes a new Lock Screen personalization option for iPhones. Here’s how to make your Lock Screen wallpaper shuffle through photos from a specific album in your photo library. In recent versions of iOS, Apple has made it possible for users to customize the…

iOS 17.1 Likely to Launch Tomorrow Apple’s iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, and HomePod Software 17.1 updates are expected to be released to the public tomorrow following several weeks of beta testing. We are expecting the software to go live at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which is when Apple typically releases updates. Last week, Apple seeded rele…

Amazon enables passwordless passkeys on iOS and the web Amazon.com on iPhone supports passkeys so people can log in with Face ID. | Image: AmazonAmazon’s rolling out passkey support for its online site and mobile shopping apps. Customers can log in to Amazon using just their devices’ biometrics and start shopping without the need to enter a password or follow through with two-factor authentication (2…