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Today β€” 22 January 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

This iPhone 16 model got a big sales boost, but one popular pick has slipped

22 January 2025 at 08:23

Apple will report its quarterly earnings next week, providing an official look into iPhone 16 sales in the holiday quarter. For now, though, a new report helps inform what we should expect from the sales mix for different iPhone 16 models.

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YouTube Premium discount coming to Google One, testing 4x playback speed

22 January 2025 at 08:00

It’s not the dream of a full bundle, but some Google One subscribers will soon get a discount on YouTube Premium in the US. Meanwhile, YouTube is starting to test a handful of new features that subscribers can opt-in to.

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A 2015 phone design shows that the iPhone 17 Air camera bump could look just fine

22 January 2025 at 07:27

We yesterday got a look at what is claimed to be the iPhone 17 Air camera bump, and the reaction hasn’t been … overly favorable.

While we don’t know for sure that the photo shows the real thing, our own sources indicate that the design depicted is probably accurate …

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Apple Miami Worldcenter store has β€˜biophilic’ design, green creds, accessibility features

22 January 2025 at 06:53

We’ve today been given a preview of the gorgeous new Apple Miami Worldcenter store ahead of its opening on Friday morning.

The company has highlighted the store’s β€œbiophilic” design, environmental credentials, accessibility features, and multicultural Latin American influence …

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Plex unveils all-new Apple TV app, now available in preview

22 January 2025 at 06:00

Plex, the popular media server and streaming app, has a handful of announcements today. The service is adding new discovery and community features for all users and upgraded video streaming quality for Plex Pass users.

Perhaps most notable for Apple users, however, is that Plex is expanding its preview of the all-new Plex experience to Apple TV.

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A free upgrade could let Philips Hue and other Zigbee bulbs act as motion sensors

22 January 2025 at 05:48

Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on when someone enters a room without using a separate motion sensor.

Even better, the new functionality looks set to be added to existing Hue bulbs through an update to the Hue Bridge …

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Oakley smart glasses coming this year; Meta glasses with display to cost $1k

22 January 2025 at 05:08

If Ray-Ban Meta glasses are not your style, the company is expected to launch a pair of Oakley smart glasses later this year. These will likely mirror the functionality of Meta’s existing AI glasses, but with very different styling.

The Oakley glasses are reportedly based on the Sphaera model, which is primarily aimed at cyclists and other athletes …

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iOS 18.2 enables real-time spam and scam blocking in Truecaller app

22 January 2025 at 04:33

The Truecaller app has long been able to flag some incoming spam and scam phone calls, enabling you to reject them, but Apple privacy rules prevented the iOS version from working as effectively as the Android one. This means the iPhone would fail to identify many callers that would be flagged on Android phones.

A new Apple API in iOS 18.2 solves the privacy problem, and additionally now allows Truecaller to automatically block known spammers …

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iPhone 16 ban could end in 1-2 weeks, says Indonesia, with strange statement

22 January 2025 at 03:48

The Indonesian government has said that it expects its iPhone 16 ban to be lifted β€œwithin one or two weeks,” but has not explained the basis for this.

The country’s investment minister issued only a rather strangely-worded and somewhat contradictory comment which implied that a deal was close …

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Yesterday β€” 21 January 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

iOS Decoded: iOS 18.3 RC new hidden features, changes and updates [Videos]

21 January 2025 at 16:34

Today Apple pushed out the release candidate for iOS 18.3, this comes on the heels of last Thursday’s release of iOS 18.3 developer beta 3. In its release notes, Apple states that the update brings improvements to Visual Intelligence, along with the boilerplate β€œother enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates.”

But there’s much more than meets the eye when it comes to this iOS 18.3 release candidate. Beneath the surface, there’s new evidence of the upcoming iOS 18.4 Siri updates, future changes with screen recording/streaming, and new animations for Shortcuts and Messages. In this hands-on video, we take a look at what’s new in iOS 18.3 RC. Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube for more iOS Decoded.

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iOS 18.3 automatically enables Apple Intelligence for users, requires opt-out to disable

21 January 2025 at 11:25

iOS 18.3 is launching soon, as today’s RC beta confirms. Alongside updates to notification summaries, the release will also automatically enable Apple Intelligence for iPhone users, and the Mac and iPad will follow suit.

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iOS 18.3: Here are Apple’s full release notes

21 January 2025 at 10:12

As we reported earlier, the iOS 18.3 Release Candidate is now available to developers and public beta users. This likely represents the final beta for iOS 18.3 before the update is released to the general public.

As such, Apple has now shared its official release notes for iOS 18.3 for the first time. Head below for the full details.

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