As part of its Apple Intelligence feature set, Apple on Monday announced a partnership with OpenAI that will allow Siri to access ChatGPT directly in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia to provide better responses in relevant situations. In conversation with reporters after the WWDC keynote, Apple’s senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi …
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iOS 18: Overhauled Calculator App Supports These 15 Conversions
During its WWDC 2024 keynote on Monday, Apple introduced a new Calculator app for iPad that includes a new Math Notes feature, and there are similar changes to be found in the Calculator app in iOS 18. The Calculator app on iPhone now has an additional button to switch between Basic, Scientific, and Math Notes …
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Tap to Cash in iOS 18 Lets You Pay by Touching iPhones
Among the slew of iOS 18 updates announced during Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote, the company revealed a new way of paying for things with Apple Cash, called Tap to Cash. As the name suggests, Tap to Cash lets users pay for things simply by tapping two iPhones together. The feature is reminiscent of NameDrop, where …
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iOS 18 Lets You Hide App Labels on Your iPhone Home Screen
As part of its Home Screen customization overhaul, iOS 18 lets iPhone users hide the labels on app icons for a cleaner look. Turning off the labels causes the icons to expand and take up the space where the text usually appears underneath. Here’s how it currently works in the iOS 18 Developer Beta. On …
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Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2024 in Nine Minutes
Apple crammed an overwhelming number of new features into its WWDC 2024 keynote event, introducing Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, visionOS 2, watchOS 11, and tvOS 18. It was hard to keep up with everything that Apple highlighted, so we did a video of all of the new additions you won’t want …
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iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia Let Websites and Apps Automatically Update Existing Logins to Passkeys
With the new Passwords app in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, there’s a feature that is designed to allow websites and apps to upgrade existing accounts to passkeys automatically. Enabled by default, the feature will speed up the adoption of passkeys, which are more secure than a traditional login and password. Passkeys log …
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Apple Provides Updated Look at Next-Generation CarPlay at WWDC 2024
Apple today shared a few WWDC 2024 coding sessions related to its upcoming next-generation CarPlay system ahead of its launch later this year. The sessions include lots of updated next-generation CarPlay images, with one revealing new Vehicle, Media, and Climate apps in action for the first time. MacRumors previously discovered evidence of these apps in …
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iOS 18 Apple Intelligence Feature Will Have Waitlist During Initial ‘Limited Preview’
The Apple Intelligence features that will be introduced later during the iOS 18 beta testing process will have a waitlist at first, according to code in iOS 18 found by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. In iOS 18, Apple Intelligence is codenamed Graymatter. There are references to a waitlist, with specific strings that say “Join the …
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Next Apple Watch Activity Challenge to Recognize International Day of Yoga on June 21
International Day of Yoga is set to take place on Friday, June 21, and Apple is celebrating with an Activity Challenge that will let Apple Watch users earn a yoga badge and a set of animated yoga stickers. Find your flow on International Day of Yoga. On June 21, do a yoga workout of 10 …
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HomeKit in iOS 18 Includes Guest Access, Hands-Free Unlock, Electricity Usage Integration and More
HomeKit and the Home app weren’t focused on much during Apple’s WWDC keynote, but there are several new features that are coming in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. With Customize Access, you can manage how and when people can access your HomeKit devices like garage openers, alarm systems, and door locks. You can …
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