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How To Get Apple Intelligence On iPhone - How To Turn On Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is a suite of advanced AI-powered features designed to enhance your iPhone experience by offering tools like writing assistance, image generation, and improved Siri interactions. To access and enable Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, follow these steps: 1. Verify Device Compatibility Apple Intelligence is available on the following iPhone models: iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15…

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What’s New in iOS 18: Key Features You Should Know About

iOS 18 is here! Discover the newest features, from enhanced Siri intelligence to major camera upgrades. Learn how these updates will improve your iPhone experience. Check out the blog for more insights! 📱✨ #iOS18 #AppleUpdate

What’s New in iOS 18: Key Features You Should Know About Written By: that Hannah Jones Time to Read: 6 minutes Apple’s iOS 18 is making waves with exciting new features and updates that enhance both functionality and personalization. With every new iOS release, Apple continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible with your iPhone. iOS 18 is no exception, packed with groundbreaking…

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Apple iPhone 16 leak hints at upgraded neural engine to support iOS 18’s AI features

iPhone 16 has been rumoured to feature an upgraded neural engine that will aid it in supporting the generative AI features coming with iOS 18. Even though the launch of the iPhone 16 series is months away, many leaks have surfaced, hinting at the possible features. So far, rumours say the iPhone 16 could get bigger screens and better battery life, all of which contribute towards providing a…

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Apple WWDC 2024: Tim Cook Unveils iOS 18, Siri Enhancements, and ChatGPT Integration

At WWDC 2024, Apple made groundbreaking announcements that set the tech world abuzz. CEO Tim Cook took the stage to unveil iOS 18, featuring significant upgrades designed to enhance user experience and productivity. Key improvements include a revamped Siri with advanced natural language processing capabilities and deeper integration with third-party apps, promising more fluid and intelligent…

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What was Announced at WWDC 2024?

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 is in full swing, and the tech world is buzzing with excitement. This annual event is where Apple unveils its latest innovations across its ecosystem, from operating system updates to groundbreaking new products. Here’s a comprehensive look at the major announcements and features that have been revealed so far. Apple Vision Pro Expansion and…

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Apple dropping support for the A10X iPad Pro, but keeping support for the A10 iPad base model is exactly why I’d be caught dead before ever considering buying another Apple product.

Also, announcing ChatGPT integration and AI Image Generation baked into iOS 18, but then artificially making it an exclusive to the latest iPhone 15-model is just sad when a smart toaster could connect to your servers and run these ““A.I.”” features.

Like, tell me you’re desperately trying to convince people to buy your newer, enshitifed hardware without telling me you’re desperately trying yo convince people to buy your newer, enshitifed hardware.

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Top 9 Golf Apps to Elevate Your Game in 2025

Technology has transformed the way golfers train, track progress, and even book tee times. With apps offering features like AI-powered coaching, GPS tracking, and social networking, golfers can take their game to new heights.

Here’s a look at the best golf apps of 2025, ranked based on their relevance and usefulness.

1. Golfshot – Best All-in-One Golf App

If you’re looking for a single app that does it all, Golfshot is the way to go. From club recommendations to GPS yardages and even 3D course flyovers, it provides in-depth analytics to help golfers improve their game.

Key Features:

AI-driven club recommendation

GPS distances to targets and hazards

3D flyovers of courses

Digital scorecards

Golf instruction videos

Price:

Golfshot Pro: $59.99/year

Golfshot Pro + Golfplan: $79.98/year

Golfplan: $19.99/year

2. 18 Birdies – Best AI Golf Coach App

18 Birdies is more than just a GPS rangefinder—it's an AI-powered coach. It analyzes your swing and provides actionable insights in minutes. The app also includes a library of drills and tracking tools.

Key Features:

AI-powered swing analysis

GPS rangefinder

Handicap tracker

Digital scorecard

Virtual caddy

Price:

Free (Premium membership available for $19.99/month or $99/year)

3. GolfLogix – Best for Game Improvement

For golfers who want to sharpen their skills, GolfLogix offers real-time shot tracking, club recommendations, and putting guidance. This app provides advanced stats that help break down your game in detail.

Key Features:

GPS distance tracking

3D hole overviews

Putt line guidance

Apple Watch compatibility

Price: $12.99/month or $59.99/year

4. Shot Tracer – Best for Ball Flight Tracking

Ever hit a shot and lost track of where it went? Shot Tracer helps visualize ball flight, tracks swings, and even offers fun special effects for replaying shots.

Key Features:

Strobe-motion swing tracking

120 FPS and 240 FPS recording

Special effects for fun replays

Compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows

Price: $5.99

5. TheGrint – Best Handicap Tracker

If you’re serious about tracking your progress, TheGrint is a must-have. It offers free USGA handicap tracking and a GPS rangefinder to help you assess your shots.

Key Feature's

GPS rangefinder

Digital scorecard

Tournament organization tools

Free USGA handicap tracking

Price:

Free (Premium membership available for $19.99/year)

6. Hole19 – Best Free Golf App

For golfers who want a free tool with premium-level features, Hole19 is a great pick. Its GPS tracker and intuitive interface make it an excellent choice for players on a budget.

Key Features:

GPS rangefinder

Digital scorecard

Course previews

Social features

Price:

Free (Premium plan: $7.99/month or $49.99/year)

7. GolfNow – Best for Booking Tee Times

Booking tee times has never been easier with GolfNow. It provides access to over 9,000 courses and often features exclusive discounts on tee times.

Key Features:

Easy online booking

Exclusive discounts

24/7 access

Integrated payment system

Price:

Free (Premium membership: $99/month)

8. Imagine Golf – Best for the Mental Game

A strong mental game is just as important as physical skills. Imagine Golf provides mindset training, visualization techniques, and course management lessons through 400+ audio sessions.

Key Features:

Pre-shot routine training

Course strategy guides

Daily golf mindset lessons

Save and share favorite lessons

Price:

7-day free trial, then $4.99/month or $59.99/year

9. Fairgame – Best Social Golf App

Looking to connect with other golfers? Fairgame, co-created by pro golfer Adam Scott, helps players track scores and compete against friends in a digital clubhouse.

Key Features:

Social networking for golfers

Score and stat tracking

Course discovery

Friendly wagering options

Price: Free

Final Thoughts

Whether you’re looking for a personal AI coach, a GPS tracker, or a tee-time booking app, these top 9 golf apps of 2025 will help you enhance your skills and enjoy the game more than ever. Try them out and find the best fit for your playing style!

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The iPhone 16 series, launched in September 2024, brings notable upgrades across its standard and Pro models. Here's a summary of its key features:

Standard Models (iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Plus):

Processor: Powered by the A18 chip, offering improved AI and graphics capabilities.

Cameras: A 48MP main camera supports 2x optical zoom via sensor cropping, and the 12MP ultrawide camera now enables macro photography.

Display: Bright and efficient OLED panels.

Battery: Promises better performance, though Apple has not disclosed the exact capacity.

Charging: Enhanced wireless MagSafe charging (up to 25W) and wired charging (up to 45W).

Pro Models (iPhone 16 Pro & Pro Max):

Processor: Equipped with the A18 Pro chip, which features faster CPU, GPU, and neural processing capabilities.

Cameras: A triple-camera system with a 48MP Fusion main camera, an enhanced ultrawide lens, and a 5x telephoto camera on both Pro models. New features include 4K120fps video recording and spatial video for immersive content on Apple Vision Pro.

Audio and Video: Advanced editing tools like Audio Mix, spatial audio capture, and wind noise reduction for professional-grade content creation.

Design: Improved thermal performance with a graphite layer in Pro models for demanding tasks like gaming.

Software & AI:

Both standard and Pro models benefit from iOS 18, introducing features like customizable home screens, advanced AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT-powered Siri), and privacy improvements. Apple Intelligence tools also support text summarization, email proofreading, and generative image creation.

Pricing:

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iOS 18 looks like it’s going to be filled with a lot of AI features 😒.

Does Android push AI? If not I might switch to a Samsung phone.

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Apple Intelligence powers iOS 18, iPadOS 18 & macOS Sequoia

Apple launched Apple Intelligence, the iPhone, iPad, and Mac personal intelligence system that uses generative models and personal context to provide highly valuable and relevant intelligence. Apple Intelligence permeates iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

It uses Apple hardware to comprehend and create language and graphics, act across apps, and use personal context to simplify and speed up daily chores. With Private Cloud Compute, Apple establishes a new benchmark for AI privacy by flexing and scaling computing power between on-device processing and bigger, server-based models on proprietary Apple silicon servers.

Apple Intelligence New Language Understanding and Creation Skills Apple Intelligence offers new ways to improve writing and communication. Users can rewrite, proofread, and summaries Mail, Notes, Pages, and third-party app content with new systemwide Writing Tools in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

Writing Tools boost confidence in writing by organizing class notes, proofreading blog posts, and perfecting emails. Apple Intelligence’s Rewrite feature lets users set a tone for their writing based on audience and task.

From perfecting a cover letter to injecting humour and creativity into a party invitation, Rewrite helps produce the proper words. Proofread evaluates grammar, word choice, and sentence structure and suggests modifications with explanations that users can review or quickly accept. Summaries can summaries text into a paragraph, bulleted points, table, or list.

While writing an email, a user can choose Proofread or Rewrite from the Writing Tools menu. The Summarize feature is selected in the Notes app for holistic health notes. In Mail, managing emails has never been easier. Priority Messages display urgent communications like dinner invitations and boarding passes at the top of the inbox. Instead than previewing the first few lines of each email, users can see summaries without opening them. Users can tap long threads to get relevant details. Smart Reply suggests rapid responses and identifies email questions to assure answers. Deep language understanding extends to notifications. Priority alerts display at the top of the stack to highlight what’s most important, while summaries assist users skim long or stacked alerts to see key facts on the Lock Screen, like ongoing group chats. Reduce Interruptions, a new Focus, highlights only urgent alerts like a nursery pickup SMS to help users stay focused. The Notes and Phone apps may capture, transcribe, and summarize audio. Participants are automatically notified when a call is recorded, and Apple Intelligence creates a summary to help recall key points after the call. The Notes app on iPad Pro can capture and transcribe audio. iPad Pro can summarize audio. Image Playground Enhances Communication and Self-Expression Fun Apple Intelligence enables innovative image creation to help consumers express themselves. Users may create amusing graphics in seconds using Image Playground’s Animation, Illustration, or Sketch styles. Images Playground is simple and embedded into apps like Messages. A separate software lets you experiment with different ideas and designs. Users can play with as many images as they wish because all images are made on device.

Users can choose from themes, costumes, accessories, and locales; provide a description to characterize an image; incorporate someone from their personal photo bank; and pick their favorite style with Image Playground.

Messages’ Image Playground lets users easily create amusing graphics for pals and explore personalized conversation-related themes. If a user messages a group about hiking, they’ll receive suggested concepts relating to their friends, destination, and activity, making image creation faster and more relevant.

iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro demonstrates Messages Image Playground Image Playground presents the user’s mum as a superhero in iPhone 15 Pro Messages. In Notes, the new Image Wand in the Apple Pencil tool menu opens Image Playground, making notes more visually appealing. Users can generate beautiful graphics from rough sketches and even empty space utilising information from the surrounding region. Keynote, Freeform, Pages, and third-party apps that use the new Image Playground API also support Image Playground.

Genmojis Create Genmojis for Any Situation

Users can build unique Genmoji to express themselves. Typing a description displays their Genmoji and other options. Photos can be used to create Genmoji of friends and relatives. Genmoji can be used in texts or as stickers or reactions in Tapbacks like emoji. Genmojis are chosen for the prompt “Smiley relaxing wearing cucumbers.” In Messages, users can choose Genmoji Tapbacks.

New Photo Features Increase Control Apple Intelligence makes photo and video searching easier. Use natural language to find photographs like “Maya skateboarding in a tie-dye shirt,” or “Katie with stickers on her face.” Finding certain moments in clips to jump to the relevant segment improves video search. The new Clean Up tool can also remove background distractions without affecting the subject.

Memories lets users create stories by typing a description. Apple Intelligence will use language and picture understanding to select the finest images and videos based on the description, create a plot with chapters based on photo themes, and organize them into a movie with a narrative arc. Apple Music will even suggest songs based on memory. Apple and others do not access user photographs and videos, as with all Apple Intelligence features.

New Era for Siri Siri Siri becomes further integrated into the system using Apple Intelligence. With better English understanding, Siri is more natural, contextually relevant, and personal, simplifying and speeding up daily activities. It can track users’ stammering and preserve context between requests. Users can also type to Siri and switch between speech and text to converse as needed. Siri’s new look includes an exquisite flashing light around the screen while engaged.

Siri can now answer hundreds of iPhone, iPad, and Mac queries and provide device assistance anywhere. Mail app users can learn how to schedule emails and switch from Light to Dark Mode.

Siri will eventually understand and act on user content in more apps with display awareness. A buddy can text a user their new address in Messages and say, “Add this address to his contact card.”

Siri can do hundreds of new activities in Apple and third-party apps using Apple Intelligence. Siri will handle requests like “Bring up that article about cicadas from my Reading List” or “Send the photos from the Saturday barbecue to Malia.”

Siri will provide user-specific and device-specific intelligence. A user can say, “Play that podcast that Jamie recommended,” and Siri can find and play the episode without having to remember if it was mentioned in a text or email. Or they can ask Siri, “When is Mom’s flight landing?” and Siri will retrieve the flight data and compare them to real-time flight monitoring to give an arrival time.

Apple Intelligence must grasp deep personal context and respect user privacy to be helpful. Many Apple Intelligence models operate solely on device, a cornerstone of its processing. Privacy and security of Apple products are extended into the cloud to unlock greater intelligence for sophisticated demands that require more processing power.

Apple Intelligence can increase its computing capability and use larger, server-based models for difficult requests with Private Cloud Compute. Apple servers power these models, ensuring data is never retained or exposed.

Private Cloud Compute cryptographically prevents iPhone, iPad, and Mac from talking to a server unless its software has been publicly logged for scrutiny. Independent experts can analyze Apple silicon server code to verify privacy. Apple Intelligence with Private Cloud Compute redefines AI privacy, enabling trusted AI.

ChatGPT ChatGPT integrates across Apple platforms Apple is adding ChatGPT access to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, letting users leverage its expertise and image- and document-reading capabilities without switching tools. Siri can use ChatGPT’s knowledge as needed. After receiving inquiries, papers, and photographs from ChatGPT, Siri answers directly. An iPhone 15 Pro user tells Siri, “He have fresh salmon, lemons, tomatoes.” Help me create a 5-course feast with dishes for all tastes.” Siri on iPhone 15 Pro asks, “Do you want me to use ChatGPT to do that?” Siri displays ChatGPT results on iPhone 15 Pro. A bullet describes the first course, tomato and basil bruschetta. Apple’s systemwide Writing Tools will also include ChatGPT to let users write material for any topic. Compose users can use ChatGPT image capabilities to create graphics in many styles to match their content. ChatGPT users’ IP addresses are hidden, and OpenAI won’t store requests. Users who connect to ChatGPT must follow its data-use policies. GPT-4o-powered ChatGPT will launch later this year on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. Users can access it for free without an account, while ChatGPT subscribers can connect their accounts and enjoy paid features from these experiences.

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May 12 (Reuters) - British newspaper groups have warned Apple that any move to impose a so-called "web eraser" tool to block advertisements would put the financial sustainability of journalism at risk, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Apple is preparing to include an AI-based privacy feature in the Safari browser in the next iOS 18 software update that will remove ads or other unwanted website content, the newspaper reported.

News Media Association (NMA), an industry body, raised concerns about how the planned tool would affect digital revenues in the industry, the FT said, citing a letter sent to Apple's UK government affairs chief on Friday.

The letter, according to the report, added that professional journalism required funding and "advertising is a key revenue stream for many publishers".

In the letter, the NMA expressed concerns over editorial accountability if artificial intelligence tools were used to selectively remove or change the content of articles.

NMA has called for a meeting between publishers and Apple to discuss the potential implications of the web eraser, according to the report.

Apple and NMA did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

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Apple’s AI features in iOS 18 could only work on your device – here’s what that means

Apple’s iOS 18 iPhone upgrade is just around the corner, and it’s expected to be one of the largest updates in the operating system’s history. And with just a couple of months until it launches in June, we’ve just learned an interesting tidbit about how its much-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) features might work. In the paid-for section of his Power On newsletter (via MacRumors),…

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Users will have to opt-in to both Labs and the SGE feature to use it, however.

Back in the olden days of last December, we had to go to specialized websites to have our natural language prompts transformed into generated AI art, but no longer! Google announced Thursday that users who have opted-in for its Search Generative Experience (SGE) will be able to create AI images directly from the standard Search bar.

SGE is Google’s vision for our web searching future. Rather than picking websites from a returned list, the system will synthesize a (reasonably) coherent response to the user’s natural language prompt using the same data that the list’s links led to. Thursday’s updates are a natural expansion of that experience, simply returning generated images (using the company’s Imagen text-to-picture AI) instead of generated text. Users type in a description of what they’re looking for (a Capybara cooking breakfast, in Google’s example) and, within moments, the engine will create four alternatives to pick from and refine further. Users will also be able to export their generated images to Drive or download them.

What’s more, users will be able to generate images directly in Google Images. So, if you’re looking for (again, Google’s example) “minimalist halloween table settings” or “spooky dog house ideas,” you’ll be able to type that into the search bar and have Google generate an image based on it. What’s really cool is that you can then turn Google Lens on that generated image to search for actual, real-world products that most closely resemble what the computer hallucinated for you.

There are, of course, a number of limitations built into the new features. You’ll have to be signed up for Google Labs and have opted-in to the SGE program to use any of this. Additionally, the new image generation functions will be available only within the US, in English-language applications and for users over the age of 18. That last requirement is a just bit odd given that Google did just go out of its way to make the program accessible to teens.

The company is also expanding its efforts to rein in the misuse of generative AI technology. Users will be blocked from creating photorealistic images of human faces. You want a photorealistic capybara cooking bacon, that’s no problem. You want a photorealistic Colonel Sanders cooking bacon, you’re going to run into issues and not just in terms of advertising canon. You’ll also be prevented from generating images of “notable” people, so I guess Colonel Sanders is out either way.

Finally, Google is implementing the SynthID system developed by DeepMind announced last month. SythID is a visually undetectable metadata watermark that denotes a generated image as such, as well as provides information on who, or what, created it and when. The new features will be available through the Labs tab (click the flask icon) in the Google app on iOS and Android, and on Chrome desktop to select users today and expanding to more in the coming weeks.

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2023 WWDC Keynote Recap

This year's keynote is expected to cover a few things.

New software updates to be released this fall

New Macs (specifically looking at a bigger MacBook Air and an updated Mac Studio)

Apple's Virtual Reality headset (Rumored to be named Reality Pro, powered by realityOS).

With that being said, let's get started!

15” Macbook Air

11.5 mm thing; just over three pounds

Magsafe charging and two thunderbolt ports

Available in Midnight, Starlight, Silver and Space Gray

15.3” screen to be exact

18 hours of battery life

Six speakers

TLDR: we made the 13” Macbook Air bigger

Starting at $1299

Available to order today; ships next week

M2 13” Macbook Air dropping by $100 to $1099

M2 Mac Studio

Updating to the M2 Max

Also announcing the M2 Ultra chip, double the performance of the Max

It’s literally two M2 Max chips put together

This thing is stupid powerful and none of you reading this will ever need this power

Faster HDMI ports

MAC PRO

Was not expecting this omg

First Apple Silicon computer to have PCI expansion

All come with M2 Ultra

Afterburner card built directly into the Mac Pro

This is going to be so expensive.

8 Thunderbolt Port

iOS 17

Phone, Facetime & Messages

Personalized contact posters for the phone app so you display how you want to on other people’s devices

Live Voicemail - you can see live transcriptions of Voicemails as people make them

FaceTime now has a “voicemail” function for when someone isn’t available

Messages is receiving stronger search functions

Group chats will jump to the first message you haven’t seen

Swipe on a bubble to reply directly to that message

Check In - let’s your friend know when you get home or let them know if you were delayed or something went awry

All end to end encrypted and on the device

iMessage apps are hidden behind button now to declutter the app

Stickers are being updated as well to be more powerful

Spending way too much time on stickers…

AirDrop

NameDrop - bring phones close together and you can choose to send someone selected contact details

This is basically that old Drop app people had ten years ago

For large files, you don’t have to stay right next to the person anymore

Autocorrect

Autocorrect now becoming stronger using AI (they wouldn’t use that word though)

Keyboard will do better at learning words (no longer changing your swear words to “duck”)

Dictation getting stronger as well with “not AI”

Journal

New App 

Phone intelligently uses data from your phone to create details journal entries

Only uses the information you give it access to

Set reminders for when to make your journal entries

On device processing, end to end encrypted

Standby

When phone is on its side and charging, it will basically transform into a smart display

Shows clock, weather, alarm, calendar, etc.

Even remembers preferred view for where you are when you charge

Basically requires a MagSafe charger but i'd be curious if it would work while plugged in and sitting on its side

The Others

You no longer need to say “Hey” to activate Siri

May lead to a lot more accidental activations if not done correctly by Apple

Photos now creates albums of your pets!!

Offline Maps rolling out as well

iPadOS 17

Widgets & Lock Screen

Widgets are now interactive instead of just displaying info

Lock Screen

iPads getting the same lock screen features as last year’s iPhones finally

Up to 6 widgets on your lock screen

Live Activity features coming to the lock screen (like timers or order tracking)

The Others

Health app now coming to iPad and has been optimized for the larger screen

“The best device for PDFs” lol

Now easier to fill out PDF forms directly in apps like Mail and Notes and not having to switch to other apps

Multiple PDFs can be saved in the same note now, as well as collaborate on PDFs in a note

Better Stage Manager controls

External display support for FaceTime & conference calls

macOS Sonoma

Screensavers & Widgets

Macs receiving the same type of screensavers that the Apple TV has

Widgets can be added to the desktop instead of hiding in notification center

Intelligently faded into the background or tint so they aren’t distracting when opening up apps

You can access iPhone widgets on Mac as long as iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi

All of this is just making me want a touchscreen Mac more

Gaming

On a Mac? lol

Introducing “Game Mode”

Optimizes CPU & GPU performance to make sure gaming is the priority

Lowers audio latency on AirPods

Game Porting Toolkit to make it easier for developers to bring games to the Mac

Video Conferencing

New ways to layer your conference calls with content you are sharing

New effects in calls just like iMessage

Looks cool but will take support from conferencing apps if I’m understanding correctly

Safari & Web Apps

Private browsing locks your private windows when you aren’t using them

Profiles feature let’s you customize your browser to what you’re doing, such as work or school or home

You can now turn websites into web apps, treating it as its own app instead of a tab in the browser

Third party apps allowed you to do this before but its nice that its integrated now

Audio & Home

AirPods

Adaptive Audio - combines Noise Cancelling & Transparency modes

Lets you choose the level that’s appropriate for your current environment

AirPods sense when you start speaking and lower your music appropriately

Some really useful features... now if only the AirPods Pro would stay in my ears

AirPlay

Can use Siri on HomePod to start playing certain devices on your phone like SoundCloud

AirPlay in Hotels

Uses QR code to quickly connect your phone to your hotel’s TV

SharePlay in Carplay

tvOS

iPhone can locate the remote finally!

FaceTime on Apple TV

Wirelessly connects to iPhone to use the camera, and displays the caller on the TV for everyone to see

Also enables you to watch shows on your TV and stay on a call with friends to watch together

Zoom & Webex coming to the TV later this year

watchOS 10

It’s already been 10 years?!?!?!

Widgets

Widgets now hidden right below the watch face so you can scroll to see more useful information quickly

Many apps updated to take better advantage of display and be more glanceable

Fitness

New Cycling features for the Watch

Shows power zones, show up on iPhone as live activity, connect to Bluetooth sensors in bikes

Will keep track of last place you had cellular connection

Last place you had service for SOS calls as well

More trails and trailheads added to Maps

You can see topographic map data now as well to see elevation on trails

Health

Watch now lets you to reflect on your mood & emotions throughout the day (also available on Phone)

Health app will correlate moods with activity and lifestyle changes

Vision Health

Focusing on Myopia

Apple Watch will sense amount of time in daylight for children to reduce risk of myopia

Screen Distance feature lets you know if your device is too close and will cause eyestrain

All health data is encrypted and not stored in the cloud

ONE MORE THING

Apple Vision Pro

Y’all just have to watch the video for this. If Apple delivers on what they’re showing then its a big moment.

•Uses hand & eye tracking to control the device. No controllers. •Apps can react to the world around you •Look at search fields and you can just start talking to fill it out •Also the front of the device shows your eyes… its… weird…  •Calling it “Eyesight” •Supposed to make it easier for people to see where you’re paying attention

•Again, this is such a weird new dynamic that its hard to describe here without seeing the visuals •Works as a 3D Camera  •Turn any space into a 3D IMAX theater

OH BOB IGER IS HERE

• Ok actually watch this Disney demo. Wild stuff. But also consider of it half of it is probably fake.

•New R1 chip in addition to the M2 chip for the device. •runs “virtually silent” so it makes some noise lol •Device makes a 3D avatar of you for FaceTime calls. Like a lifelike avatar. Very different from how Meta does their calls •New images streamed to the displays in 12 milliseconds

•visionOS is the name of the operating system here. The assumed name was realityOS. •Lots of developers, including Adobe & Microsoft, building support for launch •New app store for the device as well •Unlocks via Optic ID, which uses your Iris and stores information encrypted on the device •Device does not share data with developers about where you look on the screen •Over 5000 patents went into this thing

•$3499  •Available early next year •that’s both more expensive and later than what as expected

And that's a wrap. Some real interesting stuff shown today. Public Betas of the software updates should be available in about a month. And if you're looking for the new iPhones or watches, you're about three months too early. Check back in September for more on that!

You can view the whole keynote from today below or a quick video recap from Apple as well.

Recap: https://youtu.be/6_pru8U2RmM

Full Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/live/GYkq9Rgoj8E?feature=share

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