This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We knew Apple CEO Tim Cook was keenly interested in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). But earlier this month, Apple finally — and openly — revealed its plans to the world. Apple dedicated a significant portion …

Six Pokemon per gym, guaranteed. GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET It’s been nearly a full year since Pokemon Go swept the world — and yet, the game hasn’t changed a whole lot since it first hit app stores in July 2016. Aside from adding a second batch of Pokemon, a few critical fixes and a handful of balance and user interface tweaks, …

Pokemon has never just been about enslaving a race of tiny animals and making them fight for you. It’s also about meeting new people, and bonding with them, over a shared obsession. That’s why the Pokemon Go Fest, coming to Chicago on July 22, isn’t truly the first real-world Pokemon Go event. At the launch of the game, people organically …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple is getting into the AR game 0:59 Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks augmented reality could be as big as the smartphone.  Who wouldn’t want to be part of that? But apps built with Apple’s impressive new ARKit augmented …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11: Is your device compatible? 1:11 iOS 11, the latest version of Apple‘s iPhone and iPad operating system, is nearly here — with fancy new features in tow. Perhaps you’re feeling a little anxious to get it, but …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Virtual Reality. Steam. Unity. Unreal. External graphics.  They’re not words you’d usually expect Apple to utter during the Mac portion of a press conference — the company has all but ignored desktop gaming for years. But it just announced it will natively support …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The iPhone’s camera is a massive storage hog. We tested — and found you could fill up an entire 16GB iPhone 6S with just half an hour of 4K video. But with one fell swoop (and a new version of the iPhone’s OS), …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Sorting through files and folders may not be your idea of fun — but as Apple transforms the iPad into a work-ready laptop replacement, those files are coming along for the ride. The new Files app — arriving as part of iOS 11 this …

Google may still be the dominant search engine, but the competition just added a pretty amazing feature: Microsoft’s Bing will now let you search for images within images — and even buy items you find there.   Say you’re watching an episode of your favorite TV show, and you see a supercute outfit or a rather handsome watch or maybe a …

Clearly, Facebook doesn’t have enough ways to share your audiovisual story with the world. So — in addition to Facebook Stories, Instagram Stories, the My Day section of Facebook Messenger and your plain ol’ Facebook wall — you’ll soon be able to add additional items to your Facebook Albums as well. With a new update rolling out today on Android …