This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has unveiled the ability to connect two pairs of AirPods with a single iPhone, which will be available in iOS 13. The updated mobile OS, including this new dual-connect feature, is expected in fall 2019, which is …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has debuted the new Mac Pro — a dramatically retooled version of its flagship desktop computer that had not been significantly updated since 2013 — on Monday at WWDC. The new $5,999 entry-level configuration features an eight-core Xeon processor, 32GB of RAM, a Radeon Pro …
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As the NBA Finals evened up to 1-1 between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, Google showed off a new way basketball fans can get team stats just by pointing their phone at a logo. Aparna Chennapragada, vice president of Google Lens and AR, on Sunday shared a video on Twitter demoing how the search engine’s …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple will let you make your iPhone Memoji look even more like you, the company said on Monday at its WWDC 2019 developers conference. Apple introduced new features to let you further customize your avatar. You’ll be able to give yourself accessories, like …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple updated its ARKit tool set to make it easier for iPhone augmented-reality apps to capture people’s movements by pointing the camera at them and recognize when somebody steps in front of an AR digital creation, known as people occlusion. The announcements, made at …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The keynote address at Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) just wrapped up in San Jose, California. Along with new Mac Pros and new software updates for the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch and Apple TV, we saw a couple of upgrades for Siri …
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Samsung and AMD are teaming up to develop mobile graphics using AMD’s Radeon GPU technology. The multi-year partnership will see the two develop “advanced graphics technologies and solutions,” the companies said Monday. The graphics systems will be high-performance and ultra-low power, and aimed at mobile devices including smartphones. Radeon graphics are already being used across PC, console, cloud and high-performance …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On stage at WWDC 2019, Apple said its Apple TV box will get support for multiple family members. Just like Netflix, Hulu and numerous other apps for watching TV shows and movies, Apple’s own TV app will allow different family members to build different …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. As expected, Apple announced Project Catalyst Monday at WWDC, its annual developer conference. Project Catalyst — previously referred to as Marzipan — is a piece of software that Apple’s been working on that will make it possible to install and use your favorite iPad apps on your …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is back in the computer monitor business. Today at WWDC 2019 the company announced a new monitor targeted toward pro users — the same folks who might want to buy the powerful new Mac Pro computer. Called the Pro Display XDR, it …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Music is officially replacing iTunes after 18 years as part of an app suite for the latest MacOS, which was announced at WWDC 2019 in California. The update is part of MacOS Catalina (coming in fall 2019), which also includes Apple Podcasts and the …
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Problems are stacking up for Huawei as the US cracks down on the Chinese technology giant. After the US government barred Huawei from using US products, which includes Google’s Android operating system, the company is reportedly slowing down production of its phones, according the South China Morning Post. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers electronics from Apple, Huawei, Sony, Nokia, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC, Apple’s annual developers conference, brought the usual slew of software announcements meant to power Apple’s hardware through the new year. Among them: An alternative dark mode color scheme for devices running iOS 13, the newest version of Apple’s operating system for iPhones. …
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If you thought Samsung’s 8K QLED TVs were expensive, wait till you get a load of the first 8K OLED. LG’s OLED88Z9P, an 88-inch behemoth that’s both the largest and highest-resolution OLED TV available, is now available for pre-order at price of $30,000. TVs based on organic light emitting diode display tech deliver the best picture quality CNET has ever …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple unveiled plenty of new features for the iPad on Monday at its WWDC 2019 confab for developers — including one that works hand-in-hand with Macs. “Sidecar” lets an iPad work as an external monitor for Macs running MacOS Catalina. Though this feature …
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