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Apple’s iPhone 11 A13 processor boosts phone chip performance 20%

Apple’s A13 Bionic processor will boost iPhone 11 performance by at least 20 percent over last year’s smartphones, Apple said Tuesday. That includes the speed of the main processor brains and its special-purpose engines for graphics and AI. “It is our most performant chip we have ever built for iPhone,” said Sri Santhanam, vice president of silicon engineering, at Apple’s annual …

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Apple Watch Series 3 is now $199

The Apple Watch Series 3 has hit a new low — with prices dropping to $199 on Tuesday. Apple announced the price drop at its event on Tuesday at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California. The discount comes after the company unveiled the Apple Watch Series 5, which has features like always-on display and a compass. …

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WatchOS 6 coming Sept. 19 with cycle tracking and hearing health

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual September event this morning, Apple showed off the next major release of its wearable OS, WatchOS 6. At the event, held at the Steve Jobs Theater at its campus in Cupertino, California, Apple also rolled out new iPhones, iPads, Apple Arcade, the Apple …

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iPhone 11 camera can take slow

Apple introduced the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro at its annual fall event Tuesday. While describing the iPhone 11’s camera features, Apple executive Kaiann Drance said the new phone can take selfies that are slow-motion videos, or “slofies.”  Now playing: Watch this: See Apple’s new ‘slofie’ mode in action 0:55 Shortly after the new camera feature was announced, the reaction …

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Apple Watch Series 5 gets always

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. Apple lit up an “always-on” display for its new Series 5 Apple Watch on Tuesday. The tech giant announced its latest smartwatch will now be able to have a display that’s constantly turned on. That means no more taps or wrist raises to see pings, notifications or… the …

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iPhone 11 Pro’s new Deep Fusion feature is coming to boost your photos, take on Google

Apple’s three-camera system on the new iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, announced Tuesday, are set to showcase the latest of what Apple can offer for mobile photography. Combining the improved sensors, new ultra-wide lens and the company’s A13 Bionic chip, the phones look to bring a number of improvements over last year’s iPhone XS and XS Max.  A new night mode …

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