Streaming music is here to stay, but for a lot of us it’s stuck on our phones or laptops. Google’s Chromecast built-in enables you to liberate your tunes and play them on devices anywhere in your home (or beyond), and even stream audio that follows you from room to room. You can use apps on …
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Apple’s iOS 15 Find My upgrade could make it easier to recover stolen devices
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple announced plenty of improvements in iPhone software at its WWDC event on Monday, from FaceTime and iMessage upgrades to new Maps and Wallet changes. These are just a few of the updates, with more having come to light after Apple posted its iOS 15 …
Read More »Apple’s ‘universal control’ feature in MacOS Monterey makes dual
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple said Monday it’s introducing a new feature that will let you move content between a Mac computer and more than two devices, including an iPad, with a single mouse and keyboard. Apple announced the universal control tool at its Worldwide Developer Conference, …
Read More »Apple hopes iOS 15 can tame the app notification deluge
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The average US smartphone owner receives 46 push notifications each day, telling them about the latest news, a friend’s response to their latest post or an alert that an item they ordered online was just delivered. Whatever it is, it’s a lot, which …
Read More »Best Father’s Day gifts under $50 in 2021
This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Father’s Day 2021 (which arrives Sunday, June 20) will be nothing like Father’s Day 2020. That’s because many coronavirus-related restrictions have been lifted, meaning dads can get the hugs and in-person celebrations they missed last year. This dad right here just wants …
Read More »AT&T and Google team up for new promotion that offers six months of free Stadia Pro
Google’s Stadia video game service expanded to Android TV and Google TV on Monday, but that doesn’t mean Google is done making moves. On Tuesday the search giant announced a new partnership that will offer six months of Stadia Pro for free to AT&T wireless and Fiber users. Stadia is Google’s video game streaming service that is meant to compete …
Read More »Apple M1 Macs get a fast, new version of Adobe Lightroom Classic
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Adobe released on Tuesday its first Lightroom Classic version adapted for Macs powered by the new M1 processor, a boon to photographers who want to get more use out of Apple’s energy efficient hardware. The new software sports a major new feature: the …
Read More »FaceTime’s iOS 15 upgrades: Blur backgrounds and schedule calls, just like in Zoom
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s FaceTime will soon look a lot more like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The iPhone maker on Monday said it’s adding features to its videoconferencing software that will let people schedule calls and even access them via a browser on Google Android and …
Read More »iOS 15 should be tailored to make the iPhone 12 Pro more pro
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC21 starts Monday June 7 at 10 a.m. PT and Apple is expected to preview the next versions of iOS and iPadOS (likely called iOS 15 and iPadOS 15), I hope the new software for the iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and the pro …
Read More »Apple FaceTime getting spatial audio for ‘more natural’ calls
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has announced that as part of the update to iOS 15, FaceTime will offer spatial audio to make people’s voices appear to come from their position on screen, during its annual WWDC keynote. The feature is designed to make FaceTime “more natural, …
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