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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 …

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Apple Live Text takes on Google Lens, can read your photos

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is pulling more information out of photos: its new Live Text feature coming to iOS 15, announced at its virtual WWDC developer conference, looks like a variation on Google’s clever computer vision smarts baked into Lens. The feature will recognize text in …

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Apple’s iMessage gets new sharing features at WWDC 2021

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With intense competition in the messaging app market, it stands to reason that Apple would introduce some new features to its homegrown iMessage service at WWDC 2021 to keep ahead of its rivals. For the second year running, WWDC is an online event …

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WWDC 2021: From AirPods 3 to new MacBook Pros, all the hardware Apple didn’t announce

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC events are always software-driven spectacles. Given that they’re targeted towards developers, that makes sense. With the rare exception of the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR in 2019, most recent WWDCs have kept the focus on what’s coming next in platforms …

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Apple overhauls notifications with summaries and focus tools

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday overhauled its notifications system for iPhones to help people deal with the flood of alerts on their phones.  One new feature, called Notification Summary, lets people schedule when notifications are delivered, like in the morning or evening, so they can …

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What US states will support Apple Wallet digital identity cards?

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Of the many new features Apple revealed during its annual WWDC keynote, the one with the most potential to change day-to-day lives is the ability to store your state ID within Apple Wallet. By working with local governments and storing your personal information …

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Ahead of WWDC, Apple bolsters AirTags privacy measures, says it’s developing Android detector app

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is adjusting its approach to its AirTags sensors, changing the time they play an audible alert when separated from their owner. The company is also creating new ways to warn people if an unexpected AirTag or Find My network-enabled device is nearby. The …

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Apple iPads get new widget and multitasking tools

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s iPads are getting some new tricks, including the ability to add widgets to the home screen and new multitasking tools, the tech giant announced Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The new widgets for Apple’s tablets will be larger than the …

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Apple will let iPhone users keep iOS 14 after iOS 15 launches

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple users will be able to keep using iOS 14 once the next version of Apple’s operating system is released in the fall. Any users of the iPhone‘s current operating system will continue getting security updates and bug fixes without immediately updating to iOS …

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Choosing the right M1 Mac: 24

Have you been thinking of a shiny upgrade since Apple’s Spring Loaded event? Are you stuck on whether the 13-inch MacBook Air or 24-inch iMac is better for you? After all, for many years we referred to the old Intel-powered smaller iMac “a MacBook on a stand.” They were both entry-level devices that cut features and sometimes had slower processors. I …

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