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Movies Anywhere joins Apple TV Plus in coming to Vizio TVs

Vizio has announced that the Movies Anywhere app is available on its SmartCast platform, enabling users to watch their digital movie purchases.  Separately, the Apple TV Plus app will be coming to Vizio TVs later in the year. The new Movies Anywhere app will let users stream movies from their Movies Anywhere digital locker and is compatible …

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WatchOS 7: All the cool new Apple Watch features unveiled at WWDC

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple unveiled the next major release of its wearable OS, WatchOS 7. WatchOS 7 adds much-anticipated sleep tracking features, including a Wind Down mode to help you get to bed on time. When you wake up, …

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Should I buy a new MacBook now or wait for Apple silicon?

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The question I most often get from CNET readers is some version of: “Should I buy a 13-inch MacBook Air or a 13-inch MacBook Pro?” That’s a pretty easy one to field, depending on the questioner’s budget and needs. But what happens when …

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iOS 14 ‘Back Tap’ lets you quickly switch apps, perform actions on your iPhone

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 14, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, has a new feature that may change how you use your iPhone. Called Back Tap, the feature will let you perform a variety of quick actions by tapping the back of your iPhone. …

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Apple says the new MacOS Big Sur update is its biggest design change in almost 20 years

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday introduced the new Big Sur version of its MacOS operating system for its laptops and desktops, with a big focus on updating the Safari web browser. The announcement came during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which for the first time took place …

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Good news for future Macs: The fastest supercomputer uses Arm chips

In a development that oddly enough bodes well for Apple Macs, a Fujitsu machine has been named fastest in the world. The system, called Fugaku and installed at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Japan, features processors that are members of the Arm family that Apple will use in its Mac personal computers later this year. Fugaku uses Fujitsu …

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How to watch Apple’s WWDC ‘State of the Union’ address

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. After detailing new updates coming to iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS, not to mention announcing a switch from Intel processors to its own silicon, Apple’s virtual WWDC continues on Monday. Those looking to continue learning about Apple’s platforms have more virtual sessions …

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Apple TV Plus reaches a billion screens, Apple says (which we already knew)

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple TV Plus reaches a billion devices, a figure the company was touting even before the service launched, but Apple nonetheless called it out Monday during the keynote of the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple also said the its TV app, which is where Apple …

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Apple still plans to support Intel

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple finally confirmed its long-rumored plan to switch to using its own Arm-based processors for Macs at its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, but that doesn’t mean it’s giving up fully on Intel.  Appearing on video at its WWDC 2020 event after a demonstration detailing …

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In iOS 14, Apple’s redesigned iPhone home screen is easier to navigate

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple unveiled a new home screen design for the iPhone with the release of iOS 14. The new home screen will make it easier to navigate through all of your apps and will include widgets.  Apple added a new …

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