This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV streaming-television device can replace the clunky cable box for Charter Spectrum cable subscribers later this year, Apple said Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose. WWDC is the event at which Apple details the newest software …
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Apple’s new 2018 iPhones may actually be getting cheaper
If the $999 starting price made you skip the iPhone X, perhaps you made the right move. This year, you may be able to get your practically-all-screen iPhone for a fraction of the cost — with a new notch-equipped 2018 iPhone starting as low as $600, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who is known for his Apple forecasts, made the …
Read More »Apple Watch’s Siri watch face getting smarter
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has some new features for its Siri watch face on the Apple Watch. The Siri watch face, first introduced last year, brings a handful of the voice assistant’s features right up front on your Apple Watch, providing your calendar, reminders and commute times. …
Read More »iPhones may get three cameras, and Apple stirs up trouble with apps
There’s been plenty of iPhone drama this week, but none of it has to do with the big conference–WWDC–Apple’s putting on next week, or even last week’s Samsung court case. Nope. Apple is drawing praise — and much more fire — for apps. Plus, two juicy rumors about future iPhone screens and a third camera. Here’s what happened this week. …
Read More »Mac OS 10.14 leak suggests dark mode, Apple News app
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Is the Mac heading to the Dark Side? A new leak suggests that could be the case. Software programmer Steven Troughton-Smith took to Twitter on Saturday to say he’d come across an internal Apple video that shows the company’s Xcode development tool running …
Read More »WWDC 2018: What to expect from iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 and more
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re just days away from getting our next official glimpse of Apple’s future. The company kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. CNET will have wall-to-wall live coverage, including a live blog and a …
Read More »Messages in iCloud now available on Mac, with MacOS 10.13.5 update
It’s a lot later than we expected, but it’s finally here — with today’s download of MacOS 10.13.5 (via 9to5Mac), the Messages in iCloud feature has arrived to keep your texts and shared photos in sync across all your Apple devices. So when you delete a message on your Mac, it’ll be gone from your iPhone, too. Wait, didn’t we just report that …
Read More »How to take Portrait mode shots on almost any iPhone
If you don’t have an iPhone X or a big, honkin’ iPhone 7 Plus or 8 Plus, then your biggest gripe about your current iPhone is likely its inability to capture Portrait mode shots with the cool, artsy, blurred backgrounds. A cottage industry of apps has sprung up to approximate Portrait mode’s depth-of-field effect, but you don’t need to install …
Read More »12 things we want to see on Apple’s iOS 12 at WWDC
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC conference is almost here, and while we expect a focus on software and services over hardware, we can be sure of one thing: a preview of the next version of iOS. The last version of Apple’s iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS …
Read More »9 Siri remote shortcuts you should be using
With only six buttons and a clicking touchpad, the Siri Remote for the Apple TV seems like an overly-simplified remote, especially when you consider everything the streamer can do. It gets its job done pretty well, even if the trackpad can be a bit cumbersome at times. In fact, if you’re not using Siri all that much, you’re likely missing …
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