Tag Archives: ios-11

iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone

Now playing: Watch this: The best parts of iOS 11 on iPhone 2:33 The iPhone 8 could end up being an amazing, transformative 10th-anniversary iPhone. At first glance, iOS 11 doesn’t seem quite so ambitious. It’s more of a series of targeted upgrades, with some of them being downright fantastic.  Apple‘s newest version of its …

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iPhone 8 and iOS 11: What Apple’s new software reveals

Hello, iOS 11; and hello, iPhone 8 hints. Tucked into Apple’s announcements at this year’s WWDC conference — especially iOS 11 — are juicy clues about what the software update for your iPhone and iPad might also bring to the next major iPhone. Apple’s iPhone is due for a major overhaul. Last year’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus drew fire for having …

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Apple’s amazing

The augmented-reality capabilities of Apple’s iOS 11 are very real, and very impressive. Developers are already coming up with some shockingly good-looking demos since the beta became available after WWDC, but it turns out that it might also be easy to set up and share across apps. The 3D content-publishing company Sketchfab has already demonstrated a tool putting Apple’s ARKit …

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Why some iMessage texts are blue and some are green

Now playing: Watch this: Explained: Blue vs. green iPhone messages 0:55 If you own an iPhone, you may have noticed something odd in the Messages app: Some messages are blue and some are green. What’s the deal with that? Short answer: Blue ones have been sent or received using Apple’s iMessage technology, while green ones are “traditional” text messages exchanged …

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Expect a delay for the iPhone 8 release

The release of the iPhone 8 will probably be later than Apple’s phones usually appear because of a delay in OLED production, according to an investor note from RBC Capital Markets released Wednesday.  “While we still think Apple launches all three models simultaneously in September, the OLED model will see limited availability or delayed availability till mid-October/November timeframe,” the note …

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Will your iPhone or iPad get iOS 11? Here’s the full list

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11: Is your device compatible? 1:11 iOS 11, the latest version of Apple‘s iPhone and iPad operating system, is nearly here — with fancy new features in tow. Perhaps you’re feeling a little anxious to get it, but …

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Apple’s iOS 11 take on AR looks pretty good so far

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Augmented reality: what the heck do you do with it? No one really knows for sure, but everyone’s trying. Apple is making a concerted push towards AR with iOS 11, adding a developer toolset called ARKit that helps create augmented experiences on iPhones …

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iOS 11 for iPad includes bigger dock, drag and drop features

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple demos iOS 11 on the new iPad Pro 1:31 Apple says the new iOS 11 will make multitasking easier for the iPad.  During the tech giant’s annual WWDC developers conference, Apple software head Craig Federighi said the new software features include: …

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HomePod, iOS 11, iMac Pro: All the news from Apple WWDC 2017

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iMac Pro at WWDC 2:29 For WWDC 2017, Apple headed south to San Jose, dogged by damning comparisons with Google, Facebook and Microsoft over its lack of attention to mixed reality (VR and AR), Siri’s absence from …

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How to sign up for the public betas for iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple announced new versions of its mobile and Mac operating systems, iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra. As with past WWDC announcements, developer betas will be made available today, with public betas and official releases …

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