Tag Archives: ios-12

You can now download Apple’s iOS 12 public beta. Bring on the Memoji

If you’ve been dying to turn yourself into an animated cartoon, you’re in luck. Apple’s public beta version of iOS 12, with its new Memoji feature, is now available for download.  The software, which runs on iPhones and iPads, won’t be finalized and officially released until the fall. Those of you who can’t wait until …

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Why you shouldn’t download iOS 12 just yet

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With the release of iOS 12 via Apple’s public beta program, it can be very tempting to install the beta on your primary iOS device. Trust me, I get it. However, it’s a beta release for a reason. Features are going to change, …

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How to get back to iOS 11 if the iOS 12 beta isn’t for you

After installing the iOS 12 beta, you may find yourself wishing you hadn’t. The good news is you can go back to iOS 11 with a little bit of work. The bad news is you’re probably going to lose some data. What you need A computer with iTunes will help you roll back to iOS 11. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET …

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Apple’s iOS 12 will automatically share location data with 911 responders

iPhone users who call 911 will automatically be able to share location data with first responders when iOS 12 is released this fall, Apple said Monday. The service will allow 911 operators to more easily locate callers in order to dispatch responders more quickly and accurately to emergency situations, the company said in a statement. Apple first launched a version of …

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Here’s what Apple’s doing to get you excited about AR

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The future of augmented reality headgear and smartglasses is still very much in flux. The long-awaited Magic Leap might emerge this year. Microsoft’s Hololens has hung in a state of enterprise limbo — one from which it may finally emerge next year. Little …

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British boarding is making students turn in their phones at night

Many of us scroll through our phones just before falling asleep and immediately after waking up. But first-year students at Eton College, an English boarding school for boys, no longer have that luxury. The students have been ordered to turn in their phones at night because of concerns around the pressures of social media, according to The Guardian. Eton College …

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5 things Apple has to do to win with Macs this fall

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. While it wasn’t a surprise, the lack of any Mac hardware updates at last week’s Apple WWDC conference still disappointed potential MacBook, iMac and Mac Pro shoppers, many of whom have been waiting patiently for the company to release radically updated versions of some …

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More ‘proof’ that the 2018 iPhone X Plus may get a third camera

Last week’s iPhone gossip just took a turn for the best: The rumored tripl-camera iPhones of 2019 might come a year earlier. One of the models could even sell for less than the iPhone X, if word on the internet is to be believed. Here are the juiciest iPhone rumors of the past week. The iPhone X Plus could pack …

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iOS 12: Five features we’re excited about

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has a lot of new features to explore in the latest version of iOS 12. From personalized Animoji to a Siri that can help you do more things at once, there’s lots to dig through in the developer beta. Because this is …

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Get the iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave wallpapers right now

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. You’ll need to wait until the fall for the updates to iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave to hit, but there’s no need to wait for the beautiful wallpapers Apple showed off at WWDC.  With each software update, Apple introduces new wallpapers to spiff …

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