WhatsApp users will soon be able to move their chat history between iOS and Android devices if they decide to switch mobile operating systems. The announcement came during Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Facebook, also posted about the feature in a tweet: “Want to securely take your WhatsApp history from …
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Last week, Apple released the MagSafe Battery Pack which, next to the MagSafe wallet, is one of my favorite accessories for the iPhone 12 family. When the iPhone 12 launched in October, MagSafe charging was the most surprising and curious addition. Apple took Qi wireless charging, which is used by current iPhone models and most Android phones, and added magnets. …
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My dreams for an iPad Pro that could practically meld into becoming a Mac haven’t been realized yet. And that’s despite an M1 processor dropping into the latest iPad Pros, giving them the same CPU as current Macs. Apple’s iPadOS remains its own stubborn beast: Not quite Mac/PC, but also not quite iPhone. It’s growing into something unique, but that …
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Apple on Wednesday stepped back from overhauling how its Safari web browser handles tabs on MacOS. The company released a third beta of its new MacOS Monterey software that separates the address box and the tab strip by default, moving back to same design that’s in the existing MacOS Big Sur version. The change shows how difficult it can be …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Every summer, the majority of Apple users gauge their excitement about the progress of the Apple ecosystem based on the hardware the company occasionally unveils at its WWDC event — though there was none in 2021 — and the new software features that …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 15 has officially arrived. On Monday, during an online keynote for WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference, the company presented a preview of iOS 15, the next major version of the iPhone‘s operating system. It’s a follow-up to last year’s iOS 14 and …
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For many years, Google and Apple have been the two biggest and most dominant names in mobile ecosystems globally, but the UK’s competition regulator is now asking whether this duopoly is offering phone users the best deal. On Tuesday, the Competition and Markets Authority, the country’s antitrust regulator, announced that it is “taking a closer look” at iOS and Android. This …
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This week started off with a whole lot of Apple, which used its WWDC events to talk directly to developers working on software for Macs, iPhones, iPads and so on — but also indirectly to everyone who uses those devices. We learned a lot about iOS 15, MacOS Monterey, WatchOS 8, new privacy tools and more. Developer betas of all …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Another year, another no-show for Apple AR glasses at the annual WWDC conference. At the company’s second all-virtual version of the developer conference, there wasn’t a peep about Apple’s long-expected VR and AR headsets. No new big AR push, either. You could have …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The iPad was in need of a big multitasking revamp. Apple on Monday announced new ways to multitask in the next version of iPadOS 15 at this year’s virtual WWDC keynote, along with features like App Library and Widgets that came to the …
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