“Hey Siri, play Lizzo on Spotify.” That’s all it takes now to listen to your favorite songs, artists, albums and playlists on Spotify. The music streaming service on Monday updated its mobile app for iOS 13, adding Siri support. This means you can ask Apple’s virtual assistant to play music via the Spotify app. The …
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Amazon is taking on Apple’s AirPods and Samsung Galaxy Buds with the Echo Buds. These new buds have integrated Alexa support and include noise reduction technology from Bose. Using the usual wake word, Alexa, will activate the voice assistant, or by tapping and holding one of the buds, a separate voice assistant on your phone (such as Siri or Google …
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Standing in a demo room that overlooked the Space Needle at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, Alexa hardware executive Miriam Daniel smiled as she encouraged me to stick a pair of Echo Buds in my ears. The space was noisy and chaotic, punctuated repeatedly by Alexa chiming in with different responses. I tapped the side of the earbuds twice, then suddenly there …
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Apple’s latest iPhone software, iOS 13, is already available — but on Tuesday, you’ll already be able to download its first big update, iOS 13.1. And you’ll be able to revitalize your iPad with the launch of Apple’s new iPadOS software created exclusively for its tablets. Both iOS 13.1 and iPadOS were originally scheduled to be released on Sept. 30, but …
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The Reminders app on iOS 13 and iPadOS has been completely redesigned. It looks nothing like the version we’ve had since iOS 7, and that’s for the better. Not only does the Reminders app have a new look, but it’s also much, much smarter. For example, now you can just type out “Baseball practice every Wednesday” and the app will …
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A new feature in iOS 13 will all but eliminate robocalls, spam calls and solicitors from ringing your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) — whether it’s a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro or an older iPhone 6S ($190 at eBay). In fact, with the new Silence Unknown Callers feature turned on, the only time your iPhone will ring is if you …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Without the software that powers them, iPhones and Android phones would be high-priced pieces of glass, metal and plastic. So let’s see how the new mobile OSes from Apple and Google compare, now that iOS 13.1 is already here and Android 10 — previously …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual September event this morning, Apple showed off the next major release of its wearable OS, WatchOS 6. At the event, held at the Steve Jobs Theater at its campus in Cupertino, California, Apple also rolled out new iPhones, iPads, Apple Arcade, the Apple …
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With just 24 hours until Apple’s next big launch event, the iPhone 11 already faces some fierce competition from its biggest rival. Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 10 phones debuted a few weeks earlier with a nearly bezel-less and almost notch-free display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, 3D camera sensors on the back of the Note 10 Plus and 5G connectivity. These are features rumored to take …
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Siri was one of the first digital assistants, but in recent years it has fallen well behind rivals like Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. It now, however, appears that some major improvements are finally on the horizon. As part of leaked Apple documents obtained by the Guardian, which detail how Apple engineers adjusted Siri to “deflect” questions about feminism and …
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