By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has shifted onto the second round of developer betas, with the latest iteration of iOS 17.5 including Apple’s Web Distribution system.iOS 17Developers taking part in Apple’s beta program can acquire the new builds via any Apple Developer Center or more directly by updating their iPhone or iPad already running the betas, doing so through the Settings app. Public beta versions generally arrive a short time after the developer versions, and public participants can sign up through the Apple Beta Software Program website.The second betas for iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, and macOS Sonoma 14.5 arrive after the first versions, which surfaced on April 2. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Owners of the Apple Vision Pro can now test out the second developer build of the visionOS 1.2 operating system.visionOSThe second build of visionOS 1.2 surfaces after the first one, which arrived on April 2. The new build is build number 21O5565d, replacing the first beta, build number 21O5555e.It is still unclear exactly what Apple has changed in the new beta cycle, but release notes mention changes were made to fix an issue with FaceTime call synchronization and notification interruption issues for some apps. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The new iOS 17.5 beta introduces app sideloading from websites in the EU and Apple has announced both what eligible developers have to do, and what users can expect to see.Apple is allowing EU developers to skip the App Store and offer sideloading from their websitesAs previously expected, the new beta release of iOS 17.5, adds the facility for sideloading apps from a website. Apple had previously resisted allowing this Web Distribution, but was pressured into it by the EU and its Digital Markets Act.Apple has now issued new support articles for developers on what is required for eligibility, and how the sideloading should work for users. The company stresses that it will check apps for basic security and safety. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (David Schloss) Apple is developing technology for wearable devices like Apple Vision Pro that measure and monitor biometric data and location to provide tailored and potentially lifesaving advice.Apple wearables could provide medication reminders and guidance. An Apple patent, “Method and device for health monitoring,” describes a system for monitoring a user’s biometric data to display suggestions and guidance in a mixed-reality (MR) system. The implementation of the technology suggests future wearables from Apple that would be worn full-time, like the much-rumored Apple Glasses.This technology will not only provide individualized suggestions, but just as the Apple Watch has saved people who have fallen or are suffering cardiac events, this technology would monitor activity and location to provide real-time health guidance. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Building up to Earth Day, Apple is highlighting it’s wide device recycling program, how to trade in old iPhones, and how it has eliminated the use of leather in it’s products.Image Credit: AppleApple has refreshed its trade-in page ahead of Earth Day, prompting users to rummage through their tech stash for things that can be traded in or recycled.”This Earth Day, let’s put your used device to good use. You can trade it in and get credit toward your next purchase,” Apple’s trade-in page reads. “Or if it’s not eligible, we’ll recycle it for free.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is researching a novel way to keep MacBook Pro displays clean — by changing the structure of keys on the keyboard.Every key would have a groove or gully around it to collect dirt and keep it off the top of the keysApple has previously issued support documents about keeping displays clean, and it’s also tried very many times to make a new keyboard. Some attempts have been less successful than others.But now in a newly-granted patent called “Keycap particle evacuation structure,” Apple is looking to see if a clean keyboard means a clean screen. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Rode has launched a pair of iPhone accessories to improve smartphone videography, with the Phone Cage and Magnetic Mount designed to help mobile content creators.Rode Phone CageLaunched during NAB 2024, Rode’s newest videography tools are aimed at turning an iPhone into a filmmaking device. To do that, Rode has come up with ways to handle the iPhone as if it’s a camera, with two new accessories.The Phone Cage is a smartphone mounting system that consists of a ring grip with a central MagSafe-compatible mounting disk, holding the iPhone in the middle of the rig. Able to be used as an ergonomic grip for filmmaking, the Phone Cage is both rugged and lightweight, thanks to its aluminum construction. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) A new report suggests that every tech giant has failed to provide crucial ad transparency tools to its user base, leaving the door open for disinformation and manipulation.On Tuesday, Mozilla and CheckFirst, a Finland-based research company, released a report detailing how tech companies like Apple, Google, TikTok, and X handle ad transparency. Ultimately, the report found that all platforms could be doing more to disclose why a user is seeing an advertisement and who is behind the ad.The research team conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the transparency tools, using over 20 parameters that encompassed functionality, data accessibility, and accuracy. The research was carried out between December 2023 and January 2024.The study believes that, for best transparency practices, platforms should follow the five recommendations outlined below. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) As part of Apple’s continued shift to increase iPhone production in India, the company is now trying to secure suppliers for camera modules within the country.iPhone 15 Pro Max camera moduleApple has spent years trying to move away from China-centric production into one with multiple manufacturing bases. While Apple wants to significantly increase its iPhone production in India in the coming years, it has to solve multiple problems that can slow progress.One of the issues is component sourcing, which Apple solved in China with supply chains optimized to deliver components to assemblers in the region. For the moment, many components have to be shipped to India to be assembled there, but that could eventually change. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has been granted a patent for a new accessory that would hold a user’s credit cards, charge their iPhone, and be worn on the wrist or around the neck.New luggage-label-like accessory designed by AppleApple’s FineWoven cases for iPhone may not have been the most well-received ones that the company has made, but it isn’t giving up looking for new accessories. In a newly-granted patent called “Accessory device for electronic devices,” Apple proposes an accessory that looks like an over-sized luggage tag.As depicted in the patent’s drawings, the accessory is a holder for an iPhone that comes with a strap for attaching it to, perhaps, baggage. Depending on the size and length of the strap, though, this could also be a lanyard, or a way of attaching the iPhone to a wrist. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
