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Luca Todesco touts progress with team on checkra1n for A10 devices on iOS 14

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 21, 2020

Checkra1n first picked up support for iOS & iPadOS 14 exactly one month ago starting today, but with a significant caveat in that it would initially support only A8-A9X devices. At the time, the team said it would work to add A10 support “in coming weeks,” and now that four weeks have passed since the announcement, it may come as no surprise that team member Luca Todesco addressed the community this afternoon via Twitter.

Now before your heart skips a beat on that subject, we’ll come right out and say that the latest comment contains good news. It seems that progress has been made in adding support for A10 devices running iOS & iPadOS 14, and Todesco expects a public release for this new support to happen quite soon:

The best AR home design apps for iPhone and iPad

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated July 30, 2024

Ready to redecorate your home and not sure where to start? These AR home design apps put the products right in your room to help you decide what to buy.

Some of Apple’s iPhone 12 cases are defective, don’t have speaker holes

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

When you get a case, it needs to provide access to the key hardware elements of the device it's meant to protect. For a smartphone, that's definitely the built-in speakers. But some early adopters of Apple's case for the iPhone 12 are running into some issues.

Apple lands the rights to feature documentary ‘The Velvet Underground’

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

Apple is not a stranger to documentaries for its Apple TV+ streaming service, and now the company has yet another coming soon to the platform.

Quibi may be on the verge of shutting down [Update: shutting down after all]

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

Quibi, the short-form streaming service, launched earlier this year. But it's been a rocky last few months for the company, and there may be no turning things around.

Download the new iOS 14.2 wallpapers

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 27, 2021

Apple has been testing the new iOS 14.2 software update ahead of release later this year, and it includes some pretty nice wallpapers. And while some Apple wallpapers are only available on certain devices, like the iPhone 12 and iPad Air 4-exclusive ones, you'll be able to use these new walls on any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch powered by iOS 14.2.

Apple seeds fourth public betas of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 to public beta testers

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

Apple continues to move along towards another update for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, with another public beta for both.

First iPhone 12 teardown video offers a quick look at the internals of Apple’s new design

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

While the iPhone 12 (and the whole iPhone 12 lineup) looks similar to some older iPhone models, and the new iPad Pro, it's technically an all new design. And now the first teardown of the handset reveals how it came together.

Sony may supply micro OLEDs for Apple’s rumored AR headset said to drop in 2021

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 21, 2020

Apple's augmented reality (AR) glasses are expected to arrive in 2021, and now Sony has been mentioned as a probably supplier of sophisticated OLED panels for the rumored accessory.

You can now use iCloud to keep your Shazams up to date across devices

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 21, 2020

The Apple-owned Shazam music identification app has been refreshed on the App Store with a new iCloud sync feature. Instead of the user name and password, you can now simply enable the option to have your identified songs synchronized via iCloud across your other Apple devices using the same Apple ID.

iOS 14 will reset default browser and email apps after an update from the App Store

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

Well, this is awkward. Despite making it possible to choose default apps for your email and web browser, iOS 14 doesn't appear truly ready to break free of the past.

The streaming service Quibi is now available on Apple TV

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2020

Quibi, short for "quick bites" of content, launched with a mobile-only focus earlier this year. However, that hasn't really worked out for the streaming service up to this point.