The second developer beta of tvOS 13 that dropped yesterday includes support for Picture-in-Picture video playback, bringing this handy feature for the first time to the Apple TV box.
Cody and Sebastien talk about Twitterrific's new update, Apple's Look Around, iOS 13, and both dream of the next MacBook.
Love it or hate it, most of Apple’s modern-day mobile devices come standard with a top-of-display notch that houses the TrueDepth camera system used by Face ID for biometric authentication and for selfie images. Now that the notch has become the norm, the best thing you can do is embrace it; but why not go a step further and expand it?
NotchControl is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer PeterDev that builds upon the notch’s native aesthetics and functionality. With it, you can incorporate new controls and information displays into the notch, such as things that pertain to music, time, or weather.
Lots of people pack their iOS handsets’ Calendar app with upcoming plans and events, and we find it particularly alarming that Apple still doesn’t persistently display those plans and events on the Lock screen to prevent users from forgetting about them as the week goes on.
Given the circumstances, we’re particularly excited to show you a newly-released and free jailbreak tweak called Shenmue by iOS developer maximehip, which resolves the aforementioned problem by displaying a specialized event widget on the Lock screen with a persistent reminder regarding what’s still to come.
If you have a jailbroken handset in your possession and you’re paranoid that someone might know your passcode and that they might be logging into your device when you aren’t looking, then you just might come to appreciate a newly-released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed LastUnlock by iOS developer Smokin1337.
As indicated by the screenshot example above, LastUnlock records the most recent date and time that your handset was unlocked (whether it was by you or someone else) and displays it on the Lock screen where the ‘press Home to unlock’ or ‘swipe up to unlock’ text would typically appear.
Back in early 2017, Apple acquired sleep tracking company Beddit. Now, over two years later, Beddit is getting in on the beta program fun.
CarPlay has received its biggest update ever in iOS 13 with an all-new Dashboard to access music, maps and more in a single view, in addition to a Light theme, a new Calendar app, Siri support for third-party navigation and audio apps and much more.
iOS 13 is the next major release for Apple's mobile operating system, and Apple is moving forward with the latest developer beta. Meanwhile, iPadOS is meant to show the turning point for the iPad lineup and Apple's new focus on the tablet lineup. tvOS 13, macOS Catalina, and watchOS 6 are also seeing major updates this year.
Driven by Netflix’s recent spate of Oscar nominations, Apple's global video programming team reportedly wants to cure its collective Oscar envy and make a big splash in Hollywood by bankrolling a bunch of Oscar-worthy movies at a rate of $5 million to $30 million per project.
Instagram is one of the most popular social networks out there, which makes some profiles a prime target for hacking. And unfortunately for some account owners, the current state of security on the platform doesn't make it easy to get a hacked profile back. But Instagram is looking to change that.
The German government is going to take advantage of iOS 13's built-in NFC stack to allow citizens to use their iPhone as documentation.
Apple could do without Qualcomm's wireless modems in iPhones as soon as 2022.