To comply with the upcoming requirements in the European Union, Apple is reportedly preparing to allow alternative app stores and iPhone sideloading.
Bloomberg: Apple prepping to allow alternative app stores and sideloading
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First OLED MacBooks and iPads launching in 2024, says a reliable display analyst
A display analyst has reiterated that Apple is working on a new MacBook Air model with an OLED-based display panel and OLED-based iPads that will arrive in 2024.
Project Titan pivots, again: Apple Car will restrict self-driving features to highways
Apple Car may restrict its self-driving features to highways because a fully autonomous vehicle just isn’t feasible with the current state of technology.
WhatsApp is working on the ability to search for messages by date
Meta is testing the ability to search WhatsApp messages by date in its iPhone app, a feature many users have been asking for for years now.
Apple’s extended reality headset should start shipping in the second half of 2023 following a January introduction
Shipments of an Apple headset should start in the second half of 2023 instead of the second quarter due to unspecified software problems and procurement issues.
Apple headset could be marketed under the trademarked “xrOS” brand
Apple headset may be named “xrOS,” which could also be the name of its custom operating system and broeder software platform, a new report alleges.
With a little help from Sony, the iPhone 15 camera may take fewer photos that are oversaturated or undersaturated
Photos taken with the iPhone 15 camera in some specific situations should be less overexposed or underexposed thanks to the latest imaging sensors from Sony.
Apple reportedly isn’t looking to inundate iPhone users with ads after all
Apple won't start showing significantly more iPhone ads. Also, Apple a few years back apparently stopped a project to inject ads into Spotlight search results.
Apple developing its own version of the metaverse for the rumored headset
Aside from 3D worlds, Apple headset content will also include a video service, entertainment and productivity apps, augmented reality games and more.
iOS 16.1.1 should fix iPhone Wi-Fi bug, battery drain and more
Aside from fixing iPhone's Wi-Fi randomly disconnecting, iOS 16.1.1 could address slow Spotlight search and officially bring Emergency SOS via satellite into orbit.
iOS 16.2 arriving in mid-December with Freeform app and new iPhone features
iOS 16.2 is due in mid-December, bringing new iPhone features such as Apple's new Freeform app, more frequent live activity updates and other improvements.
No new Macs in 2022: M2 MacBook Pro due in early 2023, M2 Mac mini in the works
There won't be new Mac launches in 2022. But in early 2023, Apple should release new M2-powered MacBook Pro laptops and refresh its other computers.