iOS

Apple continues to tweak the mobile Safari experience, adds a toggle for a top address bar

Evan Selleck ∙ August 17, 2021

With the grand unveiling of the newest version of Safari for iOS and iPadOS, Apple welcomed a few big changes to the experience. The biggest, along with tab groups in general, is that the address bar has been moved to the bottom of the iPhone. However, Apple has been listening to the masses --especially those who have been adamant that the upcoming changes aren't great-- and keeps tweaking that experience ahead of the public launch later this year. And today is no different.

Apple seeds sixth betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 to developers [Update: public betas now available]

Evan Selleck ∙ Updated June 14, 2024

Apple is moving towards the public launch of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS 12 Monterey, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 later this year. To help get there, though, the company is still in the beta testing phase. As a result, the company has just issued the latest betas for a few of its most popular platforms.

Check out Apple’s newest AirPods features

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated August 23, 2023

Apple has plenty of new AirPods features ready for your enjoyment, all you need to do is install iOS 15 and other software updates on your Apple devices. Here are all of them in one place.

iOS 15 lets you preserve iPhone camera settings for Night Mode, keeping it off until you need it

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 16, 2021

The iPhone's Night Mode uses computational photography to bring your low-light shots to life, but iOS 14 wouldn't let you keep its state preserved across sessions. iOS 15 fixes that.

Sonitus unlocks iOS’ native noise cancellation controls for unsupported headphones

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 16, 2021

Apple reserves iOS’ deep integration for noise cancellation and transparency mode to the company’s own headphone and headset offerings including the AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and even the Beats Studio Buds. But these are far from the only headphone and headset offerings on the market that offer alike or similar features.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Cucu, Playtopia 2, Vide, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 15, 2021

Despite the lull that the jailbreak community is experiencing amid anticipation for iOS & iPadOS 15 this Fall, we continue to see interesting new jailbreak tweak developments and jailbreak-centric news.

Many of those releases and news breaks happen when we’re distracted by our lives, and important tidbits can be easy to miss as a result. That’s the primary reason why iDownloadBlog curates these weekly recaps — it’s an effort to keep everyone on the same page despite all the chaos life brings.

Sileo Team unleashes Sileo public beta v2.2 with an impressive change log

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 14, 2021

Proponents of the Sileo package manager for jailbroken iPhones and iPads will be in for quite the surprise this Saturday morning, as the Sileo Team appears to be pushing a notably significant new public beta update for the app in the form of version 2.2.

Playtopia 2 gives jailbreakers a floating music widget and a reason to subscribe to Apple Music

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 14, 2021

In 2016, we showed our readers an innovative mini player widget for jailbroken iPhones dubbed Playtopia that could shrink to a compact size while floating over the top of any interface for convenient music playback control from anywhere.

Today, we’re excited to share that a jailbreak tweak called Playtopia 2 is now available for modern jailbroken handsets running iOS 14 — a project made possible by iOS developers Ginsu and Aviorrok.

Take control of your jailbroken iPhone’s folder cosmetics with FolderPlus

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 2, 2023

The introduction of the App Library in iOS 14 made Home Screen folders a moot point for many iPhone users. Still, some continue to use folders to organize app icons on the Home Screen, even in a post-App Library world.

This tweak prevents the YouTube app from nagging you to subscribe to YouTube Premium

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 13, 2021

As a YouTube Premium user, I’m glad that I no longer need to cope with the barrage of endless pop-ups that would attempt to upsell me on an upgraded YouTube experience comprised of support for background playback, offline video downloads, and ad-free viewing.

Having said that, I sympathize for the free YouTube users out there who are nagged time and time again to upgrade to YouTube Premium. While it’s annoying enough to try and watch videos with ad inserts every few seconds, the user experience is even more heavily degraded by those persistent money-grabbing pop-ups being added to the mix.

Apple is updating the iWork app icons in macOS 12 Monterey

Evan Selleck ∙ August 12, 2021

Sometime in the near future, Apple is going to launch the next major update to its desktop operating system. With macOS 12 Monterey, the company is welcoming plenty of changes to the software. Including some tweaks to the user interface and overall aesthetic. And that will apparently be the case for the iWork app icons as well.

WhatsApp rolling out iOS/Android chat transfer in the coming weeks

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2021

WhatsApp at Samsung's 2021 Unpacked event formally announced a much-needed new feature allowing users to transfer their chat histories between Android handsets and iPhones.