Wanna boost your messaging game? How about spicing up your Animoji karaoke videos? iOS 11.3 has you covered with four distinctively new Animoji characters in the Messages app.
Video: 4 new Animoji characters in iOS 11.3—lion, dragon, bear & skull
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A closer look at expanded health record integration coming to iOS 11.3’s Health app
As part of the iOS 11.3 preview, Apple today announced it's enhancing the Health app's fairly limited Health Records feature, which debuted in iOS 10, to make it easier for patients to access and control detailed medical information from the palm of their hand.
Apple previews iOS 11.3: battery management, new Animoji, vertical ARKit & more
Apple today previewed some of the new features and enhancements coming to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch this spring with iOS 11.3, including a new battery health section, the ability to disable CPU throttling and adjust power management features, and much more.
Google is now selling audiobooks on Play Store, available on iOS as well
Google today announced that it's Play Store is now carrying audiobooks in addition to existing content such as apps, movies, music, TV shows and electronic ebooks.
Kernel exploit for iOS 11.2-11.2.1 surfaces
Security researcher Ian Beer made headlines last year after finding and releasing a tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.0-11.1.2, which powers jailbreak tools like Electra and LiberiOS, just to name a few. But now there’s a new kernel exploit in town, and it impacts later iterations of iOS.
Citing Apple’s security content web page, Tuesday’s iOS 11.2.5 update patches a kernel-level exploit discovered by security researcher Russ Cox, and it purportedly works on iOS 11.2-11.2.1.
How to use Siri News on iPhone & iPad
If your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch runs iOS 11.2.5 or later, Siri in hands-free mode can read out the news to you. You can even ask your smart digital assistant to read aloud news stories limited to specific domains, such as sports, business or music, here's how.
iTunes 12.7.3 brings Up Next support to HomePod via improved AirPlay menu
HomePod is arriving in less than three weeks and Apple is releasing advance software support for the $349 Siri-powered speaker ahead of its scheduled launch on Friday, February 9.
LCD iPhone rumored to sport 2,160×1,080 resolution, bezels slimmer than iPhone X
Apple is reportedly releasing three new distinct iPhone models this year, two using OLED technology and the other rocking an LCD screen without 3D Touch and costing between $700 and $800 in the United States.
iOS 11.2.5 release notes & security fixes
On Tuesday, January 23, 2017, Apple released iOS 11.2.5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Here’s how HomePod will handle phone calls
One of the tidbits about HomePod that can be gleaned easily from Apple's refreshed website and today's press release announcing the device's February 9 availability is the fact that the Siri-driven smart speaker won't take phone calls at launch.
Acclaimed analyst says Apple is dropping 3D Touch from one of its next iPhone models
Has Apple realized that 3D Touch may be a gimmicky feature after all?
AppleCare+ for HomePod will cost $39 and cover AirPorts
HomePod is arriving February 9 with Apple's standard one-year warranty.