Apple Music SharePlay control expands from CarPlay to HomePod and Apple TV
iOS 17.4 is taking the Apple Music SharePlay experience from CarPlay and bringing it to the house. Apple is expanding the SharePlay music control feature to work with both HomePod and Apple TV.
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Routers secured by HomeKit are not dead
Routers secured by HomeKit may not be the first accessories that come to mind when thinking about smart home gadgets. Nevertheless, routers are still alive and well as an accessory category in the world of HomeKit. That’s despite a thread on Reddit thi...
Apple and Goldman Sachs: A timeline of the messy partnership that will soon fall apart
Given recent reports that Goldman Sachs is looking to bail on its partnership with Apple, I thought it would be interesting to do a breakdown of the increasingly messy relationship between the two companies. After forging their partnership in 2019, App...
Pestle cooking app puts recipe discovery on your Home Screen
Pestle, the handy recipe app for iPhone and iPad, is adding new widgets that put recipe discovery right on your iPhone’s Home Screen.
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Here’s how the ZEISS Optical Inserts pairing with Apple Vision Pro works
Apple Vision Pro will officially arrive in stores and in the hands of thousands of consumers in the US next Friday. Until then, we’ve been finding out more details about Apple’s new headset. For example, users who need corrective lenses can buy ZEISS O...
iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more
Yesterday, Apple announced some major changes to the App Store and the broader iPhone platform in the European Union, including support for alternative app marketplaces. There’s one piece of nuance that Apple is now clarifying.
Some of these change...
Cardio Recovery: What is the Apple Watch feature and why should you track it?
Among the valuable health features in watchOS is something Apple calls Cardio Recovery. Follow along for a detailed look at what the feature is, how to track it with Apple Watch, why it’s valuable, what good Cardio Recovery numbers are, and tips on imp...
9to5Mac Daily: January 26, 2024 – Apple announces big App Store changes
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HomeKit Weekly: CozyLife smart plugs bridge the gap with ‘dumb devices’
HomeKit smart plugs are generally the first step new users take on their smart home journey. Nearly everyone has a lamp, coffee maker, or other home appliance they want to “HomeKitify” (yes, I just created a new word), and a smart plug is the easiest, ...
Beeper disables new iMessage connections after Apple banned Macs
The Beeper saga continues, with the company now disabling the ability to connect to iMessage entirely after Apple banned some...