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The iOS platform runs your iPhone, and iOS 17 -- release on Sept. 18 -- will give your iPhone a fresh new feel with some big improvements to the way you use your device. From updates to the Phone app with Contact Posters to new ways to track your mental health and check in with friends after you get home, iOS 17 is one of the best iPhone updates in recent years. And iOS 18 is jut around the corner. iOS 16 users, go upgrade!
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Apple's AI announcements won't be "nearly as impressive" as OpenAI & Google's, but there's still big stuff coming at WWDC
By Lloyd Coombes published
Apple's AI efforts aren't expected to be as impressive as its rivals, but there's still plenty to come at WWDC, including an OpenAI partnership.
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Google shows off new Gemini conversational AI capabilities as it becomes increasingly clear how far Apple's Siri has fallen
By Oliver Haslam published
Following OpenAI's demo of new conversational capabilities coming to ChatGPT, Google has shown a similar Gemini feature as Apple readies a new AI announcement of its own.
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Apple realized Siri's failings after execs tested ChatGPT for themselves before refocusing on significant iOS 18 upgrades
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple executives reportedly ordered Siri upgrades after testing ChatGPT out for themselves and seeing how far behind the company had lagged.
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Rumored iOS 18 Web Eraser AI feature puts Apple on a collision course with a media whose ads it could delete
By Oliver Haslam published
A UK media industry group has warned Apple that its rumored iOS 18 Web Eraser feature could affect websites' ability to make money.
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As Apple's iOS 18 AI plans look set for a ChatGPT boost, an imminent OpenAI event could hint at what's to come
By Oliver Haslam published
OpenAI will hold a special event later today and it could hint at what a new AI partnership with Apple will bring to iOS 18 and the iPhone.
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Apple reportedly finalizing OpenAI partnership to bring ChatGPT to iOS 18
By Lloyd Coombes published
Bloomberg says Apple and ChatGPT will be sitting in a tree come iOS 18.
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Apple is set to use its own chips in the AI data centers that will power iOS 18's best features.
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple's M-series chips are set to power future iOS 18 AI capabilities, but you might be surprised which silicon Apple's data centers are going to use.
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This iPhone weather app nails widgets and complications — here’s how I use it to get instant forecasts
By Alex Blake published
Weather Up’s interactive widgets and Apple Watch complications let you see upcoming weather with none of the hassle.
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iOS 18 might add AI-powered Messages summary feature for your friends who text too much
By Lloyd Coombes published
One of Apple's first AI features for iOS 18 could make it easier to get through your messages.
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New iOS 18 leak hints at AI improvements to Siri and Spotlight ahead of expected WWDC debut
By Oliver Haslam published
Siri and Spotlight could be two more beneficiaries of new AI improvements coming to iOS 18 and the iPhone.
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iOS 18: Everything you need to know
By Oliver Haslam last updated
We expect Apple to announce the iOS 18 software update in June 2024 and make it available to the public in September of the same year.
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Upcoming iOS 18 iPhone software update tipped to finally bring tasks to the Calendar app via new Reminders integration
By Oliver Haslam published
The iOS 18 update could bring task support to the Calendar app for the first time, a new report has claimed.
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Has Apple created an answer to Microsoft Copilot? Here's how AI could change Safari in iOS 18
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple's upcoming iOS 18 iPhone software update is expected to include new AI features and a new report hints at big Microsoft Copilot-like changes coming to Safari.
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Apple's focus on AI technologies for iOS 18 and beyond sees it poach dozens of people from Google for a secretive lab in Switzerland
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple's new focus on AI technologies appears to involve picking up former Google employees to staff a new lab in Zurich, Switzerland.
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5 iOS 18 apps that could be set for major upgrades at WWDC 2024 (and the AI features they could include)
By Daryl Baxter published
These 5 apps could benefit the most from Apple’s rumored push into AI for iOS 18.
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iOS 18 won't be a major design change, but these four apps are getting a major overhaul
By Stephen Warwick published
A new report says Apple is planning a major iOS 18 overhaul for four of its most-used iPhone apps.
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On-device iOS 18 AI features tipped as Apple makes new open source LLM tools available online
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple is working on a new iOS 18 update laden with AI features and now it's made a number of LLMs available online.
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AirDrop not working? Here's the fix!
By James Bentley last updated
Is AirDrop not working on your iPhone? Here are a few things you can try to get Apple's file transfer feature to work again.
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