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Christian joined iDownloadBlog.com in March 2011 and brought with him his 20+ years of journalism experience. He specializes in Apple news, tips, and reviews, bringing years of expertise in technology journalism to his readers. Known for his insightful analysis and engaging writing style, Christian keeps his audience up-to-date with the latest in the tech world. Before that, he contributed to reputable publications like Geek.com, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Mac and 9to5Google. Christian studied Information Science, specializing in Expert Systems and Management Information Systems. After starting a faculty e-zine in his graduation year, he dropped out to pursue a lifelong career in journalism. He was Editor-in-Chief of a gaming magazine, started three periodicals covering gaming consoles, PCs and consumer technology, and founded a marketing agency specializing in interactive entertainment. Apple Intelligence’s real-time transcription much faster than OpenAI’s Whisper
Apple Intelligence has been found to provide real-time transcription of audio into text at double the speed of Whisper, the equivalent technology from OpenAI.
What is CarPlay sports mode? How does it work?
Learn everything about sports mode on CarPlay, which lets apps display real-time stats for live sporting events on the Now Playing interface while streaming audio.
YouTube crashing? Google says reinstall from the App Store to get it back to normal
If the YouTube app is crashing or not working properly on your iPhone or iPad, reinstall it from the App Store to fix it, Google has officially advised.
Apple to face judge over iPhone backups and making you overpay for iCloud storage
Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States for allegedly restricting iPhone backups and forcing users to overpay for iCloud storage upgrades.
iOS 26: Safari opens every bookmark added to the Home Screen as a web app
In iOS 26, every website you add to your iPhone's Home Screen opens as a web app by default, but you can change it to open as a regular bookmark instead.
Apple testing iOS 18.6 with possible Apple Intelligence features tailored for China
The iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6 updates should bring Apple Intelligence to iPhone, iPad and Mac owners in China for the first time since iOS 18.1 brought the first batch of AI features to Apple's customers in the United States last October.
iOS 26: Smart Display Zoom on CarPlay brings an extra row of app icons
Apple's iOS 26 operating system brings a new Smart Display Zoom setting to CarPlay which resizes the interface to fit an extra row of app icons.
How to set your AirPods to automatically pause audio when you fall asleep
Learn how to configure your AirPods to automatically pause audio playback when you fall asleep so your favorite music or podcast won’t disrupt your sleep.
watchOS 26 lets you use Control Center toggles from your iPhone
The watchOS 26 operating system permits your Apple Watch to use Control Center toggles from its paired iPhone for the first time.
Apple will let anyone test AirPods beta firmware for the first time, the original HomePod joining the public beta program
The general public can start testing the AirPods beta firmware for the first time through the Apple Beta Software Program starting in July.
Apple says the iPad’s hardware limitations prevented it from implementing proper windowed multitasking earlier
Apple couldn't bring windowed multitasking to older iPads with the responsiveness you've come to expect from the iPad's multitouch interface.