We knew it was coming before it happened, thanks to plenty of rumors. But when Apple actually did it, people had some opinions. Now it has been several years since Apple launched the iPhone X and removed the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone lineup. But is it time to bring it back?
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Apple Music for Android is rolling spatial and lossless audio support, plus other new features
Apple is now testing the latest Apple Music features for its Android client, including support for spatial audio and lossless audio, as well as automatic crossfading and other perks.
iOS 15 permits Android and Windows users to securely join FaceTime calls on the web
One of the best WWDC21 announcements for non-Apple fans is the ability for Windows and Android users to join FaceTime calls initiated by Apple users on macOS 12 or iOS/iPadOS 15.
Apple Music Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is coming soon to Android
Before Apple got around to officially announcing Dolby Atmos support in Apple Music, along with Lossless Audio, it was the Apple Music Android app that hinted at its impending arrival. But then the rumor mill suggested that app wouldn't get support for the new feature. Now, here we are and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is out there in the wild, and Android support is indeed in the works.
Apple is improving AirTag privacy and launching an Android app in the future
Apple finally launched its item tracker, the AirTag, earlier this year. And now the company is announcing (before this year's WWDC no less) that major improvements are on the way. That comes in the form of new security measures and an upcoming Android app.
Apple’s TV software is now available across all modern Android TV devices
Having launched on the Shield TV, an Android-powered media streamer from graphics giant Nvidia, Apple's TV app is now available on all devices using Google's new Android TV software.
Coinbase Card adds Apple Pay support to make spending cryptocurrency easy
Coinbase has been around for a while now, focusing entirely on cryptocurrency. It's a service that started with a way to track different cryptocurrencies across the market. But now, the service also has a debit card.
Coinbase offers several different tools, including a built-in and self-hosted wallet that can store all sorts of currencies and NFTs. But it's newest service is the Coinbase Card, a Visa-branded debit card. It's technically still behind a waitlist, but Coinbase says it's sending out applications for those on that waitlist starting this week.
Select Verizon customers can get up to 12 months of Apple Arcade free starting May 25
Verizon has been offering deals related to Apple Music for quite some time now, starting with six months free, and then something a bit more permanent. And now the wireless carrier is going to offer a similar deal for another one of Apple's services.
Here’s what Google announced at I/O 2021
Google's annual conference is back, with an all-digital event that took place earlier today. As expected, the company offered a look at what's coming next, including the next major update to Android.
Apple Music for Android apparently won’t support the Dolby Atmos audio format
Apple Music for Android reportedly won't be updated with support for Dolby Atmos audio when Apple rolls out its new lossless and spatial audio features on Apple Music in June.
Apple Music for Android hints at upcoming lossless audio feature’s imminent launch
At the beginning of this month it was rumored that Apple was planning to launch a new HiFi, or lossless audio, option for Apple Music in the near future. And now it looks like the Android version of Apple Music may be confirming just as much.
Hinata gives jailbroken iPhones a Samsung Galaxy-inspired Lock Screen
Any jailbreakers with an interest in changing the way their iPhone’s Lock Screen looks may want to refresh their package manager’s sources.
A newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Hinata by iOS developer Sugiuta replaces the iPhone’s familiar Lock Screen aesthetics with something that appears to be inspired by the Samsung Galaxy Lock Screen.