Apple yesterday published detailed guidelines for developers of web browser apps and email clients who wish to be considered as the new default app options in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.
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How to browse recently installed and suggested apps in your iPhone App Library
With the App Library feature on iOS 14 and later, your most-used apps are always just one tap away in a central place at the end of your Home Screen pages. And thanks to Siri intelligence, you can quickly launch apps you’re likely to be looking for. Follow along with us as we show you how to get to your recently installed iPhone apps or Siri-suggested apps via the App Library.
How to set if new iPhone or iPad apps are downloaded to the Home Screen or App Library only
Apple gives you the option to choose for yourself where new iPhone and iPad app downloads will appear. Follow along as we show you how to set whether newly downloaded apps are added to the Home Screen or appear only in the App Library.
Here’s your early look at how iOS 14 may let you change default browser and email apps
iOS and iPadOS 14 bring the ability to choose your favorite third-party web browser and email client systemwide versus being stuck with the stock Safari and Mail apps, and now early screenshots provide an insight into how this long-expected feature might work.
You can now replace or blur your unkempt background during Skype video calls
Microsoft today announced a background replace feature in Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad that permits users to have their unkempt home environment blurred during video chats.
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.6 with Car Key support, audio news stories in Apple News+, and more
Apple's been seeding the latest betas for iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6 for weeks now, but now it's finally time to release these iPhone and iPad software updates to the general public.
Video: Here are 10 awesome but hidden features for your iPhone in iOS 14
Apple yesterday dropped the iOS 14 public beta. Now tinkerers, power users, enthusiast or just about anyone, really, can take the software for a spin and check out all the goodies (an iDB video recently highlighted the 50 major new features in iOS 14). Since iOS 14 ended up being packed with a myriad of quality-life improvements, we've decided to put together another video highlighting ten great new hidden features that Apple didn't discuss at the WWDC.
Video: hands-on with all the changes and new features in iOS and iPadOS 14 beta 2
Apple yesterday seeded second betas of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, watchOS 7 and macOS 11.0 Big Sur. With most of the attention focused on the iOS and iPadOS software, we thought you might appreciate a little hands-on video walkthrough showing you all the major new features and enhancements that we've managed to discover in the second betas so far.
Alexa for iPhone gains voice activation, but it’s hardly hands-free as Amazon is calling it
Amazon is allowing users of its Alexa mobile app to use the smart assistant without having to touch the Alexa button at the bottom control bar for voice control. However, the online retail giant calling this feature "hands-free" voice activation is stretching it a bit.
Second developer betas of iOS/iPadOS/tvOS 14, watchOS 7 and macOS 11.0 Big Sur available
Apple today seeded second developer betas of the iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 Big Sur, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 updates ahead of public testing opening later this month. The latest betas arrived more than two weeks following the inaugural developer releases, which became available following Apple's successful virtual WWDC 2020 keynote talk, held on June 22.
iOS 14 finally brings emoji search to iPhone, iPadOS 14 adds emoji popover to iPad
iOS 14 has brought a handy emoji search option that has long been included in the Mac operating system, but it doesn't work on iPadOS 14 because it uses a different approach.