iOS 18 is a huge release for iPhone users. It brings major updates to system apps like Photos, Messages, Notes, and more.
The release also introduces two brand new apps from Apple: Image Playground for creating AI images (not yet available in the iOS 18 beta), and the new Passwords app that makes password management on Apple devices easier than ever.
Here’s a look at everything the new Passwords app can do.
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Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple has once again delayed its plans to use new resin-coated copper (RCC) components in the iPhone. This change, which would save internal space for the iPhone, was originally rumored to occur with the iPhone 16, then delayed to the iPhone 17, and now delayed again.
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I remember being intrigued the first time I saw the Beeline Velo, with its unusual approach to navigation. Instead of showing you a moving map, it just displays an arrow pointing either directly to your destination, or to your next waypoint on a route.
At the time, I was using a Garmin on my bicycles, but once I switched to mounting my iPhone on my handlebars, that created the question of which app to choose …
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Ookla has released its H1 2024 US Connectivity Report and T-Mobile has kept its crown for the fastest download and upload speeds, best consistency, earned the highest customer ratings, and more. Here’s how T-Mobile performed compared to Verizon and AT&T in the latest study.
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Live Activities are a really cool, but underused feature of iOS. Google Maps first announced that the app would support Live Activities back in 2023, but it’s still not arrived. However, after some tests went live earlier this year, we’re seeing more users reporting the feature is live.
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have been one of my best Apple buys ever. It’s hard to think of another Apple product that has only gotten better since purchase.
iPhones, iPads, and Macs all get software updates each year, but their performance also tends to struggle a bit over time. New OS versions are designed to work best with the newest hardware. With AirPods Pro 2—a product I initially hesitated to buy—Apple has managed to only make them better and better each year. And that’s happening again with iOS 18.
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The Bluetti AC70 portable power station delivers the best portable camping electricity to power all your epic summer plans. For a limited time, you can get it for as low as $399 (Reg. $699) for Prime Day.
AC70 is a must-have camping companion with features like power lifting mode, 500W solar input, and expansive capacity. 9to5Mac readers can save on Bluetti portable power stations with these special Prime Day Sale prices.
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Day 2 of the is underway, and that’s you have about 12 hours left to score the price drops – this deals will be gone by day’s and quite possibly even before then. Alongside ongoing offers on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, the latest SE 2 model has now dropped to its lowest prices from $169 shipped in both sizes. Those deals join a new all-time low on the M2 iPad Air – it is now at the very lowest point of entry we have tracked since release. AirPods Pro 2, AirTags, an insane deal on M3 MacBook Air, and more all headline today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break Prime Day edition.
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I may be in the minority, but Apple Books is one of my favorite apps on iPhone and iPad. I’ve never been a fan of the Kindle app, and though much of my reading these days happens in Libby with free library titles, I’ve always enjoyed Apple’s reading experience best.
Fortunately, a new feature in iOS 18 means I should be able to do a lot more reading in Apple Books—buying more new books with less money spent. Here’s how iOS 18 makes that possible.
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Earlier this year we saw a report from CIRP with data showing the adoption of the iPhone 15 lineup in the US coming in below what Apple saw with the iPhone 14 devices. Now CIRP’s Q2 data has landed on the same metric and the iPhone 15 lineup demand has weakened again.
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