Tag: iOS

Apple releases third beta of iOS 11.3 to developers

Earlier this week, Apple has released the third beta for iOS 11.3 to registered developers, the main release for public is expected to launch this spring, presumably in March. The new update is mainly focusing on ARKit improvements, adding AirPlay 2 as well as the new battery reporting features. What’s new? So far, the only thing that is different with this release, is support for the iPod touch and the weird […]

Latest iOS beta gives Siri the ability to read news headlines

The latest beta release of iOS 11.2.5 was released this week and according to a recent report from 9to5Mac, buried in the release is the ability for Siri to read the news headlines, and if the news relates to a podcast from iTunes, it’ll then play that podcast. This feature has been a main staple of the Amazon Echo and Alexa, the line of Echo speakers have long been able […]

Apple releases iOS 11.2.1, fixes HomeKit bug and iPhone camera issue

Late yesterday, on the 13th Apple released iOS 11.2.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new update brings a fix for a vunrability in HomeKit, which could allow users to get unauthorised access to control smart devices, which were connected to the HomeKit platform, devices like locks, lights and thermostats. Apple did also fix and issue they had on the server side, but it looks like iOS 11.2.1 fully […]

Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, bug fixes and more

A few days ago, Apple released the next iOS release to the public, iOS 11.2. The new release brings a handful of much need bug fixes and support for Apple Pay Cash. Apple Pay Cash With iOS 11.2, Apple has added support for Apple Pay Cash, a feature which was debuted back at WWDC in June, but never made it the final iOS 11.0 release in September. It’s a peer-peer […]

Apple has sold 1.2 billion phones in total

This week, Apple revealed at the most recent earnings call it’s latest revenue for the quarter, sales figures and a few details about the iPhone. On this week’s call, Tim Cook revealed that since the introduction the very first iPhone, back in 2007 – Apple has sold 1.2 billion handsets in the 10 years it has been on sale, in it’s various versions. “One decade after the initial iPhone launch, […]

It’s WWDC on 5th June, join us live for coverage!

Apple’s annual WWDC or World Wide Developers Conference is just around the corner, on Monday at 6pm UK time Apple is expected to launch the next generation of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Apple will be live streaming the event over at apple.com, but A&T Tech will also be live tweeting the whole event on our other Twitter account @aandt_live from 6pm UK time on Monday 5th June. Be sure to check back […]

Third public betas of iOS 10.3 and macOS 10.12.4 released today

Apple has been busy preparing the new iOS 10.3 update for the last few weeks, with registered developers being given access to the beta as per usual to test compatibility and iron out any bugs. But now with the release of iOS 10.3 beta 3 Apple has opened up testing to any registered public testers. How do I test? If you like the sound of testing new beta software for […]

iOS 10.2 now out, new emoji, wallpapers and widgets!

Apple’s spent much longer testing the latest version of iOS 10, which is a good sign as we have had a number of issues with larger iOS updates as of late – hopefully iOS 10.2 aims to rectify this and judging by the release notes Apple has fixed a fair amount of bugs. Not all bug fixes It’s not just Apple fixes the nigiling issues in iOS 10 – this latest […]

Apple releases iOS 10.1.1 with bug fixes

Just today, Apple has released yet another iOS update; iOS 10.1.1 – this release fixes a few bugs, a few which have been present since iOS 10 was originally launched last month. iOS 10.1.1 is availble for all devices that are currently running iOS 10. iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later as well as the iPod touch 6th generation. How do I upgrade? As usual you can […]

Apple releases new betas of iOS 10, tvOS 10 watchOS 3 and macOS Sierra

Just earlier today, Apple has released the latest beta versions of the four major operating systems that the company manages; tvOS, iOS, watchOS and macOS. Devoloers can now download watchOS 3.1, tvOS 10.0.1, iOS 10.1 and macOS Sierra 10.12.1. The software is available from Apple’s developer website and as of yet there isn’t any news on what is contained in these new updates.