One thing that has kept the Amazon Echo in our kitchen — and the HomePod in my studio — has been Siri’s lack of multiple timer support. With today’s iOS 12 update, the HomePod now supports multiple timers.
In practice, this works basically the same as it does on the Echo.1 You can ask Siri to set to set multiple timers with custom names, then ask Siri to check in on them or cancel them. I recorded a little back and forth with my HomePod to show you how it works:
With iOS 12, previous Workflow app users are upgraded to the Shortcuts app. Here are the latest features.
For the last several years, Federico Viticci has written the review of new iOS versions, and this year is no different:
With iOS 12, Apple wants to rectify iOS’ performance woes, proving to their customers that iOS updates should never induce digital regret. Perhaps more notably though, iOS 12 doesn’t have a single consumer feature that encapsulates this release – like Messages might have been for iOS 10 or the iPad for iOS 11. Instead, iOS 12 is a constellation of enhancements revolving around the overarching theme of time. Apple in 2018 needs more time for whatever the next big step of iOS may be; they want iOS users to understand how much time they’re spending on their devices; and they want to help users spend less time managing certain system features. Also, funnily enough, saving time is at the core (and in the very name) of iOS 12’s most exciting new feature: Shortcuts.
I picked up a 256 GB iPhone XS Max. My iPhone X is silver, so I am going Space Gray this time around to mix it up. As usual, I have a black leather case that I won’t use very often coming as well.
I’m a little nervous that the Max is going to be too big, so I’m holding onto my iPhone X for now. I need to have the crack in the rear glass dealt with anyways, so it’s going to be a 5.8-inch safety net for a couple of weeks.
The bottom line is that there may not be a bottom line on the new iPhones, if what you seek is buying advice that can be boiled down to a few sentences. For Apple, that’s something new.
A lot of news in a quick video:
Per some sleuthing by Mikah Sargent, 1 here are the new case sizes:
Apple says all old bands are compatible across the new generation of watches, which is great.
I’m going to keep refreshing my email until this comes in, Apple.
With just a couple of days to go before Apple’s iPhone event, we’re in the thick of it with leaks and hot takes. Naturally, this blog post combines those two things.
Over the weekend, a purported China Mobile presentation revealed that the upcoming slight-lower-cost-by-using-an-LCD-instead-of-an-OLED 6.1-inch iPhone will be named “iPhone XC,” as Benjamin Mayo reported at 9to5Mac:
This presentation says that the name of the 6.5-inch model is iPhone XS Plus. The name of the cheaper 6.1-inch phone has been more elusive. Various names have circled around including ‘Xr’, ‘XC’ and others. This supposed ‘leak’ says the name is iPhone XC.
It will deliver an improvement in graphics performance for most use cases if you’re using any current Apple machine but the iMac Pro or the top-spec 27-inch iMac. But with no upgrade potential, it’s a tough sell for almost everyone. The whole point of an eGPU enclosure for many prospective buyers is to provide an upgrade path for the GPU you’re using with your MacBook Pro or iMac.
It’s nice that they are marking the upcoming 10th anniversary of 512 Pixels with an event the same day. gets phone call
Oh, just new iPhones.