Apple could be planning a real-world equivalent of the familiar eye-dropper tool in image apps, where a color could be set by an Apple Pencil tapping against it in an existing image.
Apple has been granted a patent for touch sensitive control areas including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current iPhone design, and a folding one.
Forget the little light you get from the Apple Watch screen, Apple is researching how to get a brighter external one fitted to a Watch band.
Apple was criticized for its September 7, 2016 unveiling of the AirPods, because it was the end of the headphone jack — but the wireless earbuds went on to become a hit and spawn an entire industry.
Apple is continuing to investigate ways of making fabric touch sensitive so that it could embed controls or detect gestures on products far beyond Apple Watch bands or iPhone cases.
Apple is investigating how the addition of electrodes to Apple Watch bands could detect the muscle movement and minute electrical activity when a user makes just about any finger gesture.
Whether you're looking for a durable, sweat-proof, or waterproof Apple Watch band for working out — or something comfortable and stretchy for yoga class, we've got you covered.
A future version of HomeKit may keep track of where the people in the house are, and learn user habits to figure out when to automatically take actions, without you having to ask Siri.
On May 6, 1998, Steve Jobs announced the iMac, and we wouldn't now have the iPhone, the Apple Store, or even Apple itself, if it hadn't been such a success.
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Apple added the ability to record Spatial Video to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max as part of iOS 17.2. Here's how to record video to be viewed on the Apple Vision Pro.
Safari tab groups have been in iPadOS for several years, and can really help you organize pages you've browsed. Here's how to use them in iPadOS 17.
The iPad was mocked at launch, threatened by rivals throughout, and yet still remains the best-selling tablet ever made, 14 years after it first shipped to customers on April 3, 2010.
Not content with its plan to make Apple Watch bands whose color can be changed, Apple wants those bands to change what the Watch displays — and to prove that they are "authorized."
Skin to skin detection could mean a future Apple Ring can be controlled with the swipe of a thumb, plus it could spot when you're playing rock, paper, scissors.
While you probably already know that you can use the iPhone Wallet app to store credit and debit cards, you can also use it to store reward cards and membership cards. Here's how to do it.
Trying to give everyone a turn picking the music on a car ride can be a nightmare. Fortunately, in iOS 17, anyone in the car can control the music from their device with the help of SharePlay, and here's how to do it.
Apple announced support for passkeys across its platforms in 2022, and many major apps and services have adopted the feature. Here's who uses the security feature.
Apple's iOS 17 brings a game-changing feature for iPhone photographers — the ability to change the ProRAW format settings. Here's where to change the format and what each one can offer.
Video reactions in iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma aren't always a good thing to have enabled for all conversations. Here's how to turn them off.
It won't necessarily stop all gaps between tracks if your internet connection is not top-notch, but a new feature in Apple Music aims to let you crossfade your songs. Here's how to use it.
You can already tag people and places in the Photos app, but now, you can do the same with your cats and dogs. Here is how to tag them in iOS 17.
Apple has quietly added yet another privacy option to Safari, by letting you set a different search engine just for when you're using private browsing. Here's how to do it.
Your Mac's lock screen is boring, but in macOS Sonoma, you can add a sense of liveliness to it with the new available screensavers. Here is how to find them and set them up.
Medication reminders are useful if you need to take prescription drugs at a set time, but you may miss the notification too easily. Here's how to set up follow-up medication reminders in iOS 17.
It's not just Spotify that has a year-end wrap-up feature — Apple Music does too! Here's how to get your Apple Music Replay playlist, today.
Apple's iOS 17.2 added a new option to the iPhone 15 Pro's Action button with the ability to start a translation. Here's how to do it, and how to pick the language you want.
Sometimes the Photos app separates the same person or pet into two different collections, but you can merge them without having to individually drag each photo over. Here's how to do so in iOS 17.
This Windows 11 Professional license deal drives the price down to just $24.97. But don't delay, as this special offer ends in four short days.
Double Tap is a feature introduced for Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in watchOS 10.1. Here's how to set it up, what you can do, and how you can customize it.
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