Apple issues iOS 12.3.1 update fixing VoLTE & Messages issues

Apple has issued an unscheduled update for iOS 12.3.1, less than two weeks after the release of iOS 12.3, introducing bug fixes for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch relating to Voice over LTE calls and Messages.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 4

How to block spam calls, texts, and social media messages on your iPhone

You know how to use messaging and emails, and you use them to get things done, but far too many just want to sell you things or annoy you with them. Here's how to get persistent callers and emailers out of your hair so that you can get some work done.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 16

Sprint adds Apple Business Chat to support its iPhone & iPad customers

Subscribers with U.S. carrier Sprint can now take advantage of Apple Business Chat when they need help with a plan or device.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 1

No HomePod, politics, bug extermination and more — Apple's January 2018 in review

Apple was busy in January 2018 with legal cases, Warhol's Apple logo art, Apple Music successes, and working hard to get us the HomePod. AppleInsider revisits the very start of 2018, the year that would see Apple become the most valuable company in the world on paper — for a while.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 0

Apple sued over FaceTime, auto-expiring voice Messages technology

Stalwart patent troll Uniloc filed a pair of lawsuits over the weekend claiming technology used in flagship Apple communications products, namely FaceTime and iMessage, infringe on property initially developed by HP and Philips.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 11

Apple pitched a standardized version of iMessage to wireless carriers, but they didn't bite

In an editorial bemoaning the lack of interoperability between Apple's iMessage and common SMS texting systems, former head of iOS development Scott Forstall reveals the company once tried to push wireless carriers toward its version of messaging.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 17

Patent lawsuit takes aim at Apple's encrypted iMessage and FaceTime services, VPN technology

A lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday alleges certain aspects of Apple products, including iMessage and FaceTime, infringe on multiple patents owned by Finnish holdings firm MPH Technologies, which attempted to license its IP to Apple in 2016.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 6

Here are over 150 new features and changes in iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad

When Apple introduced iOS 12 during the WWDC 2018 keynote, they barely scratched the surface on what was changed in their latest major update. We've tracked down well over 150 features to find everything new in iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 39

Everything new with Messages in iOS 12

AppleInsider takes a dive into iOS 12 to discover twenty new features and changes coming to the Messages app including new Animoji, camera effects, and layout changes.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 2

How to send images from the Messages app on the iPhone in iOS 12

One of the more controversial changes in iOS 12 has to do with the way images from your photo library are shared in the Messages app. AppleInsider walks you through the easy, though perhaps a bit more convoluted than it has to be, method of sharing your images.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 43

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 3 for iPhone and iPad

Apple included a number of changes in the latest beta of iOS 12, the biggest of which include updated mapping data, new animated Activities stickers in Messages and a load of bug fixes.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 3

Apple Business Chat makes first European appearance at Cannes Lions festival

Apple Business Chat, the company's business-focused messaging feature, made a limited appearance in Europe this week as the backbone of a concierge service providing information and guidance to Cannes Lions festival attendees.

AppleInsider Staff 7 years ago 11

How to make and use personalized Memoji on iPhone X in iOS 12

In iOS 12, iPhone X users will be able create their own customized Memoji character right in the Messages app. Choose from hundreds of different design combinations to create any number of different characters to use in iMessage conversations, or even FaceTime calls.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 17

Apple's iOS 12 introduces personalized 'Memoji' and camera effects

Apple with iOS 12 will for the first time offer users the option to create personalized Animoji characters called Memoji, a feature that is set to arrive alongside new camera effects built into the Messages app.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 18

Messages in iCloud: Everything you need to know

Messages in iCloud is a great upgrade to Apple's messaging platform, working across both iOS and macOS devices. AppleInsider takes a deep dive on what Messages in iCloud can do, how it works, and where it has limitations.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 55

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