What's new iOS 11.4 beta 4: one step forward, one step back

Arriving just one week following the third beta of iOS 11.4, beta four has is now in the hands of developers. Included in this late-stage beta are some notable improvements to performance, as well as a regression to one of the additions we saw in beta three.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 7

What's new in iOS 11.4 beta 2

Apple on Monday released the second beta of iOS 11.4 to developers, though the software update only includes a few small changes this time around.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 5

T-Mobile integrates new Apple Business Chat support

T-Mobile on Wednesday announced support for Apple's new Business Chat feature, allowing customers and non-customers alike to message customer service representatives directly from the Messages app on their iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Mac.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 3

Video: Everything new in iOS 11.4 including AirPlay 2, Messages in iCloud, and more

The first developer beta of iOS 11.4 has been released, marking major feature additions like the arrival of AirPlay 2, Messages in iCloud and more. Check out the changes in our hands-on video.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 22

Video: Everything new in iOS 11.3 featuring Animoji, Battery Health, ARKit 1.5, & much more

iOS 11.3 was released yesterday for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. We went beyond the release notes to find everything new in Apple latest iOS update from big features, to small tweaks.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 13

Apple debuts macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 with Business Chat and eGPU support

Apple today updated macOS to version 10.13.4, bringing new features like Business Chat in Messages and support for external GPU (eGPU) enclosures to Mac users.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 25

Apple Business Chat in iOS 11.3 takes on social media in privacy, sophistication

Apple is gearing up to bring its innovative Business Chat feature out of testing and into production with the release of iOS 11.3, giving individuals a streamlined, new way to communicate with customer service without wasting time sitting on hold and without reporting the contacts of all their friends.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 7

Australian carrier Telstra working on fix for Apple iMessage and Facetime outage [u]

Telstra, one of the largest cellular carriers in Australia, is working on a fix for an apparent services outage impacting customers major metropolitan areas attempting to access Apple's iMessage and Facetime features.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 5

Fix for 'chaiOS' malicious link that crashes Messages coming in next iOS update

The iPhone-crashing "chaiOS" bug in Messages is getting a fix, with Apple confirming that a patch is due "next week" to solve the problem.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 1

There's a new malicious link that can crash or hang Messages and Safari

Yet another "text bomb" has surfaced, this time in the form of a website that can sometimes cause system crashes or hangups when received through Apple's Messages app on iOS and macOS.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 3

weMessage promises to bring iMessage to Android, uses Mac as server

A new Android app called weMessage brings unofficial support for Apple's iMessages to devices running Google's operating system, but users need a Mac to complete the ad hoc setup.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 19

Apple Watch gets special Veterans Day activity challenge

Apple on Friday announced a new activity challenge for Apple Watch owners, meant to commemorate Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 18

YouTube update allows shared video playback on iPhone through iMessage without exiting the app

An update on Tuesday morning to the YouTube app brings video sharing and inline viewing to iMessage without recipients needing to leave the application.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 7

Messages in iCloud not implemented at present, coming in a future update to iOS 11

A feature touted for iOS 11 at the 2017 WWDC was Messages in iCloud — but it was removed during the beta process, and will return at some undisclosed point in the future.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 16

Amazon working on mobile messaging service to rival Apple Messages

Amazon last week began querying customers over potential features they would like to see included in a new mobile messaging platform called "Anytime," which according to reports boasts text and video chat, voice calling, group tasks and social networking functionality.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 61

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