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Apple Music is now available on Google Nest speakers in more countries

Apple Music was already available on Google’s range of Nest speakers for the home, but now as of last week, more countries can now have access to Apple Music on their Google Nest speakers. According to a publicly available Apple support page, Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, and South Korea now have access to the service. Support for Apple Music came to Nest speakers last year for customers in the US, […]

Around 60% of devices are now running iOS 15

It has been reported today that iOS 15, which was only released to the public 80 days ago – is now installed on 58% of all iOS devices out there. This data has come from Mixpanel, a third party data analytics company. Apple hasn’t yet released any data on adoption figures for iOS 15, the last time the company said anything was back in June 2021. In June, Apple reported […]

Apple will be adding the iPhone 6 Plus to the vintage list later this month

Reported by MacRumors last week, Apple is getting ready to mark the iPhone 6 Plus to its vintage list soon, with a date of 31st December 2021 in the report. Apple usually lists certain products as vintage if it has surpassed the five year mark since a device being on sale. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were Apple’s first big phones, as iPhone models before them were much […]

Apple announces new limited edition Beats Studio Buds

Today Apple has revealed a new limited edition version of its new Beats Studio Buds. The new ear buds are finished in green, black and red which are the colours of the Pan-African flag. The new limited edition is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the clothing store, Union. The charging case also features the Union logo. The new headphones won’t be sold via Apple or Beats, instead exclusively at Union’s […]

HomePod mini in new colours now on sale in more countries, including UK, Australia and more

Apple made the new colour version of the HomePod mini available in the United States, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan a few weeks ago and delayed the release a few weeks for Austria, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Now as of today, the HomePod mini in orange, yellow and blue is now available in those countries. The colour versions, like the M1 iMac come […]

Custom iPhone X with USB-C port sells for $86k on eBay

Late last week, a robotics student by the name of Ken Pillionel had modified an iPhone X to have a USB-C port rather than the standard Lightning port Apple ships. It has been listed on eBay and has now been sold for $86,001 on eBay. The video from Ken is below where he explains how he made the “the world’s first USB-C iPhone.” The winning bider will get the 64GB […]

Apple releases watchOS 8.1.1 to fix charging issues on Series 7

This week, alongside a minor iOS release for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, Apple has also released watchOS 8.1.1 specifically for the Apple Watch Series 7. Users have been reporting that the watch doesn’t charge and some reported that it also charges slowly. watchOS 8.1.1 addresses the charging issue and it can be downloaded now by going to the Apple Watch app on iPhone, then General > Software Update.

Apple releases iOS 15.1.1 for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13

Apple has this week released iOS 15.1.1 for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 only. Being for those two models only, it is a minor release but an important one nonetheless. Apple says this release improves call drop performance, as a lot of users have seen issues with dropped calls recently. It can be updated by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

Apple Music app now available for LG smart TVs

The official Apple Music app has been released today for users with a LG smart TV, with a roll out starting today. The app works just like it does on the Apple TV, with support for playlists, radio stations, and music videos and all the 90 million songs Apple has. The app supports a lot of the service’s special features such as synced realtime lyrics and more. At this current […]