“Last month, YouTube announced a host of new features. After the new miniplayer and settings revamp, YouTube is rolling out the fine-tunable redesign of playback speed controls in the Android and iOS app. “
Apple will let you share lost AirTag info with an airline
“Apple will be introducing a new feature to its Find My app that allows you to temporarily share the location of a lost AirTag with “an airline or a trusted person,” according to MacRumors, which is testing the second developer beta release of iOS 18.2.”
Apple Is Charging The Exact Same Price For A Single Base M4 Mac mini If Buyers Want To Double The Existing Unified RAM And Internal Storage
“The pricing of the M4 Mac mini was nailed to absolute perfection because Apple not only continues to sell the base model for $599, it has topped it out by offering 16GB RAM as standard instead of 8GB RAM that shipped with the previous-generation models, along with 256GB of internal storage.”
Apple’s new M4 Max is the fastest CPU on the market, and we haven’t even seen M4 Ultra
“Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro models this week, with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chipsets. The new M4 Pro chip in the Mac mini already showed some very promising results, making it the fastest Mac ever.”
Apple is acquiring image editing firm Pixelmator
“Pixelmator, the Lithuania-based firm that makes popular Mac-based photo editing tools, has agreed to be acquired by Apple.”
The new Mac mini will be Apple’s fastest desktop Mac, as shown by M4 Pro Geekbench scores
“The new Mac mini with M4 Pro will be Apple’s fastest desktop Mac, ever, eclipsing the M2 Ultra performance of Mac Studio and Mac Pro.”
CarPlay in iOS 18.1 gets three small Apple Intelligence enhancements
“iOS 18.1 released this week with the first Apple Intelligence features for iPhone, plus iPad and Mac. But if you’re a CarPlay user, you might have noticed that Apple Intelligence provides a few nice changes on the road too. Here are three small iOS 18.1 enhancements to CarPlay. Siri in iOS 18.”
New iPhone 16 Pro Reports Highlight Latest Battery Problems
“Update October 20 with iPhone 16 shutdown issues. Apple is facing frustration from new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro owners as their battery life is significantly less than the Apple community has expected following the launch and initial reviews.”
Apple confirms the iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM
“The iPhone 16 lineup has 8GB of RAM, from the base model to the 16 Pro Max, and it’s all thanks to Apple Intelligence. Apple VP of hardware tech Johny Srouji confirmed as much in an interview with Geekerwan, published yesterday, that 9to5Mac spotted.”
FDA approves some Apple AirPods to be used as hearing aids
“Two years after federal health officials approved the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids, some Apple AirPods owners may soon be able to access the medical device in the comfort of their home with the click of a software update.”
