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Apple’s big WWDC keynote is over, and the tech giant had a lot to say in its over-two-hour presentation. If, however, you don’t have time to sit through the whole thing and want to catch up quickly, here’s a summary of the highlights. tvOS Apple kicked off the conference by talking about updates to tvOS, which runs on its Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K products. It was recently given a refresh with the new TV app (see page 75), and now Apple is giving us a look at how the entire operating system will change in the autumn. New home screen: The Apple TV home screen will now play full-screen preview video that suggests content you may want to watch. Multi-user support: You can add multiple users to…

As recently as last month we could still look at the iPad and smirk at Apple’s dogged insistence that its tablet works as a laptop replacement – one that will even leave us asking questions like, “What’s a computer?” The power was certainly there – especially in latter-day models – but not the freedom. I know this all too well. For over a year I used an iPad as my main work device, but I crawled back to the Mac after enduring months of unusable thumb drives at press trips and frustrations springing from actions as simple as selecting text. At WWDC, though, Apple dashed away most of my concerns with a masterstroke that it’s calling iPadOS. Currently, the Mac Pro is stealing much of iPadOS’s thunder, but months from…

As we’ve already seen, during Apple’s two-and-a-half hour WWDC keynote, we were treated to lots of great moments. Craig Federighi’s quip about how bloated iTunes has become. The introduction of iPadOS. And of course, the new Mac Pro. But the theme of the show was a familiar one: privacy. For the past few years, Apple has hammered home its belief in our devices and data staying in our hands, but at WWDC the tech giant put its privacy where its mouth is. Rather than rehashing themes or trotting out the usual rhetoric, Apple gave privacy a central role in every new product it announced, drawing attention to both how our devices protect our data and what could be a target. Anyone can talk a good privacy game, but Apple is…

Apple has released the redesigned version of the Apple TV app, which it first announced back during its 25 March event. It’s a wide roll-out, as Apple lets you access more than 150 different streaming apps, and it’s extending it to 100 countries on iOS along with releases for Apple TVs and Samsung’s latest smart TVs. Notably, the update includes Apple’s subscription-based Channels feature, which is the first big step toward making the Apple TV app more appealing in preparation for the launch of Apple TV+ sometime this autumn. On the iPhone, it’s rolled into the iOS 12.3 update, which comes with the usual ‘performance improvements’, but also fittingly lets you beam video or music content from your iPhone or iPad to smart TVs that support AirPlay 2. On the…

i OS has its fair share of annoyances, but one of the worst is when it autocorrects a certain popular swear word to ‘duck’ or ‘ducking’ when that’s not what you ducking meant to say. Sometimes, admittedly, a well-timed ‘ducking’ can defuse a volatile conversation. More often than not, though, an autocorrect to ‘ducking’ can leave you wanting to throw your phone through a ducking wall. Fortunately, it’s not that hard to fix, although it’s a little unintuitive. At the simplest, you could simply turn off autocorrect entirely. To do this, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and then untoggle Auto-Correction. I don’t really recommend this, though, as I find that autocorrect’s conveniences tend to outweigh its annoyances. Here’s the better way. Override autocorrect with Text Replacement The best…

Everybody is talking about the Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR (see page 17), but at those sky-high prices, Apple is going to be lucky to sell even a million of them. They’re very cool products for serious creative professionals, but they don’t mean anything at all for the vast majority of the billion-plus Apple users out there. Some of the other things Apple announced will have much bigger consequences for you. 1. Privacy crackdown Take the new privacy features in iOS 13 (see page 11). It’s not sexy, but it may drastically change the way popular apps operate. Right now, many apps let you sign in using Google or Facebook. This is convenient, but it also gives the app – and Google or Facebook – all sorts…

When the Apple Watch arrived back in 2015, it was very much an iPhone accessory. That’s steadily been changing with native apps and the addition of cellular support, but with watchOS 6, the Apple Watch barely needs an iPhone at all. Here are six ways Apple has made Apple Watch independent in watchOS 6. 1. You can install apps on your wrist One of the biggest Apple Watch annoyances has always been its reliance on the iPhone to download and install apps. Not only do we have to use the iPhone app to find new apps but we also need to have a companion app installed on our phone in order to use it on our wrist. But that’s changing. With the introduction of a standalone App Store, Apple…

If you enjoy a good puzzler, then you may find something to love among this month’s crop of standout iOS games. Sometimes Very Little Nightmares is slow and tense. Sometimes it’s so fast that you barely have time to think, as in the rapid-fire Jumpgrid. Either way, its a highly addictive puzzler. Other honourable mentions include Word Forward, a cool word game that first dropped on the App Store in 2014, and the fantastic Rolando, which has rolled back into the App Store. Read on for our top picks. Very Little Nightmares Price: £6.99 from fave.co/2R3cTto Little Nightmares left a big impact as its tense 2D stealth spawned more scares than many of its 3D cousins in the horror genre. And now, at last, that experience has made it to…

Maybe you don’t think Apple Maps is as good as Google Maps. Honestly, it’s probably not. But it’s already on your iPhone, it gets better with every update, and it does a better job of protecting your privacy. As the new Apple Maps data starts rolling out, it’s going to be worth getting to know. With these tips, you may find using Apple Maps more palatable, even enjoyable. 1. Tweak your driving options If you use your iPhone for directions while driving (or have it hooked to a CarPlay compatible car), you should tweak the way it operates. Open the Settings app, then tap Maps, then tap on Driving & Navigation. You’ll see options to avoid toll roads, avoid motorways (if you prefer the scenic route), and show a…

At its annual I/O developer’s conference last month, Google took the wraps off a pair of brand-new phones that are Pixels through and through. They’ve got big screens, great cameras, and all-day battery life. They run the latest version of Android and promise three years of updates. And they have a headphone jack. But the Pixel 3a and 3a XL aren’t £900 phones – they’re cheaper than Apple’s iPhone 7. Google has built a pair of handsets that retain the heart of their flagships but dispense with the luxury. In short, they’re Pixels for those who can’t afford a Pixel 3. Apple should follow suit. I’m not talking about throwing a new processor in the iPhone 8 as has been rumoured. What Google has done with the Pixel 3a is…

We heard a lot about iOS 13 on the main WWDC stage, but with so many other announcements to get through, there was only so many things that Craig Federighi could show us directly. However, Apple briefly showed a slide with a few dozen new iOS 13 features that are coming in the autumn – and we poured through the list so you wouldn’t have to. Apps Maps: Improved report a problem Maps: Place Card enhancements Safari: Siri suggestions Safari: Updated start page Safari: Enhanced anti-fingerprinting protections Notes: View-only collaboration Notes: Folder management Notes: More powerful search Notes: New checklist options Mail: Block sender Mail: Mute thread Reminders: Customize appearance of lists Contacts: New relationship labels Contacts: Add attachments to events Photos: Search enhancements Photos: Location controls for sharing Messages:…

Apple didn’t introduce any new Apple TV hardware at this year’s WWDC, but it did announce several new features for tvOS 13 that make Apple’s set-top box a far more attractive device. In tvOS 13, it’s easier for multiple family members to personalize the device, and Apple also introduced features that allow Apple TV to act more like a regular game console. Here are the updates we’re anticipating most. 1. A redesigned home screen The current Apple TV home screen is dull when compared to what you find in the Netflix streaming app. With tvOS 13, though, the Apple TV home screen will take a cue from those apps and start playing trailers when you slide over TV and movie apps and even specific episodes. Much as in the…

For the first time since 2015, Apple has announced a new iPod touch, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at it. It has the same 4in screen, colour selection, and bezel-heavy outdated design. But now it’s fast enough to run AR apps and Group FaceTime. Apple has updated the A8 processor in the iPod touch with an iPhone 7-era A10 Fusion chip, the same silicone that powers the low-end iPad. That’s still nowhere near as fast as the A12 Bionic chip in the iPhone XS, but it’s definitely an improvement. Like the old model, the new iPod touch starts at £199 for 32GB, but there’s an extra 256GB option now for £399, in addition to the £299 128GB model. Unfortunately, the new iPod touch ignores many of Apple’s newer…

Despite offering phones and tablets with evermore on-board storage, Apple knows that people can still easily outpace available room as they download ever more apps and digital content for those apps. In iOS 11, Apple added an option to offload apps rather than just delete them as a compromise between apps you use and storage consumed. When you delete an app from your iOS device, its icon disappears, the program bundle is removed, and any associated data gets deleted. But if you choose instead to offload an app, the icon remains in place and any app-related data is retained as well. Next to the app icon, you will see a special cloud download icon. Apple offers two ways to offload apps: Automatically: Visit Settings > General > iTunes & App…