iPad & iPhone User

Apple is late to the AI party, and when it finally announced its own Apple Intelligence offering earlier this month, the company tacitly acknowledged this with the news that it plans to partner with more established players in the market. Apple has built its own AI model, but it plans to outsource specialist or advanced tasks to others’ models. Initially, that will mean OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which Apple regards as the leading light of generative AI and “the best choice for our users today”, according to Craig Federighi. But the company made it clear other names will be drafted in too. And this has resulted in some surprising potential partnerships, such as a team-up with Facebook’s parent company Meta. According to a Wall Street Journal story (fave.co/4eFHMi2) published this weekend, citing “people familiar…

Apple has announced that Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 are now available. Existing users of the software can get the new versions for free in the App Store. The new software includes features that were revealed in May. FINAL CUT PRO FOR iPAD 2 & FINAL CUT CAMERA FOR iPHONE Here are the release notes for Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 (fave.co/3VH58uG), which lists the new features: • Easily create and edit projects on a connected external storage device. • Connect to Final Cut Camera on iPad or iPhone to record up to four angles at once using Live Multicam. • Dial in your exposure with shutter speed and ISO controls in pro camera mode. • Enable focus peaking to ensure your footage is sharp while recording. •…

According to a new report from The Information (fave.co/45yOcLr), Apple has suspended work on the high-end successor to the Vision Pro (you could call it Vision Pro 2). The report says Apple has told at least one supplier, according to “an employee at a manufacturer that makes key components for the Vision Pro”. This doesn’t mean that Apple has no faith in its new Spatial Computing category, but rather is just learning about how much people are willing to pay for it. Apple had reportedly been working on two new Vision products: a refreshed highend ‘Pro’ model with enhanced capabilities, and a more affordable model that Apple would aim to sell for a price similar to that of a high-end iPhone. Apple had intended to get the more affordable model out…

In an alternate WWDC keynote that wasn’t dominated by Apple Intelligence (see page 36), the new iPad Pro could have been launched as Apple’s slimmest device ever and captured all the attention. Indeed, back in the day, the company would often build an entire launch event around the message ‘last year’s device, only thinner’. That hasn’t been a common sell in recent years, however, as Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman points out in a recent edition of his Power On newsletter (fave.co/4cqqtPK). The MacBook Pro, the Apple Watch and, to an extent, the iPhone have all been given thicker models designed to accommodate either new features, improved battery life, or in the case of the Apple Watch Ultra, a more robust chassis for outdoor settings. But with the launch of the slim-and-light iPad…

Apple’s wearable devices, including the Apple Watch and AirPods, could gain hefty increases in battery life thanks to a new development in battery technology. TDK, a major Japanese firm which has supplied batteries and other components for the iPhone, has announced that it has developed a material for a next-gen solid-state battery with far higher energy density than those used previously. In a press release (fave.co/3xi0njj, the company boasts that it has: “Successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid‑state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid‑state battery.” This technology, TDK says, is intended to be used in “various wearable devices, such as wireless earphones, hearing aids and even smartwatches, with the goal of replacing existing coin cell…

For those with small wrists, the Apple Watch Series 9 already pushes the envelope of comfort with the smallest option clocking in at a large 41mmm. However, a new report claims the Apple Watch Series 10 coming this autumn will be even bigger. Writing over at Medium, Ming-Chi Kuo says (fave.co/4b9vDP7) the upcoming Apple Watch “will feature form factor upgrades, including larger screen sizes”, bumping the size from 41-and 45mm to 45-and 49mm. That would represent the largest increase in screen size over a previousgeneration: Apple Watch Series 1: 38mm/42mm Apple Watch Series 4: 40mm/44mm Apple Watch Series 7: 41mm/45mm With the larger screen sizes has come an increase in overall size: Apple Watch Series 1 (38mm): 38.6x33.3x10.5mm Apple Watch Series 4 (40mm): 40x34x10.7mm Apple Watch Series 7: (41mm): 41x35x10.7mm The 45mm Apple Watch is larger still, measuring…