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Handy Roundups

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Feb 7, 2025

In today's digital world, personalization is everything — and stickers are a fun way to add a unique touch to your conversations. Whether you're creating stickers from still images, emoji, Live Photos ...

Number 19 in a modern graphic style.
Feb 4, 2025

The first beta version of iOS 19 is still months away, but Apple has been hard at work getting the next-gen iPhone software ready for developer testing. And we already know of a few potential changes ...

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Jan 31, 2025

One of the coolest aesthetic features of iMessage is its animated message effects. If you're like many users, you might even have discovered them by accident, where wishing your friend a "Happy Birthd ...

Creating an event via Visual Intelligence.
Jan 29, 2025

Apple just released iOS 18.3, its latest software update for iPhone, on January 27 — after 42 days of beta testing. While it's not as feature-packed as the previous updates for iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.1 w ...

Freeform being used on an iPad and iPhone.
Jan 24, 2025

Apple's Freeform app levels up with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, offering you new features to enhance creativity, collaboration, and organization. While some updates, like the new Scenes feature, are promine ...

Smartphones with Apple logo on a surface.
Jan 22, 2025

Apple has released and continues to test 2024's major software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision. But are your devices compatible? Will you need to upgrade a devic ...

Text message displayed on a smartphone with virtual keyboard options.
Jan 13, 2025

In today's digital world, where inboxes are often inundated with endless emails, the latest updates to Mail in iOS 18 are nothing short of game-changing. With iOS 18.0 and subsequent updates, Apple ha ...

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Jan 10, 2025

Apple just released its biggest update to iOS 17 yet, and there are 60 exciting new changes for your iPhone. With iOS 17.2, you get a brand new app, more Apple Music enhancements, upgrades in Messages ...

Number 18.2 with glowing orb and technology-related labels.
Dec 27, 2024

Apple's iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates are here, packed with enhancements that take device intelligence to the next level. New Apple Intelligence features lead the release, offe ...

A smartphone displaying a colorful animated game character on its screen.
Dec 11, 2024

Siri has long relied on basic sources like Google and Wikipedia for answers, but with iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, Apple is taking its virtual assistant to a new level by integrating ChatGPT. Now, you ca ...