Apple battery supplier TDK has announced the development of a technology it says could be used in next-gen solid-state batteries to offer one hundred times the energy density of existing ones … more…

Apple announced several new features coming to AirPods later this year, like detection of head nods and shakes, voice isolation, and a special dynamic tracking feature for gaming. One change it didn’t announce, but which is available in the latest AirPods firmware beta, is the ability to tailor last year’s Adaptive Audio feature to your exact liking. more…

Apple has officially released iPadOS 18 Beta 1 for all developers to try out. I took the plunge and installed it on my main M4 iPad Pro so you wouldn’t have to. Surprisingly, despite plenty of bugs, it isn’t nearly as bad as I anticipated. So here are the best features coming to your iPad and what is still missing. more…

At WWDC 2024 today, Apple announced new features coming to AirPods and AirPods Pro later this year. There are new ways to interact with Siri, a new Voice Isolation feature, and Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming. more…

Apple just showed off three new features coming to AirPods this year during the WWDC keynote. And along with the first iOS 18 beta landing, the new AirPods beta has arrived for developers. Here’s what may be available with the new AirPods beta. more…

What can you do when you want the world’s most advanced display, the M4 iPad Pro, to serve as a portable TV for your go-to streaming device, the Apple TV 4K? You could start by learning from someone who has done just that, modding his devices to create the ‘Apple TV Go’—complete with a custom Magic Keyboard that matches the Siri Remote. more…

Overshadowed by the hype over AI features coming to the iPhone in iOS 18, one core component of the iOS 18 experience not being discussed much is enhancements to AirPods. Last year iOS 17 introduced several powerful new AirPods features, so what’s on deck for iOS 18? Here’s what we know. more…

Apple continues to dominate the wearables market, says a new report, despite a steep drop in shipments for both Apple Watch and AirPods. There was movement lower down the charts, with Huawei taking third place from Samsung during the first quarter of the year … more…

Sometimes with Apple, what’s old becomes new again. Designs and product names are at times revisited as the inspiration for new products. AirPods and HomePods, for example, play off the strong brand awareness for the iPod. According to a filed patent, Apple may take things a step further with the iPod inspiration, creating an AirPods case that looks and works a lot like a modern iPod nano. more…

Over the last few years, Apple has built a reputation for being strong on user privacy. Its marketing likes to emphasize this point often as a way of distinguishing the company from its competitors. Interestingly though, a new discovery reveals that the just-released M4 iPad Pro includes a new security feature that Apple hasn’t told anyone about. more…