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YouTube website’s picture-in-picture mode returns on Apple devices w/ iOS 14.0.1 update

October 2, 2020
YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode now looks as though it is supported again on Apple devices — even those without a Premium subscription — thanks to the latest iOS 14.0.1 update. Late last month, our colleagues over at 9to5Mac reported that picture-in-picture mode was being tested with the YouTube app for iOS. But like on Android, picture-in-picture mode has only been available to those…
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YouTube website’s picture-in-picture works again on iOS 14

October 2, 2020
YouTube’s website now supports iOS 14’s picture-in-picture mode once again, after the functionality mysteriously disappeared last month. It can be enabled in both Safari as well as third-party browsers like Chrome or Firefox by expanding a video to play fullscreen, and…
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YouTube now does AI noise cancellation for Stories on iOS

October 2, 2020
You may notice a marked improvement in the audio quality of some YouTube Stories going forward, thanks to a new speech enhancement feature Google rolled out. A couple of years ago, the tech giant debuted the “Looking to Listen” AI technology that can pick out voices in a…
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New Google TV for Android starting to roll out via the Play Store

October 2, 2020
In addition to big screens via the new Chromecast, Google TV is also aimed at Android devices. The new Google TV is beginning to roll out via the Play Store, but you can also download it now. Behind-the-scenes, this new experience is delivered by updating an existing app that dates back to 2011 and has amassed over 5 billion downloads. Requiring users to download an entirely new client would not…
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How to use iOS 14’s new Headphone Audio Customization feature

October 2, 2020
A valuable addition with iOS 14 is the ability to run a test to fine-tune your headphone audio output. Read along for how to customize iPhone headphone audio with supported Apple hardware like AirPods Pro and Beats. Although it’s found under Accessibility settings, many…
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Apple catches electronics recycler illegally reselling over 100,000 iPhones

October 2, 2020
Apple has sued the Canadian electronics recycling company Geep after it was caught illegally selling over 100,000 Apple devices that were supposed to be recycled. Geep is saying that the responsibility should fall on the three employees that acted on their own but an interesting twist here is that they were reportedly Geep executives. Reported by iPhone Addict (via The Logic) Apple says that Geep…
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Concept imagines iOS 14 home screen widgets on iPad [Video]

October 2, 2020
iOS 14 home screen widgets have proven to be immensely popular, and while they are also available in iPadOS 14, there’s one major limitation. On iPad, widgets can only be added to the Today view sidebar, but a new concept imagines what the iPad home screen might look like…
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Apple stops signing iOS 14.0, blocking downgrades from iOS 14.0.1

October 2, 2020
Following the release of iOS 14.0.1 to the public last week, Apple has just stopped signing the first iOS 14 release build. That means users who have updated their devices to iOS 14.0.1 can no longer downgrade to iOS 14.0. iOS 14.0 was released on September 16 after almost a three-month beta period. The update brings a major redesign to the home screen with widgets, App Library, and other new…
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