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YouTube for iOS officially rolling out picture-in-picture support in a ‘matter of days’

April 11, 2022

This weekend, YouTube removed the long-running experiment that allowed iPhone and iPad users to keep watching videos in picture-in-picture mode. Now, YouTube has confirmed that its iOS app is in the process of rolling out picture-in-picture support to everyone on iOS 15 and up. In a tweet late last night from @TeamYouTube, the company officially confirmed that picture-in-picture support is now…

iOS 16: Here’s what we know so far about new features, supported devices, and more

April 11, 2022

Now that WWDC 2022 has officially been announced, we’re gearing up for the release of iOS 16. This will mark the next major release of Apple’s software platform for the iPhone, as well as iPadOS 16 for the iPad. Head below as we recap all of the latest rumors and…

Tested: The Tribit StormBox Micro 2 Bluetooth speaker has absolutely no right to be this good

April 11, 2022

When it comes to speakers, there are laws of physics and rules of economics which are hard to defy. A pocketable speaker that costs $60 simply isn’t going to be any good. Yet the Tribit StormBox Micro 2 somehow is. The laws of speaker physics say that you need a…

WhatsApp for iOS will soon make it easier to see file transfer progress

April 11, 2022

At the end of March, 9to5Mac reported that WhatsApp started testing the ability to send files up to 2GB on the app. While its beta testing is still limited to Argentina, there’s another feature that may be coming to users in the near future – the ability to see the file transfer progress. As spotted by WABetaInfo, beta versions 22.8.0.74 of WhatsApp for iOS and 2.2209.03 for Desktop are…

Gurman: iOS 16 and watchOS 9 to bring major upgrades at WWDC 2022

April 10, 2022

In his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman is bringing more tidbits about iOS 16 and watchOS 9, which he calls “major upgrades.” This is the first time Gurman reports about the upcoming operating systems after Apple announced the WWDC…

Google Assistant Routines can now be renamed independently of their starter trigger

April 10, 2022

Following the ability to set seconds-long delayed starts, Google has made another tweak to Assistant Routines that lets you rename these macros to be different from their starters. As spotted today, there is now an edit (pencil) button next to the name of a Routine when…

YouTube ends experiment for quickly enabling PiP on iOS, still works for existing users

April 10, 2022

YouTube started officially rolling out Picture-in-Picture to the iOS app last June and it’s been a very slow process. Premium subscribers were given a workaround, but YouTube’s PiP test for iPhone and iPad has now ended. The “Picture-in-Picture on iOS” experiment (from August) has disappeared from youtube.com/new after hitting its early April end date. Google notified people with a…

YouTube ends experiment for quickly enabling PiP on iOS, still works for existing users

April 10, 2022

YouTube started officially rolling out Picture-in-Picture to the iOS app last June and it’s been a very slow process. Premium subscribers were given a workaround, but YouTube’s PiP test for iPhone and iPad has now ended. The “Picture-in-Picture on iOS” experiment…

Pestle for iOS updated with new options for sharing recipes

April 10, 2022

Pestle is a recipe and cooking app for iOS that was released earlier this year by indie developer Will Bishop – who’s also behind Chirp for Apple Watch. This week, Pestle was updated with new options that let users easily share recipes from the app. For those unfamiliar…

This week’s top stories: Google Maps gains toll estimates, YouTube TV picks up Weather Channel, more

April 9, 2022

In this week’s top stories: Google Maps begins showing toll estimates and fine road details, YouTube TV gains The Weather Channel and G4TV, Google Phone gains a Material You dialer, and more. After being in testing for years, Google Maps has widely rolled out some major improvements to its navigation maps, most notably by making things like traffic lights and stop signs visible in the app.