Mobile

The chips used by Android devices are mostly provided by just two companies, but over the past couple of years, more major device makers have been working on their own chip designs. Today, Oppo is debuting its first self-made chip, the MariSilicon X imaging chip. Announced as a part of the company’s two-day “Inno Day” event, the MariSilicon X chip is a chip that combines the tasks of an…

Google has “improved” the Calendar setting responsible for preventing unwanted event invitations from automatically appearing in your schedule. Today, Calendar’s “Automatically add invitations” preference under “Event settings” has three options: Yes Yes, but don’t send event notifications unless I have responded “Yes” or “Maybe” No, only show invitations to which I have…

Apple is releasing today iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, tvOS 15.2, and HomePod Software version 15.2 to all users. This update brings support to Apple Music Voice Plan and more. iOS 15.2 brings a few notable changes for iPhone and iPad users. Most notably, it adds the full “App Privacy Report” feature to the Settings application. With this, users can now see the data accessed by…

Starting with iOS 15.2, Apple includes a way to add Legacy Contacts to your iCloud account that will give friends or family access to most of your data after you pass away. Let’s look at how to pass iPhone data to loved ones, what’s included, what’s not, how the process works, and more. Here’s how Apple describes the Legacy Contact feature. Notably, iCloud Keychain with passwords and…