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Roundup: Here’s everything new in the Apple Music app with iOS 15

iOS 15 is here. Unlike other years, Apple Music didn’t receive a redesign or a handful of new tweaks on its app with this new version of the iPhone operating system. However, Apple is creating broader integration with the Music app on iOS 15. Here’s what’s new. Apple didn’t wait until iOS 15 to introduce Lossless and Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio support to Apple Music. Instead, these…
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iOS 15.1 beta 1 re-enables SharePlay feature following delay

The first betas of iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 were released to developers today, and they re-enabled the highly-anticipated SharePlay feature. This suggests that Apple plans to release SharePlay to the public as part of iOS 15.1 later this fall. SharePlay was added to iOS…
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Hands-on: Here’s how iPhone’s Live Text OCR works in iOS 15

One of the handy new features arriving with iOS 15 is the option to quickly recognize text and select, copy, paste, and lookup in both the Camera and Photos app. Let’s looks at how iPhone Live Text OCR works from photos to screenshots and handwriting too. Live Text isn’t the flashiest of features but it really offers a lot of convenience. Up until now, you’ve needed to download a…
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One UI 4.0 Beta: Top new features in Android 12 for Samsung devices [Video]

Although we’re almost ready for the stable Android 12 update to arrive on Pixel devices, the rest of the industry is just beginning to roll out their own flavors of the latest stable OS. Samsung is next with One UI 4.0, and although effectively Beta 1, we’ve been working out what the top new features are for intrepid Galaxy device enthusiasts. It’s worth noting that unlike the Android 12…
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Google Pixel 5a is now supported by LineageOS 18.1

With the phone not even a month into its life span, the Google Pixel 5a is now supported by the ever-popular Android ROM LineageOS. Google’s phones have some of the longest life spans in Android, with the Pixel 3 series that launched on Android 9 Pie set to gain Android…
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Google Stadia voice chat on Android may launch soon, support document suggests

One of the most glaring omissions of the Stadia app for Android may soon be fixed as a Google support document details how voice chat will — and won’t — work. For many months now, our APK Insight team has been watching the development of voice chat in the Stadia app, including the app being registered for Android’s “Microphone” permission. Despite that, nothing in the app has…
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