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Hands-on: Here’s how Background Sounds work in iOS 15

September 23, 2021
Ahead of WWDC in June, Apple announced Background Sounds would be coming to iOS to help users find focus, calm, and rest. Now in the new iOS release, the feature is available to use. Read along for how to use iPhone Background Sounds in iOS 15, what you get, what you don’t, how it works while listening to music, and more. Backgrounds Sounds comes with six options: balanced, bright, or dark…
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Apple explains how it created the iPhone 13’s Cinematic Mode

September 23, 2021
One of the greatest additions to the iPhone 13 line is the new Cinematic Mode. Reviewers have mixed feelings over whether it’s only a gimmick or a revolution in mobile cameras, although all of them have been impressed about this first-gen feature. Now, Apple VP Kaiann…
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Google improves Spanish support on the Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US

September 23, 2021
An update to the Nest Hub and Hub Max improves how the Assistant Smart Displays handle Spanish by providing a more immersive language experience in the US. This involves more queries and displayed text appearing in Spanish, including the top navigation tabs and various cards. Google says this will let you “do more in Spanish,” and touts the following available commands: “Hey Google…
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Apple tells Epic that Fortnite isn’t welcome back on iOS yet

September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Fortnite is probably not going to return to iPhone or other iOS devices any time soon. Apple made it clear in a statement it sent to Epic that it does not want to work with Tim Sweeney’s…
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Buying an iPhone 13 in some countries requires more than 3 months of work, research shows

September 23, 2021
The iPhone 13 lineup is finally here, and it comes at the same prices as last generation depending on where you are. As reported last week, iPhone 13 prices can go up to almost $3000 in some countries. Now a new Money SuperMarket research shows how many hours (or months) people need to work to buy the brand new iPhone 13 in different regions around the world. Instead of just considering the full…
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Guardians of the Galaxy is good, cheap fun so far

September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Square Enix’s Marvel games exist in a strange place between the movies and the comics. That was true of Marvel’s Avengers, and it’s even more obvious in its Guardians of the Galaxy game…
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Apple releases iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 beta 1 to developers [Update: Public beta]

September 23, 2021
Update: iOS 15.1 with SharePlay is now available to public beta testers as well. Just one day after the release of iOS 15 to the public, Apple is launching the beta train yet again. The company is now rolling out the first developer beta of iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, and developers can update today via the Settings app on their devices. Today’s new release of the iOS 15.1 beta 1 is available…
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