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Apple Watch blood oxygen detection feature found in iOS 14 code snippet

Apple is developing at least two new features focused on health that will expand Apple Watch capabilities in the future. Apple Watch will add the ability to detect blood oxygen levels for the first time, has learned based on an exclusive look at iOS 14 code snippets Blood oxygen levels between 95 and 100% are considered healthy; blood oxygen levels below 80% may lead to compromised heart and…
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Spotify ‘Home’ revamped w/ personalized shortcuts, rolling out on Android, iOS

Spotify has been tweaking its mobile app quite a bit recently, and today, the company is announcing a revamp for the first screen you see in its app. Spotify’s “Home” tab is getting a redesign. With this latest change to the Spotify mobile app, the “Home” tab is getting better at serving you the content you want to listen to throughout the day. At the top of the Home tab, you’ll be…
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Apple won’t make this iPhone 12, but it should

The iPhone 12 lineup is expected to bring the first major design change since the iPhone X with a return to the squared-off sides of the iPhone 4. A new concept video today takes a stab at what the new form-factor could look as well as including a mix of features that we…
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Sensor Tower secretly collected data from iOS users with VPN and ad blocking apps

Analytics platform Sensor Tower has been secretly collecting data from users through VPN and ad-blocking apps on iOS and Android, a new report from BuzzFeed News says. The apps would prompt users to install root certificates through Safari, bypassing Apple’s restrictions. The report details that since 2015, Sensor Tower has owned at least 20 applications for iOS and Android. One of them…
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Apple developing new augmented reality app for iOS 14, testing Apple Store and Starbucks partnership

Apple is developing a new app as part of its work on iOS 14. The new app, codenamed Gobi, will allow users to get more information about the world around them by using an augmented reality experience on the phone. The AR experience would also be part of Apple’s forthcoming AR headset project. Based on 9to5Mac code findings, Apple appears to be testing integrations with Apple Stores and…
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