Cinematic Mode video is one of the headline new features of the iPhone 13. The big question has been what performance would be like in real life. Apple’s own demo was incredibly impressive, but that of course relied on professional lighting and as many takes as were needed to get a great result.
We’ve already had one answer, from the WSJ’s Joanna Stern, who shot a music video in a studio…
We’re of course expecting to get a detailed look inside the iPhone 13 when iFixit does its usual teardown, but in the meantime a couple of photos provide a sneak peek.
The photos show five visible changes when compared to the iPhone 12 …
Sonny Dickson has shared the…
The European Commission has been trying to introduce legislation to standardize ports on mobile devices for almost a decade. Despite many false starts, its latest efforts are seriously making their way through the commission process.
A draft proposal was presented today that…
Germany now lets people save their driver’s license on the iPhone
September 23, 2021
If you live in Germany and don’t want to carry your driver’s license everywhere anymore, there’s an app for that. Starting today, you can store your license with the governmental app “ID Wallet.”
As spotted by the iPhone Ticker blog, German iPhone users can secure a digital representation of their identity card and their driver’s license on the iPhone now. After the “ID Wallet”…
A chart showing iPhone performance gains over the years shows that diminishing returns have largely set in, but the overall gains are still impressive.
In particular, if you upgrade every three to four years, as the average smartphone user does these days, you’re going to…
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…
Popular iPhone apps are using sneaky techniques to identify you even if you say no to tracking
September 23, 2021
Some popular iPhone apps are using some sneaky techniques to uniquely identify you, even if you refused permission for app tracking. The data they are gathering includes everything from your iPhone’s Last Restart Time to your screen brightness setting measured to 15 significant digits.
A former iCloud engineer says that this type of privacy workaround makes Apple’s App Tracking Transparency…
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…
Tesla is fighting the auto industry over fuel economy standards
September 23, 2021
Tesla is fighting the rest of the auto industry in the US over respecting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements set back in 2016.
Under CAFE, automakers have to achieve higher levels of fuel economy in the vehicles they sell in the US or otherwise face…
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…
