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iOS 27 will significantly upgrade Siri, enabling multitasking and improved context understanding through modern AI models.
Microsoft is rolling out shared audio support to compatible Windows 11 PCs, allowing users to broadcast audio from the PC to two compatible audio accessories. Some PC models received this feature last October and November, while others received it as recently as late January. In a blog post, Microsoft explains that users can share music with a friend or watch a movie together while traveling.
According to Apple, you should use micellar water with PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, distilled water, a soft-bristled children's toothbrush, two small cups, and a paper towel. Fortunately, Apple also suggests something much simpler: an AirPods cleaning kit. The AirPods maker points customers to the Belkin AirPods Cleaning Kit.
While the dial is still present, it isn't functional and is only present as a signature CMF design element. The absence of the Smart Dial feature doesn't bother me since I seldom used it on the Pro model. The overall case build has a textured but slightly slippery finish. I've dropped it a couple of times because it keeps slipping out of my hands, but I haven't noticed any wear and tear due to my accidental drops.
It's developing a small disc-shaped transceiver - the splitR - that can attach to an iPhone's MagSafe and turn it into an Auracast device capable of either transmitting or receiving an Auracast broadcast. The company's connectR app, which will be available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play this coming summer, will allow you to see broadcasts around you, your connected devices, and create your own Auracast channels or group listening sessions.
Apple is taking on YouTube and Spotify with a new video podcast experience launching in the spring. Users will be able to switch between watching and listening to shows in the Apple Podcasts app, which will begin using the company's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) video technology. Users can also switch to a horizontal version of the podcast and download videos to watch offline. The move comes as video podcasting continues to gain popularity. Edison Research recently revealed that 51% of the U.S. population has consumed a video podcast, and that 37% consume video podcasts monthly.
As much as I hate to admit it, I can be absentminded and scatterbrained. It only gets exacerbated when I'm wrangling baggage at the airport. I was so frazzled once, I lost my MacBook Air amid the chaos. I thought I was done for, until I remembered that an AirTag was tucked inside the laptop case. Hallelujah. Sure enough, I tracked it down on a bench near the security checkpoint, quietly thanked Apple's genius, and was on my way.