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Apple’s hardware and software ecosystems have long created opportunities for startup innovation. The iPhone and its App Store, recent regulatory challenges aside, set the pace for the smartphone market in many countries. And TechCrunch is covering Apple’s expansion into new areas, like with the Vision Pro and AR/VR, as well as its anticipated introduction of AI to iOS.
Apple has released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera, the company announced on Thursday. Both apps were previously announced during the company’s iPad event in May.…
Apple’s changes may affect apps that today have an estimated $393 million in revenue and have been downloaded roughly 58 million times over the past year.
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at layoffs at BaaS startup Unit and car insurance company Loop, as well as Brex’s decision to abandon its co-CEO model, Apple…
Apple is continuing its AI push, this time with its education offering. The company announced on Tuesday that it will train all Apple Developer Academy students and mentors on the…
Apple announced at last week’s WWDC 2024 that users would be able to access loans through third-party app Affirm through Apple Pay.
Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference had…
No one knows what AI looks like, or even is supposed to look like. It does everything, but looks like nothing.
Apple gives developers a way to nominate their apps for editorial consideration on the App Store
From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one by one or by uploading a spreadsheet to nominate apps in…
Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2024 keynote, including Apple Intelligence, Siri makeover
The TechCrunch team runs down all of the biggest news from the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote in an easy-to-skim digest.
Apple’s Spotlight Search gets better at natural language queries in iOS 18
With the Core Spotlight framework, developers can donate content they want to make searchable via Spotlight.
Apple announced a number of new features and updates onstage during its keynote address at WWDC 2024, including updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, VisionOS and the introduction of Apple Intelligence.…
To give users more control over the contacts an app can and cannot access, the permissions screen has two stages.
Ford’s secretive, low-cost EV team is growing with talent from Rivian, Tesla and Apple
A TechCrunch review of LinkedIn data found that Ford has built this team up to around 300 employees over the last year.
Here’s a list of third-party apps that were Sherlocked by Apple at this year’s WWDC.
Apple Watch is finally adding a feature I’ve been requesting for years
The ability to pause your activity rings is a minor feature update for most, but for those of us who obsess about such things to an unhealthy degree, it’s the…
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Why Apple is taking a small-model approach to generative AI
It’s a very Apple approach in the sense that it prioritizes a frictionless user experience above all.
Apple’s AI, Apple Intelligence, is boring and practical — that’s why it works
Some of the new Apple Intelligence features that Apple debuted at WWDC 2024 don’t even feel like AI, they just feel like smarter tools.
At last, Apple’s Messages app will support RCS and scheduling texts
These messaging features, announced at WWDC 2024, will have a significant impact on how people communicate every day.
Apple adds win-back subscription offers and improved search suggestions to the App Store
At WWDC 2024, Apple introduced new options for developers to promote their apps and earn more from them in the App Store.
iOS 18 will be available in the fall as a free software update.
Thanks to Apple’s newfound — and heavy — investment in generative AI tech, the company had loads to showcase on the AI front, from an upgraded Siri to AI-generated emoji.
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations
Elon Musk’s posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.
“We’re looking forward to doing integrations with other models, including Google Gemini, for instance, in the future,” Federighi said during WWDC 2024.
Watch the Apple Intelligence reveal, and the rest of WWDC 2024 right here
Apple kicked off its weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024) event today with the customary keynote at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. The presentation focused on the company’s software offerings…
Apple brings its GenAI ‘Apple Intelligence’ to developers, will let Siri control apps
Apple’s SDKs (software development kits) have been updated with a variety of new APIs and frameworks.
Apple Intelligence features will be available on iPhone 15 Pro and devices with M1 or newer chips
Older iPhones or iPhone 15 users won’t be able to use these features.
Soon, Siri will be able to tap ChatGPT for “expertise” where it might be helpful, Apple says.
Apple Intelligence will have an understanding of who you’re talking with in a messaging conversation.
Apple TV+ introduces InSight, a new feature similar to Amazon’s X-Ray, at WWDC 2024
To use InSight, Apple TV+ subscribers can swipe down on their remote to bring up a display with actor names and character information in real time.
Siri is now more natural, more relevant and more personal — and it has new look.
