Apple Health app adds more language support

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Apple redesigned its Health app to add more languages after introducing new features that provide a more comprehensive view of a user's long-term well-being. The app now supports global English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese, with additional languages expected in the future.

The revamped Health app brings new features, including an Insights tab that offers "timely, holistic" summaries covering heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals, and cycle tracking data throughout the day.

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Google launches a new agentic shopping experience

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Starting today, Canadian consumers can now purchase from eligible Canadian retailers—including lululemon, select Shopify merchants, Shoppers Drug Mart and Simons—while researching in AI Mode in Google Search and the Gemini app in Canada. Google is bringing Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)-powered checkout, a new agentic shopping experience.

As 59% of holiday shoppers in Canada plan to use an AI tool to help them shop this season, this experience allows Canadians to shop their favourite brands with ease, without the need for 10 tabs open at one time – sound familiar? 

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Apple finally unveils a touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED and Dynamic Island

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Apple has officially unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro featuring its new PROLED XDR tandem OLED display and, for the first time on a Mac, built-in touchscreen capabilities and the Dynamic Island. Available in 14- and 16-inch models, the updated laptops feature thinner and lighter designs—weighing 3 and 4 pounds, respectively—alongside slimmer display borders and up to 24 hours of battery life. The new display offers up to 2,000 nits peak brightness, a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, ProMotion refresh rates up to 120Hz, and a wider colour gamut covering both P3 and Adobe RGB.

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Apple packs M6 chip in new iMac

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Apple announced a new iMac powered by the M6 chip, promising significant speed enhancements and expanded on-device AI capabilities to its signature 24-inch all-in-one desktop. Featuring up to a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU with Neural Accelerators built into each core, the M6 delivers up to 1.5 times faster app performance and twice the graphics speed of the M4 model. Paired with a Dual 16-core Neural Engine and memory bandwidth up to 170 GB/s, the new desktop delivers up to five times faster AI compute than its predecessor and up to 18 times faster overall performance than Intel-based iMacs. The updated lineup also adds Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, optional 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, and SSD read/write speeds up to twice as fast.

Deeply integrated with macOS 27, the M6 iMac serves as a primary platform for Apple Intelligence and an upgraded Siri AI, enabling context-aware search, automated workflows, and local AI model execution through tools like LM Studio while prioritizing user privacy. The system retains its signature ultra-thin design across seven colours—blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and silver—and features a 4.5K Retina display, a 12-megapixel Center Stage camera with Desk View, a six-speaker sound system, up to four Thunderbolt 4 ports, and colour-matched USB-C peripherals. Pre-orders open today, October 28, with full retail availability beginning Friday, November 6. Starting prices begin at CA$2,099 in Canada.

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