Apple's iPhone 5c is now a vintage product with limited support

Apple has announced that the iPhone 5c is now considered a vintage product and will have limited support in terms of software and apps moving forward. The iPhone 5c was the first new iPhone geared at the midrange and brought all the goodness of the iPhone 5s line into a fun, and colourful "unapologetically plastic," form factor. The iPhone 5c was also quite popular with the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) office crowd moving from Blackberries into more modern and popular iOS devices. The iPhone 5c was a good seller in its time and sleek product that was beloved by users who wanted a cheaper alternative to the costlier metal iPhones. 

While Apple has never returned to a polycarbonate smartphone form factor, it did repeat the colours motif with the iPhone XR, and now with the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 lines. 

Snapchat lets creators show subscriber counts

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It might now be easier for brands and Snapchat creators to discuss deals as the social network now gives its creators the option to show their subscriber count. They don't have to show it if they want, but, for the first time, they have the option to turn it on.

Prior to this, brands would need to ask the creators about their subscribers to get a better read on the reach of the creator. With this public-facing feature, the brands have more to work with, and the creators who want to show off their numbers can do so.

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WhatsApp's new tool makes it easier to mass delete photos, videos

WhatsApp can autosave the images and videos you get on your phone. Before you know it, that'll eat up a fair amount of your device's storage. It might be a bit troublesome to pick out what you want to delete. Thankfully, the Facebook-owned messaging service has a new storage management tool that makes it easier to identify, select, and bulk delete files. It even groups together large files and media that have been forwarded many times so you can choose and mass delete these.

The tool also arranges files by size in descending order and shows you a preview of the media you have saved, so you don't accidentally delete files you want to keep. This tool is accessible through Settings > Storage and data > Manage storage. If you don't want to do this all the time, you can switch off the default autosave option. Head to Settings and switch off "Save to Camera Roll" or "Media visibility."

Source: Engadget

Apple HomePod, HomePod mini get Pandora integration

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For the first time, Apple allows the integration of a third-party music service with its HomePod and HomePod mini. The first app to get said support is Pandora, which, unfortunately, isn't available here. An update to Pandora's iOS app will let users connect it to the HomePod. With a few simple taps, they can give the app permission to work with the speaker. So, they can ask Siri to play stations from Pandora directly on the speaker. Before, AirPlay 2 was needed to send audio from the app to the HomePod. 

Now, users can even set Pandora as your default music service in the iOS Home app. Amazon Music was another app that Apple teased could work with the Apple smart speakers. So, that's something we might be able to take advantage of. Engadget writes that developers could integrate this feature into their apps. So, even with Spotify's history with Apple, there's a possibility Spotify can implement this feature.