Entries by Nicole Batac (11782)

Tuesday
Jun102025

Apple revamps OS names to the release year

Source: Apple

Apple overhauled its operating systems and one of the newest changes is the naming convention for them. Instead of sticking with using the version number, the numbers will reflect the year when the OS was released. The change will be coming to all of its software, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.

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Monday
Jun092025

What iPhone models will support iOS 26?

Source: Apple

If you own a second-generation iPhone SE and iPhone 11 series or newer, you'll get access to the latest version of iOS. Of course, iOS 26 is coming to the upcoming iPhone 17 models and everything else in between. Now, if you own an iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, the last software update you'll get is iOS 18. But you will continue to get security updates for a few more years.

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Monday
Jun092025

Apple's Visual Intelligence update can look up what you screenshot

Photo: Apple | Via: CNET

Apple's created an answer to Google's Circle to Search with a new update to its Visual Intelligence feature for iOS 26. You can now take a screenshot and use Apple Intelligence to do things like ask ChatGPT for more information, add it to your calendar or look for a product on one of your apps. The feature will be accessible on the same screen where you edit or share a screenshot with various generative AI feature options at the button.

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Friday
Jun062025

Report: Apple might have trademarked 'homeOS' ahead of WWDC 2025

Source: MacRumors

Apple's long-rumoured homeOS operating system might finally be launching, at least according to the trademark activity spotted by MacRumors.

The news site reports that an apparent shell company, Home Operations Suite LLC, has submitted trademark applications for "HOMEOS" in several countries over the past few months, including Liechtenstein, the US, Argentina, and Peru. The trademark is now registered in Liechtenstein, but the applications are still pending elsewhere.

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