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iPhone 15 Pro filming spatial videos for 🥽 Vision Pro, limited to 1080p at 30fps. A one-minute video is about 130MB. Enable in ⚙️ Settings: Camera → Formats → Spatial Video on Apple Vision Pro. Available in beta 17.2.

Apple will implement RCS next year - instead of SMS, messages will be sent over the network via a standard 💬 app. Will work between iOS and Android. In addition to messaging, the protocol has: - group chats - voice messages - reading and typing notification - encryption of text messages RCS must be supported by operators as well.The color of messages will be green, as for SMS.

Pavel Durov present 📨 Telegram for 🥽 visionOS. Developers can already write apps, so this is not a concept, but a working app.

For Notes 📝 on macOS 💽 Sonoma you can add links to other notes. For quick access use ⌘ + K.

Apple Pencil with USB-C is available now.

In Beta 💽 iOS 17.2 added 📔 Journal app.

⌚️ 🤌 Double Tap replaces the main button on the screen. Touch your fingers to stop the timer, answer a call, etc. Only works on Ultra 2 and Series 9. If it doesn't work, Apple has published an article on what to do.

⌚️ NameDrop on the watch only transfers contacts, and even then not automatically - you need to open the contact card.

💽 iOS 17.1 has been released. What's new: – Added a 🔦 flashlight icon to Dynamic Island. – AirDrop will continue to send files over cellular if Wi-Fi is lost. – You can select a specific album to "Shuffle Photos" on the wallpaper. – You have to hold the action button longer. Bug fixes: – Fixed an issue where the 80% charging limit was not working on the iPhone 15. – Fixed an issue where calls did not display the caller's full name. – The beta resets several privacy and iCloud settings for some users. 💽 iPadOS 17.1 adds Apple Pencil USB-C support. 💽 watchOS 10.1: – NameDrop – Double Tap for Ultra 2 and Series 9 🤌 🎵 Apple Music has introduced a new button for adding songs to favorites, along with new Playlist artwork.