Apple Maps May Gain Custom Routes With iOS 18

Apple may be planning to add support for “custom routes” in Apple Maps in iOS 18, according to code reviewed by MacRumors. ‌Apple Maps‌ does not currently offer a way to input self-selected routes, with Maps users limited to Apple’s pre-selected options, but that may change in ‌iOS 18‌. Apple has pushed an ‌iOS 18‌ […]

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Caviar’s 18-Karat Gold Custom Apple Vision Pro Won’t Start at $3,499

Caviar, a company known for making luxury variants of popular tech gadgets, intends to release a custom Apple Vision Pro plated with 18-karat gold next year that will inevitably set you back more than Apple’s $3,499 starting price. The device’s headband is made from Connolly leather, and features a gold visor cover attachment inspired by […]

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You can now open Google Chrome Custom Tabs in picture-in-picture mode

Google Chrome for Android features Chrome Custom Tabs, which developers can use to offer a web browser experience in their applications. Take Gmail for example. It is one of the apps that uses this feature. When you click on a link to a website in an email, the email client opens that webpage within itself, […]

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Nothing Phone (2a) confirmed to pack custom Dimensity 7200 Pro chipset

Nothing Phone (2a) will be powered by a custom Dimensity 7200 Pro chipset co-developed with MediaTek. Nothing claims its new chipset brings an 18% boost in performance over Phone (1) and its Snapdragon 778G+ while drawing 16% less power. The chip is fabbed on TSMC’s second-generation 4nm process which was a key decision for Nothing […]

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Google’s Tensor G4 chip uses Exynos 2400 as blueprint but with custom CPU design

Google switched to its own Tensor chips for Pixel devices a few years ago. The Tensor G4 will be the 2024 iteration that powers its device lineup and like its predecessors, the latest chip will use Samsung’s Exynos 2400 as the blueprint. You already find the Exynos 2400 in some variants of the Galaxy S24 […]

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Oppo Reno12 series tipped to feature a custom Sony sensor

Oppo unveiled the Reno11 series smartphones last November, so we expect their successors to arrive before H2 2024 begins. There’s no word yet from Oppo regarding the Reno12 lineup, but tipster Smart Pikachu (name translated from Chinese) on Weibo hinted at camera improvements. The tipster said the Oppo Reno12 series will feature a newly customized […]

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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Custom Apple Pencil 2 From ColorWare

For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with ColorWare to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a custom Apple Pencil 2 that’s been painted to look like an actual number 2 pencil. ColorWare is a company that makes custom-painted Apple products and accessories, and ordering from ColorWare is essentially the only way to get […]

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One UI 6.1 lets you set custom backgrounds for alarms

One UI 6.1 brings dozens of new features, even when you leave out all those Galaxy AI features. It brought an easier way to transfer eSIMs to non-Galaxy phones, more font options for the lock screen clock widget, and the Custom Expert RAW widget. Samsung has added more options to even its Clock app. Set […]

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OpenAI debuts a dedicated app store with millions of custom GPT bots alongside a new ChatGPT subscription tier for small teams

What you need to know OpenAI’s long-awaited GPT Store is up and running. The GPT Store will provide users with a public platform to promote their custom GPT bots. The company is working on a revenue-sharing program which is set to ship within this year’s first quarter, to provide creators with compensation based on user […]

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How I spiced up the Spotify Windows app with a custom theme and extensions using the terminal (and you can too)

Back in the days of Windows Phone, we’d often see all kinds of creative ways to interact with apps and services that we either didn’t have or had sub-par support for.  Learning from those days, I love to poke around on the web and see what interesting third-party projects are out there that do something […]

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Apple to Discontinue Custom 5G Modem Development, Claim Reports

Apple is discontinuing in-house modem development after several unsuccessful attempts to perfect its own custom 5G modem chip, according to unconfirmed reports coming out of Asia. According to the operator of news aggregator account “yeux1122” on the Naver blog, supply chain sources related to Apple’s 5G modem departments claim that the company’s attempts to develop […]

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Samsung Camera Week: Set up your custom watermark with ease

Welcome to a new entry in our weekly series, where we explore Samsung apps and services in detail. If you missed yesterday’s article, we’re dedicating this week to the Samsung Camera app. And today, we’re talking about the watermark feature. Samsung added the option to pre-set a watermark for photos captured with the Camera app […]

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Instagram Adds New Filters, Support for Custom Stickers From Photos

Wednesday November 15, 2023 12:32 pm PST by Juli Clover Popular social network Instagram was today updated with a number of improvements that are designed to give users more ways to edit their content before sharing it. Instagram has added more than 20 new filters that can be used to tweak the look of images, […]

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Steam Deck OLED uses a custom 90Hz screen from Samsung

Steam Deck, the popular handheld gaming console, has received a huge refresh. The Steam Deck OLED is the company’s new handheld console, and it brings a series of improvements. However, as its name suggests, its biggest upgrade is its OLED screen, and that panel comes from none other than Samsung. The Steam Deck OLED features […]

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ChatGPT Plus is more than just a membership. It’s a gateway to the world of custom GPT chatbots.

What you need to know The ChatGPT Plus membership has a new “GPTs” feature, which can be custom-made for specific use cases. Examples include a tech advisor, a laundry buddy, or a sous chef. Creating one is as easy as starting a conversation and giving it instructions and knowledge. Pick what it can do, like […]

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Report: Apple Developing Custom Batteries for Launch in 2025

Apple is developing custom batteries with significantly improved performance that it aims to bring to its devices starting in 2025, ETNews reports. Apple’s custom battery technology has reportedly been in the works since 2018, with the company actively seeking patents and hiring new personnel related to the project. The company is reportedly seeking to create […]

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YouTube Music now lets you create custom AI playlist art

YouTube Music is bringing a couple of new features to its users, and in the times we are living in, you should not be surprised to know that one feature is about AI. In an official blog, YouTube Music announced that instead of looking for a playlist cover or uploading your own image, the platform […]

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iOS 17.1 Adds Custom Playlist Art Options to Apple Music

Apple added a new feature to the Apple Music app in the first beta of iOS 17.1 that offers a selection of color-matched playlist artwork options for the first time. As of beta one, Apple provides eight different artwork styles featuring geometric shapes and gradients, with the title of the playlist in the top left […]

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Apple Extends Deal With Qualcomm as Custom 5G Modem Delayed

Apple has extended its agreement to obtain modems from Qualcomm for three more years, in what appears to be a sign that work on the company’s own custom 5G modem is taking longer than previously expected Bloomberg reports. Apple is Qualcomm’s biggest client, accounting for almost a quarter of the company’s revenue. In a statement, […]

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One UI 6.0 brings Custom Camera widget to Samsung phones

Earlier today, Samsung released the first beta version of the One UI 6.0 update to the Galaxy S23. The update is available in three countries to those who registered to beta-test the new software. One UI 6.0 brings several new features and improvements, including the new Custom Camera widget. So, what does it do? One […]

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