Google Maps instead of Apple Maps: iOS allows new default app for navigation

Google Maps instead of Apple Maps: iOS allows new default app for navigation

More and more third -party apps can be defined as standard application under iOS. After browsers and recently also telephony and text messages, the topic of cards or navigation is now on. With that, Apple no longer has the upper hand, instead the desired app appears. The first step was email and web However, this … Read more

iOS: Apple activates auto update of its operating system

iOS: Apple activates auto update of its operating system

If users update your operating system quickly, you have many advantages: you will receive new features immediately and are also up to date with security. Nevertheless, there are some reasons to sit out: be it incompatibilities with existing applications, undesirable changes from the manufacturer or the fact that some larger update can run older devices … Read more

Redesign of Apple Mail: Automatic categories donate confusion

Redesign of Apple Mail: Automatic categories donate confusion

With the latest updates, Apple has redesigned the email client pre-installed on iPhones, iPads and Macs: In iOS 18.4, Ipados 18.4 and MacOS 15.4 Sequoia, Apple Mail automatically sorts all emails in four categories. As a result, emails can apparently disappear from the inbox, as some users complain about. The reason is that Apple Mail … Read more

5G standalone at O2: iOS 18.4 brings support for the iPhone

5G standalone at O2: iOS 18.4 brings support for the iPhone

The first customers had already discovered it during the beta tests of iOS 18.4. It has been official since Monday evening: With the update from Apple, iPhone users can now also use 5G standalone (5G-SA) in the O2 network. What is marketed under the marketing name “5G Plus” enables a continuous 5G connection from the … Read more

Apple’s tracking demand in iOS: France sees a distortion of competition

Apple's tracking demand in iOS: France sees a distortion of competition

France’s competition authority has plunged a penalty of 150 million euros for an iOS function, which is intended to create more transparency in advertising tracking through apps. Apple’s framework “App Tracking Transparency” (Att) itself is not problematic, but the implementation is “abusive in the sense of competition law”, the authorité de la Concurrence announced on … Read more

iOS 18.4: Free background music for more productivity

iOS 18.4: Free background music for more productivity

Anyone who has to concentrate intensively in order to be able to do creative work, for example, can benefit from background sounds intended. This can also help neurodively people. Apple has packed a function called “Background noises” in its operating aids for several iOS versions, which among other things Have the rain, sea sounds or … Read more