Apple’s project for a new control center for the smart home has been going on for several years – and is said to have been postponed several times due to external circumstances. Most recently, a release of the “Home Hub” reportedly failed in June 2025 and also in October because the improvements for Apple’s Siri … Read more
While Apple is still making a big secret around the iPhone 17 family, this year’s international radio exhibition (IFA) in Berlin, which ends this week, is full of accessory providers who are ready for the new smartphones-and also advertise that amazingly offensive. Even known brands are among them that advertise with photos of dummy models … Read more
Still no iPhone “Made in USA”: Apple still does not want to follow the wishes of the US government under Donald J. Trump and, despite the customs surcharge, prefer to continue building its smartphones in China or India. Nevertheless, the group is now increasingly committed to building manufacturing capacities in its homeland. Now Apple announced … Read more
For Apple it was the next logical step three years ago: CarPlay, the interface of the iPhone to the car’s infotainment system, was a great success and is very much in demand for car owners. In Cupertino, it was therefore imagined to spread on the entire dashboard and also offer the Apple experience there. But … Read more
Apple’s deeper iPhone vehicle integration CarPlay Ultra already got good grades from the first testers: the system uses well, CarPlay makes the direct takeover of other functions on the dashboard better overall. The problem: Currently only a car brand has announced that you are moving directly. And Aston Martin vehicles, which are initially only offered … Read more
Some things take time: As early as the summer of 2022, Apple announced a significant revision of his vehicle integration for the iPhone with “CarPlay 2.0”. Originally it was supposed to appear “by the end of 2023”, but both this date and a fresh deadline for 2024 let Apple and its manufacturer partners pass. But … Read more
At the end of 2024, the European Union informed Apple that it was to focus new requirements related to the implementation of the Digital Market Legislative Act (DMA). Now The new requirements are a factthey include access to other manufacturers to notification systems, the ability to provide alternatives to Airdrop and Airplay, as well as … Read more