Macworld Each year Apple releases a major update for iOS, the operating system on your iPhone. The current version, released last year, is iOS 16, and it doesn’t take a genius to predict that 2023 will see the launch of iOS 17. This free software update will bring a raft of interface tweaks, bug fixes, and new features. It’s like getting a new iPhone without paying a penny. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about iOS 17. We cover its release schedule and when you can expect the beta and final versions to come out; how to get it when it does; the models of iPhone that are likely to be able to run iOS; and…

Longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster believes the trend of more immersive consumer tech experiences will continue to grow in popularity, paving the way for a robust headset market. By 2030, Munster estimates that the wearables/glasses segment could account for 10% of Apple’s sales (assuming they don’t release a car), a business similar in size to Apple’s Mac and iPad businesses today. Apple VR/AR headset concept by Antonio DeRosa Gene Munster for Deepwater Asset Management: The reason why Apple is picking WWDC as the MR headset’s preview point is the importance of winning developers. History suggests when there is a hardware paradigm shift, winning developers is critical… Apple gets it. There is likely going to be a shift away from phones…

Powered by its flagship awards-magnet series “Ted Lasso,” new dystopian drama breakout “Silo,” and Jennifer Garner-fronted limited series “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Apple TV+ viewership has been hitting all-time highs this spring. “Silo” is a new 10-episode Apple Original drama that premiered on May 5, 2023 on Apple TV+. Nellie Andreeva for Deadline: Since May 5, when “Silo” debuted, joining “Ted Lasso,” “The Last Thing He Told Me” and recent hot new comedy release, “Shrinking,” on the platform, weekly Apple TV+ viewership has jumped by +147% year over year. Sci-fi thriller “Silo” debuted as the #1 drama in the history of Apple TV+, per Nielsen premiere weekend data, and its viewership has grown by double digits since. Also…

Powered by its flagship awards-magnet series “Ted Lasso,” new dystopian drama breakout “Silo,” and Jennifer Garner-fronted limited series “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Apple TV+ viewership has been hitting all-time highs this spring. “Silo” is a new 10-episode Apple Original drama that premiered on May 5, 2023 on Apple TV+. Nellie Andreeva for Deadline: Since May 5, when “Silo” debuted, joining “Ted Lasso,” “The Last Thing He Told Me” and recent hot new comedy release, “Shrinking,” on the platform, weekly Apple TV+ viewership has jumped by +147% year over year. Sci-fi thriller “Silo” debuted as the #1 drama in the history of Apple TV+, per Nielsen premiere weekend data, and its viewership has grown by double digits since. Also…

Macworld More than a decade ago, on the heels of the iPad’s announcement, I took to the pages of Macworld–then still available as a physical object shipped to your home–to describe it as not just a third device, but a third revolution. And at the time it was: Apple’s attempt to once again remake the idea of personal computing, a thesis it would return to several times in the subsequent years, perhaps most cogently expressed in the What’s a computer? ad from 2017. But in recent years, that future has seemed in jeopardy, as the iPad has entered a kind of holding pattern, like the understudy waiting in the wings that is never asked to step into the main role.…

Macworld Each year Apple releases a major update for iOS, the operating system on your iPhone. The current version, released last year, is iOS 16, and it doesn’t take a genius to predict that 2023 will see the launch of iOS 17. This free software update will bring a raft of interface tweaks, bug fixes, and new features. It’s like getting a new iPhone without paying a penny. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about iOS 17. We cover its release schedule and when you can expect the beta and final versions to come out; how to get it when it does; the models of iPhone that are likely to be able to run iOS; and…