Macworld ‘Tis the season for developer conferences–Apple’s WWDC (the one we care about the most) is in June, Microsoft has theirs later this month, and Google’s I/O conference kicked off this week. Developer conference keynotes are fun because you get to see what the companies are working on and what new products and features are in the future. And sometimes we get a bunch of cool new stuff that non-developers care about too. That was the case with the Google I/O keynote, which was held Wednesday and brought numerous new products and features—several of which we hope Apple paid close attention to. Here are five Google I/O announcements that we wish had come from Apple instead. Magic Editor in Google…
Macworld Apple has issued firmware updates for eight different devices today, and you can’t even really take care of it yourself. Multiple AirPods and Beats models are getting firmware updates, along with, oddly enough, the official Apple MagSafe charger. The full list of products and their new firmware numbers are as follows: AirPods 2nd-gen: 5E135AirPods 3rd-gen: 5E135AirPods Pro 1st-gen: 5E135AirPods Pro 2nd-gen: 5E135AirPods Max: 5E135PowerBeats Pro: 5B66Beats Fit Pro: 5B66MagSafe Charger: 258.0.0.0 What do these firmware updates do? Nobody really knows! Apple never says. The company maintains a support document for AirPods firmware updates but every update only says it provides “Bug fixes and other improvements,” with very few exceptions. What’s worse, it’s not possible to actually update the firmware yourself.…
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