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Chrome on Android Gets New Address Bar, Shortcut Suggestions

Tim June 26, 2024 6

The Chrome team announced a big update for Android and iOS users this week, one that brings a total of five new features to improve the general experience when using the app. To sum it up what's new, searches for businesses should be easier with Chrome Actions...

Good Day: RCS Enabled, Now Working on iOS 18

Tim June 26, 2024 22

Android owners with iPhone friends who are running the iOS 18 beta, you'll want to hear this news: RCS has been enabled and appears to be working between iOS and Android devices. We've been doing a bit of testing with it this morning, and while there still...

iOS 18 Intros Apple Intelligence (AI), Custom Icon Colors, and More

Tim June 10, 2024 31

Apple introduced iOS 18 this morning, coming to an iPhone near you shortly. Inside, Apple has injected a ton of goodies, some of which may sound very familiar to us Android fans. The marquee feature for iOS 18 is Apple Intelligence ("AI" for short). Coming...

Apple Confirms RCS for iOS 18

Kellen June 10, 2024 26

At the end of 2023, Apple made a commitment to support RCS in the iPhone Messages app at some point in 2024. The news was huge, but we didn't know at the time if a big update to iOS would be required or if they could push support on the backend. Then in March,...

Time to See What Apple’s Cooking Up

Tim June 10, 2024 14

It's WWDC this week, meaning Apple is about to unveil all of its major software changes for things like iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, etc., etc., etc. As Android users, we have been absolutely bombarded with artificial intelligence (AI) in all of our...

Android Friends, Apple Might Let iOS 18 Put Icons Anywhere on Home Screens

Kellen March 25, 2024 16

We try not to poke too much fun at Apple these days when they add features to iOS that have been on Android for years. Not only is it kind of a played-out move, but Google and Android certainly borrow from the other side as well. That said, we have to make...

Feds Sue Apple for Basically Monopolizing Entire Smartphone Experience

Tim March 21, 2024 34

A new antitrust lawsuit has been brought forth by the Department of Justice along with 16 state and district attorneys general against Apple, alleging that the company has illegally maintained a monopoly through a series of various moves. Some of the points...

New Rules Force Apple to Make It Easier to Switch From iPhone to Android

Tim March 7, 2024 3

New rules put in place by the European Union are forcing Apple, in order to be in compliance with the Digital Markets Act, to make it a bit easier for iPhone users to switch to non-iPhone devices (aka Android). Changes such as this can take time to be...