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PSA: Your chat and call apps may leak your IP address
Your favorite messaging and calling app could reveal your IP address to the person on the other end of a call. And that, essentially, is because most chat apps default to using peer-to-peer connections — meaning you and the person you’re talking to connect directly to each other — to improve the quality of the…
Alongside today’s release of its flagship iPhone software, iOS 17, Apple has also rolled out an update to the operating system powering Apple TV with the launch of tvOS 17.…
FaceTime calls are coming to Apple TV. Apple announced the feature, which uses Continuity Camera on an iPhone or iPad, at its WWDC conference today. Introduced last year, Continuity Camera…
First, WhatsApp went down this morning. Now, Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime appeared to experience an outage in the U.S. this afternoon. Several Twitter users noted they were having trouble sending…
All the handy iOS 16 features Apple didn’t tell you about
Apple had a ton of big hits in its iOS 16 announcements including a Lock Screen revamp, updates to Photos and improved Mail app experience. Apart from that, there were…
Apple is improving its webcam on the shiny new M2 MacBooks, but for those of us still chugging along on our existing MacBooks, we’ll be able to use our iPhones…
Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service
Yubo, a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that…
Hulu’s app gains Apple SharePlay support and new Live TV features
Hulu’s streaming app is the latest to add support for Apple’s SharePlay — Apple’s newer system that allows users to co-watch content, like streaming movies or shows, over FaceTime calls.…
ESPN’s app gets SharePlay support for co-viewing live sports over FaceTime
A few months after making the feature available to Disney+ users, Disney is now rolling out Apple’s SharePlay co-viewing experience for FaceTime to its ESPN app’s users. The feature will…
Disney+ rolls out support for Apple’s SharePlay co-viewing experience over FaceTime
Disney+ is the latest streaming app to add support for Apple’s SharePlay, the iOS 15 feature that offers a co-viewing experience over FaceTime video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac or…
Apple releases iOS 15.0.2 with a security fix for a bug ‘under active exploitation’
Apple today released its second minor update to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which includes an “important security update” for a zero-day bug under active exploitation. Both iOS 15.0.2 and…
Apple TV to support using HomePod Mini as speakers, among other updates
Apple didn’t announce that rumored combined Apple TV device that would combine the set-top box with a HomePod speaker during its WWDC keynote, but it did announce a few features…
Over a year into a global pandemic, Apple announced some major updates to its FaceTime app at WWDC 2021, which will be available in iOS 15. Notably, Android users will…
Apple introduces SharePlay for co-watching, streaming and screen sharing over FaceTime
As part of its FaceTime update in iOS 15, Apple introduced a new set of features designed for shared experiences — like co-watching TV shows or TikTok videos, listening to…
Now that we’re all stuck at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, video calls have gone from a novelty to a necessity. Zoom, the popular videoconferencing service, seems to be…
Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to vulnerability that could allow iPhone eavesdropping
Apple has disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app due to an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a person to listen to another customer’s iPhone without consent, the company told…
Daily Crunch: FaceTime gets an eye contact upgrade
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Apple has added a feature called “FaceTime Attention Correction” to the latest iOS 13 Developer beta, and it looks like it could make a big difference when it comes to…
Skype now supports up to 50 group call participants, topping rivals
Skype is capitalizing on Apple’s struggles with Group FaceTime to attract attention to its own group calling features. Today, the company announced it’s doubling the number of people who can simultaneously…
Apple to compensate teenager who found Group FaceTime eavesdrop bug
Apple has said it will compensate the teenager who first found a security bug in Group FaceTime that allowed users to eavesdrop before a call was picked up. The bug was initially…
Update to iOS 12.1.4 to re-enable Group FaceTime
That nasty FaceTime bug is now a thing of the past. You can now download and update your iPhone and iPad to re-enable Group FaceTime again. iOS 12.1.4 is a…
Apple fixes FaceTime eavesdrop bug, with software update incoming
Three days after Apple pulled its new Group FaceTime feature offline after users found they could eavesdrop on people before accepting a call, the company says it has fixed the…
Apple’s FaceTime bug will be investigated by New York’s Attorney General
Earlier this week, a bug was found in FaceTime that could let others listen in to your Apple device’s microphone (or, in specific cases, view video from the camera) without…
Apple disables group calling in FaceTime in response to eavesdropping bug
Apple has disabled the group calling feature within its FaceTime calling service while it works on a patch to fix a nasty bug that allows eavesdropping. Apple’s status page shows that…
Nasty FaceTime bug could allow others to eavesdrop on your microphone or camera
Update: Apple has disabled the group calling feature. You might want to turn off FaceTime for a few days. A newly discovered bug in iOS allows FaceTime callers to listen…
Apple rolls out watchOS 5.1.1 after earlier Apple Watch bricking issues
Apple has rolled out watchOS 5.1.1, less than a week after the company pulled its immediate predecessor, watchOS 5.1, following reports that the software was bricking some Apple Watches. The…
Apple overhauls its privacy pages, and now lets U.S. customers download their own data
Apple has refreshed and expanded its privacy website, a month after its most recent iPhone and Mac launches. You’re not going to see much change from previous years — the…
Group FaceTime isn’t arriving in September
Group FaceTime’s launch is going to be delayed. The feature, which supports up to 32 people in a single audio or video call, was pulled from the latest iOS 12…
Apple is adding group FaceTime video calls to iOS 12
Apple is adding the ability to FaceTime more people onto a video call, allowing up to 32 people to be on the call — and tapping an increasing interest in…