iOS 16 best new features + new HomePods incoming! (CultCast #557)
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🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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This week: we review iOS 16's best new features, and Apple is hard at work on some very interesting new HomePods, including the original HomePod V2!
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iOS 16 beta 5: All the new features and changes
- The biggest highlight of iOS 16 beta 5 is the ability to show the battery percentage in the status bar of notched iPhones. Currently, the feature is available on the iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iPhone X and XS series. For some strange reason, the iPhone 11 lineup and both the iPhone mini models are missing from this list, but this could change in a future beta release.
Every new email trick in iOS 16 that you need to know
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Gurman: Apple Considering Updated HomePod Mini Alongside New High-End HomePod
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