Apple Pay could automatically select specific credentials depending on the location, with a future version potentially able to take advantage of an iPhone s ultra-wideband technology to make sure the right card is used.
Apple has made the iPhone an almost indispensable item for everyday life, especially where payments are concerned. Users frequently perform Apple Pay transactions via their devices, registering multiple bank and credit cards for use in mobile payments.
The Wallet within iOS is also able to handle other types of cards, such as reward cards and boarding passes, which can be presented for their related purposes when required.
Code strings discovered in the latest tvOS 14.5 beta release suggest an expected next-generation Apple TV device will support 120Hz video output.
Current Apple TV models do not incorporate hardware capable of streaming 120Hz 4K content. Aside from internal silicon and operating system limitations, the set-top box s reliance on HDMI 2.0 restricts 4K refresh rates to 60Hz (85Hz at a 16:9 ratio).
According to code uncovered by
9to5Mac, however, Apple appears to be preparing tvOS software for a model capable of outputting high-resolution video at 120Hz. The publication claims multiple instances of text strings including 120Hz and supports120Hz have been added to PineBoard, the system responsible for Apple TV s user interface.
Foxconn parent company Hon Hai earned $47 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up 44% from last year, reportedly on demand from home workers buying iPhone 12 models.
Following its January sales record based on demand for the iPhone 12 range, Foxconn s parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry, has seen 44% growth since the same time last year.
According to
Bloomberg, the growth described in the Taiwanese manufacturer s latest earnings report, is down to demand for Apple s 5G devices, and working from home caused by the coronavirus.
The 44% rise does come one year after Foxconn reported a severe profit drop because of COVID-related issues. However, this latest quarter saw it earning $47 billion. Its March sales alone were approximately $15.43 billion.
Apple plans to have your iPhone predict far in advance if you re going to run out of charge today, and warn you in time to do something about it.
Just as every iPhone runs out of battery power, so every iPhone has always had the ability to warn when that power is getting low. It s more complicated than the little icon and notifications would make it seem, but still it is a familiar experience of using an iPhone. And Apple wants to improve it. Smart advice to charge notification, is a newly-granted patent that is not concerned with prolonging battery life through some chemistry or physics. Instead, it s about accepting the fact we ll run out of battery power, and trying to minimize the inconvenience.
Rather than just spotting whole mistyped words, Apple wants iOS to figure out which letters are wrong, delete those on the fly with little user intervention, and keep the right ones.
It s 15 years now since Apple designer Ken Kocienda invented what would become the iPhone s on-screen keyboard. Apple has since refined it with features such as Slide to Type, and it has been filing patent after patent on autocorrection ideas. Now it s been granted yet another patent, and this one is about speeding up how we deal with typing mistakes. Intelligently deleting back to a typographical error, is not concerned with the usual issue over spotting a mistake as you type it, although that is part of this. Currently, if you make a mistake then you can tap Delete several times to remove each letter.