Today, Apple released iPadOS 18.2 RC. The company continues to move forward on the iPadOS testing cycle and plans to launch this upcoming software update to users next week This build should improve general stability while continuing to master the new Apple Intelligence features. These are the main features available with iPadOS 18.2 beta RC: Genmoji: Create custom emojis by combining two figures; users can type a prompt like “monkey with pink hat” to make an entirely new emoji; here’s how to use it; Image Playground: Users can create playful images in seconds, choosing from Animation, Illustration, or Sketch. This app is built right into apps like Messages and is also available in a dedicated app; having trouble with the waitlist? Check this; Image Wand: “Rough sketches can be turned into delightful images, and users can even select empty space to create an image using context from the surrounding area” in the Notes app; Create Images expansion: Another Apple Intelligence feature available with iPadOS 18.2 beta is the ability to create an image when you highlight text in the Notes app; ChatGPT integration: When you feel Apple Intelligence isn’t enough, you can allow ChatGPT to access Writing Tools and other features for a better response; if you are tired of Apple Intelligence asking to confirm every prompt, do this. Despite these Apple Intelligence features, Apple is also adding a few more features to iPadOS 18.2 during the beta test, such as: Find My changes: With beta 2, Apple offers the option to Share Item Location with an “airline or trusted person.” This feature creates a link that lets someone easily access your AirTag’s location. Photos app tweak: Videos in the Photos app no longer zoom in or out when you tap on them. TV app tweak: The TV app navigation bar can be customized. Users can choose their favorite shortcuts to be shown. it’s unclear what else Apple is bringing with iPadOS 18.2. With iOS 18.2, the company is testing an all-new Mail experience. However, it might never be released to iPad users. Here’s what Apple says about this upgrade:  Mail is introducing new ways for users to manage their inboxes. On-device categorization organizes and sorts incoming emails into Primary for personal and time-sensitive emails, Transactions for confirmations and receipts, Updates for news and social notifications, and Promotions for marketing emails and coupons. Mail also features a new digest view that pulls together all of the relevant emails from a business, allowing users to quickly scan for what’s important at the moment. BGR will let you know if we find anything new in today’s iPadOS 18.2 RC. Apple is also seeding the Release Candidate versions of iOS 18.2 and macOS 15.2. Don't Miss: iPadOS 18: Features, beta, download, Apple Intelligence, release date, and more The post iPadOS 18.2 RC now available with 8 new features appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Early Black Friday deals: $719 Black Apple Watch Ultra 2, 15% off PS5 consoles, $38 Sony headphones, more Cyber Monday iPad deals start at $199 in 2024 70mai has the best 4G dash cam deals of Black Friday 2024 Best Black Friday deals 2024: Ultimate roundup

As the testing cycle nears its end, Apple just released macOS 15.2 RC. This upcoming software update adds new Apple Intelligence features while Apple works on improving the system’s general stability. So far, macOS Sequoia 15.2 RC includes the following Apple Intelligence feature: Image Playground: Users can create playful images in seconds, choosing from Animation, Illustration, or Sketch. This app is built right into apps like Messages and is also available in a dedicated app; ChatGPT integration: When you feel Apple Intelligence isn’t enough, you can allow ChatGPT to access Writing Tools and other features for a better response; Create Images expansion: Another Apple Intelligence feature available with macOS 15.2 beta 4 is the ability to create an image when you highlight text in the Notes app. While Genmoji wasn’t available in the first beta versions, we hope Apple adds it to the RC build. However, this function might launch at a later date. With it, you can create custom emojis by combining two figures; users can type a prompt like “monkey with pink hat” to make an entirely new emoji; here’s how to use it. We also don’t know other features Apple is planning for macOS 15.2 RC, which is expected to be released next week. With macOS 15.1, Apple added iPhone Mirroring improvements and the first Apple Intelligence features, which include: Writing Tools: Proofread your text, rewrite different versions until the tone and wording are right, and summarize the selected text with a tap. Improved Siri: With a new design, Siri can maintain context between requests. Even if you stumble over words or shift what you’re saying mid-sentence, Siri can understand what you actually want. Priority notifications: They appear at the top of the stack, letting you know what to pay attention to at a glance. Notifications are summarized, so you can scan them faster. Clean Up: This feature can identify and remove distracting objects in the background of a photo without accidentally altering the subject. Summarization: Apple Intelligence can now summarize more than just Messages and Mail notifications. Alongside macOS 15.2 RC, Apple is seeding the Release Candidate versions of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2. BGR will update this article once we learn more about the new features. Don't Miss: macOS Sequoia 15: Features, Apple Intelligence, download, beta, Mac compatibility The post macOS 15.2 RC now available with new Apple Intelligence features appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Cyber Monday iPad deals start at $199 in 2024 Fire TV Sticks start at $15 with these unreal Cyber Monday deals Best Black Friday deals 2024: Ultimate roundup Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $450+ free

A couple of weeks after seeding tvOS 18.2 beta 3, Apple has just released tvOS 18.2 RC. This new version is finally adding some of the delayed features announced at WWDC 2024. vOS 18.2 RC now supports the new 21:9 aspect ratio, which is perfect for Apple TVs connected to projectors. The company has also added a few other options, such as 2.37:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1, DCI 4K, and 32:9. They are available under Apple TV’s Audio and Video settings. Besides that, Apple finally added the Snoopy screensavers to tvOS. References about this feature coming with tvOS 18.2 were already spotted by MacRumors a few weeks ago. According to the publication, Apple is working on four categories of screen savers, including Snoopy, TV and Movies, Music, and Soundscapes. While MacRumors got an early look at some of those screensavers, Apple said we’ll see the Snoopy and TV and Movies screensavers “later this year.” The Music and Soundscapes options are new and will likely be added alongside the previously announced options eventually. However, Apple might delay the "TV and Movies" screensavers as we haven't seen them in previous betas. Finally, another feature that might soon be available with tvOS 18.2 RC is robot vacuum cleaner integration with the Home app. It’s unclear which robot vacuums will support this feature, even though Apple says this feature is still coming in 2024. Apple is expected to release tvOS 18.2 next week. After many tvOS 18 features have made their debut, I can’t wait for my Apple TV to get support for these other new capabilities. The new screensavers will make a nice addition, while the 21:9 aspect ratio will be perfect for using XGIMI’s new Horizon S Max projector, which was recently reviewed by BGR. Don't Miss: tvOS 18: Release date, features, download, Apple TV compatibility, more The post tvOS 18.2 RC now available with Snoopy screensavers and more appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Early Black Friday deals: $159 AirPods Pro 2, $99 Ninja blender, $998 Sony 85-inch TV, $199 Bose soundbar, more Best Black Friday deals 2024: Ultimate roundup Early Black Friday deals: Nintendo Switch games, $249 Oura Ring 3, $25 Crock-Pot, $100 Beats Pill, more 70mai has the best 4G dash cam deals of Black Friday 2024

A couple of weeks after the last beta, Apple released watchOS 11.2 RC to Apple Watch developers. At the moment, it’s unclear what’s new with it. Unlike other software updates from Apple, watchOS 11 has already delivered all the features announced at WWDC 2024. With watchOS 11.1, Apple added two Apple Intelligence features powered by iPhone 15 Pro or newer devices, which include: Reduce interruptions: An all-new Focus Mode understands the content of your notifications and shows you the ones that might need immediate attention, like a text about picking up your child from daycare later today. Summarization: Apple Intelligence can summarize all your notifications. Since watchOS 11 is a mild update after a packed watchOS 10 release, it’s unclear what Apple has in store for Apple Watch users. For example, the company unveiled the new sleep apnea detection with watchOS 11. However, it still needs to be rolled out to more countries. With watchOS 11.2 RC, we might see it coming to more regions. Apple says sleep apnea is a potentially serious condition where breathing stops repeatedly during sleep. “The condition, which is estimated to impact more than 1 billion people worldwide, goes undiagnosed in most cases. If left untreated, sleep apnea can have important consequences on health, including an increased risk of hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiac issues.” To detect sleep apnea, the Apple Watch uses an accelerometer to monitor small movements at the wrist that are associated with interruptions in normal respiratory patterns. This is tracked by a new Apple Watch metric called Breathing Disturbances. While some of these disturbances are normal, they are important to track as they can be used to help understand restfulness of sleep and, when occurring frequently over multiple nights, may be associated with sleep apnea. Users can view their nightly Breathing Disturbances in the Health app, where they are classified as elevated or not elevated and can be viewed over a one-month, six-month, or one-year period. Alongside watchOS 11.2 RC, Apple also released the RC versions of tvOS 18.2 and visionOS 2.2. We’ll let you know if we find anything new in these Release Candidate builds. Don't Miss: watchOS 11: Features, download, release date, beta, Apple Watch compatibility, and more The post watchOS 11.2 RC now available to Apple Watch developers appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals ECOVACS has the biggest robot vacuum sale of Black Friday and Cyber Monday Best Cyber Monday deals 2024: All the top sales Early Black Friday deals: $154 AirPods Pro 2, $250 iPad 10, $150 Lenovo Chromebook, $10 LifeStraw, more 70mai has the best 4G dash cam deals of Black Friday 2024

Apple just released visionOS 2.2 RC. This new build brings a long-awaited feature: wider Mac Virtual Display options. Mac Virtual Display is one of the OG features of Apple Vision Pro. However, with new wide and ultrawide modes, the spatial computer offers a more immersive experience for professionals to work on a spatial environment. Here’s what this feature is all about: Using Mac Virtual Display is like having an expandable, ultrawide screen that wraps around you. It’s the equivalent of having two 4K displays sitting side by side — everything looks astoundingly sharp and incredibly detailed. Now, with an ultrawide view, Apple says it feels like you have two physical 4K displays sitting side by side on a desk, except you don’t have something limiting the two displays. This Apple Vision Pro feature is perfect for anyone multitasking on a Mac, and it feels better than having several windows floating around. With this feature, you can open several apps at once and visualize them before you with Vision Pro’s incredible displays. Not only will this boost productivity, but it will also make this spatial computer a more compelling upgrade than two Studio Displays, as you can use it for more than just mirroring your Mac once you finish working. Apple is expected to expand Mac Visual Display next week when visionOS 2.2 is expected to be released to all users. While rumors about a new Vision Pro are contradictory, the latest reports expect Apple to update this product next year with a more capable processor, most likely the M5. However, a revamped interaction is still a few years away. Alongside visionOS 2.2 RC, Apple has seeded the Release Candidate versions of watchOS 11.2 and tvOS 18.2. Below, you can learn more about visionOS and other Vision Pro features. Don't Miss: visionOS: Features, 2.0, release date, Apple Vision Pro, more The post visionOS 2.2 RC now available with a major new feature appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Early Black Friday deals: $159 AirPods Pro 2, $99 Ninja blender, $998 Sony 85-inch TV, $199 Bose soundbar, more Early Black Friday deals: Nintendo Switch games, $249 Oura Ring 3, $25 Crock-Pot, $100 Beats Pill, more Best Cyber Monday deals 2024: All the top sales Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales

To close out 2024, OpenAI launched its most expensive and enticing paid monthly plan to date. ChatGPT Pro costs $200 per month, giving subscribers unlimited access to the new OpenAI o1 reasoning model as well as o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice. ChatGPT Pro is also the only way to use the all-new o1 pro mode, which OpenAI describes as "a version of o1 that uses more compute to think harder and provide even better answers to the hardest problems." OpenAI plans to add even more powerful features to the ChatGPT Pro plan in the future, so subscribers will always be on the cutting edge. In competition with o1 and o1-preview, o1 pro mode regularly outperformed both models. From math and coding to Ph.D.-level science questions, o1 pro mode was consistently more accurate. OpenAI also held its model to a higher standard by only considering a question solved when the model was able to get the answer right four times in a row. If you decide to subscribe to the ChatGPT Pro plan for $200 per month, you'll be able to select o1 pro mode in the model picker. Answers will take longer to generate, but ChatGPT will display a progress bar and send an in-app notification if you click away. OpenAI also took the opportunity to award 10 grants of ChatGPT Pro to medical researchers at leading US institutions and plans to award more in the future. Some of the initial recipients of the GenAI grant include Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School assistant professor Catherine Brownstein⁠, Berkeley Lab computer research scientist Justin Reese, and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine professor Derya Unutmaz. Check back for more announcements from the 12 Days of OpenAI in the coming days. Don't Miss: ChatGPT might get ads The post ChatGPT Pro: $200 per month for unlimited access to o1 reasoning model appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals 70mai has the best 4G dash cam deals of Black Friday 2024 Cyber Monday iPad deals start at $199 in 2024 Cyber Week deals: $510 MacBook Air, $170 AirPods Pro 2, $99 Bose speaker, 53% off Echo Show 5 bundles, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales

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