• Apple has decided against making its own microLED Apple Watch displays

    Less than a month after Apple abandoned its plans for the Apple Car, the tech giant has decided to bail on its initiative to design its own microLED screens for the Apple Watch. Apple Watch Ultra The project, which was first discovered in 2023, was designed to reduce its reliance on partners such as Samsung and LG. The company had even built its own screen manufacturing facility in Santa Clara, California, near Apple Park. The company would have swapped the Samsung-produced OLED...

  • Apple tried to make Apple Watch work with Android

    Apple tried to make Apple Watch work with Android devices, the company admitted, but ultimately gave up on the idea.

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    The best Apple deals of 2024: iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads, and more

    The problem with Apple products, such as MacBooks, iPads, and the Apple Watch range, is that they usually carry a hefty price tag and are rarely on sale. But there are deals and discounts, even outside of sales events including Prime Day and Black Friday, if you know where to look. Apple frequently refreshes its product ranges -- one of the latest being the iPhone 15 lineup -- and this can open the path to discounts in the form of new, promotional deals for the latest gadgets alongside price...

  • Apple Pencil compatible with Apple Vision Pro rumored to be in testing

    Even though the Apple Vision Pro doesn't need an external controller, a new rumor suggests that Apple is testing how the Apple Pencil could be used with Apple's headset. Apple testing the Apple Pencil with the Apple Vision Pro When Apple released the Apple Vision Pro, it made a big deal about how the spatial computing headset didn't rely on any sort of handheld controller. Instead, the Apple Vision Pro relies on the "gaze and pinch" system. However, that may change. The company is now...

  • Apple tried to make the Apple Watch work with Android phones

    After the US Department of Justice launched a lawsuit against Apple, arguing that the company has maintained illegal monopoly over the smartphone market and some related services, the Cupertino-based firm came out with a surprising story. For years now, one of the main criticisms against Apple has been its walled garden approach, which makes it extremely difficult or impossible to use its devices with other non-Apple products. However, it appears that the tech company tried to make its Apple...

  • Apple Allegedly Tried and Failed to Bring Apple Watch to Android

    The three-year effort was supposedly cancelled due to 'technical limitations.'

  • Apple Drops Plans to Develop MicroLED Displays for Apple Watch

    Apple has ended a project to develop microLED displays in-house, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in a reversal of his prior reporting on the development of the technology. Apple invested billions in developing microLED displays, with plans to first add microLED to the Apple Watch Ultra. MicroLED was too expensive and too complex for Apple to design, so Apple is now reorganizing its display engineering teams and laying off employees in the U.S. and Asia. Some of the displaced employees...

  • 'Apple ID' Expected to Change to 'Apple Account' Starting With iOS 18

    MacRumors was first to report that Apple was planning to rebrand "Apple ID" to "Apple Account" across its software platforms and websites like iCloud.com as early as this year, and now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has corroborated this change. A mockup of the new Apple Account branding In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the new "Apple Account" branding will start to be used later this year both online and in Apple's next major software releases, such as iOS 18 for the iPhone and...

  • Apple worked on Android compatibility for the Apple Watch for three years before abandoning the project

    On Thursday, Apple responded to the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit, saying it "threatens" the company's customer base. The suit targets the iPhone and Apple Watch while roping in other aspects of the tech giant's business, including advertising, browsers, FaceTime, and News services. Apple promises to defend itself against a legalRead Entire Article

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    Apple worked for years to make Apple Watch compatible with Android, says report

    Apple reportedly spent a few years trying to make the Apple Watch compatible with Android. The information comes after the Justice Department sued the company for monopolizing smartphone markets.

  • Apple says it spent three years trying to bring Apple Watch to Android

    As part of its response to the United States DOJ lawsuit today, Apple confirmed that it at one point considered creating an Apple Watch for Android. The company tells me that it spent three years working on bringing Apple Watch to Android before ultimately scrapping the idea. more

  • Apple execs talk future of the iPhone in ride-along Apple Park tour

    Apple executives including Greg Joswiak and Kainann Drance have talked about working on the iPhone, and Apple's intentions for the future. Greg Joswiak (left) and Brian Tong at Apple Park YouTuber Brian Tong has previously covered topics such as the Apple Vision Pro, and also specifically AirPods Pro for the headset, but now all iOS topics are up for grabs in a 40-minute "State of the iPhone"video. Described as a "ride along with Joz and friends at Apple Park," the video has Tong...