Android’s latest update improves text-to-speech, Circle to Search, earthquake...
Android introduced five updates on Tuesday as part of its latest release of the mobile operating system. Available for smartphones, tablets and Wear OS watches, the new features include audio...
View ArticleApple Event 2024: iPhone 16, Apple Intelligence and all the other expected...
Apple's Glowtime iPhone event will include the iPhone 16, but may also feature new AirPods, a new Apple Watch and possibly even new Macs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticlereMarkable’s Paper Pro adds color, light and more but keeps the focus on ‘focus’
The $499 Paper Pro — a new naming convention to indicate it is a higher-end alternative to the now-$379 reMarkable 2, not a direct successor — is momentous for its addition of both color and a...
View ArticleWatch this robotic wheelchair’s compliant wheels take on bumps, rocks and stairs
Korea’s Institute of Machinery and Materials this week showcased a robotic wheelchair with large, deformable wheels that can manage rocks, stairs and other obstacles. During normal operation, the wheel...
View ArticleDJI takes another crack at palm-sized drones, and this one is $199
This week at IFA in Berlin, DJI is once again going small with the new Neo. Like the Spark before it, the drone’s ability to land in the palm of the user’s hand is a major selling point. © 2024...
View ArticleTechCrunch Minute: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs
Korea’s Institute of Machinery and Materials unveiled a pretty cool robotic wheelchair this week. By creating a compliant wheel that conforms to the terrain around it, these engineers have created an...
View ArticleOsom is shutting down on Friday, as it had ‘no customers for a mobile phone’
OSOM always had a difficult road, with plans to launch a privacy-focused handset. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleApple Intelligence delays could impede iPhone 16 ‘supercycle’
When Apple unveiled its AI plans at WWDC in June, analysts suggested the feature could put the iPhone 16 on track for another “supercycle.” Like the addition of 5G before it, industry watchers believed...
View ArticleElectro-hydraulic muscles help these robot legs stand straight on uneven terrain
Along with the ability to automatically adjust to the surface they’re traversing, the legs move faster and jump higher than their more standardized electric counterparts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
View ArticleSonos delays set-top box after flawed app update
It’s been an infamous year for software updates gone wrong. But what’s the worst-case scenario for a buggy update? Sonos may be trying to find the answer as its mobile app update continues to derail...
View ArticleApple Watch Series 10 debuts with bigger screen, thinner display and sleep...
The Apple Watch Series 10 is up to 30% larger and 10% thinner than previous watches. It's available for preorder Monday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleApple’s redesigned AirPods 4 feature $179 active noise canceling option, ship...
The AirPods 4 are available for preorder starting Monday. The base model runs $129, with the active noise canceling models hitting $179. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleApple is adding a sleep apnea detection feature to the Apple Watch Series 10,...
At its It’s Glowtime event on Monday, Apple announced that it’s adding a new Apple Watch feature that can alert users to sleep apnea, a health condition that causes you to stop breathing when you’re...
View ArticleApple says AirPods Pro 2 can be used as ‘clinical-grade’ hearing aids
Both the hearing aid feature for AirPods Pro 2 and the hearing test for iOS 18 will launch this fall via a software update in over 100 countries and regions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
View ArticleApple’s iPhone 16 arrives with AI features and devoted camera button,...
Apple Intelligence was the star of this show, as the new iPhone 16 line joins last year's iPhone 15 Pro models as the only members of the line that can run run the company's new small model offering. ©...
View ArticleApple updates AirPods Max headphones with a USB-C port and new colors
The updated version of Apple's AirPods Max are still $549, and can be preordered Monday. With a USB-C port, the updated AirPods Max will now match the rest of Apple's product lineup. © 2024 TechCrunch....
View ArticleApple announces its new A18 and A18 Pro iPhone chips
Today, Apple is bringing the new A18 chips to the standard iPhone and also launching a more powerful A18 Pro for its Pro models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleAI-powered visual search comes to the iPhone
Visual intelligence will launch along with other Apple Intelligence features in beta in October for U.S. English language users. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleApple’s iPhone 16 Pro models arrive with 6.3- and 6.9-inch displays, larger...
The 16 Pro starts at $999, while the Pro Max runs $1,119 and up. Preorder opens Friday. The handsets start shipping on September 20. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleApple’s Voice Memos app will soon let you layer vocals on top of music
When the upgraded Voice Memos app rolls out, you'll be able to sing over a track you recorded earlier — a guitar track, say — by tapping on a new "layer" button before you hit record. © 2024...
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