AirPods Pro support Spatial Audio, which is Apple’s take on Dolby Atmos surround-sound experience where there’s a huge emphasis on 3D audio. With this feature, Apple intends to bring a theatre-like surround-sound experience to your AirPods Pro while watching supported video content. Combined with AirPods Pro’s dynamic head-tracking capabilities, the audio for the content you’re watching on your iPhone or iPad’s screen will subtly shift as you move your head away from the screen since the sound-field stays mapped to the on-screen visuals.

Can’t wait to try out this feature already? Or perhaps you want to turn it off? No worries, we’ll cover how you can enable or disable Spatial Audio on AirPods Pro.

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Want to use a HomePod with iTunes for listening to music on your Windows PC? If you don’t have good headphones or a decent speaker system, but have a HomePod instead, you may be excited to know that you can feed the audio from iTunes directly to your HomePod speakers within seconds. You don’t even have to do much to get this working in Windows.

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Do you want to watch YouTube videos in 4K resolution on your iPhone and iPad? If you have one of the supported iPhone models, you can watch full 4K high resolution videos on YouTube.

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Got a new iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 model, and want to get all your stuff from your older iPhone to the new one?

Fortunately it’s easy to transfer all data from an old iPhone to the new iPhone 13 series, thanks to the data migration tool available during device setup, and you don’t even need any cables or wires. You’ll have your new iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, or iPhone 13 Mini setup in no time at all, so read along.

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Have you been using the new built-in Translate app to communicate with people who speak a different language? If so, you may be excited to learn about the hidden Attention Mode feature that the app has to offer.

Attention mode helps the other person to be able to read the translated text on your phone easily. So, if you’re interested in trying this out for yourself, read on to learn how you can use this particular feature on your iPhone.

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Experiencing a problem with iOS 15 on iPhone or iPadOS 15 on iPad? Having a hard time installing the update, or maybe the device is misbehaving after installing the update?

If you’re one of the people who is experiencing difficulties after updating to iOS 15 or iPadOS 15, read along to help troubleshoot the problem. Whether it’s battery issues, general sluggish performance, problems with installing or updating to iOS 15, wi-fi and networking problems after the update, issues with apps, amongst other problems, you’re probably not alone, this article aims to help get it all worked out.

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Apple has released iOS 12.5.5 for users with older iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices that are incapable of running iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.

iOS 12.5.5 includes important security fixes and is therefore recommended to install for all devices that can get the update.

Separately, Mac users running macOS Catalina will find Security Update 2021-006 Catalina available for Macs that are not yet running Big Sur.

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Apple has released Security Update 2021-006 for macOS Catalina users.

Security Update 2021-006 Catalina includes important security fixes for macOS Catalina and is recommended to install for all users eligible for that update.

Separately, Apple released iOS 12.5.5 for older iPhone and iPad models with the same security fixes.

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Got a call coming in that you don’t want to take on your iPhone? If you’re new to the iPhone, you may not be familiar with the process of declining a phone call on iPhone. Fortunately, declining calls is a super easy trick that you’ll master in no time at all.

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Two of the the most common questions asked by people after updating iPhone to iOS 15 is “can I revert back to the old Safari design?” and “how do I get the Safari search / address bar back to the top of the screen?”

If you don’t like the new Safari design with the address search bar on the bottom of the screen, you’ll be happy to find out that you can reverse this change and get the old Safari design back again.

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The iPad has gained some interesting new refinements, features, and capabilities with iPadOS 15. From placing widgets anywhere on the Home Screen, to Quick Notes, Low Power Mode, and new multitasking functionalities, you’ll have some unique iPad specific features to check out.

We’re going to focus on some iPadOS 15 features that you’re most likely to use and appreciate.

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Apple has released watchOS 8 for Apple Watch, alongside tvOS 15 for Apple TV, and HomePodOS 15 for HomePod.

The software updates for Apple Watch, Apple TV, and HomePod, arrive alongside the iOS 15 update for iPhone and iPadOS 15 for iPad.

watchOS 8 includes new Watch faces, updates to bundled apps like Contacts, Weather, Photos, and Find My, a Mindfulness app, new workouts for Fitness+ subscribers, and some other minor changes.

tvOS 15 includes new Aerial screen savers, a Shared With You feature like iOS/iPadOS 15, spatial audio support, improved AirPods support, and other smaller changes.

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Many of the more casual users who beta tested iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on their iPhone and iPad may wish to remove the beta updates from their devices, and leave the beta program. And now that the final versions of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are available, perhaps you’re no longer interested in the new beta builds of 15.1 etc.

By leaving the iOS/iPadOS beta program, you will no longer receive beta updates on that device, instead you’ll get the final stable versions that the general public gets.

So, want to leave the iOS/iPadOS 15 beta program and stop getting the beta updates on your iPhone or iPad? It’s pretty easy, though it has changed slightly from how this was done in years before.

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iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are finally here, and if you’re interested in knowing what some of the best new features are for iPhone and iPad, we’ve got you covered. So update your device if you haven’t already, and then read along to try out some of the handiest new tricks.

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Fresh off the heels of releasing the final version of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple has released new beta versions of the operating systems as iOS & iPadOS 15.1 beta 1, along with macOS Monterey beta 7.

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Apple has released Safari 15 for Mac users running macOS Big Sur and Catalina.

Safari 15 includes new features like tab grouping, a redesigned appearance, and various other changes to the web browser. These features will also be available to Safari users running macOS Monterey, when that is eventually released to the public later in the fall.

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Apple has released iOS 15 for iPhone users with a compatible iPhone or iPod touch.

iOS 15 includes various new features and changes for iPhone, including redesigned Safari with new tabs and tab grouping features, a revamped Do Not Disturb feature called Focus, FaceTime improvements like grid view for group chat and FaceTime Portrait mode, Safari Extensions support, Live Text which allows for selecting text within images, improvements and changes to Notifications, Maps, Music, Health, Photos, Spotlight, a redesigned Weather app, and much more. Some other features, like FaceTime screen sharing, are expected to arrive in later iOS 15 releases.

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Apple has released iPadOS 15 for all compatible iPad models, including iPad Pro, iPad Mini, iPad, and iPad Air.

iPadOS 15 includes a revamped multitasking experience for iPad, the ability to place widgets anywhere on iPad home screen, along with all the features of iOS 15, including a new Safari tabs experience, Safari Extensions support, new Do Not Disturb features labeled as Focus, Grid View for group FaceTime chat, Facetime Portrait mode, Live Text for selecting text in images, Notifications redesign, and improvements to many built-in apps including Music, Maps, Photos, Spotlight, and more.

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