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  • Hands on with Apple's yellow iPhone 14

    twokatmewtwokatmew
    A whole article when all that’s changed is the color. 🙄🤣
    uraharadewmewilliamlondon

  • Apple has two big CarPlay problems

    twokatmewtwokatmew
    maltz said:
    jamnap said:
    But there seems to be a volume level issue with Car Play

    Volume issues are a pain when using things like CarPlay and Bluetooth.  Adjusting the volume using the car's volume knob has worked in both my Hyundai and Jeep, but the trick is that you have to do it WHILE the specific audio you want to adjust is playing.  Different types of audio can have different volume settings - music, Siri/Google/etc, ringtones, phone call audio, etc.  In the case of brief snippets of audio like map directions, Siri responses, etc, timing that can be tricky, especially while driving.
    I finally turned spoken navigation off for Google and Apple Maps. CarPlay in my 2020 Subaru Forester doesn’t always respect volume settings for each source. Music is set at 17, navigation volume at 8. When navigation suddenly blares at 17, I nearly jump out of my seat. 🙄
    gregoriusmFileMakerFellerwatto_cobrakiehtanjamnap

  • Netflix blames account sharing for first subscriber loss in a decade

    twokatmewtwokatmew
    I’d been a Netflix subscriber since it was first introduced on the very first Roku box. But I canceled my account a couple months ago and haven’t missed it. They’ve been losing content to other streaming channels, and they keep raising prices. My new policy is signing up for a month or so if I want to binge watch a show. That’s how I keep my streaming costs down. Not by sharing passwords/accounts. 
    fred1tmaylollivermac daddy zeeelectorwatto_cobra

  • Apple hires new HomePod Software Head to boost lackluster speaker sales

    twokatmewtwokatmew
    All my smart speakers are Sonos, except for a 3rd gen Echo Dot in my basement. Alexa has her issues, but she’s so much better than Siri. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple now required to offer Russian iPhone users local apps at setup

    twokatmewtwokatmew
    Yes. I got sick of that. Part of why I switched to iPhone a few years ago. 

    Andy.Hardwake said:
    Samsung went much further. They pre-install them on all devices, old or new, with a software update and users cannot uninstall any of those apps…

    jony0watto_cobra