Here’s everything you’ll get with these premium smartwatches. Sam Rutherford for Woozad This year brought a pair of timely updates to some of the premium smartwatch lines on the market. The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 both debuted this summer, and the premium wearables have quite a bit in common. Beyond the obvious personal preference for one product ecosystem over another, here’s a look at the features and specs these two smartwatches bring to your wrist. Materials and durability These devices are aligned in terms of materials, both made with titanium bodies.…
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It’s Friday September 18 in Australia and New Zealand, which means customers who pre-ordered are starting to receive their new devices. iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 launch today. Apple fans who have ordered an iPhone, Apple Watch or AirPods will soon share their first impressions on Instagram, Reddit, the Woozad forums and other social networks. If you’ve received one of Apple’s latest devices, let us know in the comments below and feel free to share photos and your first impressions. Since there is no Apple Store in…
Adding a digital signature, backed by Apple’s cloud service, is supposed to give you confidence that the final photo is legitimate. But how can you be sure the signature is legitimate? Apple points out that someone could, in theory, replace or modify a camera image before it is marked as authentic. Reference Image mode is designed to protect against this by adding its first digital signature inside the camera sensor itself. The sensor has its own private cryptographic key, which is generated when the phone is manufactured and kept inside, to create a signature linked to the image data it…
iPhone 18 Pro models support Apple Reference Image, a way to verify that a photo was taken with an iPhone and hasn’t been edited. Apple says it’s a method of proving that something actually happened and wasn’t generated by AI, likening the feature to a digital film negative. Apple Reference Image provides a reliable, scalable guarantee that a reference image is what it claims to be: a real photograph, captured by a real sensor in an iPhone camera, at a specific time. It sets a new standard for verifiable digital photography. Apple introduced Apple Reference Image at the launch of…
Milton Rodney Buzon/Getty Images The S Pen has been a flagship feature of Samsung Galaxy phones since it was added to the Galaxy S22 Ultra in 2022. It’s a smart stylus that you can use to draw, take notes, or intuitively control your device in new ways, and there’s a growing list of other useful Samsung S Pen features that you might not know about. But if you’re one of the many people who use a MagSafe phone case, you’ll probably notice that your S Pen isn’t working as expected.…
Radityo Aji Pratomo/Getty Images It’s taken more than seven years, but Android Auto users can finally use the live speedometer and speed limit signs on Google Maps without setting an active destination. Google first added live speed limits and a speedometer to its Maps app in 2019, expanding the information the app offers drivers. However, it wasn’t until earlier this year that Android Auto users were able to take advantage of this feature, even though CarPlay had it for much longer. While the arrival of the speedometer is good news,…
Your iPhone sounds fine right out of the box, but a few tweaks can dramatically improve what you hear. Wachiwit/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Between listening to music, watching videos, and taking calls, audio quality plays an important role in how you use and enjoy your iPhone. So whether you’re streaming audio directly from the device’s speaker or through headphones, you’ll of course want the audio to be as clean as possible. Fortunately, there are several ways to improve your iPhone audio experience, and your options go far beyond…
After Apple introduced the AirPods 5 last week, we received a set to take home and review. We tested the AirPods 5 last week and have some initial thoughts. The AirPods 5 have the same overall design and fit as the AirPods 4, so they’re just as comfortable as the previous generation model. Active noise cancellation has been improved thanks to a new internal acoustic architecture, and it’s surprisingly good. The AirPods 5 don’t have silicone tips, so you might not expect the ANC to work as well as earbuds with a tighter fit, but there’s a noticeable improvement over…
You’ll probably want to avoid MacBooks with an Intel processor, but the Apple Silicon models are solid. Nguyenducquang/Getty Images If you’re looking to save money by buying an older, used MacBook, your main question shouldn’t be how cheap it is, but rather whether its performance and software will justify the cost. An older MacBook is a solid way to save money in 2026, especially given the exploding prices of anything with RAM and storage. A MacBook with an M-series chip will more than cover basic computing needs and, more importantly, will continue to receive macOS releases.…
PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can easily update any car to use Android Auto. Similar to using your smartphone as the main screen in your car, you can now also use your old tablet as the Android Auto headunit using the Open Headunit app or a dedicated Android Auto smart display to fill that role, like the $120 Volam 11″ Wireless CarPlay Display. You can connect your phone to this display via Bluetooth or USB to use Android Auto like a typical…