Nabila Popal added that Apple’s smartphone sales fell nearly 10% in Q1 this year, which is a “sharp decline” for Apple. “The experience of the past four years shows that Apple may be the most resilient brand, able to overcome supply chain issues and macro challenges better than other brands.”

As for Samsung’s return to the top spot as the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker during the quarter, Popal said it was “hugely significant.” She believes that Samsung will be well-positioned for further growth this year as the overall smartphone market recovers this year and it makes efforts in the field of artificial intelligence.

According to the report, the IDC report predicts that while Apple and Samsung will maintain market share, the recovery of Huawei and other companies such as Xiaomi and OPPO/OnePlus will continue in the Chinese market.

According to a report, IDC data showed that global smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24) increased by 7.8% year-on-year to 289.4 million units. While the smartphone industry is not completely out of the woods yet and the market still faces macroeconomic challenges, the figure marks the third consecutive quarter of smartphone shipment growth and is a strong indicator that the recovery is well underway.

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It should be noted that, due to Apple’s regional node server configuration caching problems, there may be a slight delay in detecting the update in some places, generally within half an hour, not too long.
With iOS / iPadOS 16 release history:

• 2023-10-11: iOS 16.7.1 (20H30)
• 2023-09-13: iOS 16.7 Release Candidate (20H18)
• 2023-09-08: iOS 16.6.1 (20G81)
• 2023-07-25: iOS 16.6 (20G75)
• 2023-07-19: iOS 16.6 RC (20G75)
• 2023-07-11: iOS 16.6 Beta 5 (20G5070a)
• 2023-06-28: iOS 16.6 Beta 4 (20G5058d)
• 2023-06-22: iOS 16.5.1 (20F75)
• 2023-06-16: iOS 16.6 Beta 3 (20G5047d)
• 2023-06-01: iOS 16.6 Beta 2 (20G5037d)
• 2023-05-20: iOS 16.6 Beta (20G5026e)
• 2023-05-19: iOS 16.5 (20F66)
• 2023-05-16: iOS 16.5 RC 2 (20F66)
• 2023-05-10: iOS 16.5 RC (20F65)
• 2023-05-03: iOS 16.5 Beta 4 (20F5059a)
• 2023-04-26: iOS 16.5 Beta 3 (20F5050f)
• 2023-04-12: iOS 16.5 Beta 2 (20F5039e)
• 2023-04-08: iOS 16.4.1 (20E252)
• 2023-03-29: iOS 16.5 Beta (20F5028e)
• 2023-03-28: iOS 16.4 (20E247)
• 2023-03-22: iOS 16.4 RC (20E246)
• 2023-03-16: iOS 16.4 Beta 4 (20E5239b)
• 2023-03-08: iOS 16.4 Beta 3 (20E5229e)
• 2023-03-01: iOS 16.4 Beta 2 (20E5223e)
• 2023-02-17: iOS 16.4 Beta (20E5212f)
• 2023-02-14: iOS 16.3.1 (20D67)
• 2023-01-24: iOS 16.3 (20D47)
• 2023-01-19: iOS 16.3 RC (20D47)
• 2023-01-11: iOS 16.3 Beta 2 (20D5035i)
• 2022-12-15: iOS 16.3 Beta (20D5024e)
• 2022-12-14: iOS 16.2 (20C65)
• 2022-12-08: iOS 16.2 RC (20C65)
• 2022-12-02: iOS

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Apple has already released 3 Beta versions for developers (Apple re-released the Beta 3 update yesterday), and the public beta version launched this time is the same as the Beta 3 content.

Registered developers can opt into the beta by opening the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, clicking on the Beta Update option, and then opening the iOS Developer Beta to opt into the beta. Please note that an Apple ID associated with a developer account is required to download and install the beta.

The major new features of iOS / iPadOS 17 Beta 3 are as follows:
Deleted Photos:

Apple has restructured the Recently Deleted interface by integrating the separate “Delete” and “Restore” buttons under the “…” button, which needs to be clicked to be invoked.

When you click the “…” button without selecting an image, the “Delete” button appears. button when the picture is not selected, the options of “Delete All” and “Restore All” will appear; clicking the “…” button when the photo is selected, the options of “Delete All” and “Restore All” will appear. button with photos selected, there is an option to “Save as video” in addition to the delete and restore options.
Mental Wellbeing:

Apple has optimized the design of Mental Wellbeing in the Health app, streamlining the look and introducing a new color scheme that changes the colors for different moods and matches different button colors and backgrounds to the mood.

Very Unpleasant is light purple, Extremely Unpleasant is red, Slightly Unpleasant is blue, Currently Peaceful is blue-green, Slightly Happy is bright green, More Pleasant is yellow, and Very Pleasant is orange.

There’s also an option to turn on reminders to keep track of moods on a schedule.
Apple Music Song Credits

In the Apple Music app, there’s now an option to view a list of song producers by tapping the three-dot icon next to a song that’s playing, searching, or in a playlist.

The credits show all the performing artists, songwriting artists, and people involved in production and engineering.

This section also includes the option to view the full lyrics, which has been removed from the standard drop-down menu, and it provides information about available audio quality such as lossless or Dolby Atmos.
Home app

The Home app introduces a new launch screen that lets users know what’s new in Home. The new version supports richer colours with pre-selected options at the bottom of the interface for quick color changes. Color options also show up in Control Center when accessing specific lights.

The Home app in the third beta now also supports Activity History, which can be turned off or enabled for the previous month. Activity History shows active events for smart locks, garage doors, and home security systems.

Also according to what @10GbE shared, iOS 17 Beta 3 has the following new features and functionality:
Passwords.

New Recently Deleted, deleted passwords and passkeys will remain here for 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted.

Real-time voice

Press the side button three times to display “Live Voice”. Tapping Send after typing will be read aloud, making it extremely user-friendly for users with language barriers.

However, it has been blocked by the keyboard in many tests, and it will read aloud letters when you input text in Pinyin (e.g.: Good morning, it will read: z Good morning).
Fix bugs

• Overexposure

Bug not fixed

• Keyboard blocking input box
• Compatibility bug
• QQ flashing (still flashing in beta)

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For developers who want to port existing iPhone or iPad apps to the Vision Pro headset, firstly the headset doesn’t support certain types of apps, and secondly, the whole porting is not easy.

Apple officially made it clear that iMessage stickers, custom input methods, map navigation applications, and photography applications cannot be ported to visionOS.

Here is a list of features and tools that are not available for the visionOS app:

 Core Motion, barometer, magnetometer, haptic and other device frameworks

 Location data outside of standard services

 HealthKit data, meaning the headset does not collect health data or the health app

 Third-party apps show that the camera on the Vision Pro headset cannot be used to take pictures and record videos.

 visionOS will hide the AirPlay button in the interface

 App Clips, watchOS app extensions, widgets for home screen or lock screen

 Handoff will not attempt to pass activity from visionOS to other devices

 Users can't add HomeKit devices from Apple Vision Pro

 Multi-touch is limited to two touch inputs, not 10

 Pencil Kit

 Screen Time

 CarPlay and CarKey

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The update also adds iPad compatibility, so the app can make better use of the large iPad screen. Drag-and-drop support has also been added, so you can now drag and drop individual messages into other apps.

The ChatGPT app is still only available for iOS, and it’s unknown when the Android version will go live.

At WWDC23, Apple announced that you now only need to say “Siri” to wake up Siri, instead of saying “Hey”, but Siri’s other features don’t seem to have been enhanced.

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Three of these have been proven to be exploited by hackers, and Apple has previously fixed two vulnerabilities with the release of iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 Quick Security Response updates.

The remaining vulnerability exists in WebKit and allows attackers to break through the Web content sandbox, which Apple fixed by modifying boundary checks.

A vulnerability in Apple’s official logs has a large impact on users. Hackers who have physical access to your device can view your contact information under the lock screen interface through the Siri vulnerability.

iPhone 8 and successor models, all iPad Pro models, iPad Air (3rd generation) and successor models, iPad 5 and successor models, and iPad mini and successor models are affected.

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The iOS 16.5 Beta 3 update reads as follows:

Apple’s official changelog, as well as reports from 9to5Mac, MacRumors and other media outlets, and did not find any new features introduced in the iOS / iPadOS 16.5 Beta 3 update.

Apple’s development team has now focused on iOS 17 and the iOS 16 development branch is coming to an end, so no new major features or additions will be introduced.

The iOS/iPadOS 16.5 Beta 3 changelog is the same as Beta 2, so we won’t go over it here.
The updates to iOS 16.5 Beta 2 are as follows:
Complete disabling of Beta description files:

Apple discontinued the Beta profile on iPhone and iPad in the iOS / iPadOS 16.4 update. In iOS / iPadOS 16.5 Beta 2 and watchOS 9.5 Beta 2, this Beta tweak now applies to Apple Watch as well.

This means that watchOS Beta updates are no longer enabled via the watchOS Beta description file, but via the Watch app on the iPhone.

In addition, macOS has also switched to a new beta testing method: [Apple iOS / iPadOS 16.5 Developer Preview Beta 3

Fixes

New improvements:

• Shared administrators in the home can now also pair and add Matter accessories

Fixed:

• Fixed: When attempting a manual software update for a Matter accessory with an available update, Home may not indicate that an update has been requested and continue to indicate that an update is available.
• Fixed: Shared administrator accessory pairing failed if Home hub was running a version prior to tvOS 16.5 beta.
• Fixed: An issue where the Matter accessory would provide an update again even though the update had been completed.
• Fixed: Shared administrators were unable to pair the first Matter accessory in the family.

Here are the updates to iOS 16.5 Beta 1:

• Support for recording screens via Siri
• iOS 16.5 Beta 1 allows users to start and end screen recording sessions with Siri voice commands. Previously, users had to manually tap the Control Center button to start and end a session.
• Apple News introduces the Sports tab.
• In iOS 16.5 Beta 1, the Apple News app has integrated the Following and Search tabs and introduced a new Sports tab. This tab displays news and scores for the team’s users follow.

Optimising Home

Shared Admin in the Home app can pair/add accessories that support the Matter protocol
Other Features

iOS 16.5 Beta 1 also has a number of new features/functionality that Apple has announced but not yet released, mainly including

• Apple Card Savings account (similar to ‘balance transfer’)
• Next Generation CarPlay
• iMessage Contact Key Verification
• Customised Accessibility Mode

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This game was developed by ClockStone and published by Thunderful Publishing. It was launched on the Steam platform on October 12, 2022. There are a total of 463 evaluations, and the overall evaluation is “special praise”.

Tri Do Dinh, game designer at Clockstone, said: “We are very grateful that so many players love LEGO bricks, and we are very happy to have the opportunity to develop a LEGO mobile game”.

In “LEGO® Bricktales”, through the creative construction of bricks and bricks, ride on the wings of imagination to solve numerous puzzles. Bring your masterpieces to life in the beautiful world of LEGO. Here, every problem has a “constructive” solution.

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Trellix has discovered the first vulnerability in the coreduetd process, which could be exploited by an attacker to access a person’s calendar, address book, and photos.

In addition, an attacker could also exploit vulnerabilities in OSLogService and NSPredicate in Springboard to gain access to cameras, microphones, call logs, and more.

Trellix reported the vulnerability to Apple after it was discovered. Apple has fixed both CVE-2023-23530 and CVE-2023-23531 in iOS 16.3 and macOS 13.2 Ventura.

Trellix acknowledged Apple’s speed of fix in a blog post, and subsequent testing found that Apple has indeed fixed these vulnerabilities through improved memory handling mechanisms.

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iOS 16.1 Official Release

• According to the official changelog, iOS 16.1 officially introduces iCloud Shared Photo Gallery, making it easy to keep family photos up to date. This update also adds support for third-party apps in Live Events and includes additional features and bug fixes for iPhone.

iCloud Shared Photo Gallery

• A separate gallery lets you seamlessly share photos and videos with up to five other users
• Set rules to make it easy to provide past photos based on the start date or people in the photo when setting up or adding to a gallery
• Quickly switch between shared galleries, personal galleries, or both, using gallery filters
• Shared editing and permissions allow everyone to add, edit, favorite, delete photos and add captions
• “The “Share” switch in Camera allows you to send photos taken directly to the shared gallery or enable automatic photo sharing settings when other participants are detected nearby via Bluetooth

Live Events

• Live activity from third-party apps is now available on the iPhone 14 Pro model’s Smart Island and Lock screens

Wallets

• Key sharing allows you to securely share car keys, hotel room keys and other keys in your Wallet using messaging apps such as Messages and WhatsApp

Home

• Supports the new smart home connectivity standard Matter, with a wide range of smart home accessories that work together across the ecosystem

Books

• Reader controls automatically hide when you start reading

Bug fixes

• Deleted conversations may appear in the “Messages” conversation list
• Lingering Island content is not available when using Easy Access

iPadOS 16.1 official release
Apple’s iPadOS 16.1 release further enhances the versatility of the iPad with powerful new features for efficiency and collaboration. iCloud Shared Photo Gallery makes it easy to keep your family’s photos up to date. “Messages adds the ability to edit or retract sent messages and offers new ways to start and manage collaborations. “Mail introduces a new inbox and authoring tools, and the Safari browser adds shared tab groups and a new generation of security with passkeys. “Front Desk Scheduler brings a new way to multitask on iPad by allowing you to use multiple stacked windows and easily switch between them.

iCloud Shared Photo Gallery

• iCloud Shared Photos Gallery makes sharing photos and videos a breeze, with the ability to share with up to five other users in a separate gallery and seamless integration with the Photos App.
• Smart setting rules allow you to easily provide past photos based on the start date or people in the photo when setting up or adding to a gallery
• Quickly switch between shared galleries, personal galleries, or both, using the gallery filter criteria
• Shared editing and permissions allow everyone to add, edit, favorite, delete photos and add captions
• “The “Share” switch in Camera allows you to send photos taken directly to the shared gallery or enable automatic photo sharing settings when other participants are detected nearby via Bluetooth

Messages

• Messages can be edited up to 15 minutes after being sent and the recipient can see the edit history
• Undo send allows you to withdraw a message up to 2 minutes after it has been sent
• Mark as unread allows you to easily return to the conversation later
• Share in Messages allows you and your friends to watch movies, listen to music, play games and enjoy great activities while you’re messaging
• Collaboration makes it easy to invite others to collaborate on files through Messages and get activity updates in the conversation when someone edits a shared item

Mail

• Improved search function gives more accurate and complete results and provides suggestions as soon as you start typing
• Undo Send allows you to unsend an email within 10 seconds of hitting send
• Timed sending allows you to send emails on a specific date and time
• “Remind Me allows you to set a date and time to get reminders for specific emails

Safari browser and passkeys

• Shared tab groups allow you to share a set of tabs with others and instantly see tab group updates during collaboration
• Tab group starters allow you to add different background images and personal favorites to each tab group
• Fixed tabs in tab groups allow you to fix frequently visited websites for each tab group
• Safari browser web translation adds Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian and Dutch web page translations
• Passkeys support a simpler, more secure way to sign in, and can be used in place of a password
• Sync passkeys with an iCloud keychain so they can be used on all Apple devices while maintaining end-to-end encryption

Front Desk Scheduling

• “Scheduler in Front is a new way of multitasking that automatically organizes apps and windows into one view
• Stacked windows allow you to stack and resize apps to create the ideal workspace
• App grouping allows you to create App sets for a quick return
• Recently used apps are arranged on the left-hand side of the screen, allowing you to quickly switch between apps and windows

New display modes

• “Reference Mode provides reference colors for popular color standards and video formats on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display while using it as a reference display for Macs with Apple chips thanks to the Onboard feature
• Display scaling setting adjusts the display pixel density upwards so you can see more within the App, available on 12.9-inch iPad Pro (5th generation and later), 11-inch iPad Pro (1st generation and later) and iPad Air (5th generation)

Weather

• The Weather app on iPad is optimized for the larger display and includes immersive animations, detailed maps, and a weather forecast module with tap-and-touch operation
• Weather map showing precipitation, air quality and temperature, either as a region-wide map or full-screen view
• Tappable module for more detailed information such as hourly temperature or precipitation forecasts for the next 10 days
• Air quality is shown by color coding, rating and category, and can be viewed on a map with information on air quality and related health advice, pollutant classification and more
• Enjoy thousands of animated backgrounds that change according to sun position, cloud cover and precipitation intensity
• Extreme weather notifications to notify you when extreme weather warnings are issued in your neighborhood

Games

• In-game panel activity provides a central overview of what your friends have achieved in this game, the games they are playing and all their game achievements
• Game Center profile highlights your achievements and leaderboard activity across all games
• “Address Book” integrates your friends’ Game Center profiles to show you what games they’re playing and what achievements they’ve earned at a glance

Live Text

• Live text video support allows you to interact with text in the video pause screen to copy, translate, query, share and more
• Quick actions let you tap to perform actions on data detected in photos and videos to track flights or logistics, translate foreign languages, convert currency and more

View image search

• Extracting the subject from the background separates it from the image for copying and pasting into apps such as Mail and Messages

Siri

• Easy shortcut settings allow you to run shortcut commands directly from Siri after downloading the app without having to set it up in advance
• New settings allow you to send messages directly without Siri asking you to confirm before sending
• “Hey Siri, what can I do?” Discover what Siri can do on iPadOS and in the App with one easy question
• Hang up calls and FaceTime calls with Siri by simply saying “Hey Siri, hang up”
• Emoji support – use your voice to insert emojis when sending messages

Dictation

• New dictation experience with voice and keyboard or Apple Pencil to enter and edit text
• “Automatic punctuation” to insert commas, periods and question marks with dictation
• Emoji support, inserting emojis using your voice

Maps

• Multi-destination routes support adding up to fifteen stops along the driving route in Maps
• In places such as the San Francisco Bay Area, London and New York, transport costs are shown for the trip

Family

• “The Home App has been redesigned to make it easier to browse, organize, view, and control smart home accessories
• “The Home tab now integrates all accessories, rooms and scenes in one place, so you can see what’s going on in your home at a glance
• Accessories are organized by light, environment, security, speakers, TV and water, and by room for quick access and more detailed status information
• The new camera view shows up to four cameras front and center on the Home tab, and scroll to see more camera views of your home
• The accessories section has been redesigned with more recognizable icons and color matching categories, and new controls for more precise accessory control
• Support for the new smart home connectivity standard Matter, which enables a wide range of accessories to work together across the ecosystem, providing users with more choices and greater interoperability

Family Sharing

• Improved child account settings for easier account creation, better parental control and inclusion of age-appropriate media restrictions
• Quick Start makes it easy to set up a new iOS or iPadOS device for your child and select the parental controls you need
• Screen time requests can be sent using ‘Messages’, making it easier to approve or deny your child’s request
• “Family Sharing Checklist gives you tips and advice on updating your child’s parental control settings, turning on location sharing, or reminding you to share your iCloud+ subscription with everyone

Desktop-grade App

• A customizable toolbar allows you to add the features you use most in the app
• Menus provide more context for actions such as Close, Save, and Copy, making it easier to edit text and files in apps such as Pages and Numbers tables
• Find and Replace works across the entire system of apps, including Mail, Messages, Reminders and Swift Playgrounds
• “The Availability view in Calendar shows you the availability of each invitee when you create a Calendar meeting

Security Check

• “Safety Check is a new section in Settings that helps victims of domestic or intimate partner violence to quickly reset the access rights granted to others
• “Emergency Reset allows you to take quick action to reset access for all people and apps, including deactivating Find location sharing, resetting privacy permissions for apps and more
• Manage shares and access rights helps you check and customize which apps and contacts have access to your information

Accessibility

• “Amplifier’s Door Detection feature identifies the location of doors, reads aloud surrounding signs and symbols and tells you how to open them
• Co-Control helps users with cognitive impairments to get support from their carers or friends when playing games by integrating multiple game controller inputs into one
• More than 20 new languages and regions have been added to the narration, including Bengali (India), Bulgarian, Catalan, Ukrainian and Vietnamese

Other features and improvements

• “New tools in Memo and Marker allow you to draw and write with watercolors, single-line brushes and pens
• AirPods Pro (2nd generation) supports “Find” and “Pinpoint” for MagSafe charging cases and a more precise and immersive listening experience with personalized spatial audio; these features also apply to AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st generation) and AirPods Max
• The relay feature for FaceTime calls allows you to seamlessly transfer FaceTime calls from iPad to iPhone or Mac and vice versa
• Mimic Emoji update includes more sticker poses, hairstyles, headgear, nose shapes and lip colors
• Translate text around you with the camera in the Translate App
• “Duplicate content detection in Photos identifies duplicate photos so you can quickly clean up your library
• “Reminders can be top-listed to help you quickly navigate through your frequently used lists
• Focused search is directly accessible via ‘Search’ at the bottom of the home screen, making it easier to open apps, find contacts or get information from the web
• Quick Security Response can be applied automatically during two standard software updates to provide important security improvements to your device more quickly

Note that due to server configuration caching issues across Apple’s regional nodes, there may be a slight delay in detecting the update in some locations, usually within half an hour, but not for long.

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