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- iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad: Everything you need to know
- Mac OS 10.14 leak suggests dark mode, Apple News app
- Instagram reveals the secret sauce powering its algorithm
| iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad: Everything you need to know Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:13 AM PDT Apple will almost certainly present us with our first look at iOS 12 at its annual WWDC conference on Monday. This is the software that will define the experience of 2018's new iPhones, and also update current iPhones and iPads when it comes out to devices later this year. Rumors suggest that Apple's plans for iOS 12 will make this refresh a bump, not a jump, a fine-tuning that fixes past problems and buffs up the quality of day-to-day use. Here's what we might see. Read: How to watch Apple's WWDC keynote on June 4 Digital Health will help curb your phone addictionOne feature Apple may highlight is digital health, with the iPhone-maker talking up new tools to help you manage (and cut back on) how much time you spend on your phone, Bloomberg reported. Similar to Google's Android Dashboard, Apple's Digital Health tools would help combat phone "addiction" and give parents more granular tools to monitor their kids' phone use.  Watch this: iOS 12 preview and what we expect at WWDC 2018 5:15 Playing games with friends in AR lifeWhile AR gaming might not take center stage, Apple might package at least one key update into iOS 12, Bloomberg added. ARKit 2.0 could contain a new mode that lets you and your friends play against each other in the same augmented reality world. Google takes it one step further with software that can bring Android and iPhone players in the same AR space using digital anchors. It's likely that Apple would use a similar technology in iOS 12 to bridge the reality gap.
A more refined Face IDKeep your ears cocked for Apple to refine Face ID, Apple's secure biometric face unlock tool that uses the 3D front-facing camera. Mac Otakara, a blog out of Japan, reports that Face ID could get support for landscape mode. More animoji, pleaseApple could also branch out with more animated emoji -- animoji -- and pave the way for both Face ID and animoji for future iPads. Building in software support for Apple's tablets would hint at future iPads getting a 3D depth-sensing camera like the iPhone X. Other little things we could see in iOS 12Minor tweaks could arrive, according to the same Bloomberg report, including features to:
Read: 12 things we want from iOS 12 at WWDC 2018
What we probably won't getThe alleged tighter focus on stability and bug fixes means that Apple is saving its bigger iPhone and iPad changes for later, including a redesigned home screen in iOS 12, an overhaul to Siri, Apple's voice assistant, or a heap of photography enhancements, according to Bloomberg. While it's unlikely Apple will lavish attention on virtual reality, CNET was first to report that Apple is working on a standalone VR headset for 2020, with an 8K resolution for each eye, so it's possible we'll see a nod in this direction. Or rather, a wink. We're also slashing all expectations of hardware, like the iPhone SE 2 or AirPower wireless charging pad that we've been so breathlessly awaiting. Reminder: How to watch WWDC 2018 WWDC 2018: All the rumors on iOS 12, iPad Pro, new MacBooks and more Editors' note: This story was originally published June 2, 2018. |
| Mac OS 10.14 leak suggests dark mode, Apple News app Posted: 02 Jun 2018 11:56 AM PDT  Is the Mac heading to the Dark Side? A new leak suggests that could be the case. Software programmer Steven Troughton-Smith took to Twitter on Saturday to say he'd come across an internal Apple video that shows the company's Xcode development tool running on Mac OS 10.14. That's the upcoming version of the operating system, expected to be previewed at WWDC 2018, which starts Monday. Screenshots posted by Troughton-Smith suggest 10.14 may have a full dark mode, which would let you drape the user interface in nightlike tones. Currently in Mac OS, you can go part of the way there, by choosing System Preferences/General/"Use dark menu bar and Dock." But Troughton-Smith's screenshots suggest you may soon be able to take that color preference system wide.
Other intelligence gleaned from the leak? There appears to be an Apple News icon in the dock, which may herald the arrival of a News desktop app for the Mac. And 9to5Mac, which earlier reported on Troughton-Smith's tweet, said that sand dune wallpaper visible behind the active windows in the OS suggests 10.14 might be called "Mojave." Apple didn't respond to a request for comment. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, you can fill up on more rumors here: "WWDC 2018: What to expect from iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 and more." CNET will have complete coverage of WWDC, including live coverage of the event from San Jose, California, and plenty of follow-up analysis, too. Stay tuned. Watch CNET's live coverage of WWDC 2018: Live blog and livestream commentary WWDC 2018: Complete coverage of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Apple: See what's up with the tech giant as it readies new iPhones and more. Special Reports: CNET's in-depth features in one place. |
| Instagram reveals the secret sauce powering its algorithm Posted: 03 Jun 2018 08:12 AM PDT /https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F784883%2F39dcdb95-cd84-48fd-a1ff-80c6bc5194b4.jpg) Image: VICKY LETA/MASHABLE  Instagram is chill with the decision it made two years ago to ditch the chronological feed in favor of an algorithm. The older way of showing you your follow list's shares isn't coming back. Ever since the change, though, the algorithm has been something of a mystery. Shares surface in your feed without any apparent rhyme or reason, and Instagram has kept quiet on exactly how those under-the-hood decisions are made... until now. During a recent media tour at its headquarters in San Francisco, the Facebook-owned company laid out the various factors that are weighed before an Instagram post appears in your personal feed (h/t TechCrunch). It comes down to three primary considerations: Interest, recency, and relationship. Interest is the most subject to interpretation; the algorithm ranks the posts it might show you based on your past interactions (or lack thereof) with similar content. Recency is, literally, how new the post is; something that's just been shared is more likely to surface than something that was shared weeks ago. Relationship is a measure of your interactions with different accounts, via comments, tagging, and the like. The algorithm also weighs a trio of secondary considerations when it populates your feed: How often you look at Instagram, with an eye toward showing you the best posts since your last visit; how many people you follow, so you're not seeing the same person's posts all the time if your follow pool is deep; and how much time you typically spend browsing. Instagram continues to listen to feedback from those wanting to see the chronological feed brought back, but it's not in the company's current plans. The algorithm is here to stay because it works. Users are more engaged, and — according to Instagram — they're seeing more posts from their closest follows, be it people or brands, than they did before. More than that, for all the feedback that's come in around the move to an algorithmic feed, no one criticism has stood out. "As we’ve dug in more and tried to understand why people ask for chronological, it’s not a universal thing," Instagram feed product lead Julian Gutman told Recode. "It isn’t a single reason that people want chrono, and I think what we’re really trying to understand is what are those different frustrations that people have and how can we build that in to their personalized feed experience." So there you have it. Whether or not you agree, Instagram's data suggests that the algorithm is giving you a better experience than the chronological feed ever did. And this new push for further transparency seems to be motivated by a desire to spell out exactly how and why that's the case.
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