News & Reviews:   iOS app

Meta has today issued a warning to as many as one million Facebook users who may have had their login information stolen. Meta, Facebook’s parent company said that the data has been compromised by over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps designed to steal personal Facebook logins.

Twitter today announced that a new button has been added on its Android and iOS app to toggle closed captions (cc) for its video player. The cc toggle can be found in the top-right corner of videos on Twitter should the video itself has captions available for it.

Don't you just wish you can watch YouTube on your phone while doing something else? While this is possible on Android devices, this feature wasn't available on iOS - at least not officially. However, YouTube has announced that the feature is coming to iOS.

Are you using an old phone and are reliant on WhatsApp? Then as much as you would want to avoid it, it's time to get a new phone. Sources have confirmed that WhatsApp will stop working for older devices beginning 1 January 2021, so you'll need a new phone just for the app to work.

If there's one silver lining to what has mostly been a disastrous 2020, it would be the many new ways people have found to work together online. Many companies have been bringing us new updates or platforms to collaborate, and for Facebook one of it is the new Collab app.

Looks like Snapchat has been really busy lately. Just two days ago, the company updated its Lens Studio app to version 3.2, which can take advantage of the LiDAR scanner in the new iPhone 12 models for some cool effects. But the main Snapchat app was also updated recently, so users can finally add some audio to their content.

If you're the type that likes to edit your videos on your phone, then the latest Google Photo update may be of interest to you. A few days after it was said that the Android version of the app would be getting its redesign soon, it has also been confirmed that the iOS version of the app will be getting new features.

Game development has become more expensive in recent years but there are always companies out there looking to streamline development processes. Epic Games already unveiled its new Unreal Engine 5 some weeks ago and now it has a new iOS app that makes animating facial expressions much easier.

Many of you working from home recently due to the movement control order (MCO) have probably been using a lot of communication tools. Zoom is one of them and if you recall, the iOS version of the app was accused of sharing data with Facebook without users being informed. It was considered a breach of privacy and Zoom received some flak for it.

Yesterday, Facebook Messenger had an update that trimmed the fat of the app in various areas. Now, we have a little more detail as to what was done on the development side. Facebook has revealed that the Messenger app for iOS is now twice as fast and is 84% smaller than the previous version.