News & Reviews:   iPadOS

Google has dominated the search engine area in the past two decades. However, that might change soon. A leak suggests that Apple is working hard on developing its search engine.

Microsoft has announced that a January 2023 update to the Microsoft Authenticator iOS app will remove the companion app from watchOS. Moreover, the company will also discontinue support for the app on Apple Watch starting next month.

Apple has finally released the highly anticipated iPadOS 16 update for supported iPads which brings with it many new features and improvements from the previous version. Since the initial release was skipped last month, the update comes in the form of iPadOS 16.1 and is rolling out at the same time as iOS 16.1. watchOS 9.1 and tvOS 16.1.

Earlier this month, we reported that iPadOS 16 may potentially be delayed and not be released together with iOS 16. Now, Apple themselves have come out with a statement to confirm the matter, saying that iPadOS 16 won’t be getting a public release until after iOS 16 has been rolled out to supported iPhones.

Apple today released version 15.6 of iOS and iPadOS to all supported devices, which may prove to be one of the last versions of the OS while we await the company to roll out iOS and iPadOS 16. The update brings with it minor tweaks here and there as well as various bug fixes.

Microsoft has yesterday released a new cybersecurity app across Windows, macOS, iOS and Android using the ‘Defender’ moniker that should be familiar to Windows users. Available for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers, the features of the app will vary by the platform in which it is installed.

If you've been reading the news this morning, you'll know that WWDC 2022 introduced a lot of new things. Besides new Mac laptops, Apple also unveiled new versions of its software like iOS 16 and macOS Ventura. Of course, iPadOS will also be getting an upgrade to iPadOS 16.

After being ignored for a couple of years, Google has finally replaced the Play Movies & TV app on both iOS and iPadOS to the Google TV app. With the update, comes a few upgrades that Apple users that use the app have been missing out on such as the remote control feature to control Android TVs using the app.

As we're approaching Apple's WWDC 2022, some exciting rumours of the iPadOS 16 have also arrived. According to this information, the new update could allow iPad users to switch to macOS when docked on certain accessories, for example, a keyboard.

As we wait for the annual Apple WWDC 2022 event in June, we got some news about iOS 16 from Mark Gurman who works for Bloomberg. According to Gurman, iOS 16 could have "significant enhancements" that include new health-tracking and notification features.