In this week’s main stories: iOS 13.6 released for everyone, Apple faces a heavy penalty from Samsung, a brief look at the new emoji to come this year, and more. Read on for all the top news this week.
As iOS 14 beta testing continues, Apple also released iOS 13.6 this week to the general public. The update brings improvements to Apple News, Car Key support, and more.
Car Key is a new feature that locks and unlocks users’ cars via their iPhone or Apple Watch and turns the car on when the iPhone is placed in the car smartphone tray. You can also share access to other people through iMessage and set certain restrictions, like speed limits.
iOS 13.6 also brings a variety of improvements to Apple News. Leading the way here is a new audio story feature that offers audio versions of the best Apple News stories, as well as a daily summary of audio news created by the publishers of Apple News.
In honor of World Emoji Day on Friday, Apple unveiled a selection of some of the new emoji characters that will hit iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch later this year. New emoji coming this fall include a ninja, a boomerang, a coin, and more. You can see them for yourself here.
In other news, a report this week indicated that Apple may include a new twisted Lightning to USB-C cable in the iPhone 12 case this year. The new rugged Lightning cable could draw Apple’s attention away from including the USB wall charger in the box, and solve one of the longest-lasting complaints about the durability of the iPhone charger.
Finally, Apple reportedly faces a penalty from Samsung for selling too few iPhones. Apple has reportedly made a one-time payment of $ 950 million to Samsung for not buying OLED displays at the agreed level. You can find the details here.
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