I hope that you have been having a Happy New Year so far this week. One thing that we may start to see more of in the coming years is MagSafe wireless charging. I saw that because, as Jason Cross of Macworld reports, Apple is sharing its Magsafe wireless charging technology with the Wireless Power Consortium, which maintains the Qi wireless charging standard. The implication is that MagSafe will be used across the industry for future generations of Qi charging. I'm sure it will take some time to develop, but down the road, ths has the potential to make MagSafe-style charging more common and less expensive. Hopefully, this will result in more, better charging options for iPhone owners. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- In an article on Law.com, Isha Marathe analyze how Apple's new Advanced Data Protection option for iCloud might complicate some e-discovery efforts in litigation.
- When the iPhone 14 Pro uses its always-on display, how much battery power does it drain? Michael Potuck of 9to5 Mac reports on a study finding that it drains less than 1% of the battery per hour. It's great to learn that it really doesn't make much of a difference on battery life.
- Amber Neely of AppleInsider reports on a story that went viral over the holidays. United Airlines lost a woman's luggage, but she was able to track it and locate it using an AirTag, which revealed that the luggage was not at a distribution center but instead, bizarrely, at an apartment complex.
- If you want a refresher on all things HomeKit, Bradley Chambers of 9to5Mac wrote a beginner's guide to HomeKit.
- Eli Blumenthall of CNet reports that, starting February 1, everyone who is a Delta SkyMiles member will get free Wi-Fi on Delta flights thanks to T-Mobile—even if T-Mobile is not your cellphone carrier.
- Zac Hall of 9to5Mac reports that one of the changes in the new Apple Watch models (Ultra, Series 8, and SE 2) is that they use their own internal GPS to determine their location, even when an iPhone is nearby. Older models use the iPhone's GPS when possible to save battery life.
- Tom Goodwyn of iMore lists eight interesting new shows coming to Apple TV+ in 2023.
- Speaking of the future, will Apple release an AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) headset in 2023? All we have are rumors for now, but Wayne Ma of The Information provided a detailed report on what he thinks Apple has planned. If you don't subscribe to The Information, you can read a summary of the article by Hartley Charlton of MacRumors.
- One of the newest iPhone accessories is an oven. Mitchel Clark of The Verge reports that Samsung has a new oven called the Bespoke AI Oven that uses an internal camera to recognize certain foods and help you cook them. You can also use your iPhone to watch a live stream of what is inside of your oven on your iPhone, set timers, and preheat the oven.
- Jennifer Tschida of AppAdvice picks the top 10 games that you can play on your Apple Watch. In other news, there are apparently at least 10 games that you can play on your Apple Watch.
- During last week's episode of the In the News podcast, my co-host Brett revealed that his favorite Christmas present was an Ember Mug2 that his daughter got him—a coffee mug that keeps your beverage at a precise temperature, which you can set with your iPhone, for a very long time. Andrew Orr of AppleInsider reports that Ember has unveiled an updated model of the travel version of that mug, the Ember Travel Mug 2+, which works with Apple's Find My app so that you can locate your mug and even make it play a noise so that you can find it. I'd love to see more products with built-in Find My support.
- And finally, I just finished watching the second season of the show Slow Horses on Apple TV+ and it was excellent. I loved the first season as well, and I think that the second season was even better. Here is a very short video showing a short discussion about the show between two of the stars—Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden—which doesn't contain any spoilers for season 2 or season 1, but does give you a little of a sense of the show. If you haven't watched this one yet, I recommend that you put it on your list.
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