We are back with another weekly roundup! This
week we will be covering Sony's move into the
augmented reality (AR) audio
world, Safari getting a touch up on iOS devices, and the rollout of Apple's
promised Universal Control feature!
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Sony partners with Niantic for the
"Auditory AR" experience
Sony teamed up with Niantic to develop new
technologies, specifically earbuds, which would allow you to enjoy AR with
sound.
Niantic, the company behind games like
Ingress,
Pokemon Go, and
Pikmin Bloom, focuses on AR apps for mobile devices.
However, AR is currently predominantly presented in a visual format. So, in
order to make AR games more immersive for players, Niantic and Sony are
collaborating to develop and market audio AR.
Sony stated that they would integrate their
spatial sound technology into Niantic's games, starting with Ingress. Ingress's
auditory AR will be compatible with Sony's new
LinkBuds wireless earbuds, which
will allow you to hear both the real and the virtual world for a "never
off" wearing experience.
So for people who play their games with the
sound turned off because they don't want to be shut off from the real world,
now, thanks to LinkBuds, you can play Ingress while remaining completely aware
of your surroundings.
Thanks to an inbuilt V1 processor and
something called "Adaptive Volume Control," which optimizes sound to
your surroundings, you will be able to hear conversations with high-quality
sound.
Safari gets a minor paint job
Apple's Safari browser for
iOS devices looks
like it will be receiving some new improvements, including code changes in its
WebKit, which is the browser engine that keeps everything running smoothly in
the browser's background.
An update that might allow users to override
"the system color scheme with a per-website choice" has been
discovered by 9to5Mac — an organization well-known for providing the most
up-to-date and accurate information on everything Apple — according to the
site.
The description sounds a lot like setting up a
custom option for some of your frequent websites so that they always utilize
dark mode or light mode, independent of the time of day or what the rest of
your system is using.
If true, this will be a nice change,
considering that it allows you to customize your dark or light settings based
on your preference for the specific website.
Another change is how pop-up advertisements
will function in the browser since the update will prevent them from using
system-level modal pop-ups that appear similar to iOS notifications. Again,
while these sorts of advertisements are not prevalent, they may be deceiving
and frustrating, which is why we were pleased to learn that
Apple is working to
combat them through software upgrades.
Of course, none of the modifications that
9to5Mac has discovered are certain to make it to actual customers' computers.
However, it is reasonable to believe that Apple is at least testing them and
intends to release them in the future.
Apple's Universal Control feature
commences slow rollout
Apple also revealed a new feature for
MacBooks and iPads dubbed Universal Control at WWDC 2021 last summer. Universal Control
enables you to utilize a single mouse and keyboard to travel between Mac and
iPad for a seamless experience, with no setup necessary. You may drag and drop
material across devices, and your mouse will move across all of their screens
as if they were connected.
The iOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3 software
upgrades — both of which are currently in beta — have finally made Universal
Control available for testing.
The much-anticipated feature is currently
available for testing in the iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3 betas.
Apple had planned to deliver Universal Control
last fall, but it missed the deadline. It's currently anticipated for this
spring, and the fact that it's accessible in beta is a solid sign that it will
be released shortly, potentially alongside the public release of iPadOS 15.4
and macOS Monterey 12.3.
Although Apple stated that no setup is
necessary, your Apple devices will probably need to be registered to the same
Apple ID and connected to the same network. We are also anticipating that the
option to disable Universal Control will be tucked away in your Continuity
Settings.
We will make sure to keep you updated as we
learn more.
Overall, this is a killer feature that Apple
users are bound not just to love but actually use on a day-to-day basis.
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