All articles tagged with #iphone app
Adobe has launched a free, powerful mobile version of Premiere for iPhone, enabling creators to edit videos with professional tools, AI audio enhancements, and access to extensive multimedia assets, with the option to upgrade for more features, facilitating high-quality content creation on the go.
Google Gemini has become the top free app on the US App Store, driven by its popular Nano Banana image editing model, with over 23 million new users since launch, offering features like character likeness preservation, style transfer, and conversational editing, and is also popular in Canada and the UK.
Riley Testut, developer of the Delta emulator, is beta testing a new iPhone app called Delta Camera that mimics the retro Game Boy Camera's low-res, monochrome aesthetic with added modern features, allowing users to capture and share nostalgic images easily.
French startup AniML has launched Doly, an iPhone app that simplifies the creation of 3D product videos for e-commerce. Using AI and a technique called Gaussian splatting, Doly allows users to capture 3D models of products with their phone and integrate them into professional-looking videos. The app offers various templates for different marketing needs, and users can purchase and download the final videos. AniML has raised $2 million in seed funding to support this venture.
A new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, developed by Matthew Webb, uses ChatGPT to point users in the direction of the Galactic Center, where the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* resides. The app utilizes complex calculations and quaternions to locate the Galactic Center in relation to the user's date and location, and the 3D arrow on the app rotates in real-time in response to the device's orientation. Webb's collaboration with ChatGPT allowed him to build the app despite having limited app-building experience, making it easier for anyone with an iPhone to locate the center of the Milky Way.
Apple has launched a new iPhone app called Apple Sports, providing users with a centralized platform to access scores, team stats, and betting odds for major sports leagues including the NBA, NHL, NCAA, Premier League, and more. The app also integrates with Apple's exclusive streaming rights for MLS and ties directly into sports streaming services, allowing users to jump into live games. While the app itself does not support betting, users have the option to disable betting odds.
Designer Matt Webb has created an iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which uses AI assistance to always point towards the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The app, which is free and available on the App Store, aims to inspire awe about our place in the cosmos and is the result of Webb's decade-long journey to teach himself how to locate the galactic core. With the help of AI assistant ChatGPT, Webb was able to turn his vision into reality, although the app currently has limitations in 3D calculations. Webb believes that Galactic Compass can help people ponder their place in the vast universe and recently peaked at #87 in the Travel chart for the US App Store.
The Tesla app for iPhones now supports ultra wideband (UWB) in its latest version, offering more reliable and secure digital car key support. This technology provides precise tracking, enhancing protection against spoofing attacks and enabling features such as identifying which user is on the driver’s side of the car. While the update is currently available only for iPhones, some Android phones with UWB chips may receive support in the future. Users can enable this feature by granting the app access to Nearby Interactions in their iPhone settings. The feature is currently limited to the newest Model 3 and 2023 Model X, with plans to extend support to other models in the future.
The Browser Company has launched Arc Search, an iPhone app that combines artificial intelligence with web search to present curated web results in a clean, minimalist browser interface, featuring an AI-powered "Browse for me" feature that compiles key information from at least six websites into neatly presented webpages, along with traditional search options like Google and DuckDuckGo, a reader mode, bookmarking, tab archiving, and automatic ad/tracker blocking. The app is available for free on the App Store and requires iOS 16 or later.
OpenAI has made the voice chats feature in its ChatGPT iPhone app available to all users for free, removing the previous subscription requirement. ChatGPT is an AI-based chatbot that uses generative artificial intelligence to answer questions and provide advice. The app allows users to have voice conversations with the chatbot and syncs chat history across devices. OpenAI recently experienced internal turmoil, with the CEO being initially ousted but later reinstated.
Callsheet is a new iPhone app developed by Casey Liss that provides a streamlined and ad-free experience for looking up actors, movies, TV shows, and crew details. The app relies on data from The Movie Database and offers a native iOS/iPadOS experience with no distractions. Callsheet allows users to search for actors, TV shows, movies, writers, directors, and more, providing specific details about each query. It also includes features such as spoiler-avoidance toggles, trivia integration, pinning for quick access, iCloud syncing, recent search history, and information on where to watch shows and movies. The app is available for free download with a subscription option, and the first twenty searches are free.
Rewind, a personal data recording startup backed by a16z, has launched an iPhone app that privately records users' activity on Safari, allowing them to ask questions based on their web browsing history later. The app uses text recognition and GPT-4 integration to search for specific terms and answer questions. Rewind emphasizes user privacy, stating that all recordings are stored on the device and not sold or used to train AI models. The app is currently free and only records activity on Safari, with plans to expand to other apps in the future.
Porsche is updating its iPhone app to provide a glimpse of future CarPlay features, allowing drivers to control climate, interior lighting, and other functions. The app connects with the car's infotainment system and enables third-party software integration. For electric vehicles, CarPlay will display battery state of charge. Porsche's integration showcases the potential of a complete Apple in-car solution, with quick actions and sound profile adjustments within the CarPlay interface. The updated app is currently available for the new Porsche Cayenne and will be rolled out to other models.
Capture One has launched its photography app on the iPhone, allowing photographers to connect their camera to their phone and shoot images directly to the app. The app can automatically apply edits to images as they are sent to the iPhone, and photographers can share a live link of a shoot with their colleagues. Other features include RAW conversion and color processing, and images can be transferred via the cloud to Capture One Pro for finishing on a desktop. The app is available for $5 per month after a seven-day trial, or for free for users who have the iPad app or the All in One bundle.
Indie developer Zach Simone has launched Glucomate, an iPhone app that reads data from Apple’s HealthKit framework and makes sense of it all with a polished presentation. The app helps users manage glucose levels by identifying trends, glucose levels during specific activities, and displaying historical data. Glucomate also allows for quick data entry and can arrange data based on what’s most important while hiding data that isn’t as useful. The app includes monthly and annual subscription pricing as well as a one-time purchase without a subscription.