Phones
iPhone 14 can now communicate with satellites in more countries. Australia and New Zealand added to the list
Apple has announced that its iPhone 14 line of smartphones can now communicate with satellites in two new countries. Australia and New Zealand have been added to the list where satellite communication has become available.
Until today, the list of countries where the SOS function is available includes 12 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA. Now there are 14 of them.
The revolutionary Apple Emergency SOS via satellite is available today for customers in Australia and New Zealand. Available on all iPhone 14 models, innovative technology allows users to send messages to emergency services outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. Also, if users want to reassure friends and family of their location while traveling in an area where there is no cell service or Wi-Fi, they can now open the Find My app and share their location via satellite.
At the moment, the function requires iOS 16.4. It is likely that Apple will gradually turn off support for the function in older versions of iOS with the release of new ones.
Phones
March 28 is a holiday for all users of the Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra. On this day, One UI 6.1 is released for smartphones
Samsung promised to release the latest One UI 6.1 firmware for Galaxy S23 series smartphones at the end of March, and now a specific date has been announced: a big event for all users of last year’s flagship line of the Korean company will take place on March 28.
This date was confirmed by the Chinese office of Samsung (Galaxy S23 users began receiving notifications about the release of One UI 6.1 on March 28), as well as by the moderator of the official Samsung forum.
It should be noted that not all Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra will simultaneously and immediately receive the latest firmware. Typically, a company starts with several countries (China is apparently one of them), and then gradually expands its geography and user coverage.
Let us remind you that it became known earlier that smartphones of the Galaxy S23 line will receive all the AI functions (Galaxy AI) available for smartphones of the Galaxy S24 series.
Phones
The official application for controlling Xiaomi SU7 is already available on iPhone
The official Xiaomi Auto app is currently available on the Apple App Store.
This application allows you to prepare for the release of the Xiaomi SU7 car. It contains the characteristics and technical parameters of the Xiaomi car.
Users of the application can book a time for a test drive, select and order their Xiaomi car, and track the status of the order.
In addition, the application turns the smartphone into a remote control for most car functions and allows you to receive prompt information about battery charging and other parameters.
The application requires an iPhone with iOS 13.0 or a newer operating system.
Sales of Xiaomi SU7 will begin on March 28.
Phones
The iPhone 16 Pro will be released only in six months, and the first test results of the Apple A18 Pro have already appeared on the Internet
The first results of testing the Apple A18 Pro single-chip system, which should be installed in the iPhone 16 Pro, appeared today on the Internet.
The device running Apple A18 Pro scored 3570 and 9310 in Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core tests, which is 22% and 28% faster compared to the A17 Pro. In Geekbench 5, the Apple A18 Pro scored 2571 and 7359, which is 20% and 38% higher than the A17 Pro.
In the second leak, the results are somewhat closer to the A17 Pro. The future chipset scored 2822 and 8571 points in Geekbench 6, as well as 2517 and 7359 points in Geekbench 5.
The Weibo user who shared the comparison testing results says that these only show the state that current prototypes are in. This is because Apple and other companies allow their chipsets to perform at their maximum potential. OEMs then work to achieve a balance between performance and energy efficiency. We will find out what the real performance will be closer to the release of new products.
The Apple A18 Pro chip is expected to be based on TSMC’s 3nm process. According to rumors, it will consist of two powerful processor cores and six low-power cores.
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