🔬 Apple to open a new lab in Shenzhen to test the iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro under extreme conditions

🥼 The new lab in Shenzhen is expected to boost Apple's research capabilities. The new facility will focus on testing new materials and production techniques, ensuring that the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro can withstand extreme conditions, from intense physical activity to harsh temperatures.

📍 The choice of Shenzhen is significant due to its proximity to many of Apple's suppliers. Apple first announced plans for the new lab in March. Despite diversifying its production capacity to other countries like Vietnam and India, China remains a key manufacturing hub for Apple. The new Shenzhen facility is part of a broader expansion, which includes research and development centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou.

💸 Apple has invested over 1 billion yuan (approximately $138 million) in these facilities.

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🗺 Apple has launched a public beta of the web version of Apple Maps in a browser version

👍 Anyone in the world can now use directions, find useful information about establishments including photos, hours of operation, ratings and reviews, order food delivery and browse curated travel guides.

📆 Additional features, including Look Around support, will become available in the coming months.

🖥 Developers using MapKit JS can now add links to Apple Maps, including placement on websites, allowing Apple to compete with Google maps.

📱 The web version is only available in English for now, with support for Safari and Chrome browsers on Mac and iPad, and Edge and Chrome on PC. Support for other languages, browsers and platforms is expected soon.

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💬 Two product managers at Apple talking about Smart Script and Math Notes for iPad

👥 Ty Jordan, System Product Manager and Jenny Chen, Engineering Manager at Apple, talked about the making of the new Calculator and why the Smart Script feature is noteworthy.

🧮 Math Notes combines Apple Pencil input with machine learning models right on the device, powered by Apple Silicon chips.

We've made it look like you just write math problems on a piece of paper, and like magic, the device just gives you the solution.

✍🏻 The Smart Script feature is a machine learning model on the device that continuously learns, but also works very fast.

We've taught the system to do a spell check based on what you've written. And over time, the quality of the results and the hints improve as you write more. And also, for example, if you go to a previous paragraph where you had your not-so-great handwriting – we'll do a match to the handwriting that was listed there, rather than trying to replicate what you had in other notes.

📱 The full interview is available on YouTube.

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🤖 Long-awaited Apple Intelligence not to launch in September

📰 Apple Intelligence will miss its initial expected launch date to give Apple more time to fix bugs, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

📆 The company now plans to start rolling out Apple Intelligence in software updates by October, arriving several weeks after the launch of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. This means that Apple Intelligence will now effectively be split out of the initial launch of the new software updates. So, that explains why no beta version of iOS 18 can still at least partially try out the new feature.

🔧 The reason for the delay is said to be concern about the stability of Apple Intelligence features and need for developers to have sufficient testing time. Gurman notes that the new release strategy for Apple Intelligence means that the iPhone 16 lineup will likely launch without Apple Intelligence features and require a software update to obtain them at a later date.

🔜 The company is now said to be aiming to have development of iOS 18.0 completed by the end of July.

🗺 Even when Apple Intelligence arrives with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.1, it will be missing aspects such as the overhauled version of Siri that uses on-device data to answer questions and understands what is on a user's screen. These features are expected to arrive in the first half of 2025.

💬 What is the most expected feature of Apple Intelligence for you?

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