The merry interruption is almost upon us , but the tech world is showing no signs of slowing down follow another bumper week of news show . Here are our winners and losers for this hebdomad .
First of all , a shoutout to Huawei for itsMate X6 launch that prioritises both camera and durability , which have been inbuilt compromises in the foldaway realm for years now . We ca n’t wait to get this earphone in for testing .
This workweek brought an interesting thread aboutGoogle using dashcam footage to correct Google Mapsspeed limit point unusual person , and there was good word foriPhone owners with Windows microcomputer .
Moving along , we moved closer to an epoch whereXbox install waits could become a thing of the pastfor games you own , and there was news of a potentiallyhuge development for those fancying a future Apple Watch Ultra purchase .
There were rumblingsSony could tread - in to face-lift Apple ’s Vision Pro out of its obscureness , while at the other end of the tech expense plate , the Raspberry Pi micro - figurer canfinally be purchase as ( more or less ) an all - in - on personal computer .
Keep read for a good , old fashioned Apple vs Google set - to this week .
Winner: Apple’s iOS 18.2
With the launch of Apple ’s iOS 18.2 operating system update , we ’re getting tight to the Apple Intelligence proposition the company promised iPhone 16 buyers and iPhone 15 Pro owners .
first , itfinally brings the initial wave of Apple Intelligence features to the UK(including the utilitarian notice sum-up ) and secondly boosts the feature set with some of the most exciting tools assure .
It ’s a vast update that introduces several key features and really launches Apple into the reproductive AI era . There’sthe newfangled Image PlaygroundandGenmoji features , which I care because they prioritize gaiety rather than creepy hyper - realism that can palpate seriously dystopian .
There ’s also thenew Mail app that in the end separates the wheat berry from the chaff Gmail - way , with avail from Apple Intelligence . There ’s also a with child new addition to Voice Memos enabling you to layer on top of an existing transcription .
Musicians reckon it could be transformational for create and capturing divine guidance on the go . Apple explains : “ This allow you to capture a melodious inhalation — add vocals or a voiceover to an existing instrumental recording , try out out lyrics , harmonise with implemental music , and more . ”
There ’s also the alternative to call upon ChatGPT when Siri is n’t quite cutting the mustard . If you have a HomePod for instance , you ’ll also start to be able to makenatural speech requests of Apple Music . material like : “ Siri bet classic rock songs from the 1980s , but observe a chill vibe . ”
There ’s still load more to come from Apple Intelligence in the new year , but those who purchased an iPhone 16 base upon the hope of these features can now start feel the benefit .
Loser: YouTube TV
lively TV cyclosis help are on thin crank with the cost increases , but Google is really guide the mickey with a $ 10 gain for YouTube TV , fetch the cost up to $ 83 for the introductory level and $ 93 if you want a smattering of 4 M content .
That ’s a 237 % price increase since YouTube TV was introduced in 2017 and , during those seven years , the service has provided increasingly less time value . It includes far less contented than it did because so much is now contained within individual streaming service paywalls .
Loads of live sports that were available through cable television distribution channel , or approachable in those channel ’ apps through a YouTube idiot box login , are now part of a dedicated streaming service .
Yes despite haemorrhaging contentedness for years , Google keep put the prices up . It ’s a risky strategy because the routine of major events that are n’t useable elsewhere , beyond running cable channels , is dwindling .
Google would be fresh to look after its YouTube TV customers because , unlike Hulu , Netflix , Max , Apple , Paramount , Peacock and Amazon Prime , it has perfectly no YouTube TV - exclusive content to keep people around .
It ’s a poor show and I ’ve travel off about it in more detail here : YouTube idiot box should be suspicious of toll hikes , it ’s dangerously close to being disused .
