Month: January 2020

How to quickly call someone using your Voice with Siri on Apple Watch or iPhone

Dan Uff January 4, 2020 0

Did you know you can use Siri for iOS and Mac to quickly call someone, as long as the person is in your contacts and has a valid telephone number?

Here's how:

Make sure the person's name or nickname you want to call is in your Contacts.
Activate Siri.
Say, "Call [name]"
If the contact has more than one number, Siri will ask you which one you want to call.
The Apple Watch or iPhone will call the name that you said.
That's it.

This feature can come in handy when the "Hey Siri" option is enabled and your driving.

You'd be surprised how many people don't know this option exists!

Apple offering 4K Movies and other content for less than $10.00 each, non 4K for just $5.00

Dan Uff January 3, 2020 0

For a limited time, Apple is offering various 4K and non 4K movies and other content for a reduced price of either $10.00 or $5.00 each via its Apple TV movies and TV store.

AirPods can now be personalized with Emojis

Dan Uff January 3, 2020 0

Starting 1/3/2020, customers who purchase AirPods from Apple now have a choice to personalize the purchase with Emoji icons on the outside of the charging case at no additional charge. The purchaser is given the option during checkout and is given a menu with available choices.

Apple announced the new option via a banner on its website.

Two months in, Apple TV+ is already running out of content

CompuScoop Staff January 3, 2020 0

It’s Friday, which means, among other things, that it’s new Apple TV+ episode day; providing hours of fresh viewing to while away the first weekend of 2020.

Or, rather it would be if the well of new Apple TV+ shows wasn’t already running weirdly dry. Just 53 days since launching, Apple TV+ this week gained just two new episodes of shows — a total of 74 minutes of new content.

I was wrong about Apple TV+… I’m a big fan of a few of its shows. Servant, The Morning Show and For All Mankind are great. See really grew on me after a slightly so-so first episode. Truth Be Told isn’t top-drawer in terms of quality, but it’s compelling enough. And there’s plenty more great stuff to come.

It’s all very confusing. $4.99 per month (if you didn’t buy a new Apple device) seemed an aggressive price point for Apple TV+. It undercut Netflix, the new Disney+ service, and others. Now it seems a bit steep. Apple TV+ has so far nailed the quality of its shows. But it could sure do with a bit of quantity to go with it.

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