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Ultra Wideband feature availability expands to additional countries

If you’re traveling this year, there’s a decent chance you can now use the Ultra Wideband functionality in additional countries. The Ultra Wideband functionality found in the Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 11, and iPhone 12, has now been expanded to additional countries, including Argentina, Pakistan, Paraguay, and the Solomon Islands. Apple is not allowed […]

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Apple adds COVID-19 vaccination location tools to Siri, Apple Maps

Here’s hoping this comes in handy. Apple on Tuesday announced that the company has added COVID-19 vaccination location support into Siri as well as Apple Maps. Users in the U.S. can ask Siri or search within Apple Maps to locate a provider. Users are then told the location’s operating hours and provided with links to […]

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All 270 U.S. Apple Store locations reported as “open” as of March 1st, 2021, pandemic safety measures remain in place

All 270 U.S. Apple Store locations have now reopened in one capacity or another since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. Apple closed every Apple Store outside of Greater China on March 13, 2020 and has been opening and closing them since. The locations have reopened as of March 1, and the […]

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Google Maps updated to version 5.56, includes new COVID-19 safety data, takeout/delivery stats for local areas

This could definitely help. Google Maps on Tuesday received three new pandemic-related features as well as an expansion of its live transit “crowdedness” status information. The crowdedness data offers the real-time state of transit lines, is crowdsourced, and relies on in-app feedback from users. Prior to the new version, Google Maps only showed the data […]

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Apple Maps testing hints at data expansion in the United Kingdom and Ireland

This should be sort of nifty if you’re headed across the pond any time soon. Apple has begun testing its update for Apple Maps, the test bringing more detailed information to its navigation app data being used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. During WWDC 2020, Apple announced that it would be bringing improved Apple […]