iOS 13.2 Released With Deep Fusion, Siri Privacy Settings (9to5mac.com) 23
Apple has released iOS 13.2 today, bringing over 60 new emoji, new Siri privacy settings, and Apple's new Deep Fusion camera technology. 9to5Mac reports: There are over 60 new emoji and emoji variations in iOS 13.2. Apple first previewed these emoji over the summer, and they are now available for everyone. In total, the new 2019 emoji set includes 59 new characters that make up for 75 total variations when gender options are taken into account, and 230 options when skin tone options are included. iOS 13.2 also includes the Announce Messages with Siri feature that was originally meant for iOS 13. This feature allows Siri to read messages back to you when connected to AirPods or other headphones with Apple's H1 chip.
Perhaps most notably, especially for iPhone 11 users, iOS 13.2 includes Apple's new Deep Fusion camera technology. Deep Fusion is Apple's new image processing technology that works in the background to improve image quality for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro users. iOS 13.2 also includes new Siri privacy settings that allow you to opt in or opt out of sharing your Siri interactions with Apple. You'll see a new splash screen the first time you boot into iOS 13.2 asking your preference. Last but not least, iOS 13.2 also includes support for the just-announced AirPods Pro. This includes settings for Transparency and Active Noise Cancellation modes.
Perhaps most notably, especially for iPhone 11 users, iOS 13.2 includes Apple's new Deep Fusion camera technology. Deep Fusion is Apple's new image processing technology that works in the background to improve image quality for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro users. iOS 13.2 also includes new Siri privacy settings that allow you to opt in or opt out of sharing your Siri interactions with Apple. You'll see a new splash screen the first time you boot into iOS 13.2 asking your preference. Last but not least, iOS 13.2 also includes support for the just-announced AirPods Pro. This includes settings for Transparency and Active Noise Cancellation modes.
I figured as much... (Score:2)
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Emoji in source code (Score:2)
So, I'm seeing a lot more emojis in source code directly. Okay, I can live with that. We had graphics characters before.
What I don't get is, why does Apple get to decide what the Unicode code points are and the corresponding glyphs?
Wasn't that settled? You know, by the Unicode Consortium as a whole, rathery than Apple unilaterally?
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I'm out of the loop for almost ten years now, are they in strings which is understandable, or in variable and function names? If the latter, I will just roll my eyes and move on. 255 chars should be enough for anybody.
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In strings is what I've seen, so I'm not really nonplussed by that.
I don't actually think there's anything preventing you from having them in variable names in the current crop of dynamic scripting languages (where I've noticed it), except perhaps it being asinine. It's a side effect of internationalization, so that's fine, but people probably should stick to actual words in whatever language they speak.
OTOH, I don't speak a language that uses ideograms, so maybe this is actually saner for some cultures.
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Wasn't that settled? You know, by the Unicode Consortium as a whole, rathery than Apple unilaterally?
They are. Android 10 included all the same emojis Apple just added, but Android 10 was released nearly two months ago. (Yes, make your jokes about Android and upgrades here, no one cares.) Windows 10's latest version also contains a number of the new emojis, although it's missing the gender neutral stuff. (The "gender neutral" emojis are just the Unicode Consortium clarifying that "no gender specified" doesn't mean "female" like Apple had done.)
There's nothing really new or special in iOS 13, it's basically
60 new emoji? (Score:2, Funny)
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Even more with 'gender options'! Now the pedophiles can really impress the preschool audience they are trying to reach.
Really, do grownups (people with enough income to buy an Apple product) ever use these things?
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Yes. 90% of my friends and I use emojis on a regular basis. On twitter and in texts. My mother does, too. So that spans an age range of people from about 20 years old to almost 70. I'm in my 40s. My one friend that doesn't use emoji doesn't use emoticons of any kind, and I find communication with her slightly harder, because it's always hard to tell if she's unhappy or not.
I use the default yellowish skin tone because I'm half Chinese. I have a friend who is ethnically East Indian, and he's changed his to b
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Re: 24bit audio? (Score:2)
More bits In aptX does not mean higher quality. It has a higher bitrate because it's a first generation lossy compression codec and *requires* a high bitrate to produce the same quality. Being a first generation codec also means its computational requirements are low, but more data has to be transmitted, so power savings are questionable vs SBC or AAC.
Ultimately, AAC over Bluetooth (which has roughly the same device support, though far less advertising than aptX) provides better sound, and is fully supporte
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iOS 13.2 Released With (Score:3)
ability to brick HomePods
New 13.2 Update Bricking Some HomePods [macrumors.com]
Another quality release from Apple.
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Is it buggy? (Score:1)
Just asking. I mean, emojis, woohoo. At least emojies don't have bugs. Maybe.
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iOS v12.4.3 & tvOS v13.2! (Score:4, Informative)
Apple still supports older iDevices (e.g., iPhone 6+ and iPad air 1G). The two (lat/new)est generations of AppleTV got newer tvOS v13.2. https://support.apple.com/en-u... [apple.com] doesn't list their security details yet.
iOS 13.2 Update Has Been Pulled (Score:2)
Apple pulled the (buggy) iOS 13.2 update.