The next generation iPhone has just gone on sale, but enough about them; how about iPhone 15? According to display analyst Ross Young, the new Dynamic Island found on iPhone 14 Pro models will be standard on all iPhones from 2023, mimicking Apple’s display notch that first appeared on 2018’s iPhone X.
Making Dynamic Island standard on every new iPhone will encourage developers to use the new display layout. Once iOS 16.1 arrives later this year, Dynamic Island will also work with Apple’s Live Activities API, adding interactive notifications. ProMotion 120Hz displays will likely remain exclusive to the Pro variants, ensuring that cheaper iPhones remain more affordable.
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Just use the Reddit Apollo app.
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Apple’s new Dynamic Island interface is also used in… different ways. Take the Reddit client Apollo, which added “Pixel Pals.” The feature adds a tamagotchi-like creature that does cute things on your phone’s dynamic island while you have Apollo open. You can even choose from several animals, including a cat, dog, hedgehog, fox or axolotl. A game changer? No. Sweet? A lot.
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The demos were live at the Tokyo Game Show.
Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset will arrive early next year, and some people have been trying it out at the Tokyo Game Show. It’s been well-received so far, but enthusiasm has been tempered by the news that existing PS VR games won’t run on the next-gen hardware. The company’s senior vice president of platform experience Hideaki Nishino said: “PS VR2 has much more advanced features such as [an] an all-new controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, inside-out tracking, eye tracking, 3D audio merge and 4K HDR.” He added: “This means that developing games for PS VR2 requires a completely different approach than the original PS VR .”
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They are currently $10 off MSRP.
If you’ve been thinking about picking up Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro, you should consider buying them from Amazon — because they’re already discounted. Ahead of the September 23rd release date, the retailer has priced the headphones at $240, or $10 less than MSRP. We haven’t yet reviewed the 2022 AirPods Pro, but we expect improved active noise cancellation thanks to Apple’s new H2 chip and the addition of touch-sensitive volume controls, something the first-generation AirPods Pro lacked.
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Meanwhile, version 3.1 of the game will arrive on September 28.
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Genshin Impact has been one of the biggest success stories in gaming in the past few years. Finally, fans will have another way to enjoy the world of Teyvat at some point, as developer miHoYo has teamed up with animation studio Ufotable to create an anime based on the free-to-play action role-playing game. There’s already a concept trailer to watch, but given the game’s lush anime aesthetic, it’s a little surprising that it took so long to pull this off.
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