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Phone Arena
4 days ago
- Business
- Phone Arena
YouTube app will no longer work on some older iPhone and iPad models
When Steve Jobs unveiled the original generation iPhone in 2007, many were surprised to see the device come with a pre-installed YouTube client. Apple even mentioned this in an ad it ran for the iPhone. "You'll be surprised by some of the stuff you find on YouTube," says the voiceover announcer while the ad shows the YouTube client on the device. As we see a YouTube video of a dog riding on a skateboard, the announcer adds, "But when it comes right down to it, maybe the biggest surprise is finding YouTube on your phone." Things changed with the release of iOS 6 beta 4 in 2012 when Apple removed the YouTube client from iOS (along with Google Maps). Google created iOS apps for YouTube and Google Maps that iPhone users continue to use to this day. But YouTube recently updated its iOS app to version 20.22.1 and with this update came an important change. To install the YouTube app on an iPhone, the handset must be running iOS 16 or later. As a result, several older iPhone models are no longer able to use the YouTube app. The iPhone models no longer compatible with the YouTube app are those that cannot be updated past iOS 15. These models include the following: iPhone 6s iPhone 6s Plus iPhone 7 iPhone 7 Plus iPhone SE (first-generation) Also included in this list is the iPod touch 7. As for the iPad, the YouTube app now requires that the tablet run iPadOS 16 or later. As a result, there are a couple of iPad models that will no longer be compatible with the iOS YouTube app. These models are the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4. The mobile YouTube website on Safari. | Image credit-PhoneArena Apple devices that are no longer compatible with the YouTube app can still view YouTube by opening the mobile web version of the video streamer. Simply open the Safari mobile browser or another mobile browser and head to Back in the day, I had to use the site to watch YouTube videos on my LG Voyager and it doesn't deliver the same experience as the YouTube app. Still, unless you go out and purchase a new iPhone or iPad that can install iOS 16 or later, you might find yourself heading to the site to catch YouTube videos.
Forbes
5 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
New iPhone And iPad Warning: YouTube Just Canceled Support For These Models
YouTube has just updated its app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It means that eight devices which until today could run the latest version, can do so no longer. Here are the affected devices and what it means. YouTube on iPhone The update has arrived just days before Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference. On Monday, June 3, Apple announced details for how to watch next week's keynote on Apple's YouTube channel. The new update, which is version 20.22.1, requires iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, which means there are five iPhones and two iPads affected by this. The iPhones that aren't compatible with the new version of YouTube are iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which first launched in 2014, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus from 2015 and the original iPhone SE from 2016. All these phones are capable of running iOS 15 but no later. Similarly, the requirement for iPadOS 16 means the latest YouTube update won't run on the iPad Air 2 (released in 2014) and iPad mini 4, first sold in 2015. Finally, the iPod touch 7, the last iPod Apple released, first came out in 2019 and was discontinued in 2022. It doesn't support iOS 16, so it won't work with the new update. If you have one of the above devices, you can't update to the new version. However, the older version of the app will continue working, so you can still use it. It won't receive new features or updates, and eventually, YouTube will stop supporting these older versions so they will stop working eventually. YouTube on the web is another option, though that is neither as feature-packed nor as convenient as the app. Apple products are well-built and durable, so there are surely plenty of these devices, especially the long-lasting iPads, still in use. That said, the most recent iPhone affected was first released nine years ago, and discontinued six years ago.
Business Insider
26-04-2025
- Business Insider
Your iPhone comes with a built-in white noise machine. Here are 3 more cool things you may not know it can do.
Apple took the world by storm with the iPhone in 2007, and its crown jewel is only getting more features that can be lifesavers — or just really cool. I upgraded from the iPod Touch to an iPhone 5 as a 13-year-old in 2012, so I consider myself a bit of an expert. Yet years later, my iPhone 14 Pro Max seems to be outpacing me with innovations. I've grown used to the old ways of manual functions, typing queries into the Safari search bar, and having to rely on my memory. As Apple introduces new features, I've picked up on the tools that I see every day — like sending voice notes over iMessage or searching for apps instead of looking for them in all of my folders. However, there are more obscure additions that I hadn't made use of. These days, top-of-the-line iPhones cost over $1,000, and Apple analysts have said they could become much more expensive if President Donald Trump follows through with the steep tariffs he wants to impose on China, the main hub for iPhone manufacturing. I decided it's time to get my money's worth out of my handset since I won't be getting an upgrade for a while. Here are four ways I'll be putting Apple's software to good use. Shortcut Automations Apple launched the Shortcuts app as part of iOS 12 in 2018. It was marketed as a time-saving app that could perform actions according to custom commands. I remember the "I'm Being Pulled Over" feature being a big deal in 2020. When activated it would begin recording your interaction with police during traffic stops, but that's the last I paid attention to Shortcuts. I perused the app again and found a number of customizable features that could come in handy. What's more, they can be automated. For a trial run, I made a command for my phone to automatically FaceTime my friend whenever he sent me the word "hey." It worked, though it's probably not a command he'd like me to keep on. You can use Shortcuts for things like: Turning on "Do Not Disturb" when you open a certain app. Sending a message when you leave a location. Changing your wallpaper every day. Voice Isolation Voice Isolation is one of my favorite iPhone features of this decade. Since its release in 2021, I've been singing its praises to anyone I talk to on the phone. In New York City, I find myself talking in a loud environment as soon as I step out of my door. Inside, my two dogs go wild with barking whenever someone gets too close to the windows. Voice Isolation, however, silences all of the fuss. When my best friends and I fell into the habit of group FaceTime calls, we discovered that we could isolate our voices and silence non-vocal background noise. So, when a ambulance whizzes by with a loud siren, my friends can still hear me recapping my day. You can enable it by pressing "Phone Controls" in the Control Center while you're on the phone. Clean Up Safari Tabs Automatically If you're an organized technology user, you probably don't need this. However, if you're like me, you're welcome. I like to leave my Safari tabs open as a way to keep track of places I want to visit, things I want to buy, and any other helpful sites that I might need to refer to. Naturally, many many tabs are never revisited again as I continue to add more. Eighty-nine tabs is modest compared to the 150+ that I've proven to be capable of. I'm hoping that will change now that I know I can set my tabs to automatically close after a period of time. I think I'll start with monthly tab closings — just to ease myself into the concept. Follow these steps to close all of your tabs: Settings > Safari > Close Tabs. Background Sounds The most zen discovery of the group is also the coolest. I've played rain sounds and white noise before by looking them up on Apple Music, but I learned that they've been built into my iPhone. Through the Settings app, you can turn on Background Sounds to hear calming sounds like the ocean, dark noise, or a crackling fire. The sounds will continue playing behind other media if you that setting toggled on. Follow these steps to enable Background Sounds: Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Background Sounds.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
‘I was very surprised': Local victim gets back more than just stolen car
If your car is stolen, you may just get it back with more than you bargained for. More than 26,000 cars were stolen in Washington last year according to the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force, and if their owners are fortunate enough to get them back, they're often saddled with a time-consuming new problem: they need to clean up and clean out their vehicle. It happened to Alaina Nieto. Her car was stolen for the second time in January. When she got it back, Nieto said police called and told her the car was at an impound lot. It was packed with items that weren't hers. 'Garbage bags of clothes and toilet paper and just tools and random things,' she said. 'What wasn't in the car? There was a ton.' So what do you do? 'We had called the non-emergency line and asked, 'What do we do with this stuff?'' she said. 'And they just kind of said, 'That's up to you.'' 'Were you surprised?' KIRO 7 reporter Linzi Sheldon asked. 'I was very surprised,' Nieto said. 'I felt like maybe more care should be put into getting other people reunited with their stuff.' Nieto found a hand torch. An iPod Touch. Dozens of tools. And even Christmas ornaments. A lot of people would've just thrown it all out. But Nieto sorted through it and found a flute with a local public school sticker on it. She managed to track down the owner through social media. And then a blue velvet bag caught her eye. Inside: a paw print and a small bag of cat fur. She knew it was important. We'll get back to that in a bit. Getting a car back full of random items happens a lot more often than you might think. KIRO 7 connected with Nieto through a Facebook page called PNW Stolen Cars. It has over 150,000 members and when KIRO 7 reporter Linzi Sheldon posted to ask about people's experiences in situations like this, she received more than two hundred responses. One man found a machete. He said the police told him he could keep it. One woman said deputies told her a drill wasn't reported stolen, so it was hers. And another woman found three extra laptops left in her car, even after she told officers they weren't hers. 'If I'm investigating that, that would more than likely tell me that those are stolen,' King County Sheriff's Office Detective Mike Ramirez said of the laptops case. 'So I would seize them temporarily and try to see if I could find the owner by serial number.' KIRO 7 met up with Detective Ramirez at Banker's impound lot in Renton. He works for Covington Police through their contract with the Sheriff's Office. So what exactly is the policy? What are your rights and what steps should you take if you get your car back with strangers' valuable stuff still inside? 'Do I call police and say, 'Hey, these things are not mine? You might have thought they were mine. Can you take them off my hands and reunite them with their owners?'' Sheldon asked. 'If you don't want it, we take it,' Ramirez said. 'We store it. And, you know, at some point, whatever happens to it, it'll stay in storage for years. And then we figure out what we do with it later on. We have our policies. Every department has a policy, what they do with property.' Unfortunately, for items that aren't worth much, that are hard to trace back to an owner, or things like garbage and other messes, it's up to the car's owner or insurance company to clean out. 'The residue of fentanyl stays, it lingers and it sticks to the surface,' Ramirez said. And what if you find and turn on something like a cell phone that has GPS tracking? 'All of a sudden somebody comes knocking at your door, [saying,] 'Hey, you have my phone!' 'Oh yeah, I found it in the car.' Technically, you're in possession of stolen property, right?' Ramirez said. He said in a case like this, there's an obvious paper trail, like a police report. 'You have an explanation as to what happened,' he said. Despite all the cleanup Nieto had to do, she wasn't going to throw out that blue velvet bag. 'So there was a barcode,' she said. 'And I called the animal hospital and I just said the pet name on it.' Emma Loomis. Emma, the cat. The vet connected her with Kristina Loomis, who told KIRO 7 that Emma was particularly special to her daughter, Sabrina. 'I immediately broke out in tears,' Loomis said. '[Sabrina] had requested to have her paw print to remember her by.' When Sabrina's car was broken into, they thought they had lost this last piece of Emma forever. 'To get this phone call out of the blue. It was amazing,' Loomis said. 'She didn't have to call us. She didn't have to track us down… but she went the extra mile to make sure that they got back to us.' Nieto said she did it because she knows what it feels like to be a victim. 'It messes with your sense of security,' she said. 'It makes you feel violated. And I just wanted to help anyone who I could.' So what about other departments' policies? Seattle Police said they seize evidence, but sometimes officers don't know what belongs to the owner and what is stolen. If you find valuable items, you have to advocate for yourself and tell officers to come pick them up. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office said owners often tell them about found property and they'll book it for safekeeping as they try to track down the owners. Everett Police said they really try to talk to the car's owner as soon as they find it abandoned. That way they know what items to take to try to return them. In all three cases, departments said they look to seize evidence and anything that might be stolen but may need people to speak up if they find a valuable item—especially one with a serial number—that can be traced back to its owner.
The Guardian
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The singles chart: my secret 75-song playlist for every man I've been with
The first time I kissed a boy I was 19 years old. I was in the basement of a dank student bar at university. Our eyes met across the dancefloor, we smiled at each other, and he came over. He told me his name was Sean, he was studying commerce and then put his hands on my waist. Just as he leaned in to kiss me the beat dropped on the final chorus of Rihanna's We Found Love. The next morning, I fired up my iPod Touch, created a nameless playlist and added We Found Love. I was still so deliriously excited by what had happened with Sean that I wanted something to preserve that moment. The song turned out to be all that I would get from Sean – he told me after one date I wasn't really his type. Crushed by his rejection, I did what any other sensible person would do: sought out validation from another man. I took a guy home from a country-themed club night and he soon became the second song on the playlist: Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen. By the end of that school year, I'd added five more songs, and a personal tradition was born. What started as a silly teenage impulse to capture the excitement of finally being myself has slowly transformed into a musical diary of my life for the last 14 years. Every time I meet a guy, there is a part of me that starts wondering what song he will become. Will he be the latest pop hit that plays while sharing our first drink, or a slow classic barely audible in a shop? A track from an artist we saw live together? Or something completely unexpected? It's a compulsive game I play that they have no idea they've signed up for. Now called Remind Me, the playlist includes 75 songs and a running time of just under six hours. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a gay man born in the 90s, most of the songs are by female pop divas whose music I have worshipped for most of my life. Mariah Carey makes no less than seven appearances on the playlist – the most of any artist – alongside Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Beyoncé, Céline Dion and Lady Gaga. I should clarify that this is not a playlist of songs I've had sex to. While some of them were played while clothes were off, others were not. The only rule for adding a track is that, for whatever arbitrary or emotional reason, it has to bring me back to being with that particular guy. Music has helped me memorialise and give meaning to even the most ephemeral romances. While I don't remember every guy's name, when I play 'his' song I can see his face and where I was when the song played. The fun process of compiling this playlist has given me a unique relationship to certain songs and artists. When most people hear Elton John's 1997 version of Candle In the Wind, they think of Lady Diana's death. Me? A threesome I had with a couple in south London. I was in a taxi on the way to meet them and the driver put it on. I couldn't help but laugh at what an absurd song it was to hear at that moment. Since then, I've never been able to listen to it with a straight face. Up until now, no one in my life has known this playlist exists. It's not that I'm ashamed of it. I grew up in a generation that became accustomed to broadcasting every experience for collective consumption and judgment. I wanted something that was for my eyes and ears alone. To anyone else, the playlist would look like a haphazard collection of songs that vaguely tracks pop music trends over the last decade. But for me, the playlist is precious, veering on sacred, because it's the most honest recording I have of my life. Part of what makes exposing this part of my life so scary is that it's also the story of my perpetual singledom. When I started the playlist, Spotify hadn't even launched. I was either buying singles on iTunes or uploading tracks from CDs to make my compilation come to life. I honestly didn't think I'd still be adding songs at age 33. Naively, I assumed by now I'd have met the great love of my life that all pop culture and romcoms I'd grown up with had promised me. The final song would have been added. Every year in December I put the playlist on shuffle to reminisce about the new additions and old favourites. Each song evokes memories and feelings like I'm flicking through pictures in a scrapbook. Amid a sea of the short-lived flings, this playlist has become a constant; providing me with the commitment and security I'd hoped to find in a long-term relationship. Every track is also a melodic reminder that there is no shame in craving intimacy, or finding it outside a romantic relationship. In many ways, this playlist epitomises the role music has played in my life. Music as a surrogate lover that holds me up and lets me be myself. So to give it up or to lose the playlist would mean doing away with part of who I am. I can't do that. I'm still enjoying discovering which song – and which person – might come next.
