As part of Delta 1.7, live now on AltStore PAL and on the App Store, all users can now play online multiplayer in Nintendo DS games. The feature initially launched in beta last year.
Alongside many other new features in iOS 18.4, Apple has added 8 new emoji, including the incredible “Face with Bags Under Eyes.” Emojipedia has a good blog post about the changes, including details about the flag for Sark and a redesign of the flag for Syria.
Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter notes Apple’s push for an AI agent-powered “Project Mulberry” upgrade for its Health app next year, and that its its long-running attempt noninvasive glucose monitoring via Apple Watch sensors is still “many years away.” (Here’s more on why that’s been so difficult).
But if you’re into hardware, he reports new M5 iPad Pros are already in testing in addition to work on 2027-targeted M6 editions with Apple’s in-house modems, and while the regularly scheduled MacBook Pro M5 refresh is “a lock” for this year, a design overhaul may not come until its M6 update in 2026.
Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney saw their Side Quest series as a way to flesh out the world of Mythic Quest prime.
Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has signed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that will put the onus on app store operators like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages and get parents’ consent for their kids to download apps. It’s a model that app developers including Meta, X, and Snap have applauded and are pushing to be adopted across the country.
It took a number of concessions outlined by MacRumors (including a $300 million investment plan), but Apple has finally cleared all regulatory hurdles and gotten the okay from Indonesia to launch its full iPhone 16 series. The iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, and 16e will all be available on April 11th, ending a months-long dispute that began when Indonesia said Apple had failed to meet its requirements for locally-manufactured components.
