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Wes Davis
Wes Davis
iOS 18’s Live Activities will be a bit less live.

The feature, which lets developers put live-updating info on iPhone lock screens (things like sports scores), is limited to refreshing “between 5–15 seconds” in a recent iOS 18 beta, according to an app developer who says their app could do it once a second before.

Apple told them the change was intentional, according to a post spotted by 9to5Mac.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Is our long FineWoven nightmare almost over?

Apple Stores’ stock of FineWoven products — phone cases and watch bands alike — is running low, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. As he points out, that’s normal before a big Apple event and doesn’t strictly mean that the no-good, very bad case material is disappearing.

As a refresher, here’s The Verge’s Allison Johnson talking about FineWoven last year.