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The media invites have been sent for Apple's 2018 September iPhone announcement, and we have an official date. Call in to work, set up your internet connection, check your favorite time zone converter, and buckle in for Wednesday, September 12, at 10 a.m. P.T.

In the 90th episode of the iPhone Life Podcast, the team explores how Apple became the first company to reach a $1 trillion valuation upon releasing its third quarter earnings report. Other topics include how to outsmart the pesky typing awareness indicator in iMessages, how to take better photos on your iPhone, and how to view your step count on your Apple Watch.

This is the episode every Apple fanboy and fangirl should listen to in preparation for Apple's fall event! Members of the iPhone Life team will cover all the latest product rumors leading up to September. Find out what Apple will call the next generation of iPhones following the iPhone X and iPhone 8, get the details on new iPad Pros with Face ID, and learn why the Series 4 Apple Watch models will likely sport larger displays. The team will also discuss AirPod, AirPower, and Mac rumors as well as likely release dates and prices.

If you weren’t able to tune in live or if you’d like to watch it again, here’s the workshop video for Top (Useful!) Hidden Features on iPhone. This workshop’s goal is to reveal useful features you likely aren’t aware of on your device and show you how to use them. Thank you to everyone who joined us and all of you who watch it now. This has been the best workshop so far; Donna and I had a blast with you all. Plus, we had over 400 of you join us live! So again, thank you! Learn more on what we covered and watch the full replay below.

The wait is over, and we finally know which watchOS 5 features were just rumors and which features we can look forward to enjoying later this year. Apple spent far more time highlighting the features of iOS 12 and mac OS Mojave than it did showing off the upcoming watchOS 5 update during the WWDC 2018 Keynote on June 4. Even so, there are enough cool new features to make most Apple Watch fans happy. And there are a lot of fans; Apple Watch adoption also grew by a whopping 60 percent in the last year, likely thanks to the introduction of a cellular model. Here's everything you need to know about the next iteration of watchOS, from the watchOS 5 release date, to which Apple Watch models will be able to run watchOS 5, and which features you should be most excited about.

The Worldwide Developer Conference is only just beginning, but Apple’s annual summer keynote has concluded. We’ll take a look at everything Apple announced at its 2018 WWDC keynote; and this year, it’s all software. As expected, iOS 12 focuses on stability and performance; but Apple made quite a few other surprise announcements regarding the new iOS. During the keynote, Apple also announced its new watchOS 5, tvOS 12, and macOS Mojave. We’ll look at all the new features of the software below. Everything Apple announced will be arriving later this fall, but you can learn more about all the new things to look forward to below.

Apple unveiled iOS 12 today at the WWDC 2018 Keynote, and we can expect exciting improvements and features when the iOS update is released in the fall. From overall upgrades to performance, privacy, and security, to app overhauls for the News and Stocks apps, to fun additional Animoji choices, as well as the brand-new Memoji option, Apple engineers have put together a well-balanced crowd-pleaser of an operating system that we can't wait to upload to our devices! Let's go over which devices are compatible with iOS 12, discuss all the new iOS features, and learn how to sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program to try out iOS 12 before the official release date.