Tech-Up

🚀 The K10+ Pro Combo from @SwitchBot promises powerful cleaning in a compact design—but does it actually deliver? 🤔 From a tiny robot vacuum to a cordless handheld with 20,000Pa suction, I put it to the test. Watch here: youtu.be/w3XxI0vlhvU

@Maisomage Interesting, I could be very wrong, but with rumors, today or tomorrow would be the perfect days to announce the Mini 2. Let’s see 😬

@thetech_up Meanwhile there is a 1 week delivery delay on HomePod mini in Japan and France x.com/maisomage/stat…

HomePod mini 2 tomorrow (just saying this now)

@Maisomage I think the mini might be new Siri ready, but due to not having a screen, just have a spec bump and new colors as it’s been rumored for a while and for q1 launch. May be wrong. But AirPods Max 2 makes me think they will.

@thetech_up Probably not 🤷‍♂️ The main new feature of new HomePods will be a better Siri which is not yet ready. Wait for tvOS 27

@Cartidise I’m an Apple fan boy till the end, and I’ll defend this same way I’d defend 60htz. No one is really using their phone from an angle. And also as a 1st new feature, surely it will get better over time. But 0 effect on 99% of users

so the viewing angles are actually worse on the S26 Ultra due to the privacy display 😭 thankfully, the display experience isn’t compromised when looking at the display head on

@AqaraSmarthouse Honestly... a Kettle that refills its self

What’s the next category that should be smart but isn’t yet? 🤔💭

Battery life is pretty good on iPhone 17 Pro Max now that all the BTS stuff is done.

Using the new selfie camera, in the portrait mode and then turning your phone landscape is a great way to get a ‘fit check’ photo

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@Jon4Lakers Just did it as brand new, took a little longer, but got rid of all those pesky 1 time apps from bars, deals etc. feels so clean!

When you set up a new phone do you

@mweinbach They now let you update to a beta in the setup, so you no longer have to update and restart. I think added last year. But is a lot easier than it used to be

Remember Apple historically drops iOS __.1 betas this week Do not update if you are getting an iPhone 17. It will make your transfer extremely annoying.

@andrewjclare This one

Let’s see your best mobile photography

Can we get rid of public beta, and go back to the time you had to register your iPhones UDID to download a beta… Even iOS 7 changes weren’t this aggressive.

@arjulmabz @mweinbach Dark mode does seem to be less dramatic

@thetech_up @mweinbach Yeah but only in light mode.

Yea Liquid Glass got nerfed in beta 3 but it doesn't look bad Just not as cool or transparent as Beta 1/2 but performance seems better. I guess it's a good middle ground, but let's see what happens between now and September

Yall complained so much Liquid Glass isn’t even Liquid Glass anymore. It’s frosted. It looks horrible. 🥲 Apple please change it back.

@Crooked_Delight Yes! But Alien Covenant would have been better if it had the final of the sequence released. 🥲

Prometheus (2012) Is this film better than Alien: Covenant (2017)?

This video is a great watch for anyone concerned about readability issues with iOS 26. It covers a lot & shows apples though and approach to all issues. Again everyone is judging a beta, and not a public release. youtu.be/IrGYUq1mklk?si…

@andrewjclare Finally someone saying it. Like, people knew this was happening and now just moaning. Makes 0 sense to me.

Things I’ve learned since iOS 26 was released: - Everyone on Twitter is a designer - Android users are concerned for iOS users - Steve Jobs never created a bad design - People wanting a redesign, actually didn’t - 100% trust the leaks - Beta means shipped - No one has ever heard of the feedback app

@Maisomage I haven’t played around with accessibility to much, but yes after some fine tuning I think this OS will look stunning. Just don’t want a repeat of ios7 where the translucent look was like 90% scaled back

@thetech_up The switch off transparency in iOS 26 keeps the change of background color while scrolling which was not the case with iOS 18 where the background color was fixed with this settings. There is still some tuning to do 👍

The readability tweets for #iOS26 is such click bate! First with accessibility you can switch off transparency. Second there is 3 levels of customization for Home Screen, and Third it’s beta 1. People knew glass was coming. What did they expect it to work… SMH