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Director Rian Johnson has launched Chromagraph Camera, an iPhone app developed with cinematographer Steve Yedlin that applies the same image-processing technique used in the 'Knives Out' films. The $12.99 app processes raw image data with its own look rather than applying a filter, lets users adjust color, tone and texture, and stores original raw files alongside exported images.
Code found in a Google Phone app beta (version 245.0.1006864670) reveals a new component called BeeslyTransitModeService, linking the Take a Message feature to Transit mode. Strings in the release reference automatically starting Take a Message when Transit mode is enabled and show a new notification reading 'Taking a message - In Transit Mode.'
Apple released tvOS 27.2, adding Find My app support for the Siri Remote on older Apple TV models, ASL and BSL captioning options for select Apple TV app titles, and synced profile support between iPhone/iPad and Apple TV. The update also introduces a new black-and-white Apple Music icon matching iOS 27.2's redesign, and is available free for second-generation Apple TV 4K units and later.
Google published release notes detailing 42 fixes across its Home ecosystem, covering Gemini for Home, the Google Home app, Nest cameras and doorbells, Nest Wi-Fi, and Google TV Streamers. Updates include improved Gemini spatial awareness so voice commands to move music between rooms work correctly, fixed volume-command mix-ups between speakers, and resolved connectivity and live-view bugs on cameras and doorbells.
Apple released iPadOS 27.2, adding a contextual Siri popup that appears when text is selected with a trackpad or mouse, offering quick options like 'Proofread' and 'Rewrite.' The update also brings user profiles to the Apple TV app on iPad, letting multiple people on a shared device get separate watch histories, queues, and content recommendations. Siri AI in this release can also recall past conversations and pull answers from Messages photos, Calendar, voicemail, and Safari history.
Android Authority found hidden strings in the Google app (v17.71.17) referencing an 'Offline mode' for Gemini Live, with subtitle text reading 'Use Gemini Live without an internet connection.' The feature appears tied to the account switcher menu based on its naming, but it is not yet live for users.
Meta has quietly released Style Sketch, an AI-powered fashion app, on Android and iOS in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The app builds a virtual closet from photos linked via Facebook and Instagram or uploaded directly, then suggests outfit combinations and lets users preview them on a virtual model matching their body type and skin tone.
Google has begun pushing an updated Gemini overlay design to all Android devices via a Google app update, following its earlier debut on Pixel 11 phones. The refresh applies Google's Neural Expressive design language, adding sparkle effects and small dots around the Ask Gemini text box, plus shaded, more three-dimensional edges on the box, particularly visible in dark mode.
Google has rolled out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 to Pixel 6a and newer devices enrolled in its Pixel Beta program, following Beta 2 released about a week earlier. The update restores the app lock feature, reinstates some lock screen blur that had been removed, adds a camera shortcut to Quick Settings, fixes an AM/PM display issue for lock screen alarms, and resolves dozens of other bugs.
Apple told developers it is cutting its standard App Store commission on paid apps and in-app purchases in Taiwan from 30% to 26%, effective Saturday, October 31. The company said the change follows talks with Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission, and developers need not sign updated terms by that date to receive the lower rate. Apple is also updating its Developer Program License Agreement, with translated versions due within a month.
Meta has released Style Sketch, an app that builds a virtual closet from photos users have posted on Instagram or uploaded manually, then suggests outfit combinations and shows them on a model matched to the user's body shape and skin tone. The app, spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, is currently live on iOS and Android in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, and can also generate day-by-day packing plans for trips. Meta has not commented on whether it will expand the app to other markets.
Apple's iOS 27.2 update brings Multiview to the iPhone's Apple TV app, letting users watch up to four live sports streams at once, a feature previously limited to Apple TV, iPad and Vision Pro. It works across sports included in an Apple TV subscription, such as F1, MLS and MLB, with sport-specific layouts like F1's customizable driver cameras and course maps.