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  • Apple's new widget puts election day updates on your lock & home screen

    From Andrews@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 5 20:30:10 2024
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/apples-new-widget-puts-election-day-updates-on-your-lock-screen-and-home-screen/

    It's Election Day in the U.S., which means you're likely glued to the
    latest news about which presidential candidate is currently in the lead. To help with this, Apple has released a Live Activities widget within its
    Apple News app that will offer real-time election updates directly on your iPhone or iPad's Home Screen and Lock Screen.

    To use the Apple News Live Activity in the U.S., you'll need to first
    launch the News app and then tap on the banner at the top of the page
    offering live updates. After doing so, you'll get a message saying "Live Activity Scheduled," which notes that when the event starts, you'll begin
    to receive real-time updates on both your Home Screen and Lock Screen. (The iPad gained Live Activities on the Lock Screen in iOS 17.)

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Andrews on Wed Nov 6 00:39:12 2024
    Andrews <andrews@spam.net> wrote:
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/apples-new-widget-puts-election-day-updates-on-your-lock-screen-and-home-screen/

    It's Election Day in the U.S., which means you're likely glued to the
    latest news about which presidential candidate is currently in the lead. To help with this, Apple has released a Live Activities widget within its
    Apple News app that will offer real-time election updates directly on your iPhone or iPad's Home Screen and Lock Screen.

    To use the Apple News Live Activity in the U.S., you'll need to first
    launch the News app and then tap on the banner at the top of the page offering live updates. After doing so, you'll get a message saying "Live Activity Scheduled," which notes that when the event starts, you'll begin
    to receive real-time updates on both your Home Screen and Lock Screen. (The iPad gained Live Activities on the Lock Screen in iOS 17.)

    Yep, saw that in my iPhone 12 mini with its iOS v17.7.1 as well. You can turn it off too!
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    again.html 4 its USA's election. Crazy NFL game last nite with unstoppable Chiefs.
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