Instagram announced a new video editing app, called Edits, on the same day that rival video service TikTok briefly went dark in response to a federal ban. X also touted the launch of a dedicated video tab in its mobile app.
The new Meta Platforms Inc. app, which won’t be available until February, will offer “a full suite of creative tools,” according to a post on Sunday from Adam Mosseri, the head of the social media platform. People can use Edits to store video drafts, edit clips and add features like green screens, overlays and transitions, according to a Meta spokesperson.
Apple plans to expand the iPhone’s redesigned Mail app to the Mac starting with macOS 15.4, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
The first macOS 15.4 beta should be made available in the coming weeks, and Apple has previously suggested that the iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 series of software updates will be released to the public in April.
The upgraded Mail app automatically sorts emails into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions categories, but not everyone loves this new functionality, and fortunately it can be turned off on the iPhone if desired.
Mail categorization is currently only available in English. While the feature relies on on-device artificial intelligence, the redesigned Mail app does not require a device with Apple Intelligence support. For example, mail categorization is available on all iPhone models that are compatible with iOS 18.2, going back to the iPhone XS.
The redesigned Mail app is also coming to the iPad, according to Gurman. No word on timing, but perhaps it will arrive with iPadOS 18.4.
Apple today adjusted estimated trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models in the U.S., according to its website.
Some values increased, while others decreased. The changes were not too significant, with most values rising or dropping by $5 to $50.
We have outlined some examples below:
Device
New Value
Old Value
iPhone 15 Pro Max
Up to $630
U …
iOS 19 is still around six months away from being announced, but a new leak has allegedly revealed a completely redesigned Camera app.
Based on footage it obtained, YouTube channel Front Page Tech shared a video showing what the new Camera app will apparently look like, with the key change being translucent menus for camera controls. Overall, the design of these menus looks similar to…
Apple provided the third beta of iOS 18.3 to developers today, and while the betas have so far been light on new features, the third beta makes some major changes to Notification Summaries and also tweaks a few other features.
Notification Summary Changes
Apple made multiple changes to Notification Summaries in response to complaints about inaccurate summaries of news headlines.
For…
Apple on late Saturday removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., and it has now explained why it was required to take this action.
Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the platform would be banned. That law went into effect today, and companies like Apple and Google…
While the so-called “iPhone 17 Air” is not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the “ultra-thin” device.
Overall, the “iPhone 17 Air” is shaping up to be a mixed bag. Due to its thinness, the device is expected to have some limited specifications compared to the iPhone 17 Pro models, including only a single rear camera, only a single speaker, no SIM…
For the last several months, we’ve been hearing rumors about a redesigned version of the iPhone 17 that Apple might call the iPhone 17 “Air,” or something along those lines. It’s going to replace the iPhone 17 Plus as Apple’s fourth iPhone option, and it will be offered alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
We know the iPhone 17 Air is going to be super slim, but…
2025 promises to be quite a big year for Apple, with the company rumored to be planning more than 20 product announcements this year.
Apple’s rumored smart home hub will be its second all-new product to launch in as many years, following the Apple Vision Pro headset last year. And of course, we will get several new iPhone and Apple Watch models, like every year. Beyond that, Apple could…
The iPhone 17 lineup will feature a vapor chamber heatsink to improve thermal performance, according to a new report.
The news comes from Chinese tech news site MyDrivers, which claims that the entire iPhone 17 lineup, consisting of the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max, will adopt the improved thermal heat spreader.
Vapor chamber technology is already used…
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s new Mail app is going to make its way to the Mac very soon, with macOS 15.4. Apple introduced the new Mail app to the iPhone back in December with iOS 18.2, but it hasn’t made its way to any other platform since.
Update: In a follow-up tweet, Mark Gurman has clarified that the redesigned Mail app will also be making its way to iPad around the same time. Original story below:
Surprisingly, we’ve already seen what the new Mail app will look like on macOS. Back when Apple introduced the new M4 Macs in October, we got a small look at the new Mail app for macOS in one of the unveilings. This wasn’t some groundbreaking leak, since the design had already been unveiled on the iPhone back at WWDC, but it was interesting, since there weren’t any signs of the new Mail app coming to macOS quite yet.
Then, in December, iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3 beta started rolling out. While macOS 15.3 did bring Genmoji to macOS, it didn’t bring the new Mail app to the Mac, leaving many wondering when it’d debut.
However, according to Gurman, this will be changing very soon with the upcoming macOS 15.4 release, which will likely enter beta in the coming weeks, and debut in April:
But there’s another, more under-the-radar feature coming in April as well: The Mac will get the upgraded Mail app that uses AI to prioritize messages and sort content into different inboxes. Right now, iPad and iPhone users are able to tap into the feature — which is terrific — but Mac customers have been left behind. That changes with macOS 15.4, I’m told. For those not familiar with the feature: It sorts mail into a primary category, as well as ones for transactions, promotions, updates and all mail.
Gurman states that the new Mail app is currently available for iPad users, though that isn’t actually the case quite yet, neither in iPadOS 18.2 nor iPadOS 18.3. Hopefully, we see the new Mail app debut for iPad users soon, with the release of iPadOS 18.4. Only time will tell.
Are you excited for the new Mail app to expand to other Apple platforms? Let us know in the comments.
For months, Instagram has watched and waited to see what would happen to rival TikTok under a new federal law that would ban the app in the United States. On Sunday, the day that law took effect, Instagram pounced.
The social media app, which is owned by Meta, announced a new app called Edits, a video-editing product that appeared to be a clone of CapCut, which is used by millions of people to stitch together short videos for TikTok. CapCut and TikTok are owned by ByteDance, the Chinese internet giant, which led to U.S. scrutiny of the apps for national security reasons.
“There’s a lot going on in the world right now,” Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said in a post to the platform on Sunday. “No matter what happens, we think it’s our job to make the most compelling creative tools for those of you who create videos.”
TikTok and its sister apps, CapCut and Lemon8, have long given U.S. social media apps a run for their money. TikTok has 170 million U.S. users and it had said in legal filings that it could not afford to go dark even temporarily because it would suffer a competitive disadvantage in one of its biggest markets.
Late Saturday, hours before the federal law banning TikTok was set to take effect, TikTok, CapCut and Lemon8 became unavailable, though TikTok flickered back to life on Sunday as President-elect Donald J. Trump said he planned to issue an executive order this week to stall the ban.
TikTok’s competitors have not waited to make hay from the situation. Mr. Mosseri described Edits as designed specifically for creators to edit video on their phones and to save ideas for other videos that they might want to post later.
Mr. Mosseri said creators could use Edits to work on videos and post them to any platform they wanted, not just Instagram. Influencers often used CapCut to work on videos and post them to multiple platforms, including TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
Mr. Mosseri said people could preorder Edits in the Apple App Store starting Sunday and that the app would be available for Android in February.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, has talked publicly about watching TikTok’s dilemma play out. His Silicon Valley company has hired lobbyists to make the case that American tech firms must come first, as part of winning a tech race against China.
At a meeting with employees last week, Meta’s chief marketing officer also said the company needed to prepare for a potential migration of TikTok’s users to Meta’s apps and should devote staff and other resources to those possible developments. Instagram also changed its layout for some users last week, formatting content in a vertical, rectangular shape reminiscent of TikTok.
Instagram has long angled to mimic TikTok’s success. In 2020, Instagram launched Reels, an almost exact clone of TikTok’s marquee short-form video format. Reels has grown to be one of the most popular features on Instagram and Facebook.
U.S. internet users have said they would most likely watch Instagram Reels if TikTok was banned, according to a recent survey from TD Cowen of 2,500 consumers. Reels would attract 29 percent of respondents, while 23 percent said they would spend more time on YouTube Shorts, and 15 percent would look for a new app, according to the survey.
Among advertisers, Instagram’s advantage appeared even starker, with 56 percent of ad buyers telling TD Cowen in a survey last quarter that their clients most wanted to advertise on Reels this year. Another 24 percent favored YouTube Shorts, while 20 percent preferred TikTok.
Madison Malone Kircher contributed reporting from New York.
Today, Meta is announcing Edits: a new mobile video editing platform. This comes just hours after TikTok (and as a result, CapCut) were banned in the US – though TikTok is currently being restored, at least temporarily.
Meta has a history of sitting on new features until they’re forced to move, and this is yet another example of that. With a surprise mid-day Sunday announcement, the company unveiled Edits, a new mobile-first editing tool, meant to serve as an alternative to popular editing tool CapCut.
Adam Moserri, head of Instagram, announced the new ‘Edits’ app today on Threads, describing it as a tool for “those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone.” He also stated that “There’s a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens it’s our job to provide the best possible tools for creators”, likely in reference to the TikTok and CapCut ban.
In terms of features, Edits is going to offer the following, per Moserri’s post:
A dedicated inspiration tab
Another tab to keep track of your ideas
A “much higher quality camera” for shooting videos
“All the editing tools you’d expect”
Ability to share drafts with friends and other creators
Easy export to Instagram, and powerful insights for Reels content
Other than these details, we don’t have much to go off of. Hopefully, Meta will share more in the coming weeks. The company says its been testing this out with creators in recent past.
Edits is available for pre-order on the App Store starting today, and will be available on iOS sometime in February, according to Meta. However, the App Store pre-order page has the launch listed as March.
No timeline is specified for an Android launch, other than the fact that it’ll come “soon.”
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