Apple’s New iPhone Stick: A Magical Product

Apple finally revealed its patent display stand. This innovative technology keeps your iPhone sturdy while you use it. The patent outlines various features crafted to maintain the product securely positioned at the top of the display stand. These features include reducing potential movement, swiftly avoiding oscillations, and diminishing instances when a consumer interacts with the product.

The stands come with an integrated damping chamber situated beneath the base, discreetly concealed beneath the table surface in Apple Stores. This chamber plays a crucial role in minimising motion, swiftly reducing oscillations, and mitigating the impact of customer interactions with the products. Although relatively small, it proves to be a vital element in enhancing the overall shopping experience.

Different from many patents where the implementation of ideas into a physical product is uncertain, there are better scenarios for Apple’s display stand. The stand is prominently featured in Apple Stores and has been showcased during product launches, ensuring direct visibility to consumers. It is integral to the environment where customers interact with the latest Apple devices, including the iPhone 15 series.

Apple cares about the little things, like making better display stands. It might not sound like a big deal, but it makes a huge difference in Apple Stores. When the display stand is solid, customers can check out the products without any distractions, improving their experience and affecting what they decide to buy. It’s just one example of how Apple pays attention to the small details.

This is ensuring every part of its system gives customers a smooth and top-notch experience. Apple’s commitment to precision extends beyond the products themselves, reaching into the presentation for consumers. The patented display is proof of this philosophy, guaranteeing that product showcasing adds to the unmatched Apple Store experience. Apple cares about its customers and is willing to provide them with the best retail experience.

Navkiran Dhaliwal is a seasoned content writer with 10+ years of experience. When she's not writing, she can be found cooking up a storm or spending time with her dog, Rain.

How to add complications to an Apple Watch face

Apple Watch complications are the best and easiest way to add more information to your watch face - and there are a few tricks to know if you really want to get the most out of them. 

These tiny icons that exist on your chosen watch face can act as shortcuts to your favorite, most-used apps or simply deliver at-a-glance information, such as the sunset time or humidity.

Below, we've covered how to add and edit the complications on your watch face, plus listed the compatible apps and the kind of information that you can expect to get from them.

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Not all Apple Watch complications are created equally.

As you'll find when adding complications, most are Apple's creations - things like shortcuts and rich information relating to your Activity Rings, or a quick view of your watch's battery. In general - and as you would expect - they're very useful.

When it comes to complications for third-party apps, however, this is where things start to vary.

Most apps have managed to now create a shortcut for you to quickly jump in from the Apple Watch's face, but not many have created dedicated complications that are rich with information. 

You can see both types in our image above. While Citymapper (top-right), for example, provides a rich complication with an ETA once you've started a journey, Strava (top-left) is simply a shortcut.

Meanwhile, the remaining three slots in the middle and two slots in the bottom left and bottom right are Apple-created complications.

Here are some apps that provide rich third-party complications on the Apple Watch:

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Editing Apple Watch complications is simply a progression to adding a watch face, and doing so allows you to customize and personalize your experience. 

Follow the steps below to add complications - and remember that not all watch faces give you the option to add them.

1. With your Apple Watch face showing, touch and hold the display until it zooms out and gives you the option to select 'Edit.'

2. Swipe left until you can see 'Complications' at the top of the display. If you can't see this when you swipe, the watch face isn't compatible with complications.

3. Tap the area of the screen (signified by the faint outline) you wish to add a complication to - this will then bring up a list of options to pick from.

4. Swipe through this list or use the Digital Crown to scroll, tapping on the complication you want.

5. To confirm your selection, press the Digital Crown.

By Conor Allison

Conor moved to Wareable Media Group in 2017, initially covering all the latest developments in smartwatches, fitness trackers, and VR. He made a name for himself writing about trying out translation earbuds on a first date and cycling with a wearable airbag, as well as covering the industry’s latest releases.

Following a stint as Reviews Editor at Pocket-lint, Conor returned to Wareable Media Group in 2022 as Editor-at-Large. Conor has become a wearables expert, and helps people get more from their wearable tech, via Wareable's considerable how-to-based guides. 

He has also contributed to British GQ, Wired, Metro, The Independent, and The Mirror. 

Streaming on Apple TV+ January 2024: Killers of the Flower Moon and More

Apple TV+ has outline some new titles coming to the streaming service in January 2024, which includes the highly anticipated streaming debut of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, which is a huge feature film that was in theatres, from Apple Studios.

But if you didn’t spend cash to view it in theatres, you’ll be able to stream ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ for free with your Apple TV+ subscription in Canada and beyond.

Here’s what’s coming to Apple TV+ in January 2024:

Masters of the Air is from the producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific, and looks to be a good one as well.

Killers of the Flower Moon is also nominated for numerous Golden Globes and Critics Choice Movie Awards, and hopes to get some Oscar nominations as well.