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A year after Canva revamped Affinity for the Mac, it has now released the free iPad version too. Not only is this good for iPad users, but it will free up some Mac ones to update as well. Designing an education conference program in Affinity for iPad - image credit: William Gallagher Canva revamped the Affinity suite of publishing and illustration tools on the Mac back in 2025 , but it wasn't backwards compatible. If you worked on both the Mac and the iPad, you couldn't update because the two platforms had to stay on the same version. Now that's over as Canva has released Affinity for iPad. At times it's been referred to as Affinity Studio , but now it is simply Affinity on Mac, iPad, and Windows. It's not just the same name, though, as Canva claims that it has precisely the same features as the Mac version. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
The Information 's Aaron Tilley today reported that Apple has been developing a larger, robotic version of the HomeView . This device has been called a "HomeView Ultra" or "HomeView Max" in rumors, but the final name might be different. Tilley said a prototype of the device is equipped with a 9-inch display on a swiveling arm, with its overall design said to look similar to Apple's old iMac G4 or Pixar's lamp mascot. Like the HomeView, the device would have standard features like FaceTime, but it would also be "fully aware of its environment and act autonomously." "The current design for the robot envisions it using a camera and sensors to be fully aware of its environment and act autonomously, allowing it to turn on the lights when someone walks into a room—or perhaps even try to tell a cat to get off a table," the report said. "It is meant to be smart enough to avoid accidentally hitting objects around it." The report said the device's hardware has largely been finalized for around two years, but there have apparently been "internal disagreements" within Apple, particularly in regards to which software features should be available on the first-generation model or postponed until a second-generation model already being discussed. The report said Apple is hoping to release the larger HomeView in 2027 for around $1,000 in the U.S., but the device might not be ready to launch until 2028. Apple has also explored other types of robots, such as one that follows a user around the home on wheels, one that flies inside the home, and one that can fold clothes, but it is unclear if any of these devices will ever be released. Most of these details were already reported by Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman , who said the 9-inch screen can swivel a full 360 degrees. Related Roundup: Apple HomeView Tag: The Information Buyer's Guide: HomeView (Buy Now) Related Forum: HomePod, HomeView, CarPlay – Home & Auto Tech This article, " Apple 'HomeView Ultra' With 9-Inch 360º Screen Detailed in New Report " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Over the weekend, the video calling app Zoom was updated with iPhone Duo optimization. On the device's large inner display, users can now see shared content such as the host's desktop and other participants on a call at the same time. In addition, four Microsoft apps were updated with iPhone Duo optimization today: Word , PowerPoint , Excel , and OneNote . Microsoft Outlook was already optimized for the device since it launched, but Microsoft Teams has yet to be. Apps built with the iOS 27.1 SDK or later are fully optimized for iPhone Duo. These apps extend to fill the entire outer and inner displays on the device, with toolbars and tab bars appearing vertically below the status bar. Apps built with the iOS 26 SDK or earlier run on iPhone Duo, but they appear in the center of the inner display, leaving lots of empty space . In the App Store, optimized apps have a "Made for iPhone Duo" label on the device. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Tags: App Store , Microsoft , Microsoft 365 , Zoom Buyer's Guide: iPhone Duo (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, " Zoom and These Microsoft Apps Now Optimized for iPhone Duo " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
