The iOS 17 update nudges us to always keep our phones on with StandBy Mode — but is more screen time the path for all Apple devices? Bridget Carey looks at signs that Macs and iPads may shift into always-on smart displays.
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0:00 Apple’s OS Updates Send Mixed Messages
0:37 Vision Pro: Strapping a TV to Your Face
0:56 Apple’s iOS 17 Public Beta: Install At Your Own Risk
1:32 StandBy Mode Turns the iPhone Sideways
2:45 Apple Journal App Adds MORE Screen Time to Your Day
3:14 MacOS Sonoma Brings Widgets To The Big Screen
3:48 Is Apple Bringing Back the 2nd Screen Experience?
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Asif Yusoff
July 14, 2023 at 11:48 am
Whenever I see Bridget Widget, I click.
City Life in America
July 14, 2023 at 12:23 pm
I downloaded the beta on every device including my main one, because that new autocorrect has me sold.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 12:37 pm
Mixed messages? That’s how you defeat the allegedly invincible AI.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 12:38 pm
“This person isn’t following Al Gore/Bill Gates logic. He must be attempting to deceive us”?
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 12:40 pm
Did he ever review ANY of it in real time? Or just put it into his ever-growing archives?
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 12:42 pm
Pete … that isn’t the right HDD. Likewise the self-destructive one with the nothing on it in the basement.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 12:43 pm
How’s that apologetic ‘Impeachment ISP’? Nice big bounty in vain?
Promote Plus
July 14, 2023 at 1:24 pm
No one more think today 😢 great video
Promote Plus
July 14, 2023 at 1:27 pm
One more thing after 1:26 minutes 😅
Cam
July 14, 2023 at 2:01 pm
Girl I been on dev beta 😜 let’s get crazy
Hussien Alsafi
July 14, 2023 at 2:07 pm
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Muddy Export
July 14, 2023 at 2:23 pm
Good info and made A with the hairdo…
MasterKey
July 14, 2023 at 2:30 pm
1. Focus modes are like profiles for different usage of the devices like work and study not so you don’t use the device like a Zen mode
2. The focus distance is different from the distance from the screen. When wearing VR you aren’t focusing on the device but beyond it so it’s like trickery and it’s not bad. They still added a minimum age limit so kids who are more likely to get Myopia don’t use it
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 2:34 pm
Hollywood: You can’t democratize art. “Somebody” has to be the audience.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 2:36 pm
Hollywood: Much too many platforms?
Drew Page
July 14, 2023 at 2:45 pm
I’ve been using iOS 17 since the first beta. Now granted, I work in tech as a systems engineer, but it’s been fairly stable. Small bugs but no show stoppers. The new interactive widgets are great and messages is much improved. Overall, great job, Apple.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 4:57 pm
Has he even showed his hand, Mr. Hand?
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 14, 2023 at 5:00 pm
“Jobs, Part Deux: The Story of the Impeachment Emails”.
JustAnotherGuyonUtube
July 14, 2023 at 5:37 pm
Thanks for helping me and my mental journal entries Bridget of more reasons why I want to replace my Apple iPhone with a Samsung or other Android smart phone (hopefully a flip phone). I already enjoy putting my phone away or screen facing down to avoid distractions while interacting with other humans and in my garden. I usually don’t even want to wear my Apple Watch since it also distracts and seems to have been the always on screen test pilot for Apple. Am I the only one who feels like technology is becoming more overwhelming and we are becoming too connected to be able to disconnect? Your videos are great and keep them coming please.👍
DudeMeToo
July 14, 2023 at 6:55 pm
Is it me or is Bridget looking amazingly Hot 🔥 what a wonderful distraction from tech news 🥰
Bird John
July 14, 2023 at 7:56 pm
It’s not only Apple. I get a weekly report from Samsung that I have used my phone for such hours and I used it an hour more or less than last week. I don’t know about the rest of Android, but Samsung does this too. Don’t blame Apple, because both ecosystems are doing the same thing. They want us to use our phones and be aware of how long we’re using the devices. Mixed signals with advertising to buy more of their devices 🤔🫤🤷♂️
Vaux Glandzer
July 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Genius analytics by Ms. Bridget.. cool!
Augústo
July 14, 2023 at 8:57 pm
First of all screens aren’t what’s making it bad to sit close, its the light. A headset doesn’t have to blast as much light since it’s closer to your eyes. This video concept feels lazy
Holly Elizabeth.
July 14, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Screen distance! I hope that will have a setting that I can turn off. I don’t need a “nanny” nag on my iPhone.
Holly Elizabeth.
July 14, 2023 at 9:10 pm
I have a iPhone 14 pro max and an iPad Pro 12” and I have the always on display feature turned off. I don’t need my phone screen or my iPad screen to always be on.
Wisdom Halmac
July 15, 2023 at 12:46 am
The fact that some of you think that using your phone or tablet close to your eyes is the same as viewing content through a head-mounted display says a lot about how little research is done in this tech community.
Mike Coshan
July 15, 2023 at 4:40 am
The gorgeous Bridget Carey is such a fantastic CNet presenter, her humour is fabulous, I’m living on the edge just having downloaded the first public beta of iPad OS 17
Kamen Kunchev
July 15, 2023 at 11:30 am
1. iOS is boring
2. Staring at a screen for too long on any device ruins your eyes
3. I don’t care if it’s iOS or Android as long as I get my messages and the device fits in my pocket.
4. I would never strap a screen to my face. It looks bad, ruins my eyes and does not improve my life in any way.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 15, 2023 at 11:48 am
Hey Edward VII … are you enthused to go meet with daddy Albert? Or is your stomach in knots? Trembling and nauseous? Twitching involuntarily?
Healthy Healings
July 15, 2023 at 5:06 pm
Talking sh$t as she sports an Apple Watch… ⌚️ 🤔
SouthOz
July 15, 2023 at 11:49 pm
Google need this. Standbye
MPEG-1
July 16, 2023 at 5:16 am
Proud to say I’ve never owned an apple product yet 👍
Alijah
July 16, 2023 at 7:04 pm
Claiming that features like StandBy and Journal are “mixed messaging about screen time” is quite ignorant. Journaling and having a bedside clock existed long before iOS. Using iOS to replace things that already existed in the past, but in a more useful way, is not “screen time” in the sense that you’re using it. Bad screen time is social media, useless games, etc. Not reflecting on your day, reading a book, checking the time at a glance, or calling a loved one.