Apps

GIPHY’s library of stickers is now available on WhatsApp, allowing you to search through them without leaving the app. WhatsApp also announced that its custom sticker maker, which already rolled out on iOS, is now available on Android.

Peloton announced today that starting in September, Fitbit Premium users will get free access to more than 10 types of Peloton classes, including those for strength training, Pilates, running, and boxing.

That’s all part of a “multi-year” agreement between Peloton and Google. Peloton members will also be offered deals on the Google Pixel Watch and Fitbit Charge 6.

DoorDash is bundling Max’s $9.99 / month ad-supported plan with its annual DashPash membership in the US, which costs $96 / year. Uber One offers a similar bundle with Disney Plus in the UK.

The new store lets “a select number” of Next Pro artists design merch that SoundCloud will create and sell for them, all while artists collect 100 percent of the profits. So far, the SoundCloud Store features merch from artists like Wiz Khalifa, Denzel Curry, Bktherula, and others.

The redesigned iOS app features the same Aria AI chatbot that debuted on the Opera One desktop browser last year, and places the search bar at the bottom of the screen for easier one-handed navigation.

The app also includes an immersive, color-adaptive UI, a clutter-free start page carousel, and “revamped search functionality” that provides smart suggestions and predictive keywords.

The app won’t be available in the Microsoft Store after November 4th, according to the below screenshot that XDA Developers spotted. (I don’t see the banner myself, so I’ve reached out to Microsoft to confirm.)

It’s no big surprise. Introduced as a modern replacement for MS Paint, the app hasn’t been included with Windows since 2021. MS Paint, however, lives on.

The feature, called Maven, lets you type prompts like, “show me fantasy audiobooks that I can complete on an 8-hour road trip.” Audible will then use AI to come up with matching audiobooks.

Audible is rolling out Maven as a beta to half of US-based users on Android and iOS. Amazon just debuted an AI-powered discovery feature on its Music app as well.

If you update to macOS Sequoia, you’ll have to go to Settings > Security & Privacy and approve the app on first open, because Apple is taking away the current right-click (ctrl-click) workaround.

The warning signifies the developer never had Apple malware scan and notarize the app. Sensible security step or not, I’ll still grumble every time I have to open Settings to run something.

You may need to close and reopen the app to see it, but according to Android expert Mishaal Rahman, Gemini is showing up for non-Google Workspace users.

Gemini can do things like summarize emails, suggest next steps, or draft replies. Before now, you’ve needed a Google AI premium subscription or a Workspace account for access to the AI assistant.

A new “Everything else” option under “Add to Wallet” is now rolling out to the app that uses AI to process things like concert tickets or insurance cards to make custom digital passes. Before, you could save photos of cards with bar codes or QR codes to the Wallet app — this sounds better.

In 9to5Google’s example, it successfully recreated a Sam’s Club card, barcode and all.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday that the platform is close to reaching 200 million monthly active users, and now it’s official.

The Italian software company, which notably acquired — and limited free access to — Evernote, has added WeTransfer to its growing portfolio. WeTransfer CEO Alexandar Vassilev says the company will “continue to serve your creative tooling needs” following the acquisition.

A little over a week after the CrowdStrike outage brought down mobile orders at Starbucks, the app had some trouble again today.

For most of the morning, around the globe weren’t been able to place orders, with the app saying, “We’re having trouble with store locations right now.” It looks like the feature is back online now though, so we won’t have to wait in line for our drinks.

Update, July 30th: Noted that mobile ordering works again.

No, this isn’t another cardboard bed situation — the reasons for blocking the app make sense and mirror similar actions that Grindr took during the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, after it was used to out a number of athletes during the previous Rio Games.