Review: [U] by UAG DOT Silicone Strap for Apple Watch is tough but fun

Go a step beyond basic.

You love to take your Apple Watch on all of your adventures, but the last thing you want to worry about is your band getting damaged. No worries there with the thick silicone [U] by UAG DOT Silicone Strap for Apple Watch. Plus, you’re not limited to basic black. It comes in lots of colors, so you can coordinate it with your favorite gear. It allows you to have that protection but with some style.

[U] by UAG DOT Silicone Strap for Apple Watch review:

Price and availability
What’s good
What’s not good
The competition
Should you buy?

[U] by UAG DOT Silicone Strap for Apple Watch

Bottom line: UAG offers a tougher band option with a wide selection of colors. This is the perfect band for people who want some protection for their band but don’t want to deal with typical, bland rugged options.

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Download the Genshin Impact 2.7 ’Hidden Dreams in the Depths’ update now

What you need to know

Genshin Impact 2.7 ’Hidden Dreams in the Depths’ is now available for download.
The new update adds new characters, new weapons, and more to the already impressive title.
Gamers can play for free on iPhone and iPad.

New characters, new events, new stories, and new weapons all await after installing this big new update.

Genshin Impact 2.7 ’Hidden Dreams in the Depths’ is now available for download in the App Store, adding new characters, events, and more.

Available for both iPhone and iPad, the big new version 2.7 update is a free download and will see gamers venture further into The Chasm as players battle to unravel its mysteries. Don’t worry though, you’ll do so with two new characters — Yelan and Kuki Shinobu — as well as new weapons in the form of Aqua Simulacra and Fading Twilight.

The new Genshin Impact 2.7 release notes have all the details, including some new events for you to play through:

Version 2.7 ”Hidden Dreams in the Depths” is now …

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Prehistoric Planet proves a streaming favorite for Apple TV+ and viewers

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Apple TV+ docuseries Prehistoric Planet found itself in the top five most popular streaming shows of last week.
Severance was back in the top ten after missing out last week.

It turns out that people really liked the idea of watching dinosaurs eat each other.

Apple TV+ has been promoting its new Prehistoric Planet docuseries hard, and it looks like it might have paid off. According to new data shared with iMore, the show found itself as the fifth most popular show in the world of streaming last week.

According to data shared by JustWatch, the folks at Apple TV+ actually managed to grab two of the top-ten shows across all of streaming thanks to Prehistoric Planet’s fifth place and a credible tenth spot for Severance. The hot new Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi perhaps unsurprisingly took the top spot, followed by Better Call Saul and Strange Things from Netflix.

Prehistoric Planet was a five-day extravaganza for Apple TV+ as the streamer tried something new. R…

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Watch as the For All Mankind cast recaps season 2

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The cast of For All Mankind has shared a season two recap of the popular show.
The third season of the show will premiere on June 10.

Time to get ready as we count down to season three’s arrival on June 10.

Apple TV+ is getting ready for the big season three premiere of For All Mankind on June 10 and those who need a refresher of what went down in the second season are in for a treat. The cast of the show takes us through all the goings-on in a new five-minute YouTube video that should clear any foggy memories right up.

The hit Apple TV+ show will return for a third season soon enough and expectations are sky-high. There was a lot to remember from the second season and with that in mind we can now take in a quick refresher — offered by the people that know the story best.

Let’s take a look!

Nuclear space shuttles, Apollo-Soyuz, and a near nuclear meltdown. Recap on Season 2 with the cast of For All Mankind before the Season 3 premiere June 10 on…

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Teslas could get new iPhone connectivity, but not the one you want

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will speak to his engineers about the possibility of adding AirPlay support to cars.
There is no sign that CarPlay support will come to Tesla vehicles.
AirPlay would allow for lossless audio streaming.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reckons he will have a word about the possibility of adding AirPlay to the company’s cars.

Tesla electric cars could add support for Apple AirPlay, allowing people to more easily stream audio and potentially video from their iPhones. But CEO Elon Musk remains steadfast in his refusal to discuss adding the feature everyone really wants — CarPlay support.

The new AirPay admission came after Musk replied to one Tesla car owner to say that he would speak with Tesla audio engineers about the possibility of adding support for AirPlay. Musk says that the sound system built into the new Model S and Model X is ”incredible” but one owner wants Apple to give them a better way to stream music to it than the current Bluet…

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Spanskspråkiga Las Azulas är på väg till Apple TV Plus

Serien handlar om de första kvinnliga poliserna i Mexiko i början av 1970-talet.

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Apple patent reveals Apple Watch with camera

”A watch having a camera is disclosed. The watch can include a housing having a front side, a back side, and an attachment interface configured to couple to a watch band.”

What you need to know

Apple has patented an Apple Watch with a camera.
It suggests the company is adding one to a future Apple Watch.
The patent features a camera housed in the body of the watch or even the digital crown.

A new Apple patent published today reveals the company is considering ways to put a camera in the Apple Watch.

The patent is titled Watch having a camera and reveals pretty much just that, the abstract states:

A watch having a camera is disclosed. The watch can include a housing having a front side, a back side, and an attachment interface configured to couple to a watch band. A camera can be mounted to the housing and configured to capture a picture of a scene through the back side of the housing. A display can be visible through the front side of the housing and configured to display …

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Huge new djay iOS update means you can mix tracks from anywhere, anytime

What you need to know

The popular djay has a big new update out and it puts iPhone at the center of it all.
New Digital Vinyl Control support changes how people create music on the go.

Those creating new music have never had it so good.

The hugely popular djay, an iPhone, iPad, and Mac app that is used to create stunning DJ mixes, has a big new update out that also includes a new hardware component.

The new djay 4.0 update is now available in the App Store and promises to give DJs the ability to run full analog turntables and mixers using nothing more than their iPhone.

”djay on iOS has empowered millions of music enthusiasts around the world to embrace the art of DJing.” said Karim Morsy, CEO at Algoriddim via press release. ”When it comes to professional setups, historically the DJ booth has been dominated by laptops standing between the artist and the crowd. The immense processing power of recent iPhones and iPads has allowed us to reinvent djay on mobile devices and fundam…

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A new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer drops tomorrow!

I wonder what new Pokémon we’ll see?

What you need to know

Pokémon is a popular video game franchise where players catch and collect monsters that battle each other.
The newest iterations in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, are set to release on the Nintendo Switch this year.
A new trailer for the game will premiere tomorrow on June 1, 2022.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are certainly some of the most anticipated games for the Nintendo Switch, given the fact that Pokémon Legends: Arceus completely changed the catching and battling mechanics that defined the series. Pokémon Legends: Arceus was certainly a good move for the company as well, who reported record profits in their last fiscal year ending in February 2022. However, we haven’t received much new information on these games outside of the Febraury 2022 Pokémon Presents where they were initially announced.

The Pokémon Company announced a new trailer for the games on their UK Twitter account:

🚨 A new #Scarle…

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Kingdom Hearts’ music sets the complicated tone for the entire series

Powerful music captures the series’ focus on duality perfectly.

This week, we’re celebrating video game music at Windows Central and iMore, from the tracks to the composers that created them. For more music appreciation, click here.

When you think of Kingdom Hearts music, you probably think of Simple and Clean, which is sung so beautifully in the first game by Utada Hikaru. As ironically named as it is for a series that has such complicated and muddled plot points, this song combined with the game’s opening instrumental score, Yoko Shimomura’s Dearly Beloved, helped set the tone for first-time players.

When Kingdom Hearts first debuted, we had no idea what we would learn. Over time, we discovered it was a series that focuses on balance. Feelings of happiness and hopelessness. Love and loss. Light vs literal Darkness. But as a wise mouse once said, ”the world’s made of light and darkness. You can’t have one without the other.” This is exactly what we see in Kingdom Hearts’ music: a…

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