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Facilitators: Stephen & Sandhya:

Topics: Saving a contact card; taking picture with side buttons; identifying an object; adding zoom link to Home Screen; deleting a text thread; Oko Pilot available in Canada on July 1, 2024; trouble finding account in App Store app; filters in text message; Designate one card as default in wallet; iPhone heating up; Dynamic Island; cannot use Siri to describe a photograph; half sheet and full sheet overlay in certain apps; reachability; iPhone heating up when listening to BARD; adding storage in iCloud, 5 gb free, 50 gb for $.99 per month; Dynamic Island; Siri cannot describe photographs; cannot delete multiple apps at one time;

iBUG Bytes - toggle feature in Mail app; exiting the participants list in Zoom; toggle filters are available in other mail apps; Picture in Picture in Zoom app; accuracy of description with Meta glasses; picture-in-picture; connecting ring doorbell camera to solar panel.

Facilitators: Brad & Sandhya:

Topics: Apple event - World-Wide Developers Conference - panel discussion;

iBUG Bytes- organ designation in health app; first responder can see medical id; iPhone 10R and later will support iOS 18; becoming a beta tester; OCR app for page orientation; bone conduction headphones; key pad not visible; call in progress in status bar; multiple addresses in a contact;

Facilitators: desi & Sandhya

Topics: Assistive touch; multiple addresses in elm; moving item from trash to inbox; locating attachment in e-mail; guided access; Google search instead of Siri search; Air Pods 3; use Siri to answer and hang up; Apple Pay in text messages; image description; turn off screen recognition; Apple Pay in iMessages app; identifying unlabeled buttons; using screenshot and analyze with Be My AI; change focus from screen recognition is rotor;

iBUG Bytes - pinning a note; sharing a photograph to Be My AI; when to open an app in Safari; using the Notes app; Any List app; reporting problems with app; sending email to Appleaccessibility.com; using Ring Doorbell app; Amazon Prime and Grub Hub.

Facilitators: Pete & SandhyaTopics:


Hang up feature with Siri;
Dynamic island cannot be turned off


Low battery mode toggle


Battery widget is full; sorting contacts


Attachments in e-mail


Play sound in Find My app


Getting description of pictures in a message


New editing features in edit text field



iBUG Bytes - recovering deleted text message or conversation; deleting an e-mail; using Siri to do a web search; Siri to play a podcast;

iToys segment - new iPads; silencing unknown callers; stop voice mail transcription;VoiceOver losing focus in Bard; favorites in Safari

Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

Topics: Numbering convention for iOS versions; Rainbird app not accessible; Air Pods Pro not staying paired; screen curtain does not affect camera on Zoom; personalizing spacial audio; Perplexity app with Chat GPT; splitters and dongles; sending a group text;

iBUG Bytes - notifications about government alerts; notifications in native weather app; Weatherology app; Weather Gods app; predictions for Siri to get major upgrade; Siri stops during dictation; improvements coming to Be My AI; can have verbal conversation with Chat GPT;

Facilitators:   Brad & SandhyaTopics: Recommendation for headphones; strange dictation errors like duplication; turn off automatic updates if do not want to update to latest iOS 17.5; speaking bar; call carrier to have different name  on same account; Voice Dream Reader bug, need to close out first; iOS 17.5 new game quartiles; blue tooth behaving inconsistently re. Pairing;  Ibug Today on Instagram;  Apple Vis website; delay in notification of missed call, not in recent call history; take focus off Clock, or will speak the time; iBUT Bytes - send text message as SMS or MMS  ensure receipt; blue bubbles versus green bubbles; sending music in text message; entering credit card on website, customize is an option;  using auto fill; review. Of new features in iOS 17.5 including repair mode; some headphones do not have microphones, so cannot activate Siri from headphones; different methods for organizing wires; Velcro, magnetic clips etc.; magnetic zip ties; repairing an Apple Watch; waterlogged feature on Apple Watch.