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Google announces that the Fitbit app will rebrand as the Google Health app on May 26 for Android and iOS, combining Fitbit tracking with Google's holistic wellness features and personalized coaching.

TabMail is an AI-powered email assistant launching for iOS and Thunderbird users.

Mullvad VPN’s iOS app adds “Force all apps” toggle to block all traffic leaks by enabling includeAllNetworks, accepting Apple bugs that can brick updates.

John Gruber discusses how Apple's competitive advantage is diminishing as fewer developers are motivated to create exclusive, high-quality native apps for Apple's platforms, causing third-party software quality to regress toward industry average.

Google Translate's Live Translate feature with headphones support is now officially available on iOS, with expansion to 7 additional countries (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Thailand, UK) and support for 70+ languages on both iOS and Android.

Apple and OpenAI announced a partnership integrating ChatGPT into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS through Siri and Writing Tools, with built-in privacy protections and free access for all users. The integration powered by GPT-4o will roll out later in 2024 with support for both free and paid ChatGPT accounts.