Apps

Elgato’s EpocCam is an app that lets you use your iPhone as a webcam for your Mac or Windows PC. This week, the company announced a new partnership with Snapchat to bring Snap Lenses to EpocCam, so users can now apply AR filters to a live video.

Popular virtualization software Parallels was updated to version 17 earlier this year with several enhancements such as improved performance, virtual TPM chip, drag and drop between macOS and Windows, and more. Now the company has released Parallels Desktop 17.1, which adds full support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11.

The popular role-playing game Genshin Impact received a major update this week with new character, more areas, events, and weapons. However, the update also brings a new 120 FPS mode to the iOS version of the game, which now takes advantage of the ProMotion display on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPad Pro.

As we have previously covered here on 9to5Mac, Kaleidoscope is a popular and powerful Mac app for users who constantly need to compare the differences between files and folders. Following its acquisition by Letter Opener GmbH earlier this year, Kaleidoscope 3 has just been released with a new interface, native support for M1 Macs, and more.

Dropbox is offering its own Windows and Mac screen recording apps as one of three updates to help with remote working.

Although you can already do this with QuickTime or commercial third-party apps, Dropbox says its focus was on creating a free tool that is both powerful and easy to use.

Instagram has just released an update for its iOS app in the App Store that fixes two annoying bugs. The new version fixes the bug that resulted in Stories with no audio on iOS 15 and layout issues for iPhone 13 users.

Apple has now released iPadOS 15 to the public, which comes with enhancements to the iPad’s multitasking system. Unfortunately, iPadOS still doesn’t support true multitasking like macOS does, but now users can take the iPad experience to the next level with the Shiftscreen app, which features multi-window navigation and true external monitor support.

Weather Line creator Ryan Jones and his team have released a huge update to their popular flight tracking app, Flighty. The app has just been updated to version 2.0, and it includes a ton of quality of life improvements to make traveling more fun and less stressful. The update includes several new visual enhancements like a 3D globe view and easier one-handed use. There are also all-new features like proximity radar, ground radar, and live-streaming.

Whether you’re a professional or amateur video maker, there are great apps available in the App Store to help you shoot, edit, and share videos. Now the new “Grain” app, which has just been released for iPhone and iPad users, brings advanced color adjustments to your videos — all directly from your iOS device.

The popular news aggregator Flipboard is now rolling out changes to its newsfeed. Starting today, users will be able to customize and choose which topics are shown in the app’s “For You” section, which will let them see more of the content they want.

iMessage has offered stickers since 2016 with the introduction of iOS 10, but there is no easy way to create your own stickers like there is in other messaging apps. However, “Sticker Doodle” is a new app for iPhone and iPad users that is designed to solve just that.

Jamf, the popular Apple enterprise partner, has released a new report that details the most common permissions that apps are requesting on Apple’s App Store.