Month: June 2025

Telefónica wants to be the leader of telecommunications in Spain. The fastest way to get it is to buy Vodafone

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We listen to it almost 20 years ago: Telefónica is interested in buying Vodafone. A rumor that acquires more and more strength and to which a last minute news points: Telefónica has hired Az Capital servicesa movement that paves the way to one of the most important possible acquisitions in its history. Why is it important. Az Capital is a Spanish independent investment bank, with a high degree of specialization in mergers and business acquisitions. That telephone hires its services is not something trivial: it is a not very silent statement that The horizon is basting For a complex operation. This public movement is not a direct translation on the purchase of Vodafone. It is a rumor not yet confirmed that it acquires strength after the movement and that continues to draw the one that looks like the inevitable destiny of a path that Telefónica has been willing to travel: that of mergers. Vodafone’s complex situation. Despite being the third Spanish operator, Vodafone Spain’s financial situation is critical. The company It has been dragging falls in income for more than four yearsand Zegona’s possession It was translated into almost 1,200 layoffs in Spain. 2024 started with THE GOVERNMENT GIVING GREEN LIGHT to the purchase of the Spanish subsidiary of Vodafone by the British Fund Zegona, a purchase that closed for an amount of 5,000 million euros after being able to get THE BRUSTELAS CONTAMB and the approval of the CNMC. Downward customers. It is no secret, Vodafone is losing mobile lines After the rise of operators as Digi. It is the one that falls the most in the annual accumulated, and the fusion of emerging as one of the few possible scenarios to restructure an increasingly fragmented and competed Spanish market. THE DOORS TO THE FUSION. The new Murtra Telefónica wants to be a leader in the European telecommunications market, and has not hidden when raising national and cross -border mergers to Europe. Vodafone and Digi are two of their potential objectives, without fixing the look in OMVs with less position in the Spanish telecommunications market. Murtra’s statements About his interest in local mergers came to shoot Zegona’s actions in 18% more than two weeks. A market reaction that makes clear the interest of investors to a possible acquisition. The telephone scenario + Vodafone. An acquisition of Vodafone by Telefónica would result in the main objective of the giant led by Murtra: The dominant market share operator. In combined, both would exceed 45% of the market. The acquisition would be subject to small print. Spain and Vodafone have a joint share of more than 80% in the B2B business, a dominant position that neither the CNMC nor Brussels would see with good eyes. I would touch the monopoly. Summer of 2026. The main Spanish unions give the operation by closedwaiting for an absorption of 3,000 workers by telephone. The most popular date is summer of 2026, something that neither Telefónica nor Vodafone wanted to answer. The new Murtra Telefónica progress, but don’t take off. Is going up in income and increasing margin, but Operators like Digi manage to capture all eyes And they aspire to conquer a Spanish Top 3 that, until now, seemed inaccessible to anyone beyond Massage, Telefónica and Vodafone. The merger is a perfect plan as a retaining wall in this advance, and its only possible way to compete the throne with a massage that exceeds 40% market share. Image | Telefónica, Vodafone In Xataka | Digi premieres rates with incredibly cheap unlimited data: so you can hire them from 6 euros

Japan expired its nuclear power plants after Fukushima. He has just reversed with a overwhelming law

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14 years after Fukushima disasterJapan has pressed the reset button in its nuclear policy with a new law that It has just come into force and will allow the nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years. Energy Pendulazo. Behind him 2011 disasterJapan imposed a strict limit to the useful life of nuclear power plants: they could operate for 40 years, with a possible extent to 60 years if they exceeded rigorous security tests. Now, that barrier has vanished as a solution to the energy challenges facing the country. Stop the clock. The law introduces an ingenious formula To extend the useful life of Japanese nuclear centrals: the periods in which a reactor has been inactive due to “unpredictable circumstances” will now not count in their operating age. This includes stops for security reviews or judicial suspensions, provided they are not due to a negligence of the operator. The clearest example is that of reactor 1 of the Central de Takahama. Inaugurated in 1974, he is the oldest in the country. After Fukushima, He was standing for about 12 years. With the new law, that time “does not count”, which would allow it, in theory, to continue working until 2047, reaching a useful life of 72 years. Of course, the new law is accompanied by a strengthening of supervision. The reasons for change. The 180 degree turn in Japanese nuclear policy responds to a perfect geopolitical storm. The Russian invasion of Ukraine shook world energy markets, evidencing the dangerous Japan dependence on imported fossil fuels. On the other hand, the government provides for a massive increase in electrical demand promoted by artificial intelligence and the manufacture of semiconductors, two strategic sectors for the future of the country. As a fourth world economy and fifth CO2 issuer, Japan has the ambitious objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Nuclear energy, free of direct emissions, is now an indispensable tool to achieve it. The new Japanese energy mix. The road map is clear: Japan aspires to Renewables are the main source of energy By 2040, but nuclear energy will play a fundamental role. For that same date, the country expects atomic energy to represent about 20% of the country’s energy supply, a gigantic leap from 5.6% of 2022. Image | Hirorinmasa (CC by-SA 3.0) In Xataka | The largest nuclear power plant in the planet is a beast with seven reactors. Is ready to return after Fukushima

Spain and Portugal demand connection to a Europe that still isolates them

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From the blackout of April 28 that affected the entire Iberian Peninsulatechnical and political meetings have occurred to analyze what happened and seek solutions. Until now, the facts are still not clarified and there is no firm commitment, but the latter seems to change. An Iberian call. Spain and Portugal have sent a petition to France to commit to concrete deadlines and binding actions to advance electrical interconnection corridors. In the letter signed by ministers Sara Aagesen and Maria Da Graça Carvalho, seeks to end a situation that qualify as a systemic vulnerability for European energy security, according to has had EuropePress access. A very concrete problem. Although progress has been made in renewable energies, the Iberian Peninsula remains An “Energy Island”with a level of interconnection of just 3%. The problem that has a Iberian Peninsula is the impossibility of sharing energy with Europe when it is left over or when it is missing. This weakens the resilience of the system, makes prices more expensive for reinforcement systems, and forces more polluting sources in moments of shortage. A political gap. While one day after the incident, France claimed to be “better protected than Spain” against generalized blackouts, evidenced the clear distance in terms of shared responsibility According to EFE. At this point a structural problem of the European Union was evidenced, that is, attempts are made to boost projects with European framework for joint network, but national decisions are allowed that slow down or block strategic projects. The clearest example is that France has excluded from its 2025-2035 Electrical Development Plan Two key projects For the Iberian Peninsula, the Aragon -Pyrineos Interconnections and Navarra – Los Landas, as both ministers and has collected Montelnews. It is deeper. Spain has shown that it can reach 100% renewable generation peaks. In some moments, supply exceeds domestic demand. But when he can’t export that surplus neither Storing it efficiently, becomes a problem. The most recent example: The negative prices of lightwhich reflect a saturated system that cannot take advantage of all the clean energy it produces. This phenomenon not only represents a market distortion, but also a wasted opportunity. If there were sufficient interconnections, Spain could become a European energy hub, exporting clean energy to countries more dependent on gas or coal. I could also boost your rEindustrialization, attracting electrointensive industries thanks to cheaper and sustainable electricity. But without a truly integrated European network, the peninsula is trapped in a paradox: it produces a lot of clean energy that cannot use well. The investigation is still ongoing. Not only in Spain and Portugal They are investigating the reasonsthe European Network of Electricity Transmission Systems Operators (ENTSO-E) continues to investigate the blackout. His experts are analyzing what failed in the cross -border coordination and why the defense mechanisms did not avoid the cascade of the system. The conclusions of this report will be key to understanding what happened and strengthening the pressure on France and the EU to accelerate the interconnections. Time is a valuable resource. Spain and Portugal not only demand energy justice, but European coherence. Interconnections cannot continue to be postponed promises. The blackout of April 28 was a warning, and the answer cannot be immobility. If the European Union wants a true union of energy, it must begin by ensuring that no Member State remains an energy island in 2025. Image | Pxhere Xataka | A month after the blackout in Spain, we continue to drag the same problem that led us to him: electric networks

is that Europe has had nothing to do with

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If everything goes as planned, a Falcon 9 of Spacex will take off Wednesday from Florida to the International Space Station. On board the Crew Dragon ship there will be a very particular nationalities cocktail. Hungary goes free. In the Ax-4 missionoperated by the American company axiom spacean astronaut of Poland and another from Hungary, two member countries of the European Space Agency will travel. The logical thing would be to think that both fly under the flag of ESA, but one of them will not. While the Polish astronaut follows the “official” European path, Hungary has decided to go for free, hiring your own seat directly with Axiom Space And demonstrating that the rules of the game to go to space are changing at a vertigo speed, even in Europe. Two roads to space. AX-4 will have four crew members on board. NASA’s legendary astronaut Peggy Whitson, now Axiom Space employee, will command the mission. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, just selected for the rear program of ISROwill serve as a pilot. The two mission specialists represent the curious European duality: The Polish Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will travel two weeks to the International Space Station as a project astronaut of the European Space Agency. Its mission, baptized as “Ignis”, follows the traditional model: a national agency, the Polish Polyse, collaborates with ESA to take an astronaut to space. Poland did not do it since 1978, under the Soviet Interkosmos program Hungarian Tibor Kapu represents the Hungarian space office. His mission is called “Hunor” (Hungary to Orbit) and has been developed completely independent of ESA, although Hungary is a Member State. The Hungarian government signed an agreement directly with Axiom Space in 2023, managing its own program with a budget close to 100 million dollars. Hungary did not send anyone to space since 1980, also under the Soviet program A new era. Hungary’s decision is symptomatic that it is no longer essential to go through the hoop of large space agencies such as NASA, Roscosmos or ESA itself to have a manned space program. The emergence of private actors such as Spacex, which manages transport, and axiom, which makes “travel agency”allows countries with budget, but without their own rocket, establish their national programs. Interestingly, ESA has not been left with crossed ones. He has signed a framework agreement with Hungary to support Tibor Kapu in his training and in the integration of Hunor mission experiments. It is the first time that ESE is associated with a Member State that implements its own National Astronaut program, a unique agreement that defines a new type of collaboration. The details. The launch of the axiom-4 is scheduled For Wednesday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m.Spanish peninsular time. The crew will roast at the International Space Station the next day for a 14 -day stay. For both India and Poland and Hungary, this will be his second astronaut in history and his first time aboard the International Space Station. Despite the short duration of the trip, its agenda is loaded: They will carry out more than 60 scientific experiments for 31 countriesincluding a study of how microgravity affects cognitive abilities using virtual reality and a new drug administration system for neuro-ocular syndrome associated with space flights. Image | Axiom Space In Xataka | Axiom launches its third private flight to the International Space Station. This is what your customers have paid

Liquid Glass, iOS 26, Macos Tahoe, Watchos 26, the new Games app and all the news left by Apple’s WWDC 2025

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Apple has chosen the WWDC 2025 To launch a clear message: its ecosystem needed deep reorganization. And he has done so starting with the most visible, such as design, and extending to the most structural, including the name of its operating systems. Next we review all the news that Apple has presented in this WWDC 2025. From the most obvious visual changes to the most discrete functions, everything you need to know is here, well organized so you can consult it at a glance. A total redesign: This will look like the entire Apple ecosystem Liquid Glass arrivesa new translucent material that reflects and refracts the environment, providing visual depth in real time. This design extends to iOS, iPados, macos, watchos and tvos, with new icons, floating controls and adaptive navigation bars. Blocking screens, desks, docks and key interfaces such as camera, safari or Apple Music now offer a renewed (and more coherent) experience. iOS 26: More personal, smarter, more connected iOS 26 Combine the visual redesign with integrated artificial intelligence functions. Apple Intelligence allows you to translate messages in real time, suggest events and create visual content with Genmoji or image playground. Telephone and messages are updated with spam detection, call management and surveys suggested by IA. Carplay improves your interface and adds fixed conversations, widgets and compact view for calls. Apple Music incorporates letters, automatic mixtures and personalized musical suggestions. Apple Games: The new center to play throughout the ecosystem Apple Games It is the new app dedicated to gaming with social functions, catalog organization and connection with Apple Arcade. Group all games installed on the user’s devices, whether own, Apple Arcade or Game Center. It offers rapid access to recent games, markers, achievements and active events. Integrates social functions such as shared rankings, challenges between friends and monitoring of progress. It is available in iOS 26, Ipados 26, Macos Tahoe 26 and Visionos 26, with design adapted to each platform. In macOS y Visionos includes Game Porting Toolkit 2, with improvements for developers who want to adapt games to Apple Silicon. Watchos 26: Intelligent motivation and more control from the wrist Watchos 26 Win in customization, intelligence and comfort with key improvements to train, communicate and manage every day. Workout Buddy USA Apple Intelligence to offer motivating messages during training. The apply app and includes musical suggestions adapted to the type of exercise. Real -time translation comes to messages and new conversation funds synchronized with the iPhone. A new doll rotation gesture allows you to rule out notifications without touching the screen. The APP notes, accessibility improvements and new telephone functions complete the update. Tahoe Macos 26: More fluidity, more automation and more game Tahoe macOS 26 It opens a clearer interface, intelligence distributed throughout the system and a firm bet for gaming. The telephone app arrives at the MAC with functions such as call filter and Hold Assist thanks. Spotlight is redesigned to execute actions, activate shortcuts and look for content more efficiently. Apple Intelligence Power shortcuts, translates into real time and allows automating complex tasks. The new Apple Games app organizes the user’s catalog and allows you to play without leaving the environment with Game Overlay. Safari, messages, facetime and photos are updated with visual improvements, new functions and more content control. Visionos 26: One more step towards a more fluid mixed reality The Vision Pro system continues to evolve with improvements focused on navigation, performance and shared use. It is now possible to place apps in space and leave them fixed even when the device goes out, to resume them exactly where they were. People in SharePlay, which allows you to see realistic avatars of other users during a shared session is incorporated. The new travel mode allows you to use the vision in trains, adapting the experience to moving environments. VISIONS 26 Enter simpler and more precise gestures to control the interface without the need to move the head or hands both. Images | Apple In Xataka | How to install the beta for developers of iOS 26, iPados 26 or Watchos 26 In Xataka | Apple believed to have an excellent plan to deploy its AI in China. He is going as good as everything else in China

How to install the beta for developers of iOS 26, iPados 26 or Watchos 26

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Let’s explain how install beta for developers of iOS 26which is the new version of the Apple operating system. In addition to the name, it comes with a new nomenclature, and the steps that we are going to also be worth for ipados and watchos 26. But before starting, you must remember an important thing. It is not recommended to install these betas for developers In the devices you use in your day to day, since they are versions of the operating system that are very green, incomplete, without rectifying and full of failures. In these first betas, iOS will work badly. The operating system It will be slow and unstableand you will find large amounts of failures and bugs. They are the first tests with the system, and from them it will begin to be polished during the next months to be ready for the official launch in September. Betas for developers are only for those programmers who want to test their applications and prepare them for the arrival of the final version of the operating system. It can also serve you on an iPhone that you do not need to work well to try the new functions when they are arriving, but it is advisable to wait for public betas. Another thing to keep in mind is that betas for programmers are complicated to install, while public will be much easier, since they are intended for normal users. You are betas They will begin to arrive in mid -Julyand new versions will be leaving every little time until the final version. Requirements for developer beta To install betas for developers in Apple operating systems, you will need have a developer profile. This means that you will need to have registered on the Apple developers portal, something you can do through the website of Developer.apple.com. After doing so, you can download your profile to install it. But of course, these profiles are for real developers. If you are not you will have to resort to a trap. There is Third Party pages that offer you developer profileswith what you can try these betas without being one. The most popular is betaprofiles.devand all you need to do is press the operating system from which you want to lower a profile, and you will download a false one. This method is always open to problems and errors, but it is a part or alternative. Install the beta of iOS, ipados or watchos To install the beta of the new operating system, you must first get your developer profile As we told you before. When you have it, let it in iOS, and open it from the app Archives As if it were any other file. In doing so, you will be asked if you want to install it on the iPhone or the Apple Watch, since to install the Watchos betas you will have to do it using the linked iPhone. When you have installed the profile on your device, go to Settings In that same mobile or tablet. In the adjustments, click on the option of Downloaded profile and choose the option Install That will appear. Thus you can complete an installation process that is quite easy, where they will start asking for the mobile security password to confirm that you are the owner. Once the profile is install, you will have the device ready for the beta. Now you must restart it, and when you do it, go to the adjustments, go to Generaland enter Software update. With this You will look for new versions of iOSand the beta for developers will appear as if it were a normal update. In this guide we have shown you the catches of an iPhone, but The steps are exactly the same in an Apple Watch or iPad. The only thing that changes is that the profile for the Apple Watch you will have to download it to the iPhone with which it is linked, but everything else is the same. In Xataka Basics | A design language to dominate them all: this is Liquid Glass, the new interface of iOS, macOS, ipados, tvos and watchos

Naples Airport has rejected a Boeing 787 with 200 passengers on board for a single reason: two meters long

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Two meters. Not one more, not one less. Those have been the culprit that Naples airport had to reject a flight with origin in Philadelphia. Everything seemed to work without shocks on the morning of June 3. Until the passengers who had to land in Naples received the unpleasant surprise that they would land in Rome. The reason: the plane was too big for the airport. Six meters. That is the distance that differentiates a Boeing 787-8 from a Boeing 787-9. Both They are part of the Dreamliner family (which is also part of the Boeing 787-10) and are common on transatlantic flights since their autonomy widely exceeds 10,000 kilometers and have more than 200 places for passengers. The size in all cases is 60 meters but its length grows as the last name number increases. Thus, the Boeing 787-8 measures 57 meters long but the 787-9 already extends to 63 meters long. The 787-10 reaches 68 meters long. A small (big) difference. Those six meters long suppose a problem that is called 8 RFFS category airport (Rescue and Fire Fighting Services, for its acronym in English). This name refers to the aircraft that an airport can manage, according to the emergency and fire extinction services that it has at your disposal. In this case, the 8 RFFS category allows aircraft to be operated with a maximum size of 61 meters long. That is, it can handle the Boeing 787-8 but not the Boeing 787-9, which exceeds in two meters the dimensions established by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). In order to manage the landing of a Boeing 787-9 it is necessary for the airport to have a 9 RFFS category where airplanes are allowed to land up to 76 meters long. Better to Rome. This scenario did not contemplate in American Airlines when they decided that, for operational reasons, a Boeing 787-9 had to operate the Philadelphia-Naples route that the airline keeps open. Usually, this journey is made by a Boeing 787-8 (smaller) since They open the route last summer. In fact, in the press release of the Naples airport it is specified that the plane used will be the smallest of the Dreamliner line. But, as we said, last week American Airlines decided to send Naples a Boeing 787-9. When the plane It was 70 miles of his destiny he had to turn around and deviate to Rome. The problem was evident, from Naples they reported that they could not host the flight because their category prevents it. The plane was too big. Specifically, the two meters that exceeds an airport with 8 RFFS category can operate it. By bus. They explain in Business Insider that passengers had to cover the distance between both airports by bus, on a trip that took them from two to three hours, or by plane, in Routes operated by Ita Airways. The company apologized and alleged the American media that “operational limitations” had occurred that had prevented the plane in southern Italy. In CBS They point out that 231 passengers and 11 crew members who received, for any response from the company “apologies for the interruption of the trip” were traveling on board the aircraft, in a statement rescued by the media. Photo | Dominic Bieri and Flightware In Xataka |

In the new macOS 26 Tahoe there is change of interface, yes. But the surprise is to be able to write an email or throw a shortcut from Spotlight

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More than 40 years of history They contemplate the Mac. It may not be the protagonist of the Apple ecosystem, but Macos always has a relevant study in the updates that the company announces every year. This time it has not been the exception, and this year we have a new version that not only changes its name (Tahoe), but also jumps rumored in numbering. Thus, the traditional sequence after MacOS 15 Sequoia It should have brought us Macos 16, but instead Apple has decided to adopt a version number that corresponds to the “year of launch+1”, which in this case is 26. In this new version of macOS A good face washing was expectedand that’s what we have with MacOS 26 Tahoe. The changes in the interface are the absolute focus, although the most striking novelty is the one that reaches Spotlight, the launcher/search engine integrated in macOS. The interface changes, although not radically. Liquid Glass raises an interface in which for example the taskbar is transparent and that is customizable, such as the control center. The latter can be configured to our liking, adding a lot of direct icons and accesses, even that they can correspond to iPad apps. These customization improvements also reach the folders, in which we can change the color or add a small badge to differentiate them from the rest. The new version of continuity allows us that for example we can have a “twin” of our iPhone on the screen to be able to do things like enjoying calls directly on the MAC screen and also doing it using options such as the Real -time translation. However, where the most curious improvements arrive in Shortcuts and in Spotlight. In Shortcuts, a powerful Automatizon tool, now we can create more powerful shortcuts thanks to the so -called “smart actions”, which take advantage of Apple Intelligence’s functions. But It is in Spotlight where things change especially. We are facing that Apple states that it is the most important update in the history of this component. This pitcher allows you to search for files or launch applications – even those of the iPhone that we have matched with continuity – starting to write its name in the text field. But it is also that we now have a way to access very striking functions without leaving Spotlight using small keyboard shortcuts. Thus, if for example we write “SM” (Send Message) we can start the writing of an email message without opening the mail application. There are several of these personalized commands that make Spotlight into A kind of custom “terminal” In itself from which to execute commands, launch applications and even access the history of the clipboard. The last great novelty of Macos 26 Tahoe comes from the hand of video games. Apple, who has never paid too much attention to this area in the Mac, now offers a control center called Apple Games that reminds us of the Xbox application in Windows. As in that case, in Apple Games We have a form from which to access our library and from which to launch the games that we have bought or buy new. There is a new Game Overlay that allows us to chat with friends, invite them to play or adjust our configuration to play. The developers and users will also benefit metal 4, the new rendering technology specifically designed for the Apple chips GPUs and that allows games that take advantage of it improve its visual quality remarkably, promise in the company. In Xataka | Apple plays in today’s event more than its future in AI: its credibility is played as a company

Why your iPhone is going to go directly from iOS 18 to iOS 26, and why it makes all the way

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Apple has just taught us the next software news that will arrive at the iPhone in September. The next version of iOS comes with a redesign to which Liquid Glass have baptized (And to which they have dedicated a good time from the presentation), but without a doubt the most striking change of this year is that the next version It will not be called iOS 19but iOS 26. We tell you the reason behind this decision and no, Apple has not been the first to do so. Jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26 makes sense Since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, Apple has increased the numbering of one by one: iOS, iOS 2, iOS 3, iOS 4 … until you reach the current iOS 18. One more year, one more version, it makes sense. So, Why jump eight numbers suddenly? Apple wants to unify all its product ranges. All new software versions will be number 26. The problem of this logic is that they have done the same with the rest of their product lines, regardless of when they have been launched. Thus, the current versions of the Apple ecosystem are as follows: iOS 18, Ipados 18, Macos 15, Watchos 11 and Visionos 2. Come on, a mess. Apple’s intention is to unify all its product ranges, that is, that all new software versions will carry number 26. And why the 26? For the year (yes, iOS 26 will arrive in September 25, but in practice “you will live” more time in 2026). Samsung Did It First It is not the first time that we see a change like that of iOS 26. Samsung already did when in 2020 They made the jump of Samsung Galaxy S10 to the Samsung Galaxy S20. Since then the number has been increasing year after year, so in 2026 we will have the Galaxy S26. Apple’s change can make all the meaning -it is easier to communicate, it is better understood and allows us to locate immediately the year in which each version was presented. But it is also true that they arrive a little late and that starting this unification with the 26 makes it A very high and less manageable starting figure. There is also the detail that Each operating system is still called in a different way. Other brands in the sector have also unified nomenclature (Samsung did it with One UI, Xiaomi with Hyperos or Huawei with Harmonyos), although it does not seem that Apple will follow that path, at least not for the moment. Cover image | Álvaro García (Applesfera) In Xataka | Steve Jobs merged three devices on the iPhone. China is doing the same with its industrial revolution

It is a very limited smart watch in sports

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Apple has just announced Watchos 26 in the WWDC with the usual enthusiasm, but with another substance. Liquid Glass is a promising redesignalthough it seems that it looks better on large screens than in small. We will see. Workout Buddy is a virtual coach who drinks Apple Intelligence to comment on your workouts, but apparently in the demo they used for the event, It seems rather an animator with a fitness coach voice+ that proclaims very basic ideas. The improvements in the smart pile are well thrown, but they still do not forget that we are facing a very small screen. They are, in any case, iterations, no innovations. The result is an operating system for a clock that gives symptoms of having touched the roof. The key is what they have not announced: No new sports metric. No advanced training analysis. No training predictions. Apple positions Watch as a clock oriented in health and sports, but, without removing merits in its preventive work that We know that saves lives, It seems rather a smart watch with accessory sports functions. Garmin, choirs, Suunto And company are going much further, and not only for the elite, but also for those who are thriving in sport. They are the ones who revolutionize the understanding of athletic performance, the compression of tons of scientific literature in our wrist. Meanwhile, Apple continues to reinvent the way you see notifications from the wrist. Or in adding wallpapers to the messages. It is the difference between building a training computer and decorating a miniature smartphone. Image: Apple. The ‘Workout Buddy’ is the most revealing. A system that congratulates you for closing rings and reminds you how many kilometers you have this week. It is superficial motivation. Adequate for those who see sport as a hobby Light weekend, frivolous for those who intend something else. Garmin tells you if your cadence is suboptimal and integrates a metronome with which you can correct it. Apple tells you “Well done!” With a synthetic voice. The distance between both approaches is the same between a coach and an animator. And the worrying thing is that it is a stagnation that seems more deliberate than accidental. Apple has chosen his audience: Users casual that value integration with the ecosystem above the real improvement of performance, beyond get out of sedentary lifestyle. It is phenomenal to go for this audience, but staying there has tolls. They have decided that it is better to be the best smart watch with initiatory sports vocation than to compete for really a great sports clock. It is an understandable business strategy, but also the tacit admission that they prefer to dominate the basics rather than compete in the advanced. Outstanding image | Apple In Xataka | After almost a decade with the Apple Watch I have spent a Garmin. And I have understood what I was losing me

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