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Live Activities won't be able to refresh as frequently in iOS 18

According to feedback that a developer received from Apple, Live Activities won’t be able to update as often as they...

On the developer website, Apple writes that a “workout app could show real time fitness metrics.” However, despite them saying this, it seems the company no longer wants to support this use case. This shouldn’t affect Live Activities that have a clock feature, like Uber or Lyft, which display a timer counting down to your estimated arrival time. Apple introduced Live Activities in iOS 16, intending for them to be a quick way for you to get important updates from your favorite apps – right from your lock screen or Dynamic Island.

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