It's Friday, December 29th, and Apple has finally bowed to the pressure and is offering owners of older and now apparently slower iPhones a $29 option to get their batteries replaced and get their phones performance back up to like new speeds. But wait, that's not all - Apple posted a detailed explanation on their site about why phones slowed down, which can be read in full here: [link]. The article also explains that the reason for this slowness is due to the aging of the battery.

Apple has also added a resource page about batteries to their website, where users can learn more about how batteries work and how they affect the performance of their phones. In addition, Apple stated that in the future iOS update, there will be more visibility into the health of an iPhone's battery and its performance levels. This is exciting news for users who are curious about the performance of their devices.

The discounted out-of-warranty battery replacement program will start in late January and will run through essentially all of 2018. So, if you're due for a new battery, don't rush to the Apple Store just yet - check back in January to see if it's available. For more information on this program, including links to the Apple website posts and details, visit our site here: [link].

In other news, Xbox one and Xbox one S owners can now breathe a sigh of relief - their consoles are finally topped with games! But what could make them even better if they were top-tier media playing boxes as well? While the Xbox can do a fair amount of things, including play Blu-ray movies and such, its capabilities have been greatly expanded with the release of the Kodi app for the Xbox one. Kodi is a third-party app that lets the Xbox basically play all kinds of media - it lets you add apps that Microsoft might frown on, such as Kodi.

For example, Kodi can work as a cable box and decode cable channels. You can also turn your Xbox into a DVR and it can play a long list of media types from those external drives you have with all your ripped DVDs and that stuff you got from somewhere. So, yeah, pretty versatile! However, it does have its limitations. For more information on the Kodi app page and explainer, visit our site here: [link].

In other tech news, Tesla continues to rule the electric car market with their upcoming Roadster hot rod and semi-truck models. With these new releases, it seems like the competition is going to need a pretty fast set of wheels to start catching up. Who's up to the challenge? Looks like Porsche may be a worthy contender in the near future.

Their Mission E sports car and now automobile claims that the e will pack about 670 horsepower along with an impressive driving range of 300 miles or better. According to Portia's site, which adds that the e will hit 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds, 124 miles an hour in 12. And like the upcoming Roads dirt, spec-wise blows the Mission E off the road!

The Porsche Mission E will seat four people through these nifty suicide doors and hey, we dig those rims! Automobile says the Mission E is due to arrive in 2019 or maybe 2020 at the latest, but so far no price has been announced. For all the day's tech news at Digital Trends calm, and on our social media channels, visit us here: [link]. And for now, we'll take another short break over the New Year's holiday. We'll see you next Wednesday!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's Friday December 29th and Apple has finally bowed to the pressure and is offering owners of older and now apparently slower iPhones a $29 option to get their batteries replaced and get their phones performance back up to like new speeds but wait that's not all Apple posted me a Coppa on their site that explained a bit more of their explanation over why phones slowed down short version battery's aged and also added a resource page about batteries they also said that in the future iOS update there will be more visibility into the health of an iPhone's battery and the phone's performance levels we look forward to that for sure apple says the discounted out of warranty battery replacement program will start in late January and will run through essentially all of 2018 so don't run down to the Apple Store just yet for your replacement we've got links to the Apple website posts and more details below the Xbox one and Xbox one s are already topped to your gaming consoles so what could make them even better if they were top-tier media playing boxes as well and while the Xbox can do a fair amount of things including play blu-ray movies and such its capabilities have been greatly expanded with the release of the Kodi app for the Xbox one Kodi is a third-party app that lets the Xbox basically play all kinds of media and it lets you add apps that Microsoft might frown on such as Kodi can work as a cable box and decode cable channels you can turn your Xbox into a DVR and it can play a long list of media types from those external drives you have with all your ripped DVDs and that stuff you got from somewhere so yeah pretty versatile but it does have its limitations we've got links to the Kodi app page and their explainer so if you want to check out that new Xbox you just got you know what to do next Tesla continues to rule the electric car market and with the upcoming Roadster hot rod and semi truck models it seems like the competition is going to need a pretty fast set of wheels to start catching up who's up to the challenge looks like Porsche may be a worthy contender in the near future with their mission a sports car and now automobile is claiming the e will be packin about 670 horsepower along with an impressive driving range of 300 miles or better that lines up with the spec so Portia's site which adds that the e will hit 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds 124 miles an hour in 12 and like the upcoming roads dirt which spec wise blows the mission E off the road it's gonna seat four people through these nifty suicide doors and hey we dig those rims Automobile says the mission is due to arrive in 2019 or maybe 2020 at the latest but so far no price has been announced the future is coming up fast all right we've got all the day's tech news at Digital Trends calm and on our social media channels but for now DT daily is gonna take another short break over the New Year's holiday so once again we'll see you next Wednesdayit's Friday December 29th and Apple has finally bowed to the pressure and is offering owners of older and now apparently slower iPhones a $29 option to get their batteries replaced and get their phones performance back up to like new speeds but wait that's not all Apple posted me a Coppa on their site that explained a bit more of their explanation over why phones slowed down short version battery's aged and also added a resource page about batteries they also said that in the future iOS update there will be more visibility into the health of an iPhone's battery and the phone's performance levels we look forward to that for sure apple says the discounted out of warranty battery replacement program will start in late January and will run through essentially all of 2018 so don't run down to the Apple Store just yet for your replacement we've got links to the Apple website posts and more details below the Xbox one and Xbox one s are already topped to your gaming consoles so what could make them even better if they were top-tier media playing boxes as well and while the Xbox can do a fair amount of things including play blu-ray movies and such its capabilities have been greatly expanded with the release of the Kodi app for the Xbox one Kodi is a third-party app that lets the Xbox basically play all kinds of media and it lets you add apps that Microsoft might frown on such as Kodi can work as a cable box and decode cable channels you can turn your Xbox into a DVR and it can play a long list of media types from those external drives you have with all your ripped DVDs and that stuff you got from somewhere so yeah pretty versatile but it does have its limitations we've got links to the Kodi app page and their explainer so if you want to check out that new Xbox you just got you know what to do next Tesla continues to rule the electric car market and with the upcoming Roadster hot rod and semi truck models it seems like the competition is going to need a pretty fast set of wheels to start catching up who's up to the challenge looks like Porsche may be a worthy contender in the near future with their mission a sports car and now automobile is claiming the e will be packin about 670 horsepower along with an impressive driving range of 300 miles or better that lines up with the spec so Portia's site which adds that the e will hit 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds 124 miles an hour in 12 and like the upcoming roads dirt which spec wise blows the mission E off the road it's gonna seat four people through these nifty suicide doors and hey we dig those rims Automobile says the mission is due to arrive in 2019 or maybe 2020 at the latest but so far no price has been announced the future is coming up fast all right we've got all the day's tech news at Digital Trends calm and on our social media channels but for now DT daily is gonna take another short break over the New Year's holiday so once again we'll see you next Wednesday\n"