iFixit Launches Free iOS Repair App With AI-Powered FixBot

iFixit today announced the motorboat of a caller iFixit app that's disposable to download from Apple's App Store (and the Play Store connected Android devices). It includes each of the iFixit repair guides successful a format that's perfect for mobile devices, on with a workbench that keeps way of repairs, a artillery lifespan predictor, and an AI repair buddy called FixBot.


The iFixit repair app is capable to show an iPhone's artillery successful existent time, providing graphs of however a artillery deteriorates implicit time. The graphs supply users with precocious announcement of erstwhile a artillery mightiness request to beryllium replaced.

FixBot is capable to supply AI assistance to lick issues with smartphones, laptops, tablets, and more. Users tin picture a occupation with substance oregon voice, and FixBot volition supply assistance with diagnosis and repair. FixBot tin respond to questions verbally for hands-free use, and there's besides an enactment to stock images with the AI.

iFixit says that FixBot is trained connected millions of palmy iFixit assemblage repairs alternatively than generic information, which makes it a utile repair tool. FixBot is disposable successful the iFixit app, and it tin besides beryllium utilized connected iFixit's website.

The app includes each of iFixit's repair guides, but it is alert of what smartphone the idiosyncratic has and volition default to showing repair accusation for that instrumentality for speedy accusation connected fixes.

There are options for purchasing repair parts straight from iFixit, with the app capable to cheque for instrumentality compatibility earlier a acquisition is made.

iFixit did person an app that was disposable up until 2015, but Apple pulled it from the App Store aft iFixit tore down an Apple TV developer kit. Apple said that iFixit violated the Apple presumption of work with the teardown, and banned the iFixit developer account. Ten years later, iFixit was allowed to instrumentality to the ‌App Store‌.

The iFixit app tin beryllium downloaded from the App Store for free, and much accusation connected the app is disposable connected iFixit's website. Access to FixBot is escaped for now, and later, determination volition beryllium some a escaped mentation and a $4.99 per period Enthusiast program with papers uploads.
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