Apple tried to buy Halide to beef up its Camera app ahead of the iPhone 18 Pro. When that fell through, it hired a co-founder instead. Now there's a lawsuit. Apple has been actively looking to close ...

A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring the company. As first reported by The Information, Apple held ...

Apple's plans to enhance the iPhone 18 Pro's Camera app led it to consider acquiring Halide, but the talks ultimately collapsed and were followed by a fierce legal dispute between the startup's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to ...

Two months ago, Halide cofounder and designer Sebastiaan de With made a surprise announcement that he was joining Apple’s ...

A lawsuit has revealed Apple was close to acquiring Lux Optics, the developer of the Halide camera app for iOS, but the partnership between the cofounders later broke down over the alleged misuse of ...

Apple considered buying a company called Lux Optics to enhance the Camera app in the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro with the company’s Halide app. However, last summer’s discussions about the acquisition fell ...

The talks reportedly took place in 2025 but didn’t result in a deal. Still, the intent is clear: Apple wants its default Camera app to catch up with pro-level tools, especially as its hardware ...