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06-12-26 -
Record AirPods Price Drops and a Rare Switch 2 Sale: This Week's Top Tech Deals
Multiple AirPods models hit record low prices this week, including the AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2. We're tracking these great discounts alongside an ultra rare discount on a new Switch 2 on Woot, plus a Summer sale at Sonos. Note: MacRumor...
06-12-26 -
Apple Highlights New Fitness+ Content
Apple introduced new content in its Fitness+ subscription service this week, including a new menopause-focused workout program. Fitness+ gains "Strong Through Menopause," a progressive three-week program featuring weekly Yoga and St...
06-12-26 -
iOS 27 Adds Landscape Mode to More Apple Apps Ahead of 'iPhone Ultra'
iOS 27 enables landscape mode in more of Apple's built-in iPhone apps, including Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness, Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Apple Watch, Find My, Weather, Voice Memos, Apple TV Remote, and others. In the Apple Music a...
06-12-26 -
Apple Cut Frequencies in WWDC Keynote to Prevent Siri Activations
Apple appears to have modified the audio of this week's WWDC 2026 keynote video whenever "Siri" was mentioned, apparently in an effort to prevent viewers' nearby devices from waking inadvertently during the presentation. The techniq...
06-12-26 -
Craig Federighi Swipes at AI Rivals Who Are 'Racing Forward' Without Regard f...
Apple software chief Craig Federighi used the WWDC 2026 keynote to draw a pointed contrast between Apple's approach to artificial intelligence and the broader industry, suggesting that some competitors are developing AI without meaningful consider...
06-12-26 -
Audible Launches Connected Subscription for Apple Podcasts
Audible last month launched a connected subscription that lets members stream nearly 700 premium podcast titles directly within Apple Podcasts, available across 135 countries. The integration gives Audible members ad-free access to an expansi...
06-11-26 -
iOS 27: All the New Health and Fitness Features
Apple was rumored to be working on an AI health service, but it was scrapped well before the iOS 27 beta came out. It could resurface in the future, but for now, there are a handful of health and fitness changes in the update. Design Apple r...
06-11-26 -
Apple's Craig Federighi: Siri Won't Be Your AI Girlfriend
Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview with Mostly Human after during WWDC, discussing the iOS 27 Siri changes, Apple's take on AI, new child safety protections, and more. A...
06-11-26 -
Apple Criticizes U.S. Antitrust Bill That Targets the App Store
United States Senators Chuck Grassley and Amy Klobuchar this week reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) that targets major tech companies like Apple, and Apple is not happy to see it back. The bipartisan bill is r...
06-11-26 -
What's New in the iOS 27 Photos App
The Photos app is one of a handful of apps that Apple paid extra attention to in iOS 27. It has multiple improvements to performance, and several quality-of-life upgrades. There are also new AI photo editing tools that use Apple Intelligence. ...
06-11-26 -
iOS 27's Weather App Has a New Way to View Forecasts
Starting with iOS 27, Apple's Weather app offers new hourly and 10-day overviews for precipitation and wind that you can quickly view at a glance. While this sort of information was already accessible elsewhere in the app, you can now quickly...
06-11-26 -
iOS 27 Lets You Add Apple TV Remote to Your iPhone's Home Screen
Starting with iOS 27, the virtual Apple TV remote can be added to the iPhone's Home Screen again, rather than being limited to Control Center. To do so, swipe down on the Home Screen and search for "remote." Next, tap and hold on the Re...
06-11-26 -
Apple Touts 'World's Best' AirPods Pro 3 Noise Cancellation in New Vini Jr. Ad
Apple today shared a new ad highlighting AirPods Pro 3 Active Noise Cancellation. The ad stars Vini Jr., a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Brazil national team, and it arrives as the 2026 FIFA World Cup get...
06-11-26 -
AAPL Stock Slides Following WWDC, But Analysts Broadly Raise Targets
Apple shares have lost roughly $25 per share this week following the company's WWDC 2026 keynote, though a wave of upward analyst price target revisions suggests Wall Street's longer-term view of Apple remains constructive. According ...
06-11-26 -
macOS 27 Golden Gate Reverses a Divisive Tahoe Design Choice
In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple has removed many of the menu item icons that are so prevalent throughout macOS 26 Tahoe, as spotted by Nikita "Tonsky" Prokopov (via Daring Fireball). The developer shared before-and-after screenshots on Ma...
06-11-26 -
Apple Agrees to Let Jon Prosser Formally Contest iOS 26 Leak Lawsuit
Apple and leaker Jon Prosser have jointly asked a federal court to set aside the default judgment entered against him last October, with Prosser agreeing to hand over documents he had thus far failed to fully produce. Apple filed suit against...
06-11-26 -
Apple Bucks Smartphone Slump With Production Surge
A new report from TrendForce claims Apple's iPhone production surged 19.7% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, even as the broader global smartphone market contracted 1.7% over the same period. According to TrendForce, Apple produced...
06-11-26 -
These Are the Lowest Prices Ever on AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2
Yesterday we began tracking a new record low price on the AirPods Pro 3 on Amazon, and they're still available for $179.00 today, down from $249.00. This beats the previous Amazon low price by $20. Note: MacRumors is an ...
06-11-26 -
Apple Introduces Major App Store Subscription Overhaul at WWDC 2026
Apple announced a sweeping set of new subscription tools for App Store developers at WWDC 2026, including cross-developer subscription bundles, group and enterprise purchasing options, retention tools, and a streamlined submission workflow. ...
06-11-26 -
iOS 27 Improves FaceTime in Three Ways
iOS 27 includes three enhancements for FaceTime, with the most notable one being a dual camera feature on some newer iPhone models. On the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air, a Dual Capture feature allows you to recor...
06-11-26 -
WWDC 2026 Keynote Marked a Major Departure From Previous Years
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote broke from a longstanding format tradition, abandoning the platform-by-platform structure that has defined the annual developer conference for years in favor of a theme-driven presentation. Previous WWDC keynotes wer...
06-11-26 -
Apple Maps to Get These 10 New Features in iOS 27
Apple Maps is getting a range of new features in iOS 27, headlined by an upgraded Flyover experience that uses AI to improve the realism and detail of its aerial imagery. Flyover is a longstanding feature of &zwnj;Apple Maps&zwnj; and...
06-11-26 -
Apple Fights Back Against Epic's Bid to Kill Supreme Court Appeal
Apple has filed a 12-page response to Epic Games' attempt to have its Supreme Court petition dismissed, arguing that Epic's own filing "confirms the need for review." Epic filed a 35-page opposition on June 4, 2026, urging the Supre...
06-11-26 -
Deezer Launches AI Music Detector for Apple Music, Spotify, and More
French music platform Deezer has launched a free online tool that can detect AI-generated tracks in Apple Music playlists, as well as playlists created on other streaming platforms. "No other company has followed our lead yet, so we decid...
06-10-26 -
Hands-On With iOS 27's Siri AI
The smarter, more capable version of Siri is finally here, available in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate. The updates are limited to developers right now, but there's a lot to look forward to this fall. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTub...
06-10-26 -
iOS 27 Introduces New 'Tap to Share' Feature, But Not Available in EU
iOS 27 has a new "Tap to Share" feature that lets merchants use their iPhone to connect to a customer's device with an NFC tap for the purpose of data exchange. This is useful for small business owners, vendors at local markets, and so f...
06-10-26 -
Sonos Summer Sale Takes Up to 25% Off Speakers, Headphones, and More
Sonos this week kicked off a new summer sale, with big discounts aimed at dads and anyone else shopping ahead of Father's Day. This sale includes deals on Sonos smart speakers, sound bars, subwoofers, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate p...
06-10-26 -
The MacRumors Show: Siri AI, Apple Intelligence in Apps, and More at WWDC 2026
On this week's special episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through all of the major announcements Apple unveiled at WWDC 2026, including Siri AI, new Apple Intelligence features in apps, and system-wide performance and design improvements. S...
06-10-26 -
Here's How Liquid Glass Is Changing in iOS 27
Apple this week detailed a broad set of improvements to Liquid Glass, the translucent design language it introduced last year, spanning readability, personalization, sidebar behavior, and app icons. Announced at the WWDC 2026 keynote and elab...
06-10-26 -
macOS 27 Hints at 'MacBook Ultra' in Three Ways
Apple this week unveiled macOS 27 Golden Gate, and the upcoming software update hints at the rumored "MacBook Ultra" in at least three ways. "MacBook Ultra" is the rumored name for a new high-end model above the MacBook Pr...
06-10-26 -
iOS 27 Adds Six New Features to Apple Wallet on Your iPhone
The upcoming iOS 27 update that Apple unveiled this week includes many new features and enhancements for Apple's Wallet app on the iPhone. Below, we have outlined six additions to the Apple Wallet app on iOS 27. New Features Enhanced Pass...
06-10-26 -
Apple Seemingly Discontinuing Vision Pro Travel Case Around the World
Apple appears to be quietly discontinuing the Vision Pro Travel Case in international markets, with the $199 accessory removed from storefronts across much of the world. MacRumors can confirm that the Apple Vision Pro Travel Case is n...
06-10-26 -
AirPods Pro 3 Hit New Low Price of $179
Walmart today has the AirPods Pro 3 available for $179.00, down from $249.00. This is a new all-time low price on the AirPods Pro 3, and it's a deal that we're only tracking at Walmart as of writing. Note: MacRumors is an affili...
06-10-26 -
macOS 27 Golden Gate Is the Last to Support Intel Apps via Rosetta 2
macOS 27 Golden Gate is the final version of macOS to feature full Rosetta 2 support, meaning the translation layer that keeps Intel-built apps running on Apple silicon Macs is set to disappear entirely with next year's major macOS release. G...
06-10-26 -
Craig Federighi Explains Why Apple Pivoted to a Siri Chatbot App
Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi has explained why the company launched a standalone Siri app in iOS 27, after previously characterizing a dedicated chatbot as contrary to its Apple Intelligence strategy. Th...
06-10-26 -
Apple Removes Walkie-Talkie From Apple Watch in watchOS 27 Beta
Apple has quietly removed the Walkie-Talkie app from Apple Watch in the first developer beta of watchOS 27, with the app vanishing from both the app list and Control Center. Walkie-Talkie launched with watchOS 5 in 2018 and allowed Apple Watc...
06-10-26 -
14 Ways Apple Is Improving Messages in iOS 27
Apple at this year's WWDC emphasized that its approach to iOS 27 development was to add fewer newer features and instead make existing features better. Examples of that approach can be seen across the operating system, but it is arguably most obvi...
06-10-26 -
iOS 27 Brings New Functionality to HomePod
With the launch of iOS 27 and HomePod Software 27, Apple is adding support for AutoMix, Apple's AI-powered Apple Music feature that blends songs using matching key and tempo. Apple says it has improved AutoMix's underlying algorithms to gener...
06-10-26 -
iPhone 17's 8GB Limit Costs It These Two Siri AI Features in iOS 27
Apple this week revealed what its most advanced on-device AI model does, and the feature list is shorter than the hardware requirements might suggest. In its Siri AI announcement during WWDC 2026, Apple confirmed that the model powers two thi...
06-09-26 -
Apple Updates App Store Guidelines With Stricter Rules for Low-Quality Apps
Apple updated its App Store Review Guidelines this week, adding stricter language around low-quality apps. The 4.3 Spam rule already barred overly simple apps in saturated categories, but Apple now includes language saying low-effort apps cou...
06-09-26 -
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5, Its First Public Mythos-Class Model
Anthropic today announced the launch of Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model that it says is safe for general use. According to Anthropic, Fable 5's capabilities exceed those of any model it has made generally available, and Fable has demonst...
06-09-26 -
Telegram Gets Native Apple Watch App
Messaging app Telegram now has a native Apple Watch app. The app supports viewing and responding to Telegram messages from the wrist. Features like stickers, voice messages, and location information can be shared from the Apple Watch app. ...
06-09-26 -
All the Liquid Glass Changes in macOS Golden Gate
When Liquid Glass launched in macOS Tahoe, Apple faced criticism over how the design looked on the Mac. Some people felt that Liquid Glass in &zwnj;macOS Tahoe&zwnj; was an afterthought with little impact from the design update, while othe...
06-09-26 -
Apple Releases New AirPods Beta Firmware With iOS 27 Features
Apple today released new beta firmware for the AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Pro 3. The firmware is limited to developers at the current time, and it has a build number of 9A5292e. In iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate, Apple is...
06-09-26 -
Apple Says iOS 27 Adds These 12 New Features to Your iPhone
iOS 27's key new feature is a more intelligent and personal version of Siri, but the changes go well beyond that. In a press release today, Apple outlined additional enhancements coming across Apple Maps, Find My, Apple Wallet, Apple Music, and mo...
06-09-26 -
macOS 27 Finally Brings Direct Touch Control to Sidecar
Apple has added direct touch input to Sidecar with macOS 27 Golden Gate and iPadOS 27, allowing users to tap and interact with macOS interface elements using a finger on their iPad for the first time. Previously, &zwnj;Sidecar&zwnj; w...
06-09-26 -
Nomad's New Stellar Orange Charger and Find My Card Match the iPhone 17 Pro
Nomad today introduced two new products in its Stellar Orange colorway, expanding the number of accessories it offers in the unique shade. Stellar Orange matches the Cosmic Orange color that Apple used for the iPhone 17 Pro and &zwnj;iPhone 17...
06-09-26 -
visionOS 27: Siri AI, Eye-Aware Notifications, Curved Windows, and More
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote may have seemed relatively quiet on the Vision Pro front, but the visionOS 27 beta contains a decent amount of new features and quality of life improvements that are likely to be welcomed by the headset's user base. ...
06-09-26 -
macOS 27 Golden Gate Adopts iPhone-Like Pull-to-Refresh Support
macOS 27 Golden Gate adds pull-to-refresh support to the Mac, adopting one of iPhone and iPad's most familiar gestures for the first time. The feature, which Apple calls "Swipe down to refresh," lets users swipe down within apps to ...
06-09-26 -
Apple Shares 5-Minute WWDC Platforms State of the Union Recap Video
Apple has published a five-minute recap video summarizing the key announcements from its WWDC26 Platforms State of the Union, covering rebuilt intelligence frameworks, platform design changes, and major developer tools updates. Apple said its...

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