Best Apple Deals of the Week: Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions With Sales on Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2 It’s the first week of 2025, and if you’re trying to stay on track with any fitness-related New Year’s resolutions there are a few deals you might be interested in this week. This includes a $70 discount on Apple Watch Series 10, as well as $59 off the AirPods Pro 2. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you cl…

Apple Releases Limited Edition AirPods 4 for Year of the Snake To celebrate the Lunar New Year that starts on January 29, Apple is releasing limited edition AirPods 4 that are engraved with a special Year of the Snake icon. Apple’s Year of the Snake ‌AirPods 4‌ are available for purchase in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore at the current time. The AirPods are identical to the standard ‌AirPods 4‌ w…

iPhone 17 Air’s Thickness and Price Range Revealed in New Report Apple is widely rumored to be planning an ultra-thin iPhone 17 model for release later this year, and a new report offers a few purported details. South Korea’s Sisa Journal today reported that Apple is aiming for the so-called “iPhone 17 Air” to be 6.25mm thick. If that measurement ends up being accurate, the device would become the thinnest i…

Apple Fitness+ Announces New Programs, Strava Integration, and More Apple today announced that Apple Fitness+ is set to gain new workout programs, breath meditation, Strava integration, and more. Strava users will be able to share a Fitness+ workout to the Strava app, which will display rich details such as episode image, episode number, trainer name, and metrics to show to their Strava community. Celebrated St…

Telegram Adds New Verification Option to Cut Down on Scams Telegram today announced the launch of a new feature that will allow official third-party services to assign extra verification icons to user accounts and chats. The added verification is meant to cut down on scams and reduce misinformation. While Telegram already has a verification process for public figures and organizations, trusted third-pa…

Apple to Shell Out $95 Million to Settle Siri Spying Lawsuit Apple will pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit involving Siri spying accusations, reports Reuters. The lawsuit alleges that Apple recorded conversations captured with accidental ‌Siri‌ activations, and then shared information from those conversations with third-party advertisers. Two plaintiffs claimed that after speaking …

New MacBook Air Models Coming Soon With These Rumored Features One of Apple’s first product announcements of 2025 will likely be updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip. Below, we recap rumors about the next MacBook Air models. New Features Expected The new MacBook Air models are expected to be equipped with Apple’s already-released M4 chip, which has a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GP…

Apple Plans to Expand iPhone Driver’s Licenses to These 7 U.S. States In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver’s license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps. Below, we outline which U.S. states and territories offer the feature, and additional s…

Apple Discounts Products in China Amid Fierce Competition Apple has announced rare direct discounts on its flagship iPhone models and other products in China, signaling an effort to counter mounting competition and fluctuating consumer demand in one of its largest markets. Between January 4 and January 7, Apple will provide discounts of up to 500 yuan (approximately $68) on the iPhone 16 Pro and ‌iPho…

RIP, Apple Watch Series 4 It’s nearly the end of the road for the Apple Watch Series 4, which was added to Apple’s public-facing vintage products list today. All aluminum and stainless steel 40mm and 44mm models of the Apple Watch Series 4 are now considered vintage worldwide. Apple considers a device to be vintage once five years have passed since the company stopped d…

Apple Made a Change to the AirTag That You Probably Didn’t Notice The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced that Apple has added a warning label to the AirTag’s box that says to keep its coin-cell battery out of reach of children due to the severe risk of injury or death if the battery is ingested. Apple added a corresponding warning symbol inside the AirTag’s battery compartment too. …

Apple Watch Series 10 Hits Record Low Prices on Amazon for All Your New Year’s Resolution Fitness Needs Amazon is kicking off the year with numerous all-time low prices on Apple Watch Series 10, perfect timing for anyone looking for a smartwatch to help fulfill any New Year’s health and fitness resolutions. You’ll find $70 off both 42mm and 46mm GPS Series 10 models in multiple case colors and band styles, and this time the deals do not require an…

Apple Said Next-Generation CarPlay Would ‘Arrive’ in 2024… It Didn’t Apple’s website still says the first vehicle models with support for next-generation CarPlay would “arrive in 2024,” but that did not happen. At this point, it is unclear if next-generation CarPlay will ever launch. Apple has not publicly commented on its plans in quite a long time, but it continued to make preparations behind the scenes throug…

‘iPhone SE 4’ Rumored to Be Named ‘iPhone 16E’ Apple is expected to release a fourth-generation iPhone SE in March, but it has been rumored that the device will have a different name. The device succeeding the third-generation iPhone SE will be named the iPhone 16E, according to a December 13 post from Fixed Focus Digital, an account with over two million followers on Chinese social media p…

Apple Shares Special Wallpaper and Watch Face to Celebrate New Store Apple recently announced it will be opening a new retail store at the MixC Hefei shopping mall in Hefei, China on January 18 at 10 a.m. local time. To celebrate the store’s upcoming grand opening, Apple has shared both a special wallpaper and Apple Watch face featuring a custom-designed Apple logo. The wallpaper is available for the iPhone, iP…

What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2025? Based on rumors and historical product release information, 2025 is going to be an exciting year for Apple. As we outlined in our annual What to Expect Guide, Apple is redesigning the iPhone, jumping into new smart home tech, and preparing to launch new Apple-designed chips. Early in the year, we’re expecting to get the iPhone SE 4, a low-cost …

Apple Broke a 13-Year Hardware Streak in 2024 For over a decade, Apple has consistently announced all-new hardware product lines, from the iPad in 2010 to the Vision Pro in 2023. But for the first time in 14 years, Apple failed to announce any major new hardware products in 2024, focusing solely on updates and refinements to its existing product lines. While Apple unveiled a large number o…

Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production Apple’s first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in the year. In October, The Information’s Wayne Ma reported that Apple had abruptly reduced production of the Vision Pro headset ahead of potential plans to stop making the current version of the device co…

Revisit Your Highlights of 2024 With Apple Intelligence’s Memory Maker As 2024 comes to an end, Apple Intelligence’s memory maker provides a new tool to revisit your highlights, milestones, and cherished moments of the year. The memory maker tool is a powerful new feature in iOS 18’s revamped Photos app, found within the Memories collection. It allows users to create personalized “Memory Movies” from their photo l…

Apple Launched These 25+ Products This Year Apple launched almost 30 new hardware products in 2024. Here’s a look back at exactly what we got this year. With the exception of Vision Pro, Apple’s 2024 hardware releases largely marked a year of steady refinement. It wasn’t a year of massive overhauls across the board, but it did feature some key themes. The Vision Pro, released in Febru…