Apple Preparing to Add Support for Digital Car Keys on MINI Vehicles Apple is preparing to begin supporting digital car keys in the Wallet app for certain MINI vehicles, allowing owners to lock, unlock, and start their vehicles using a pass stored in the Wallet app on the iPhone or Apple Watch. MINI’s parent company BMW was the first manufacturer to launch digital car keys in Wallet back in 2020, but it wasn’t u…

Best Buy Reveals Black Friday Plans With Sitewide Sales Available Now Following in the footsteps of Walmart, Best Buy this week detailed its plans for the Black Friday shopping holiday and its schedule looks a lot like other retailers. In terms of sales, Best Buy has the expected list of TVs, appliances, video games, computers, streaming devices, and even some all-time low prices on MacBook Air notebooks. Note: Ma…

Apple Files Legal Challenge Against EU Law as Sideloading Requirement Looms Apple today filed a legal challenge against the European Union’s Digital Markets Act ahead of the impending requirement to enable app sideloading on its devices (via Reuters). The Digital Markets Act (DMA), which came into effect on November 1, 2022, requires “gatekeeper” companies to open up their services and platforms to other companies and …

Apple Black Friday Deals Available Now: AirPods, iPhone, iPad, and More The past few weeks have been jam-packed with early Black Friday deals, and now that the shopping holiday is just one week away, we’re going back through all of the best sales you might have missed so far this month and updating as prices change and new deals arrive. As with all holiday shopping, there’s no guarantee that better prices won’t come…

Report: Apple Plans to Bring OLED to Nine New Devices By 2027 Apple plans to bring OLED display technology to nine new devices by 2027, according to a new report from Taiwan’s ET News. Following the introduction of OLED displays on both iPad Pro models next year, Apple reportedly plans to bring the technology to the iPad mini and iPad Air in 2026. While the ‌iPad Air‌ will retain a 10.9-inch display, the …

Sonos Black Friday Sale Takes Up to 25% Off Speakers, Soundbars, and More Black Friday is now just one week away, and numerous retailers have opened up their official Black Friday sales today. This includes Sonos, which is offering up to 20 percent off select home theater products and up to 25 percent off portable speakers for this week only. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you…

Philips Hue Secure Contact Sensors Gain HomeKit Support Signify has released new Philips Hue Contact Sensor firmware that adds support for Apple HomeKit, reports Hueblog.com. Previously the indoor sensors could only be controlled through the Philips Hue app’s Security Center. Now, after updating to the new firmware (1961076030), they appear in the Home app, where users can use the “open” and “closed…

Darker Apple Watch Ultra Prototype Shown in FCC Filing Images Apple appears to have originally designed an Apple Watch Ultra with a dark ceramic back, according to documents filed with the United States Federal Communications Commission and spotted by @ParrotSWD on Twitter, formerly X (via 9to5Mac). When releasing a new device, tech hardware companies must share details with the FCC, which Apple did for t…

Sonos Announces Plans to Enter Major New Product Category, Likely Headphones Sonos today announced plans to expand into a new “multi-billion dollar” product category in 2024, which is widely believed to be headphones. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence declined to give specific details on the company’s plans, but he said that the new product will “complement” current Sonos devices and will “delight customers and drive immediate re…

Amazon Has Nearly Every Apple Watch Series 9 Model at All-Time Low Prices for Black Friday Last week, Amazon introduced the first major discounts on the Apple Watch Series 9. Today, these deals have returned and offer some of the best Black Friday deals around with $50 off nearly every Series 9 device, starting at $349.00 for the 41mm GPS model, down from $399.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. Whe…

Digital Car Key and Ultra Wideband Groups Team Up for Future Apple Car Keys Improvements The way vehicles take advantage of new connectivity standards could be improving in the near future, leading to updates on how smartphones like the iPhone control cars. This month, the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) and the FiRa Consortium that oversees the development of the Ultra-wideband (UWB) standard, announced a partnership for the fut…

Apple’s In-House 5G Modem Work Faces Further Delays Apple is continuing to run into troubles in its attempt to develop a 5G modem to replace Qualcomm’s 5G modems in the iPhone and other products, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple in 2019 acquired the majority of Intel’s smartphone business and started in on a serious effort to develop its own modem hardware, but the project has suffered mul…

Some iPhone 15 Owners With GM Cars Experiencing Wireless Charging Issues Apple’s latest flagship iPhones are not charging as expected in some GM vehicles, according to a number of consumer complaints highlighted by The Verge. On Reddit, Apple’s site, and other forums, there are reports from iPhone 15 users who own Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Buick vehicles with wireless chargers that are not able to charge their new iPh…

Samsung’s Smart Monitor M8 Gets Massive $300 Black Friday Discount, Now Just $399.99 Samsung’s 32-inch Smart Monitor M8 has hit a new all-time low price today on Amazon, available for $399.99, down from $699.99. This is the newest M80C model of the Smart Monitor, and the only color Amazon has at this price is Warm White. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receiv…

Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices After years of persuading from Google, Apple plans to adopt the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard as of next year. An Apple spokesperson told TechRadar and 9to5Mac that support for RCS will be coming next year. Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Associatio…

Apple Shares Deadlines for Ordering Holiday Gifts Alongside its Black Friday bonus gift card announcement, Apple has also released its holiday shipping guide in the United States and other countries that outlines deadlines for customers looking to order gifts online for arrival by December 24. Unlike in some recent years, Apple appears to have ample stock of all of its main products as we head…

Apple’s Black Friday Shopping Event to Offer Free Gift Cards on Select Products Apple today shared details about its upcoming “Apple Store Shopping Event” between Black Friday on November 24 and Cyber Monday on November 27 where customers will be able to get a gift card with the purchase of select products. From November 24 to November 27, customers will receive Apple Gift Cards with the purchase of eligible items from the…

Microsoft ‘Windows App’ Offers Access to Windows PCs From Any Device Microsoft is launching a “Windows App” that can remotely connect to a Windows PC and provide access to it from any platform. Available for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, PCs, and web browsers, the app also provides a gateway to Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Dev Box, and the company’s Remote Desktop Services. The Windows app includes a cust…

iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature New Thermal Design Apple plans to introduce a new thermal system on the iPhone 16 to reduce overheating, according to the leaker known as “Kosutami.” In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple is working on a graphene thermal system for the ‌iPhone 16‌ lineup, while the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro models could add metal battery casings to reduce …

Apple Promotes New Apple Pay UK Bank Account Balance Feature Apple today highlighted the ability in iOS 17.1 for UK users to connect their credit and debit cards in Apple Wallet and easily access information like account balance, spending history, and more. Users can view their up-to-date bank card balance, payments, deposits, and withdrawals in Wallet and when they’re checking out with Apple Pay online…