Webex App Will Soon Be Available on Apple TV for Video Conferencing Cisco today announced that its Webex Meetings app will soon be available for the Apple TV, allowing for video conferencing on a TV. tvOS 17’s new Continuity Camera support will allow Webex users to wirelessly connect their iPhone or iPad to the second-generation Apple TV 4K or newer and use the device’s camera and microphone to participate in m…

Apple Announces October Event for Macs: ‘Scary Fast’ Apple today announced its second fall event of 2023, with the online event set to be held on Monday, October 30 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Apple’s October event will be about the Mac, and the company is expected to refresh several Macs in the lineup. Apple’s Events website features an Apple logo on a black background that morphs into the Mac Fin…

Apple Accessory Maker Pad & Quill Shutting Down, Offering 50% Off Sitewide Popular Apple accessory maker Pad & Quill has announced that it is going out of business, and in the process it is offering shoppers 50 percent off everything on its website. Pad & Quill sells a wide variety of Apple product accessories, so this event covers everything from iPhone cases to iPad folios, laptop bags, and Apple Watch bands. Note: M…

Apple Watch SE 3: Everything We Know So Far The third-generation Apple Watch SE is expected to launch next year, but with few rumors about the new low-cost Apple smartwatch, what can we expect to see? Earlier this year, technology research firm Omdia reported that the third-generation ‌Apple Watch SE‌ will feature the same display sizes as the Apple Watch Series 8. The Apple Watch Series…

OLED iPad and MacBook Rumored to Feature Specialized Display Materials Future iPad Pro and MacBook models with OLED panels will adopt new, specialized display materials, The Elec reports. Apple has apparently collaborated with LG Display to integrate new OLED material sets in some of its future devices, including forthcoming ‌iPad Pro‌ and MacBook models. LG’s “RDE” OLED material set will apparently be used in the…

iOS 17.1: How to Shuffle a Photo Album on Your Lock Screen Apple is expected to release iOS 17.1 later today, and amongst other features the update includes a new Lock Screen personalization option for iPhones. Here’s how to make your Lock Screen wallpaper shuffle through photos from a specific album in your photo library. In recent versions of iOS, Apple has made it possible for users to customize the…

Amazon Adds Support for Passkeys, Allowing for More Secure Logins Amazon today announced that it has added passkey support to its desktop sites and mobile apps, allowing customers to sign in to their accounts without the need for a password. Passkeys are a more secure alternative to passwords because a passkey cannot be shared with another person through a phishing attempt or leaked online through a database …

Updated Matter 1.2 Specification Supports New Device Types and Brings Performance Improvements The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) that Apple is a member of today announced that an updated Matter 1.2 specification is available for device makers and platforms. Matter 1.2 adds support for additional device types and brings improvements to Matter. Matter is a smart home protocol that allows devices to work across multiple platforms, in…

Deals: Apple’s 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air Drops to All-Time Low Price of $899 ($200 Off) Apple’s 13.6-inch 256GB M2 MacBook Air has dropped to $899.00 today on Best Buy, down from $1,099.00. Best Buy offers free next-day shipping as well as in-store pick-up for most locations, and has all four colors of Space Gray, Silver, Midnight, and Starlight at this price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a …

iOS 17.1 Likely to Launch Tomorrow Apple’s iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, and HomePod Software 17.1 updates are expected to be released to the public tomorrow following several weeks of beta testing. We are expecting the software to go live at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which is when Apple typically releases updates. Last week, Apple seeded rele…

Deals: Samsung’s New Weeklong Event Has Low Prices on ViewFinity S9 5K Display and Smart Monitor M8 Samsung is back this week with new discounts on a wide variety of categories, and in this article we’re focusing on monitors and TVs. The highlights of the sale include the 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Display at $300 off and the Smart Monitor M8 at $200 off. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link a…

Bloomberg: Apple Likely to Hold Mac Launch Event on October 30 or 31 Apple is likely planning a Mac-related launch event this month that will take place on either Monday, October 30 or Tuesday, October 31, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The well-connected reporter’s prediction is based on information obtained from sources with apparent knowledge of Apple’s plans, as well as the fact that some existing Mac…

Apple to Host ‘Secretive’ Vision Pro Training Event for Retail Staff Apple is planning to bring select retail store employees to Cupertino, California in early 2024 to learn about the Vision Pro headset ahead of the device’s launch, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Gurman revealed details about the “product training event” in the latest “Power On” newsletter. Apple apparently recent sent a memo to retail employe…

Gurman: New iPads Scheduled for Launch in March 2024 Apple is not planning to launch new iPad models until around March 2024, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims. In the most recent “Power On” newsletter, Gurman explained that the new Apple Pencil with USB-C comes ahead of an ‌iPad‌ refresh in the spring. He added that Apple has been working on the 11th-generation ‌iPad‌, seventh-generation iPad mini,…

iPhone 15’s Record High Production Cost Could Push Up iPhone 16 Prices The iPhone 15’s production costs are appreciably higher than those of last year’s iPhone 14 models, marking record high component prices that Apple could pass onto customers in 2024, Nikkei Asia reports. The iPhone 15 Pro Max is calculated to cost $558, a 12% increase over the ‌iPhone 14‌ Pro Max model released in 2022. This is a record high fo…

Gurman: Apple to Announce New Macs This Month Apple will announce new Mac models, likely including a refreshed 24-inch iMac, at the end of this month, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that Apple is “planning a Mac-centered product launch around the end of this month” that could see the the release of a refreshed 24-inch ‌iMac‌…

YouTube Music Integration Comes to HomePod YouTube Music is now available directly on Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini, thanks to new Siri integration support in the YouTube Music app. The change means subscribers to the streaming service can now choose to use voice commands to start YouTube Music on a ‌HomePod‌, without having to append “on YouTube Music” to every request. From Google’…

Unreleased HomePod With LCD Display Allegedly Shown in Images Apple is rumored to be developing a new HomePod with a screen, and new images shared online allegedly give us a first glimpse of the new smart speaker. The above image appears to show a HomePod similar in size to the second-generation HomePod that was launched earlier this year, but with what appears to be a functioning LCD display on the top. …

Top Stories: New USB-C Apple Pencil, iPad and iMac Rumors, and More After a flurry of rumors suggesting we might see some new iPad models this week, a new Apple Pencil turned out to actually be what was in the cards. The new Apple Pencil charges via USB-C, launches early next month, and is the cheapest model in a lineup that now includes three different Apple Pencils. This week saw some additional rumors about …

Hands-On With the $1,700 ‘OnePlus Open’ Foldable Smartphone Chinese smartphone company OnePlus this week introduced its first foldable smartphone, the OnePlus Open. OnePlus joins several other manufacturers that have come out with foldable smartphones, including Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi. We picked up the OnePlus Open to see how it compares to Apple’s latest flagship, the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Subscribe t…