Apple Explains Why It Doesn’t Plan to Create a Search Engine Apple’s senior vice president of services Eddy Cue has explained why the iPhone maker does not plan to create a search engine like Google. In a declaration filed with a U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C. last week, Cue said Apple is against the idea for the following reasons: The development of a search engine would cost Apple “billions of…

Here Are the Three Apple Products You’re Most Likely to Unwrap This Christmas With such a wide array of products now available, Apple devices will be under the Christmas trees of many families this season. However, there are three that are most likely to be there. According to Piper Jaffray surveys, Apple is constantly among the most desired brands among teens, appearing in 10% of all holiday wish lists, far ahead of com…

AirTag 2 Launching Next Year With These New Features Apple is expected to release an AirTag 2 next year, and a few new features and changes have already been rumored for the item tracker. Below, we recap what to expect from the AirTag 2: The new AirTag is expected to be equipped with Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip for longer range. The chip debuted last year in the iPhone 15 and t…

$99 Apple TV Might Make a Comeback Next Year A new Apple TV streaming box is rumored to launch next year, and there is a possibility that the device’s U.S. pricing will start at just $99. Shortly after the current Apple TV 4K model launched in October 2022, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the next Apple TV would be “more affordable” than the current model. He said a…

Popular iPhone Camera App ‘Halide’ Gaining Three New Features in 2025 Lux, the developers behind Halide and Kino, have announced their plans for Halide 3.0, a major update slated for release in 2025 with a series of new features. Halide “Mark III” is set to gain one-tap color grading. Color grading has been a highly requested addition since the launch of Process Zero, Halide’s proprietary image processing system, …

Apple’s Historically ‘Bumpy Relationship’ With Nvidia Detailed in Report Nvidia has become one of the world’s most valuable companies thanks to strong demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) server chips from big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. However, one tech giant that is not a major Nvidia customer is Apple, and a new report attempts to explain why this might be. The Information’s Wayne Ma…

5 iPhone Camera Features to Try Out This Holiday Season Over the holiday season, capturing photos and videos of the festivities with family and friends is an important activity for many. The iPhone has a suite of camera features that can significantly elevate the quality and creativity of your holiday photos and videos. It’s easy to forget about many of the individual camera features the ‌iPhone‌ h…

Apple’s First Bezel-Free iPhone Unlikely to Be Ready for 2026 Launch Apple’s plans to create an iPhone with a completely bezel-free display are reportedly facing significant technical challenges, with a new report suggesting that the technology may not be ready by 2026 as previously hoped. Xiaomi’s 2021 Quad-Curved Waterfall Display concept phone Apple has seemingly been on a years-long quest to slim down the b…

Track Santa’s Journey From the North Pole Using Google’s Santa Tracker Have you been good this year? If so, you may be interested to know that Google has launched its annual Santa tracking feature, allowing Santa to be tracked in real time on his journey to the North Pole as he prepares to deliver presents to children around the world. Google’s Santa Tracker continues a two-decade tradition for the company, allowi…

New MacBook Air Models With M4 Chip Expected to Launch ‘Earlier’ Than iPhone SE 4 and iPad 11 Apple is rumored to have many product announcements planned for the first half of next year, including updated MacBook Air models, an iPad 11, an iPhone SE 4, the AirTag 2, updated iPad Air models, and potentially more. In a social media post today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reiterated that the iPad 11, iPhone SE 4, and updated iPad Air models wi…

Apple Pay Donation Campaign for World AIDS Day Raised $3 Million (RED) today announced that the annual Apple Pay donation campaign raised a total of $3 million this year for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Apple’s donation was capped at $3 million, so it reached that cap. “Thank you, Apple and Apple customers for hitting this incredible milestone and helping provide life-saving healt…

How to Make the iOS 18 Photos App Suck Less With iOS 18, Apple overhauled the Photos app, introducing a new, unified design that did away with the navigation bar and merged everything into a single screen. It marked the single biggest change to image management since the launch of the ‌Photos‌ app, and it’s been controversial with some users. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for…

What to Expect From iOS 19: All the Rumors So Far iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but information about the software update is already starting to surface. Below, we recap the biggest iOS 19 rumors so far. More ChatGPT-Like Siri iOS 19 will introduce a “more conversational Siri” powered by “more advanced large language models,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He …

iPhone Sizes Change Next Year: What to Know This year, Apple tweaked iPhone 16 Pro screen sizes to make them bigger than 2023’s iPhone 15 Pro models, and next year we are also expecting a change in the size of the displays in the iPhone 17 lineup. Here’s what we know. Standard iPhone 17 Apple could introduce a new display size for the standard iPhone 17 model in 2025. The iPhone 17 could…

Macs With M5 Chips Expected to Launch in This Order Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today outlined mass production timing for the M5 series of chips, which he expects to be used in both future Macs and Apple Intelligence servers. The rollout will likely begin next year. Kuo expects the standard M5 chip to enter mass production in the first half of 2025, followed by the M5 Pro and M5 Max …

iPhone 18 Pro Rumored to Be More Like DSLR Camera With This Upgrade While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are still nearly two years away from launching, a new feature has already been rumored for the devices. In a blog post today, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reiterated that the main rear camera on both iPhone 18 Pro models will offer variable aperture, which would be a first for the iPhone….

New iPad Expected to Ship With iPadOS 18.3 in Spring 2025 Apple plans to release an entry-level iPad 11 in the spring and iPadOS 18.3 will be pre-installed on the shipped devices, according to a source with a proven track record for upcoming Apple software updates. Several reports in the last few months have suggested Apple is developing an 11th-generation iPad that is scheduled to be released around…

X Announces Major Price Increases for Ad-Free Premium Plus Tier X (Twitter) has announced a big jump in pricing for its Premium Plus subscription tier, with monthly rates in the US jumping from $16 to $22, representing a 37.5% increase. The annual subscription cost will also rise from $168 to $229. The price changes took effect on December 21, 2024, with new subscribers paying the higher rates immediately. …

Apple ‘Not’ Working on New AirPort, But Apple TV and HomePod Provide Glimmer of Hope Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman recently reported that Apple is developing its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip that will debut in new Apple TV and HomePod mini models next year. The report led to hopes that Apple might also use the chip to revive its line of AirPort routers, which were discontinued in 2018, but those dreams have been dashed by Gurman himse…

iOS 19 Rumored to Be Compatible With These iPhones iOS 19 will not drop support for any iPhone models, according to French website iPhoneSoft.fr. The report cites a source within Apple. The report said that iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone that is capable of running iOS 18, which would mean the following models: iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone…