Apple’s 10th Gen iPad Returns to Black Friday Price of $249.99 ($99 Off) Amazon has brought back the all-time low Black Friday price on Apple’s 10th generation iPad (64GB Wi-Fi), available for $249.99 in Silver, down from $349.00. You’ll need to clip an on-page coupon worth $29.01 in order to see the final deal price at checkout. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a pu…

Apple Released the Original AirPods Eight Years Ago Today Today marks eight years since Apple launched the original AirPods. Unveiled in September 2016 alongside the iPhone 7, the wireless headphones became available on December 19, 2016, following a slight delay. At the time, wireless headphones were already on the market but had not yet reached true mass popularity. AirPods helped redefine the categ…

Apple Warns of Privacy Risks in EU’s DMA Interoperability Requirements Apple has released a report highlighting its concerns about how some companies could “weaponize” the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) interoperability requirements to access sensitive user data. The report came on the same day that the European Commission began consulting on the proposed measures for requesting interoperability with Apple’s iOS an…

Apple’s $1 Billion Investment May Soon End Indonesian iPhone Ban Apple is close to reaching an agreement with Indonesia to lift the ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country after securing preliminary approval for a $1 billion investment proposal, according to Bloomberg. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is said to have given his support for the government to accept Apple’s investment plan following a weeken…

Additional Airlines Add Support for Apple’s Find My for Lost Luggage Feature Several airlines this week implemented support for the new iOS 18.2 Find My item location sharing feature, including British Airways, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, and more. As of now, 14 airlines have customer support protocols for locating lost luggage with the new ‌Find My‌ feature, and the full list includes the following airlines: United, Delta, …

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 210 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 210 includes fixes and updates for CSS, DOM,…

Apple Says Meta is Making Unreasonable Interoperability Requests Under Europe’s DMA Requirements Apple today said that Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union, which is more than any other country. In a statement provided to Reuters, Apple said that Meta is asking for changes that could compromise user security and privacy. In many cases, Meta is seeking to alter functionality in…

Your AirTag’s Battery Will Last for Up to 10 Years With Elevation Lab’s New TimeCapsule Enclosure Elevation Lab today announced the launch of TimeCapsule, an innovative and simple solution for increasing the battery life of Apple’s AirTag. Priced at $20, TimeCapsule is an ‌AirTag‌ enclosure that houses two AA batteries that offer 14x more battery capacity than the CR2032 battery that the ‌AirTag‌ runs on. It works by attaching the ‌AirTag‌’…

Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 Apple today seeded the first public betas of upcoming iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 updates, allowing the public to test the software ahead of when it launches early next year. The public betas come a few days after Apple provided the betas to developers. Apple has also seeded public betas of tvOS 18.3 and watchOS 11.3. Public b…

Apple Drops Plans for iPhone Hardware Subscription Service Apple is no longer planning to launch a hardware subscription service that would let customers “subscribe” to get a new iPhone each year, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman first shared rumors about Apple’s work on a hardware subscription service back in 2022, and at the time, he said that Apple wanted to develop a simple system that would…

The Best Apple Product Deals You Can Still Get Delivered Before Christmas We’re just one week away from Christmas, and it’s only going to get harder to guarantee that your gifts arrive in time for the holiday. With this in mind, we’ve collected all of the Apple products on sale that you can still get with guaranteed Christmas delivery, most of which can be found on Amazon and Best Buy. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate …

iPhone 17 Pro Rumored to Stick With ‘Triangular’ Camera Design Contrary to recent reports, the iPhone 17 Pro will not feature a horizontal camera layout, according to the leaker known as “Instant Digital.” In a new post on Weibo, the leaker said that their source has confirmed that while the appearance of the back of the ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro has indeed changed, the layout of the three cameras is “still triangul…

iOS 18.2: Everything You Can Do With ChatGPT Integration With iOS 18.2, Apple introduced ChatGPT integration with Apple Intelligence to expand your iPhone’s AI capabilities in several ways. When enabled, Siri can leverage ChatGPT for complex queries about photos and documents, and the integration also extends to Writing Tools for text and image generation, while Visual Intelligence helps identify obje…

What to Expect From the HomePod Mini 2 Rumored to Launch Next Year More than four years have passed since Apple released the HomePod mini in November 2020, and the wait for a new model might finally soon be over. Below, we recap rumors about the next-generation HomePod mini. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman last week reported that a new HomePod mini will be released next year. He said the speaker will be equipped with …

Video: M4 MacBook Pro Review The 14-inch MacBook Pro is Apple’s only Mac that can be purchased with an M4 chip, M4 Pro chip, or M4 Max chip, so is the M4 powerful enough or is it better to get the M4 Pro or M4 Max? That’s the question we explore in our M4 MacBook Pro review. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Built on a 3-nanometer process, even th…

New Year’s Apple Watch Activity Challenge to Take Place on January 1 Apple’s next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is set to kick off on Wednesday, January 1, with Apple Watch users able to earn an award by closing all three rings for seven days in a row in January. Let’s start 2025 off right. Earn this award by closing all three rings for seven days in a row in January. Apple Watch owners will need to fulfill the…

Apple Maps on the Web Gains ‘Look Around’ Support The web version of Apple Maps that Apple first debuted in July has been upgraded with support for Look Around, the feature that is essentially equivalent to Google Street View. In supported areas, Look Around provides a high-resolution ground level view of restaurants, retail locations, landmarks, streets, and other points of interest. It’s a f…

Apple Watch Sleep Apnea Notifications Now Available in Brazil Apple today announced that the Apple Watch feature to help identify sleep apnea is now available in Brazil following the granting of a license from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency. The feature, which is now available in over 150 countries and regions, uses the Apple Watch’s accelerometer to record wrist movements associated with interrup…

New Apple TV Rumored to Launch Next Year With These Features The current Apple TV 4K was released more than two years ago, so the streaming device is becoming due for a hardware upgrade soon. Fortunately, it was recently rumored that a new Apple TV will launch at some point next year. Below, we recap rumors about the next-generation Apple TV. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman last week reported that Apple has been…

Apple Hit With Criminal Complaints Over Congo Mineral Trade Apple’s subsidiaries in France and Belgium have had criminal complaints filed against them by the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is accusing the tech giant of using conflict minerals in its product supply chain (via Reuters). The complaints allege that Apple is complicit in handling stolen goods and laundering minerals obtained through ar…