AirPods 4 With ANC Drop to $139, Beating Black Friday Deals ($40 Off) Amazon has just significantly dropped the price on Apple’s AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation to $139.00, a $40 discount from their usual $179.00 pricing. This beats Black Friday pricing by around $25, making this a tremendous opportunity to pick up Apple’s latest AirPods at a discount. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. …

Former Apple Employees Used Charity Scam to Steal Over $150,000 Six former Apple employees have been charged with using a charity scheme to defraud Apple out of thousands of dollars, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney. Apple has a program that will match or double employee donations made to charities, and the employees came up with a plan to make fake donations and collect money from Appl…

Meross Debuts $70 Matter-Enabled Smart Thermostat Smart home company Meross today announced the launch of the Meross Matter Smart Home Thermostat, which can connect to a HomeKit setup using the Matter protocol. At $70 for a limited time, the device is an affordable ‌HomeKit‌ thermostat option. The Smart Thermostat features a minimalist design with a white glass panel that has LEDs that show th…

OpenAI Launches $200/Month ChatGPT Pro Plan OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Pro, a $200 per month subscription service that provides unlimited access to OpenAI o1, the company’s newest and most advanced large language model. The plan includes unlimited use of OpenAI o1, o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice, along with o1 pro mode, an o1 version that uses more compute to provi…

Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, two weeks after releasing the fourth betas. Alongside the release candidate versions of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating system updates, Apple has also seeded the watch…

iOS 18.2 Lets You Use Natural Language Search in Apple Music and Apple TV With the iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, tvOS 18.2, and HomePod 18.2 software updates, Apple has added a new natural language search feature for Apple Music and Apple TV. In the ‌Apple TV‌ app, you can use casual language search terms to find exactly what you’re looking for, typing in genres, actors, and moods. Searches like “movies …

visionOS 2.2 Adds Support for Watching Five Sports Games at Once With Multiview With the visionOS 2.2 update that’s set to come out next week, Apple is introducing the promised Multiview feature that will let sports fans watch up to five games at once. The Multiview feature for the Vision Pro works with MLS and MLB games, but other sports like football and hockey are not supported at this time. Apple offers MLS and MLB gam…

iOS 18.2 Expands AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Test Feature to Nine Countries The upcoming iOS 18.2 update expands the hearing test feature on the AirPods Pro 2 to nine additional countries, including Cyprus, Czechia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, according to Apple. The feature first launched in the U.S. and select other countries in late October. The five-m…

watchOS 11.2 Lets You Pause iPhone Video With Camera Remote App In watchOS 11.2, Apple has added a useful new feature that’s designed to allow you to pause video that you’re recording on the iPhone using the Camera Remote app on the Apple Watch. The Camera Remote app has been available since the Apple Watch initially launched, and while there was an option to start and stop video recording, there wasn’t an…

Here Are Apple’s Full Release Notes for iOS 18.2 Apple seeded the release candidate version of iOS 18.2 today, which means it’s going to see a public launch imminently. Release candidates represent the final version of new software that will be provided to the public should no last minute bugs be found, and Apple includes release notes with the RC launch. The iOS 18.2 release notes provide a …

Festivitas Lets You Add Holiday Lights to Your Mac Desktop If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit, developer Simon Støvring this week released Festivitas, a simple macOS app that lets you customize your Mac desktop with colorful string lights. Festivitas adds lights to the Mac’s dock and menu bar. Light size, distance, and cable thickness can be customized, as can the colors and the light cha…

iPhone Driver’s License Support in Wallet Expands to New Mexico iPhone users from New Mexico are now able to add their driver’s licenses and IDs to the Apple Wallet app on ‌iPhone‌ and Apple Watch, providing a digital version of the license that can be used in lieu of a physical card in some locations. New Mexico residents can add a license or state ID to the Wallet app by opening it up, tapping on the “+” …

Holiday Accessory Deals Include Big Discounts on Anker, Jackery, Twelve South, and More Today we’re tracking a collection of accessory discounts across Amazon and Anker, with notable savings on portable batteries, Bluetooth trackers, USB-C cables, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site runni…

Apple Card Savings Account’s Lowered Rate Compared to Other Options In the U.S., the Apple Card offers a high-yield savings account option, allowing you to earn far more interest on your money compared to the average bank’s basic savings account. Following a rate cut this week, the account now has an APY of 3.9%. For example, if you deposited $1,000 into the account and maintained that balance for one year, you …

Apple Card Savings Account Receives Yet Another Interest Rate Cut The Apple Card’s high-yield savings account received an interest rate cut overnight, the fourth time it has done so this year. The ‌Apple Card‌ savings account’s annual percentage yield (APY) dropped from 4.1% to 3.9%. Push notifications regarding the cut were sent to ‌Apple Card‌ users on Tuesday evening. Savings account interest rates fluctu…

Vodafone-Three Merger Approved by UK Regulator With 5G Investment Conditions The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the merger between Vodafone and Three UK, clearing the way for the creation of Britain’s largest mobile operator. The approval comes with legally binding commitments requiring both companies to invest billions in rolling out their combined 5G network across the country. The CMA’s dec…

Affordable Third-Party Mac Studio Storage Upgrades Coming in 2025 French company Polysoft has successfully reverse-engineered Apple’s proprietary storage modules for the Mac Studio and plans to offer more affordable upgrade options starting in January 2025, following a successful Kickstarter campaign. The company’s “Studio Drive” modules will be available in 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB capacities, with pricing starting…

Apple Vision Pro Pre-Orders Go Live in Taiwan Ahead of Dec 17 Launch Apple Vision Pro pre-orders have gone live in Taiwan as the launch date of its spatial computing headset nears in the country. The device will be available from Sunday, December 17. Customers can now place their orders through Apple’s regional online store, which details pricing options, storage configurations, and additional accessories includ…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 209 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 209 includes fixes and updates for Browser, …

Video Review: A Month With the M4 iMac It’s been just over a month since Apple released the refreshed M4 iMac, so we’ve finally been able to spend enough time with it to provide MacRumors readers with a comprehensive review ahead of the holiday season. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Apple didn’t make external design changes to the M4 ‌iMac‌ except for tw…