iPhone Sales Stall Despite Global Smartphone Market Recovery Apple experienced minimal iPhone growth in 2024 despite a significant rebound in the global smartphone market, according to new data published by IDC. Worldwide smartphone shipments increased 6.2% to reach 1.24 billion units, but iPhone shipments grew by just 0.4% during the same period. The tepid performance underlines Apple’s challenges in ke…

Do More Single-Handedly With Double Tap on Apple Watch Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models include a multi-functional Double Tap gesture that you might not know about or haven’t yet got around to trying. Here’s everything Double Tap can do, and how you can make the most of it on your Apple Watch. Double Tap is a gesture-based feature for Apple Watch models that lets you…

Apple Has Scaled Back (PRODUCT)RED Color Option Over Past Few Years Since 2006, Apple has partnered with the (RED) brand to raise money for The Global Fund, an organization that aims to combat diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. Through this partnership, Apple has long offered a (PRODUCT)RED color option for some products, but it has scaled back this effort over the past few years. T…

M2 iPad Air Black Friday Deals Include $100 Off Nearly Every Model at Best Buy Yesterday we shared a collection of discounts on Apple’s M4 iPad Pro at Best Buy, and today we’re shifting focus to the M2 iPad Air. Best Buy has $100 off nearly every model of this tablet, and you won’t need a My Best Buy Plus/Total membership to see the deals. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and ma…

Porsche Still Has No Imminent Plans to Launch Next-Generation CarPlay Despite 2023 Preview In late 2023, Porsche previewed what next-generation CarPlay could look like in its vehicles, with a pair of images showing a custom instrument cluster and more. However, the luxury automaker has yet to release any vehicles that support the software nearly a year later, and it sounds like it still has no imminent plans to do so. A spokesperson …

Amazon Drops Price of Black Apple Watch Ultra 2 to $699.99 for Black Friday Amazon is taking $99 off a collection of Black Apple Watch Ultra 2 smartwatches this week, now priced at $699.99, down from $799.00. You will need to clip an on-page coupon in order to see these discounts at checkout. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, w…

Apple Pay Donation Campaign for World AIDS Day Returns This Friday Apple today announced that it will again donate $5 for every purchase made using Apple Pay on Apple.com, through the Apple Store app, or at an Apple Store to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from November 29 through December 8. Apple said its donation this year will be capped at $3 million. The Global Fund aims to combat …

Amazon Takes $99 Off iPad Mini 7 With Return of All-Time Low Prices, Starting at $399.99 Amazon this week is providing record low prices on multiple models of the new iPad mini 7, starting at $399.99 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. All of the deals on the iPad mini 7 in this article require you to clip an on-page coupon in order to see the discounts. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click …

Apple Intelligence Faces Complex Approval Process in China Apple is experiencing challenges as it attempts to launch Apple Intelligence in China, with regulators cautioning that foreign companies face a “difficult and long process” for approval unless they partner with local firms, according to a new Financial Times report. A senior official at the Cyberspace Administration of China told the FT that fo…

Apple Faces Daily Fines in Brazil Over App Store Payment Restrictions Brazil’s antitrust regulator has ordered Apple to remove App Store restrictions on third-party payment systems and allow developers to market alternative payment options for in-app purchases. Apple has 20 days to comply or face daily fines of $43,000. The ruling by the Council for Economic Defense (Cade) comes in response to a 2022 complaint fi…

You Can Now Upload Videos Directly to YouTube With iOS Share Sheet Integration YouTube this week reintroduced support for the iOS Share Sheet, which means that it’s now possible to share videos from the iPhone Photos app and other video apps directly to YouTube. Using the YouTube Share Sheet integration automatically imports a video to YouTube, where it can be edited and then uploaded to YouTube Shorts. Sharing a video to…

OpenAI Adds SearchGPT Option to Apple’s Shortcuts App The newest version of the ChatGPT app from OpenAI adds a new “Open SearchGPT” option to the Shortcuts app on the iPhone and iPad. For those that have access to SearchGPT, tapping on the shortcut launches the ChatGPT app and invokes the web search feature. OpenAI added ChatGPT Search to ChatGPT in late October, introducing improved AI-based inte…

Next-Generation CarPlay Images With Audi Logo Appear in EU Database Apple this month filed next-generation CarPlay images with the EU’s Intellectual Property Office, as it seeks to protect the design of the upcoming software system there. It is yet another sign that next-generation CarPlay might finally be nearing launch, after a few redesigned icons for the system showed up in iOS 18.2 beta code earlier this mo…

Instagram Adds Live Location Sharing to Direct Messages Instagram today announced several updates for direct messages on its platform, including location sharing, nicknames, new sticker packs, and more. There’s now an option to share a live location with a friend for up to one hour on Instagram, which can be used for locating friends when getting together in real life. There’s also an option to pin …

Black Friday Accessory Deals: Save on Chargers, Keyboards, and More We’re officially in Black Friday week, and deals have begun in full force on Amazon and other retailers online. If you’re looking for Apple products, our dedicated post on all the Apple Black Friday deals available now covers every Apple device on sale right now. In this article, we’re focusing on accessories for smartphones and computers, as we…

Get Apple Watch SE for Just $149 During Amazon’s Black Friday Sale Amazon is discounting the Apple Watch SE to the new all-time low price of $149.00 this week, down from $249.00. This is about $20 cheaper than the previous record low price, and Amazon has the sale in two colors. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which …

AirPods Pro 2 Get Massive $95 Discount for Black Friday, Available For Just $154 Black Friday deals keep rolling in, and today we’re tracking a new record low price on the AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C) on Amazon. You can get these headphones for $154.00, down from $249.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site runni…

Apple Black Friday Accessory Sales Include Low Prices on AirTag, iPhone 16 Cases, and More Black Friday is just four days away, and big discounts are in full swing across the Internet and in select retail locations. In this article, we’re focusing on Apple accessories like the AirTag, iPhone 16 cases, MagSafe chargers, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may rece…

First iPhone 17 Pro Design Leak Claims Surprising Return to Aluminum, Rectangular Camera Bump, and More Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max will offer “significant design changes,” The Information’s Wayne Ma reports. The two flagship ‌iPhone 17‌ models will be the first high-end iPhones to feature an aluminum frame since the delineation of the iPhone lineup into Pro and non-Pro models. In recent years, lower-end ‌iPhone‌ models such as …

‘iPhone 17 Air’ Features Revealed in New Report: As Thin as 5mm, Single Speaker, and More The Information’s Wayne Ma today published an in-depth report about the “iPhone 17 Air” rumored to launch next year, revealing several new details. The report said prototypes of the device have a thickness of between 5mm and 6mm, which would make it the thinnest iPhone ever. In comparison, iPhone 16 models are 7.8mm thick and iPhone 16 Pro mode…