Apple Announces 2024 Black Friday Event, Offering Up to $200 Gift Card Apple’s annual four-day Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping event is returning on Friday, November 29 through Monday, December 2 in many countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K., and others. During the event, customers can get an Apple gift card with the purchase of an eligible product. In…

Apple Pay to Be Treated Like a Bank With Federal Scrutiny in the U.S. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a new rule that will bring Apple Pay and other major digital wallet services under the same oversight as banks. The CFPB today announced that, effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register, digital payment platforms processing over 50 million annual transactions in …

Amazon Discounts USB-C AirPods Max to $499.99 for Black Friday Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $499.99 in four colors, down from $549.00. This early Black Friday deal is a solid price on the 2024 headphones, and only a few dollars different when compared with the previous record low price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we m…

iOS 18 Photos App Redesign: Two Months Later, Users Still Divided When Apple released iOS 18 in September, it introduced an overhauled Photos app, dropping on users the biggest change to photo management on iPhone since the app’s introduction. MacRumors forums users have been particularly vocal about the redesign – some have praised the AI features, but others have called for a return to the simpler interface …

iPhone Base Models Remain Best-Sellers Despite Pro Max Appeal Apple’s base model iPhones have collectively accounted for 42% of its smartphone sales this year, but iPhone Pro Max devices stand as the best-selling individual model, according to new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The report reveals an interesting sales distribution across Apple’s iPhone lineup, but the data needs …

As Apple Prepares to Launch Home Hub, Amazon Debuts New Echo Show With 21-Inch Display Amazon today announced the launch of two new Echo Show devices, both of which have large displays. The Echo Show 15 has a 15-inch display and is a replacement for the original Echo Show 15, while the even bigger Echo Show 21 has a 21-inch display. For those unfamiliar with the Echo Show, it is Amazon’s smart home control device, serving as a way…

20+ Ways to Free Up iPhone Storage If your iPhone or iPad is full, there are several things you can do to claw back storage space. In this guide, we run through several options and methods available to free up storage on Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices. Keep reading to learn what they are. Every new iPhone and iPad model comes with a set storage capacity ranging from 64GB to 1TB …

Here’s What Else to Expect From Apple Before 2024 Ends 2024 is quickly coming to a close, but Apple still has some software updates and other remaining items on its agenda to get through. Below, we outline some of the key things to expect from Apple through the remainder of the year. Apple’s four-day Black Friday-Cyber Monday offer should return next week. In the U.S. last year, Apple offered up to…

Facebook Messenger Gains Siri Integration, Audio and Video Voice Messages and More Facebook today announced several updates for its Messenger platform, introducing Siri call integration, new AI features, support for HD video calls, and audio and video voice messages. iPhone users can now ask ‌Siri‌ to make a call or send a message through the Messenger app. “Hey ‌Siri‌, send a message to on Messenger” will now work fo…

T-Mobile Learns From Past Breaches, Manages to Stop New Attack U.S. carrier T-Mobile recently managed to thwart a major network breach before customers were impacted, reports Bloomberg. Hackers were able to get into edge-routing infrastructure, breaching a router owned and operated by T-Mobile. T-Mobile was able to detect the suspicious activity, blocking hackers from further accessing its systems. There w…

Apple Watch Series 10 Hits New Low Price of $329.99 on Amazon Black Friday deals continue to drop for the Apple Watch Series 10 on Amazon, with $69 off both 42mm GPS and 46mm GPS models. All of these deals have been applied automatically and do not require any coupon codes. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which …

iOS 18.2 Introduces ‘All Rings Closed’ Activity Awards for Apple Watch As spotted by Mohammad Aldarawish and others, the upcoming iOS 18.2 and watchOS 11.2 updates add new “All Rings Closed” activity awards for the Apple Watch. Apple Watch users can earn these awards for closing all three Move, Exercise, and Stand/Roll rings for 100 days, 365 days, 500 days, and 1,000 days, and at every 250-day interval above 1,00…

Get Apple’s 10th Gen iPad for Just $279.99 on Amazon We’re ramping up to big Black Friday deals next week, but you can still find all-time low prices on multiple products right now. Today we’ve already covered great discounts on M3 MacBook Air, M4 MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch Series 10, and now Amazon has a new record low price on the 10th generation iPad. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner w…

Apple Releases Fourth Betas of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration Apple today seeded the fourth betas of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the third betas. Alongside the fourth betas of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating system updates, Apple has also seeded the third beta of watchOS 11.2. With today’s updates, Apple is …

M4 MacBook Pro Black Friday Deals Arrive Early With Up to $250 Off Select Models Following a few all-time low prices on the MacBook Air this morning, Amazon is now discounting multiple M4 MacBook Pro models to new low prices ahead of Black Friday. Many of these require you to clip an on-page coupon in order to see the final deal price at checkout. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and…

Samsung Black Friday Event Begins With Huge Savings on Monitors, TVs, and More Samsung has introduced early Black Friday deals this week, and you can find discounts on TVs, smartphones, monitors and memory, wearables, appliances, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Samsung. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Notable deals this…

Uber Adding Home Screen Widget on iPhone, UberXXL Option, and More Uber today announced that it will be releasing a Home Screen widget for the iPhone today, allowing users to request a ride in as little as two taps. The widget can display your saved addresses for home and work, or you can tap on the magnifying glass icon to quickly search for another address. We do not see the widget yet. It will likely be ad…

Amazon Takes Up to $300 Off M3 MacBook Air With New All-Time Low Prices Amazon today has knocked the price off of multiple M3 MacBook Air models, with as much as $300 off select computers. Prices start at $849.00 for the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air (16GB RAM/256GB), and also include multiple 15-inch models as well. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may rece…

Apple Announces Shazam Has Identified More Than 100 Billion Songs Apple today announced that music recognition tool Shazam has identified more than 100 billion songs since it launched. Shazam started as an SMS service in the U.K. in 2002, and it became one of the first iPhone apps available on the App Store in 2008. Apple shared some fun comparisons for this statistic:- That’s equivalent to 12 songs identifie…

AT&T Turbo Indicator Showing Up in iPhone Status Bar for Subscribers AT&T has begun displaying “Turbo” in the iPhone carrier label for customers subscribed to its premium network prioritization service, according to reports on Reddit. The new indicator seems to have started appearing after users updated to iOS 18.1.1, but that could be just coincidence. Image credit: Reddit user No_Highlight7476 The Turbo feat…