The MacRumors Show: Samsung’s 2025 Challenge to Apple The MacRumors Show is back for 2025! On this week’s episode, we look at how Samsung’s latest announcements challenge Apple. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Samsung this week announced the Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25+, and the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra. The new devices will directly compete with Apple’s iPho…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Lumon Industries in ‘Severance’ Promo Video The hit Apple TV+ workplace thriller “Severance” returned for a second season last week, and Apple continues to heavily market the show. In a short video shared today by “Severance” executive producer Ben Stiller, Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Lumon Industries. He enters the office’s elevator and undergoes the severance procedure, which divides his…

iOS 18.4 Beta Coming Soon With These New Features for Your iPhone iOS 18.3 is expected to be widely released next week, and that means the first iOS 18.4 beta for iPhones should be just around the corner. Apple has previously implied that iOS 18.4 will be released in April, as that is when it promised to make Apple Intelligence available in even more languages. Below, we outline what to expect from iOS 18.4 …

Kuo: iPhone 17 Models Won’t Have Smaller Dynamic Island The upcoming iPhone 17 models that Apple plans to release this year will not feature a smaller Dynamic Island, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today. On social media, he said that he is expecting the size of the ‌Dynamic Island‌ to remain “largely unchanged” across the ‌iPhone 17‌ lineup. His statement is contrary to prior rumors that we’ve hea…

Apple Brings in New Exec to ‘Fix’ Siri and Apple Intelligence Apple is making an internal staffing change that it hopes will improve Siri and its artificial intelligence offerings, reports Bloomberg. Kim Vorrath, a 37-year Apple veteran, will join the AI team to work under AI chief John Giannandrea. Vorrath is a program management VP, and has a reputation for meticulously managing software projects at App…

5 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 18.3 Apple is set to release iOS 18.3 next week, bringing further refinements to Apple Intelligence features, a couple of neat new capabilities to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 devices, and bug fixes. While not quite as packed with new features as Apple’s preceding iOS 18 point releases, iOS 18.3 still introduces capabilities that aim to make your iPh…

Siri Gives Eagles 33 False Super Bowl Wins in Basic Knowledge Test In what may not come as much of a surprise, a new test of Siri’s knowledge of Super Bowl history has revealed significant accuracy issues with Apple’s virtual assistant, suggesting Apple still has some way to go in overcoming challenges with Siri’s ability to provide reliable information. In a methodical experiment, One Foot Tsunami’s Paul Kafa…

Threads Now Lets You Schedule Posts Up to 75 Days in Advance Threads, Meta’s social network that’s meant to rival X, has announced it is rolling out the ability for all users to schedule posts. Threads can now be created and scheduled to go up at a later date and time. Multiple posts can be scheduled per day, up to 75 days in advance, but it’s not possible to schedule replies. To use the feature, create…

Apple’s Macintosh Turns 41 Today Apple announced the Macintosh 41 years ago today, introducing the first widely successful personal computer with a graphical user interface. The Macintosh revolutionized personal computing by popularizing the use of a mouse to control an on-screen pointer. At the time, this point-and-click navigation method was unfamiliar to most, as personal c…

Apple Announces New In-App Purchase API Apple yesterday announced a new API to expand in-app purchase capabilities on the App Store, providing developers with new ways to support large content catalogs, creator-driven experiences, and customizable subscription models. The new “Advanced Commerce API” addresses three broad use cases: Apps offering extensive libraries of one-time purch…

Unreleased Sony WH-1000XM6 Headphones Appear in FCC Filing Sony could be close to launching the successor model to its popular WH-1000XM5 over-ear noise-canceling headphones, if a new FCC filing is anything to go by. The company’s WH-1000XM5 cans, which we compared to Apple’s AirPods Max back in May 2022, are considered by many to offer some of the best noise-canceling in the business, providing great …

Apple Watch Bands Are Safe to Wear, Says Apple, After Lawsuit Filed Following a class action lawsuit that alleges some Apple Watch bands contain toxic “forever chemicals,” also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Apple has ensured that Apple Watch bands are “safe for users to wear.” Apple’s full statement today:Apple Watch bands are safe for users to wear. In addition to our own testing, we als…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 212 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 212 includes fixes and updates for Authentic…

Epic Games Store Lures EU Developers With Promise to Pay Apple Fees Epic Games is planning to pay the Apple fees that EU developers incur when distributing their apps through the ‌Epic Games‌ Store, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney told The Verge today. ‌Epic Games‌ added almost 20 third-party games to its app store on iOS devices in the European Union, where alternate app stores are allowed to operate. Epic also debuted i…

Apple Removes ‘2024’ Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page Apple’s website said the first vehicle models with support for next-generation CarPlay would “arrive in 2024,” but that did not happen. A little more than three weeks into 2025, Apple has now updated its website in the U.S. to remove that 2024 timeframe from the next-generation ‌CarPlay‌ section of its overall CarPlay page. The fact that Apple …

Apple Says Several Car Makers Still Plan to Support Next-Generation CarPlay Apple today confirmed that “several” car makers still plan to support next-generation CarPlay in future vehicle models. Apple said each car brand will share more details as they near the announcements of these vehicles, but it did not provide a timeframe. Apple previously said next-generation ‌CarPlay‌ would launch in 2024, but that did not happ…

Amazon’s New MacBook Air Sale Has Up to $250 Off M3 13-Inch and 15-Inch Models Big discounts have appeared today on Apple’s M3 MacBook Air, with both Amazon and Best Buy offering up to $250 off 13-inch and 15-inch models. At Best Buy, these deals are available to all shoppers with the exception of two 15-inch models, which are only available to My Best Buy Plus/Total members. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with so…

Some Apple Watch Bands Contain Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Per Lawsuit A class action lawsuit filed against Apple this week in a California federal court accuses the company of false advertising and violating various consumer laws, by failing to disclose that some Apple Watch bands contain toxic materials. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Apple misleads customers into thinking the Apple Watch has health an…

Apple Releases Beta Firmware Updates for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 Apple today released new beta firmware updates for both AirPods 4 models and the AirPods Pro 2 with both Lightning and USB-C charging cases. The firmware has a build number of 7E5067b, and it is only available to developers at the current time. It is not immediately clear what new features or changes are included in the new firmware, but we’ll …

Apple, Google Face UK Antitrust Probe Into Mobile Ecosystem Power UK regulators on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s smartphone ecosystems to assess whether they have “strategic market status” (SMS), a designation that if imposed would subject the companies to specific conduct requirements set by the Competition and Markets authority (CMA) to improve competition. The investigation wil…