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Verizon plans to charge customers $10 per month for the iPhone Handoff feature that Apple added in iOS 27 . iPhone Handoff allows one phone number to be shared across two separate iPhones. Pricing was included in Verizon's iPhone Duo announcement today , with the carrier confirming iPhone Handoff will work with the iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro models. Verizon will support iPhone Handoff, giving customers the flexibility to use a single Verizon phone number seamlessly across two compatible iP

Demand for the iPhone Duo has been othing short of extraordinary, Apple said in a statement to the Financial Times . The company also said it is working hard to get this revolutionary new product into customers' hands as quickly as possible. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo opened this morning at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, and it didn't take long for available stock to dwindle. Within minutes , delivery dates slipped from October 23 to November, and by 5:30 a.m., delivery estimates reached January 25. I

Apple today expanded its App Store moderation rules to cover AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery. Sexually explicit content was already banned, but now Apple says app developers must proactively prevent and remove AI-generated deepfakes from their platforms. Apple warns that apps with offending content could be removed from the App Store if developers fail to act. The updated 1.2 rule names AI content creation apps and could be targeting apps like Grok, among others. Users have complaine

Daring Fireball 's John Gruber shared his first impressions of the new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 this week, and he concluded that the price increases the devices received are much more striking than any of the new features introduced. Prior to receiving price increases in late June , the previous Apple TV 4K started at $129 in the U.S., while the previous HomePod mini was priced at $99. The new Apple TV and the HomePod mini 2 are priced at $299 and $149, respectively, so both devices are no

Apple's HomeView software license agreement refers to the HomeView as a HomePodDevice in one section. This is surely a placeholder name from a draft version of the agreement that Apple forgot to replace in the final version, and it reveals that Apple unsurprisingly views the HomeView as a HomePod-like device. On a related note, Apple's legal website has two other agreements titled HomePodOS 26 and HomePodOS 27, even though Apple refers to the platform as simply HomePod software in those document

Following in the footsteps of a small pre-order discount on the HomeView , Amazon is now offering the first cash discount on the brand new A19 Apple TV 4K. You can get this model for $289.99 , down from $299.00. 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 running. This is a pre-order discount on the new Apple TV 4K, and Amazon provides an estimated delivery on launch da

Apple today launched pre-orders for the iPhone Duo. If you're looking to place a pre-order on one of these models at a cellular carrier, we've rounded up all of the best deals and offers you can find from the major carriers in the United States. 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 running. AT&T At AT&T, new and existing customers can get up to $1,200 off the iPh

Apple is now accepting pre-orders for the iPhone Duo through its online storefront and Apple Store app. If you don't see the option to order, refresh both the website and the app until the store loads. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo are launching in more than 70 countries and regions. Customers who used the Get Ready option to set up a purchase should be able to check out with a couple of taps. The iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable smartphone. It features a 5.4-inch display when closed and a 7

Apple's new iPhone lineup presents an unusual choice: Pay more for a folding display, or spend less on a phone with more advanced cameras and fewer hardware compromises. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which start at $1,199 and $1,299 respectively, Apple now offers the $1,999 iPhone Duo , its first foldable iPhone. All three feature the A20 Pro chip, but their different designs and capabilities make the decision more

Apple's online store is down ahead of iPhone Duo pre-orders, which begin at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, October 16. We love that early energy, reads the Apple Store 's message when visiting the U.S. website. Almost ready for you. Pre-order begins at 5:00 a.m. PT. See you soon. Apple has been opening pre-orders at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time for several years, rather than the 12:01 a.m. start time it previously used. Customers in more than 70 countries and regions, including Australia, Canada, C

Apple has an unreleased iPad mini Smart Folio listed on its French regulatory website , hinting that a new iPad mini is coming. The case's A3632 model number doesn't match current or past iPad mini cases. Apple appears to have added the case to its website recently, and it's listed alongside iPhone 18 Pro accessories added in September. The listing doesn't include any iPad mini specs, but it does suggest design changes to the device it's meant for. The iPad mini 6 and the iPad mini 7 both use th

Apple pledged $25 million for Trump's White House ballroom, according to a list of donors obtained by The Washington Post . Chipmaker Nvidia also committed $25 million, making Apple and Nvidia two of the top donors. Other donors include Microsoft, Comcast, Amazon, Cisco, Meta , T-Mobile, HP, Google (from a lawsuit settlement), Palantir, Salesforce, and Micron. Private donations on the list totaled $333 million, with some donors paying in full and some paying in installments. The White House has

Apple is planning to introduce new OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro models on October 27 or October 28, and the machines could launch on Friday, November 6, Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman said during his latest podcast . Apple retail stores apparently have a ig floor reset scheduled for the evening of Thursday, November 5, and into Friday, November 6, which Gurman says could be in preparation for the new Macs. The store reset will follow a debut in late October, with Apple planning a creator-focused gath

Withings, the maker of smart scales for measuring body weight, has announced that customers who create an account on October 13, 2026 or later must have a Withings+ subscription for automatic syncing of data to third-party apps, including Apple's Health app. In the U.S., Withings+ costs $99.50 per year. If you created your account on or before October 12, 2026, automatic syncing to third-party apps remains free. Since this change is tied to the account creation date, existing customers who buy a

On the latest episode of his Power On podcast , Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman said he heard that Apple has tested both 60Hz and 120Hz ProMotion displays for the next iPad mini. However, he has not yet learned which option Apple has chosen. Apple is expected to announce the new iPad mini on October 27 or October 28 , with rumored features including an OLED display , A20 Pro chip , landscape front camera , redesigned speaker system , and water-resistant design . Related Roundup: iPad mini Buyer's Guide

Meta today announced the release of Muse Spark Open, which it says is the most capable U.S. open-weight model to date. Meta worked with Apple to bring Muse Spark Open to the Mac, and the model can run on a desktop setup with two 512GB Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios running the latest MLX framework. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thanked Apple CEO John Ternus for working with Meta . @finkd Congrats to the team! Amazing to run a model of Muse Spark Open's caliber and scale this efficiently, right from your

Apple announced the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K earlier this week, introducing the A19 chip, built-in microphones for hands-free Siri , four-speaker HomePod surround sound, and an updated Siri Remote. It replaces the third-generation model introduced in 2022, bringing a number of internal changes while retaining the same basic design and most of the same entertainment features. The new model costs $299 and comes with 128GB of storage. Siri AI is also coming to the third-generation model, and t

In a recent interview with TIME , Apple CEO John Ternus described some early foldable smartphones as feeling kind of cheap and crappy. Samsung released its first foldable in 2019, but Apple opted to take its time and has now developed the iPhone Duo with a premium design and a barely-noticeable display crease. The interview touches on how Ternus gave Apple's design team he confidence to really push the boundaries on innovation and manufacturing with the iPhone Duo, which is available to pre-ord

In an interview with TIME 's Andrew R. Chow , Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak said Apple Intelligence is meant for everyday people as opposed to the lunatic fringe. The full sentence: In the midst of a populist AI backlash, they contend that they are building a modest but personalized and privacy-preserving form of AI that will actually help ordinary people as opposed to merely dazzling Silicon Valley's 'lunatic fringe,' as Greg Joswiak, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, puts it

Apple CEO John Ternus has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2026 edition , available October 26. Ternus, who joined Apple in 2001 and was formerly its senior vice president of hardware engineering, succeeded Tim Cook as the company's CEO on September 1. This paved the way for Ternus to unveil the iPhone Duo just eight days later. Ternus believes the iPhone Duo stands apart from other foldable smartphones. The other examples in the world felt kind of cheap and crapp

Apple today announced that customers have until 9 p.m. Pacific Time today to get ready for their iPhone Duo pre-order . By completing this process via Apple's online store or the Apple Store app, Apple said customers can check out with a single click when iPhone Duo pre-orders go live on Friday, October 16 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time. The device launches on Friday, October 23. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Buyer's Guide: iPhone Duo (Coming Soon) Related Forum: iPhone This article, Apple Announces Dead

Apple this week introduced an all-new HomeView smart home hub , but popular tech reviewer Marques Brownlee is ot convinced about it. In his HomeView impressions video on his YouTube channel MKBHD, Brownlee said I cannot figure any group that this is actually ideal for. HomeView has a lot of overlap with other Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod. Brownlee said the HomeView does not provide enough extra value, leading him to believe that the device should be a skip

The Hatfield Apple-1 has sold for $1,148,200 including the buyer's premium, setting a world auction record for a commercially sold Apple-1, according to Bonhams . Two bidders competed for 28 minutes before the October 14 auction closed, taking the working computer beyond its $500,000 to $800,000 estimate . The machine takes its name from original owner Fred Hatfield, who complained to Apple about the lack of software for the Apple-1. A letter included in the sale contains Steve Jobs' 1978 reply,

Apple has begun inviting selected members of the media to a product launch experience in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 28, according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . In a post on X, Gurman described the gathering as an all-day product launch experience for touchscreen MacBooks, a new iPad mini , and Macs equipped with M6 chips. Gurman previously reported that Apple would introduce the devices on or around Tuesday, October 27, with an online video presentation and a hands-on experience for the m

Apple plans to launch the HomeView on November 13, so we have a month to go until we can learn more about it. Right now, we're limited to the information Apple has shared and what members of the media learned during limited hands-on time. We've rounded up some interesting HomeView tidbits you might have missed. Recipe walkthroughs - HomeView makes Safari recipes easier to follow by pulling out the ingredients and steps. You can tap on a Start Cooking button to get step-by-step instructions you c

Apple today closed with a market capitalization above $5 trillion, making it the second company to do so after Nvidia. As noted by The Wall Street Journal , Apple's market cap has exceeded $5 trillion six times before today during intraday trading, but this is the first time the company stayed above the mark at closing. Apple closed at $342.96, for a market cap of $5.005 trillion. The new valuation comes just over a month after John Ternus took over for Tim Cook as Apple CEO, and two days ahead

There's been some confusion about which of Apple's new and existing home devices will support Siri AI and when, because Siri AI isn't going to be available at launch on some products. Devices With Siri AI HomeView - Available at launch (November 13) Apple TV 4K (4th generation) - Available at launch (November 13) Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) - Available in tvOS 27.2 Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) - Available in tvOS 27.2 HomePod mini 2 - Ships October 30, Siri AI coming in a future software update

Apple plans to bring Apple Intelligence to China in iOS 27.3 after two years of regulatory delays, reports Bloomberg . The launch will include basic Apple Intelligence features for things like photo editing, but Siri AI won't be available. Image Playground and the newer version of Genmoji will be missing, plus text generation tools will be limited. The South China Morning Post today reported that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently gave Apple network access permits t

The free Apple Invites app for the iPhone was updated today with two new features: hosts can now more easily manually add guests to an event and mark their RSVP status, and the app's Home Screen widget now supports the extra large size option. Released in February 2025, the Apple Invites app makes it easy to invite people to events, such as birthday parties and baby showers. The ability to create an event in the app requires subscribing to an iCloud+ plan with at least 50GB of storage for $0.99

OpenAI today suggested Apple could be using its trade secrets, the very thing Apple is already suing OpenAI for. In a court filing , OpenAI accused an ex-employee of giving sensitive data about an unreleased product to Apple. The unnamed employee joined OpenAI from Apple and then returned after six months. OpenAI claims the person sent over a hundred highly confidential files to personal accounts, including manufacturing data and detailed images of at least one unreleased product. The former emp

iPhone Duo pre-orders kick off this Friday , and in anticipation of the event we've gathered all of the best cases and screen protectors you can get for your new iPhone Duo. This includes accessories from popular brands like OtterBox, Speck, ZAGG/Mophie, 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 running. Most of these retailers aren't offering discounts on i

Apple Del Amo in Torrance (Los Angeles area) has been temporarily closed for a few days, and Apple has now added the following notice to the store's page: We'll be right back. Our store is temporarily closed due to events beyond our control. According to Reddit comments , the store allegedly suffered extensive water damage following a roof leak in the shopping mall. Tag: Apple Store This article, Apple Store Near Los Angeles Closed Due to 'Events Beyond Our Control' first appeared on MacRumors

Siri AI will apparently not be limited to the new HomePod mini 2 , with support also coming to the first-generation HomePod mini in a software update later this year, according to a report today from CNET 's Jeff Carlson . The HomePod Mini 2 also gets a faster S10 processor, which should help with processing Siri AI requests, he said. However, the current S5-powered HomePod Mini will also get Siri AI compatibility later this year, along with updates to iOS 27.2. Fine print on Apple's website doe

Apple's $1,999 iPhone Duo asks buyers to pay more for a folding screen while accepting almost 40 compromises compared with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, spanning camera capabilities, everyday usability, and ownership costs. At equivalent storage capacities, the iPhone Duo costs $800 more than the iPhone 18 Pro and $700 more than the Pro Max. Its main attraction is a radically different design: a 5.4-inch outer display opens into a 7.6-inch inner display, providing more space for readi

Apple's tech specs page for its all-new HomeView smart home hub contains a list of all of the built-in Apple apps available on the device. While it has no App Store, the HomeView can also display some CarPlay-enabled audio and video apps from a paired iPhone. This includes Audiobooks, Apple Music Classical, Apple News, and Apple TV, along with third-party apps such as Spotify, according to WIRED . The full list of built-in Apple apps on the HomeView: Alarms Calendar FaceTime Find My Home Interco

We just published Apple's list of iPhone Duo repair fees for customers without AppleCare+ coverage, and we want to bring extra attention to two of the fees in particular: a new cover layer costs $49, and a replacement battery is $229. Apple's vice president of hardware engineering Kate Bergeron revealed that the iPhone Duo's nano-texture cover layer above the inner display can be removed and replaced . A new one is $19 with AppleCare+ and $49 without. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Buyer's Guide: i

Apple today listed its estimated repair fees for the iPhone Duo without AppleCare+ coverage, with the maximum fee in the U.S. for other damage set at $1,499. If you only damage certain parts of the iPhone Duo, the fees are more manageable. For example, the repair fee for damaged back glass is set at $199. If you eventually want to replace the battery in your iPhone Duo, that will cost you $229. As we previously reported, Apple said the iPhone Duo's nano-texture cover layer above the inner displa

An addendum to our report about the HomePod mini 2 working as a default speaker on all Mac models with Wi-Fi 6E and later : Apple says this ability extends to the full-sized HomePod 2. Apple's fine print for HomePods as default Mac speakers says compatible with HomePod mini 2 and HomePod (2nd generation) with support on all Mac desktops and laptops with Wi-Fi 6E or later. Related Roundup: HomePod Buyer's Guide: HomePod (Caution) This article, Apple Says HomePod 2 Also Works as Default Speaker W

Apple this week introduced the HomePod mini 2 , and we have rounded up all of the new features and changes that we have uncovered so far below. HomePod mini 2 can be pre-ordered now and launches Friday, October 30, but Siri AI support will not be available until a future software update . Here is what is new with the HomePod mini 2: Siri AI support is coming in a future software update, with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad required for requests involving your personal context. S10 c

Apple's new HomeView smart home hub is available for pre-order ahead of its launch on November 13. The device lets users control all of their HomeKit gadgets directly from its 7-inch Liquid Retina display, or via Siri AI. In anticipation of the HomeView launch, we've gathered some of the most notable (and discounted) HomeKit and Matter-enabled smart home devices below, all of which you'll be able to control via the home hub. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. Whe

Popular Meta chat app WhatsApp today gained guest calling, a feature that lets users invite anyone to join a voice or video call, even if the invitee doesn't have a WhatsApp account. WhatsApp says everyone has access to free, end-to-end encrypted calls with no time limits and support for up to 32 people at once. A guest joining a call needs permission from the call host, and guests will show up in a waiting room until the host lets them in. Guests cannot see other participants' phone numbers, se

AppleCare+ became available for the first time 15 years ago today, on October 14, 2011, alongside the iPhone 4S, following its announcement ten days earlier. The previous $69 AppleCare Protection Plan in the United States extended hardware repair coverage and technical support to two years, but excluded accidental damage. AppleCare+ cost $99, retaining that two-year term while adding coverage for two accidental damage incidents, each with a $49 service fee. It covered damage from drops and liqui

Apple is reportedly preparing a substantial production run for the standard iPhone 18 , following the iPhone 17 's success as the world's best-selling smartphone. In a new Weibo post , the leaker known as Fixed Focus Digital claimed that production of the standard iPhone 18 is scheduled to start in late November, describing the volume of inventory being prepared as quite large. Its predecessor has likely given Apple considerable reason for confidence. Following the iPhone 17's initial pre-orde

Apple today added the 12-inch MacBook (2017), iPad (6th generation), and BeatsX headphones to the obsolete products list on its website. Apple considers a product to be obsolete once seven years have passed since it last distributed the product for sale, including to resellers. Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers are instructed to discontinue hardware service for obsolete products and generally cannot order parts for these products as a result. However, Apple says MacBooks may re

Apple just announced the HomeView yesterday, and Amazon today has introduced the first pre-order discounts on the home hub device. You can get the Space Gray and Starlight colors for $289.99 , down from $299.00. 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 running. Although only a $9 discount, this is the first deal we've seen on the HomeView, and as of writing only Amaz

Apple debuted three new home products today, but the October announcements aren't over yet. Rumors suggest there will be another event on October 27, plus we're still waiting on the iPhone Duo . Here's everything we're expecting to see launch or be announced in October. October 16 - iPhone Duo pre-orders start. October 23 - iPhone Duo launches. October 27 - OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro , M6 14-inch MacBook Pro, M6 iMac , OLED iPad mini October 30 or before - iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, an

Apple didn't hold an event today, but it did refresh its lineup of smart home products with the Apple HomeView , HomePod mini 2, and fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. The $299 HomeView is an all-new device that serves as a central home hub, offering apps, widgets, and personalized content for up to six people. The $299 Apple TV 4K now has microphones for Siri , more internal storage, a faster A19 chip, and Wi-Fi 7, while the $149 HomePod mini has a faster chip and new colors. All three home devices

Apple today introduced the HomePod mini 2 , but the full-sized HomePod was not updated. Nevertheless, the alt text for Apple's full-sized HomePod image shown at the bottom of the HomePod order page now mentions a multi-colored Siri AI glow on top, suggesting that the larger HomePod might eventually gain support for Siri AI. Of course, it is also possible that Apple simply made an error. The new HomePod mini 2 will feature Siri AI, but not right away , with support set to arrive in a future softw

Apple today seeded the third betas of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, and watchOS 27.2. The software comes a few hours after Apple provided the betas to developers. To get the new betas, you can sign up on Apple's beta testing website . After you're signed up, the betas can be installed through the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device. iOS 27.2 includes the redesigned Health app that Apple introduced at its September iPhone event. It features new Insights and

In the fourth beta of iOS 27.2, Apple updated the Apple Music icon. The new icon is black and white, replacing the prior red and white icon. In light mode, the logo is black on a white background, and in dark mode, it's white on a black background. The refreshed Music app icon comes after Apple debuted a new Apple Music logo in an earlier version of iOS 27.2 and in marketing materials for its recent Apple Music Hall announcement. Along with a new icon, the Apple Music app in iOS 27.2 beta 4 has