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Macworld Weve been reporting on the supposedly imminent launch of a foldable iPhone for years. There have been strong and reliable rumors of a foldable iPhone being just two years away, dating as far back as 2018 , at least. Back then, reliable reports from the likes of CNBC said Apple was going to have a folding iPhone on the market in 2020. That became 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and now its expected to land in 2026 yes, this year! The wait may finally be nearly over: Apple is expected to unveil i

Macworld On Wednesday, Apple will hold a press event with the tagline Surprise and Shine. Officially we dont know what products will be announced, but in reality were 95% sure the days reveals will include iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max handsets. And that number might have just gone up even further with the leak of a video showing demo models of the new phones. A very brief video clip posted this weekend to the Naver platform appears to show two devices: an iPhone 18 Pro Max, and an iPhone 18 Pro.

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Macworld Apples Surprise and Shine event might be the most anticipated iPhone keynote in 10 years. It all kicks off Wednesday morning, and like you, we cant wait. So join us as we count down the hours and minutes to the big show with all the latest rumors, leaks, and guesses leading up to the big event on Wednesday morning at 10 am PT. Surprise and Shine iPhone event: How to watch You can watch the full keynote right here using the embedded YouTube link below or on Apple.com on your iPhone or Ma

Macworld Excited about Apples Surprise and Shine event on Wednesday? Cant wait to hear about the iPhone Ultra, Apple Watch Series 12, and other new products? Wish you could read about the announcements before theyre, well, announced? Then youve come to the right place. As is traditional at this time of year, we sent a team of crack reporters down to Apple Park, and after a few hours of rummaging in the bins, they hit paydirt: the script for Wednesdays presentation, rehearsal tapes, marketing vid

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Macworld Apple always holds its events at 10 am PT, with iPhone launches usually taking place on the second Tuesday or Wednesday of September. This year, that means the event, dubbed Surprise and Shine , will take place on Wednesday, September 9. Additionally, Apple always introduces its new iPhones and Apple Watches at its September special event, and this year is no different. Except this year, everything is different. The iPhones are different . The CEO is different . The event may be differe

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Macworld IFA 2026 in Berlin is Europes answer to CES, attracting global brands and huge crowds. Macworld walked its 27 halls to find the most interesting Apple-related products, breezily ignoring Windows PCs and Nintendo Switch accessories. More importantly, this years best launches offered a glimpse at where Apple accessories are heading next. Charging was the biggest theme, as was keeping power banks cool enough to keep charging at peak rates. Qi2 25W is quickly becoming the premium wireless-c

Macworld According to a sharp-eyed MacRumors reader , the first macOS 26.7 release candidate included references to a pair of game controllers. The same release candidate included code numbers for a slew of other in-development Apple products . The two hardware devices are referenced as T6502 and T1057 and they include most standard game controller features: dual thumbsticks, face buttons, triggers, home and menu buttons, and different haptic features. One notable difference: the T1057 controlle

Macworld Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isnt a little different from the likes of PlayStation Plus, EA Play, or Xbox Game Pass. If youve got questions about it, weve got plenty of answers. Updated September 4, 2026: There are four new games on the service again this month: Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles+ , Block Blast+ , Coloring Games for Families+ , and Lets Play! Oink Games+ . What is Apple Arcade? Apple Arcade is a gaming subscription service for iPhone, iPad

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Macworld The John Ternus era is entering like a wave. According to Bloombergs Mark Gurman, the Surprise and Shine iPhone event on Wednesday will kick off, the biggest run of device releases in [Apples] history, delivering a wave of fresh form factors and whole new product areas in 2026, 2027 and beyond. I say that the run actually started with the Mac Studio and Mac mini announcements about a week ago, which arent shipping until late September, so you might reason that its kind of a false start.

Macworld Just a few days ago, Apple announced the date for its annual Phone event : Wednesday, September 9, less than two weeks away. Were expecting Apple to unveil its first-ever folding iPhone at the event, along with the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch Series 12 . But if youre looking to buy one of them, you might have to wait longer than usual. A reliable source has told Macwelt that pre-orders this year are not set to begin, as usual, on the Friday following the launch. Instead, Apple will op

Macworld On September 9, Apple is scheduled to hold its most anticipated hardware-centric event of the year. During the Surprise and shine keynote, Apple CEO John Ternus is expected to announce the all-new iPhone Ultra, alongside iPhone 18 Pro models, fresh Apple Watches, enhanced AirPods, and an overhauled smart home line. While many of these devices will pack new hardware with a lot of hype behind it, it may be wise to skip buying your annual Apple upgrade this fall. Not only will iPhones be

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Macworld Reports about Apple switching its MacBooks and iPads to OLED displays have been circulating in the rumor mill for some time now. A new report by Omdia gives us a more concrete look at when the switch could actually happen, as well as a few far-out details about Apples alleged plans. The first MacBook equipped with an OLED display will reportedly be available by the end of 2026, according to the site, which is in line with previous rumors . The MacBook Omdia is referring to is likely to

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Macworld A leak on the Chinese social media site Weibo, , has posted images of what are purported to be the solder joint diagram for the A20 Pro (the diagram showing all the little contact points by which the chip is attached to the board beneath). This account has correctly leaked details of some Apple chips or products in the past. From there, the leaker has used the layout and the previous chip block diagram to estimate some of the layout of the new A20 chipa rough diagram of some of the majo

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Macworld Apple has officially unveiled the new features coming to compatible iPhones running iOS 27 later this year, introducing major Apple Intelligence upgrades, changes to Siri, parental controls enhancements and improvements across core iPhone apps. iOS 27 is currently available as a beta test version for developers and public testers. The software has been going through several months of testing before its full public release which is likely to happen in the next few weeks. Apple typically

Macworld When Apple introduced its M-series chips, it also marked the beginning of the end for software written for Intel Macs. Its been nearly six years since then, and Apple has let developers know that they can bring Intel Mac development to a close. In an email to developers, Apple said: Were reaching out to let you know that universal macOS apps on the Mac App Store that require macOS 13 or later can now remove support for Intel-based Mac computers. By removing support for Intel-based Mac c

Macworld Its no secret that sports fans hate streaming. What used to be a consistent place to watch your local team play every night is now spread across several platforms, including Peacock, Netflix, Amazon, and Apple TV. It seems like every night, social media lights up with baseball fans who either cant find or dont want to pay to watch one of the two games being broadcast on some streaming service. Apple seemingly understands at least one of these frustrations. Variety reports that Apple has

Macworld Apple founder Steve Jobs wasnt a big fan of the stylus. Who wants a stylus? he asked at the original iPhone launch in 2007. You have to get em and put em away, you lose em, yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. Instead, the iPhones interface was built around what he referred to as the best pointing device in the world: the human finger. This was a risk at the time, but the iPhone ended up doing reasonably well. Thats not to say that Jobs view on the matter was definitive. Look up a YouTube clip

Macworld When Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC, the main highlight was artificial intelligence, which is only available on newer phones. The company spent a good portion of its keynote talking about the new Siri AI , Apple Intelligence , and other features that require the latest hardware to run. Unsurprisingly, this left owners of older iPhones wondering what exactly they would gain from the update. After spending some time testing the iOS 27 beta on an iPhone 11 Pro Max (the oldest iPhone support

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Macworld Over the past several years, Apples fall launches have generally been seen as lackluster. Each September, the company tends to put out refreshed iPhone and Apple Watch models with just a couple of tweaks here and there. And thats understandable, as the classic smartphone and smartwatch formulas have matured, and theres little left to develop on an annual cycle. That wont be the case this year, however. Rather than merely rehashing last years iPhones and Apple Watches, Apple is set to an

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Macworld During Apple surprise Mac announcements last week, the company declared in its press release that the Mac Studio features a next-generation SSD architecture built on PCIe Gen 6. However, that mention has since been removed from the Mac Studio press release and site, as spotted by MacGeneration . The PCIe Gen 6 statement has been removed from the Apple U.K., Apple Germany, and Apple Japan press releases, though strangely, the PCIe Gen 6 reference still exists in the Apple France press re

Macworld Bloombergs Mark Gurman reported on Monday that Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his roles as leader of the App Store and manager of product events. The news comes on Tim Cooks last day as Apple CEO . Schiller became an Apple Fellow in 2020 after initially stepping down as SVP of Worldwide Marketing, a position he had held since 2000. He joined Apple as a product marketing manager in 1987, but left in 1995 for Macromedia. He rejoined Apple in 1997 when Steve Jobs retur

Macworld A large number of Macworld readers have been using the Mac for a long time. But even if you werent using the first Mac that Apple released in 1984, we all know how revolutionary those early years of the Mac were. But lets be honest. 1980s tech relied on floppy disks, and the newest promo for the Apple TV movie Mayday reminds us all how much that sucked. Mayday is set during the 1980s, and in the promo, Mayday stars Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh decide to demo the film using what loo

Macworld Ive never had a desire to buy a Vision Pro . Even if I had $4,000 to blow at the Apple Store, Id probably pick up a loaded MacBook Pro or a Mac mini with a Studio Display XDR instead of Apples cutting-edge handset. But Friday Night Baseball in Apple Immersive changed my perspective. The first-ever broadcast of a live Major League Baseball game with 3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree field of view, watching the Red Sox-Yankees game on the Vision Pro was almost as breathtaking as b

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Macworld The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to launch at an Apple event on September 9, 2026 featuring several cutting-edge hardware advancements, including the debut of Apples C2 modem, and a shift to a 2nm manufacturing process for the A20 Pro chip. Other key rumored upgrades include a smaller Dynamic Island with under-display Face ID components and camera improvements that may include variable aperture on the Pro Max and enhanced sensors. Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Apple

Macworld Whats new on Apple TV? What are the best shows and movies? How do you sign up and what does it cost? This article will answer all of that, and youll also get a list of all the currently-available Apple TV content. Theres also a ton of new content in the works for Apples service, too. If you want to know whats on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV shows and movies . Updated August 28, 2026: The second season of Dark Matter is now streaming. Mentioned IN THIS story Apple TV

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Macworld Its one of the more persistently annoying aspects of owning an iPhone, and one of those dumb little things where Apple was overzealous in making things simple and left us with a frustration that most Android users havent had to deal with for years: Independent volume controls for various kinds of system sounds. Sure, youve been able to adjust the volume for media (videos or music) separately from system sounds for ages. But theres been one Ringtone and Alerts volume setting that control

Macworld Apple just announced the new M6 / M5 Pro Mac mini and M5 Max/Ultra Mac Studio , both of which are shipping on September 22. On the surface, these look like just the same Macs we have today with faster processors inside. But theres more to them if you dig a little deeper. Apple promotes these machines with nonspecific performance incremental values: 4.3x faster AI performance, 2x faster graphics, 4.8x faster LLM prompt performance, and so on. All of those claims will have to wait until w

Macworld If youre planning on investing in a new M6 Mac mini or M5 Ultra Mac Studio , you might be buying a new Apple Magic Keyboard along with it. Apple has updated its keyboards, too: Certain keys have had their labels changed to symbols instead of names. Apple introduced these changes with the MacBook Neo and M5 MacBook Air, so the company is basically catching up on normalizing the keys. The Tab, Caps Lock, Shift, Delete, and Return keys no longer have their respective word labels. Instead,

Macworld On a day of high-priced product announcements, Apple has offered a crumb of comfort to its more cash-strapped customers: the beloved Polishing Cloth has dropped in price by a whopping 53 percent. Relentlessly memed on for charging a faintly absurd $19 for the square cloth at launch three years ago, the company is now happy to accept just $9 for seemingly the same product. The common thread uniting Tuesdays two big Mac updates was prices going up. The M6 Mac mini starts at $899, up from

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Macworld While all eyes are on the upcoming iPhone event, Apple threw us a curveball Tuesday morning with a rare August launch of an updated Mac Studio with the all-new M5 Ultra processor. The new Mac Studio is visually identical to the previous model but has major upgrades inside. Instead of the M4 Max and M3 Ultra, you can now buy a Mac Studio with an M5 Max or M5 Ultra processor, with up to a whopping 512GB of RAM. Here are the specs Apple is offering for the two chips: Mac Studio (M5 Max) Ma

Macworld As predicted on this site earlier today, Apple has announced the launch of a new Mac mini model with M5 and M6 chip options. It doesnt feature any design changes or external upgrades, but it does offer a two-generation bump in processors compared to the previous model. Slightly confusingly, the version of the Mac mini with a chip from the M5 generation is the more powerful of the two, because its the M5 Pro . This spec starts at $1,699 for a 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, but customers ha