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AirPods AirTag 2 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo Mac mini and Mac Studio MacBook Air Apple Watch Ultra iPhone Cases More Black Friday Sales Our Top Picks Apple Watch Ultra 3 for $549.00 ($250 off) Apple Watch Ultra 3 (Milanese Loop) for $649.00 ($250 off) Apple Watch Ultra 4 for $699.99 ($99 off) M5 MacBook Air for $1,349.00 ($250 off) iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo for up to $1,200 off Apple Watch Ultra The Apple Watch Ultra 4 has dropped to $699.99 on Amazon in one of the most notable early Black Friday discounts, down from $799.00. This is a match of the all-time low price on the new Ultra 4, which just launched in September. If you're shopping for a Milanese Loop model, Amazon also has a $99 discount on one of these devices. There are five regular models on sale and two Milanese Loop models, and most have delivery dates of early November on Amazon. $99 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 4 for $699.99 $99 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 4 (Milanese Loop) for $799.99 Regarding the previous-generation models, Best Buy this week has a big collection of Apple Watch Ultra 3 models for $549.00, down from $799.00. This is a massive $250 discount on the previous-generation device, and it represents a new all-time low price on these models. You can find similar $250 discounts on the Milanese Loop models at Amazon. $250 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 3 for $549.00 $250 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 3 (Milanese Loop) for $649.00 AirTag 2 Apple's AirTag 2 has hit $23.00 this week on Amazon, down from $29.00. This deal is on the 1-Pack of the AirTag 2, and it's an all-time low price. $6 OFF AirTag 2 (1-Pack) for $23.00 Mac Mini and Mac Studio Apple's new Mac mini has had one of the most consistent discounts over the past few weeks, and these $119-$150 markdowns have continued into Black Friday season. Prices start at $779.00 for the entry-level model, and currently include every M6 model, plus the M5 Pro model. $120 OFF M6 Mac mini 16GB/256GB for $779.00 $150 OFF M6 Mac mini 16GB/512GB for $949.00 $149 OFF M6 Mac mini 24GB/512GB for $1,149.99 $150 OFF M5 Pro Mac mini 24GB/512GB for $1,549.00 Additionally, one of the best early Black Friday deals is on the M5 Max Mac Studio with 36GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, on sale for $2,299.00, down from $2,499.00. $200 OFF M5 Max Mac Studio 36GB/512GB for $2,299.00 MacBook Air Amazon is taking $199 off nearly every model of the M5 MacBook Air this week, with matches of the best post-hike prices we've ever seen on the computer. Prices now start at $1,099.99 for the 512GB 13-inch model and $1,299.99 for the 512GB 15-inch model. $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/512GB) for $1,099.00 $250 OFF 13-inch MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,349.00 $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,599.00 For the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models, prices start with the 16GB/512GB model for $1,299.00, down from $1,499.00. You can also get the 16GB/1TB model for $1,549.00, down from $1,799.00, which is a $250 markdown and another all-time low price for Black Friday. $200 OFF 15-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/512GB) for $1,299.00 $250 OFF 15-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,549.00 AirPods Notable AirPods deals this month include solid second-best prices on the AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2, with up to $100 off these models. $50 OFF AirPods Pro 3 for $199.00 $100 OFF AirPods Max 2 for $449.00 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo Cellular carriers have always offered big savings on the newest iPhone models during the holidays, and Black Friday 2026 sales have kicked off at AT&T and T-Mobile , as well as Best Buy . Right now we're tracking notable offers on the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Duo. For even more savings, keep an eye on older models during the holiday shopping season. T-Mobile iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max : Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in iPhone Duo : Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in Apple Watch SE 3: No cost (up to $300) when adding a watch line on a qualifying plan, or get $250 off any Apple Watch when picking up another Apple Watch T-Mobile is offering the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max for up to $1,200 off when you trade in an old device (in any condition) and purchase the new device on an eligible unlimited plan. You can also get this offer if you switch a line to Experience Beyond 2.0, Experience Beyond, or Go5G Next. UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone 18 Pro at T-Mobile UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone Duo at T-Mobile For anyone shopping for the iPhone Duo, you can get up to $1,200 off the iPhone Duo with any condition trade-in on an Experience Beyond plan. This discount will appear in the form of bill credits over the course of 36 months. Similarly, if you're on the Experience More or Experience Beyond plan, you can get up to $830 off with a trade-in, and up to $730 off with a new line on most other plans. All of these offers have the same payout schedule over the course of 36 months. AT&T iPhone 18 Pro : No cost with eligible trade-in iPhone 18 Pro Max : Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in iPhone Duo : Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in Over at AT&T , you can get the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max for up to $1,200 off with an iPhone trade-in in any condition. You'll need to upgrade with AT&T Next Up Anytime or switch to get this offer. UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone 18 Pro at AT&T UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone Duo at AT&T Additionally, new and existing customers can get up to $1,200 off the iPhone Duo with an eligible trade-in. If you're switching to AT&T, the carrier will give you up to $800 to pay off your current device balance, and you can save $200 per line when ordering the smartphone online. In regards to the main offer of up to $1,200 off the iPhone Duo, AT&T says this requires an eligible trade-in of $230 or more, alongside activation of a new line or upgrading an existing line. You'll get this credit over the course of 36 months on your AT&T bill. You can find the breakdown of each plan tier from AT&T below, and remember that they each require a trade-in as well. Up to $1,200 off iPhone Duo: requires AT&T Premium 2.0 plan or higher / trade-in value of $230 or more Up to $930 off iPhone Duo: requires AT&T Extra 2.0 plan or higher / trade-in value of $130 or more Up to $500 off iPhone Duo: requires Value 2.0 plan / trade-in value of $130 or more Up to $350 off iPhone Duo: requires any eligible unlimited plan / trade-in value of $35-$129 If you switch to AT&T from a different carrier, AT&T will pay off your phone balance at up to $800 off per line. With the $1,200 offer, AT&T is offering the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro at no cost. Best Buy iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max : Up to $1,200 off with qualified activation and trade-in iPhone Duo : Up to $1,200 off with qualified activation and trade-in Carriers aren't the only place you can save on iPhones this year, with Best Buy offering the same discounts as AT&T and T-Mobile with activation through these carriers at the time of purchase. This is a great option for anyone who shops at Best Buy a lot and likes to rack up member reward points. UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone 18 Pro at Best Buy UP TO $1,200 OFF iPhone Duo at Best Buy Similar to the carriers, you can get the iPhone 18 Pro models and iPhone Duo for up to $1,200 off with qualified activation on cellular plans and a trade-in of an older device. Best Buy supports activation through AT&T and Verizon. iPhone Cases Amazon this week has big discounts across Apple's Clear, Silicone, and TechWoven Cases for the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. Across the board these are the best prices we've tracked to date on the new cases for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This time around the deals do not require any coupon codes to see the final sale prices. UP TO 40% OFF iPhone 18 Pro Cases at Amazon Below we're also tracking a few ongoing discounts on iPhone Duo cases from Amazon, ZAGG, and other retailers. iPhone 18 Pro Clear Case - $38.99, down from $49.00 Silicone Case - $29.33, down from $49.00 TechWoven Case - $50.00, down from $59.00 iPhone 18 Pro Max Clear Case - $37.99, down from $49.00 Silicone Case - $32.83, down from $49.00 TechWoven Case - $48.99, down from $59.00 Other Accessories Crossbody Strap - $33.04, down from $59.00 iPhone Duo If you're on the hunt for protection for your new iPhone Duo, we've also been keeping track of all the best cases and screen protectors for the new device. The catch with these accessories is that many of them are not on sale given how new the Duo is, but there are overall cheap options you can find on Amazon, plus a great buy two get 20% off deal at ZAGG. BUY 2 GET 20% OFF iPhone Duo Accessories at ZAGG Amazon has some notable TechWoven dupe cases on sale, available for $29.99 , which is $50 cheaper than any of Apple's official iPhone Duo cases. Otherwise, you'll find the full list of retailers offering accessories for the iPhone Duo below. Amazon - iPhone Duo cases from Spigen, Speck, ZAGG, and more AT&T - Discounts on iPhone Duo cases and screen protectors from Speck, Spigen, and more Best Buy - iPhone Duo cases from Dbrand, OtterBox, Spigen, Kate Spade, and more Burton Goods - Save on leather cases for iPhone Duo ESR - iPhone Duo Silicone Leather case with Flex Stand Nomad - Leather Folio cases for iPhone Duo OtterBox - Defender cases for iPhone Duo Speck - Presidio Cases for iPhone Duo Target - iPhone Duo cases from ZAGG, Case-Mate, and Kate Spade ZAGG - Save 20% when you buy 2 items from ZAGG, including iPhone Duo cases and screen protectors More Black Friday Sales Accessory Sales Best Buy B&H Photo Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find during the holidays? You can sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! 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Happy touch your Mac day! Apple's new PROLED MacBook Pro is now in the hands of customers. We picked up one of the new machines to get our greasy fingerprints all over that pristine OLED display. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. It's been five years since Apple last redesigned the MacBook Pro, so it was due for an update. The PROLED MacBook Pro looks a lot like the mini-LED model, but it's thinner and lighter. The 14-inch model is about half a millimeter thinner and weighs just over three pounds, while the 16-inch model is almost a millimeter thinner and weighs four pounds. Apple shaved off about half a pound for the 14-inch model and 0.7 pounds for the 16-inch model, and while that doesn't sound like much, it makes a big difference. You can feel how much lighter it is the second you take it out of the box. Apple brought back the glowing logo for the PROLED MacBook Pro, so everyone around you will know you have the fancy new OLED model. The OLED display is the major new feature, and it looks as good as you would expect from a display in a laptop starting at $2,899. Blacks are true black, and since each pixel lights up individually, there's none of the bloom you get with mini-LED when viewing bright objects on a dark background. The PROLED MacBook Pro can get super bright too, and that brightness paired with the deep blacks, HDR content looks great. OLED sometimes isn't bright enough outdoors, but that's not the case here. The display bezels are thinner, and the 16-inch machine is actually 16.3 inches instead of 16.2. There's also an iPhone-like Dynamic Island that replaces the notch and houses Siri AI, Live Activities, and more. The Dynamic Island makes sense because you can now touch the MacBook Pro's display. It works like touching an iPhone or iPad , so you can swipe through webpages, tap buttons, drag and drop, and pinch to zoom. Touch isn't meant to replace the trackpad and keyboard, but it's there if you want it. Apple made some tweaks to macOS, so menu options expand a little more when you touch them than when you click them, and tiny window resizing buttons get larger. Apple put a sturdier hinge in the PROLED MacBook Pro so the display won't move as much when you tap it, but it's not perfect. It does still jiggle depending on where you tap. The touch feature is fine, but it's probably not a reason to go out and get the PROLED MacBook Pro. It has the potential to be useful in some situations, but it's not going to dramatically change the way most people use a laptop. New chips weren't ready in time for the PROLED machines, so they use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max as the mini-LED models. That's a disappointment in a laptop that starts at almost $3,000. Since Apple is still selling the mini-LED models, you're basically paying a $400 premium for the higher-end OLED display, the thinner and lighter design, and the touch functionality. The better display and the lighter weight are going to be worth the price for some people, and the touch is just a bonus. Related Roundup: MacBook Pro Tag: OLED Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, Hands-On With Apple's New OLED Touchscreen MacBook Pro first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
More Fun iPhone Duo Apps: 30 New Picks to Try
When the iPhone Duo launched, we shared a list of some of the fun apps developers created for the new form factor. Two weeks out, developers are continuing to come up with fresh ideas, so we thought we'd share some of our favorites. Games Marbles Unhinged ($2.99) - Marbles Unhinged is a marble maze designed for the Duo. When you fold it, the floor turns into a ramp. If you stand the top half up, you can bank a marble off of it. When you snap the hinge, the marble launches up. Midnight Fridge ($2.99) - Midnight Fridge turns the iPhone Duo into a tiny refrigerator. It's a memory game where the idea is to look at the magnets on the fridge and then find the items inside. Greens: Mini Golf ($2.99) - Greens is a mini-golf app made for the iPhone Duo, and it's playable in any orientation. When folded like a laptop, you can putt on the half on the table, with the upright half serving as a caddie camera. Chirpfold (Free) - Chirpfold is a Flappy Bird-style app where you fold the phone to cause your bird to flap its wings. Valley Run ($0.99) - Valley Run is a neon-themed racing game where you fold the iPhone Duo to direct a marble down a series of challenging tracks. PianoFold ($4.99) - PianoFold is a rhythm game you can play with the iPhone Duo positioned like a laptop. Press and hold on the keys to match the song that's playing. It's free to download, but the full unlock is $4.99. Load Bearing ($5.00) - Load Bearing is a roguelite Tetris-style game that's meant to be played with the Duo half open. The controls are on the bottom, and the blocks fall at the top. It also has deck building elements, so you can put together a set of your preferred block pieces to beat each level. Who's at the Door? (Free) - Who's at the Door? is an app that turns your iPhone Duo into a door. Open it up to see who is on the other side, and if it's something scary, make sure to slam the Duo shut quickly before it gets you. Fold Match ($2.99) - Fold Match is a game where you're given a shape on one side of the Duo and a blank spot where the shape needs to go on the other side. The idea is to position the shape to get to that empty space, but you won't know how close you were until you close the iPhone. Battlefleet Duo (Free) - Battlefleet Duo takes advantage of the Duo's design for a Battleship-style game. In laptop mode, you can see your fleet on the lower screen and the enemy's waters in front of you. Simple But Clever Duo Aquarium ($1.00) - As the name suggests, this app turns your iPhone Duo into an aquarium. When in tent mode, it serves as a virtual fish tank and clock. You can choose your fish and your add-ins, then feed them. AltoPaint ($5.99) - AltoPaint is an app that turns the iPhone Duo into a tiny canvas with a paint palette. There are watercolor, oil, and gouache paints with mixable colors. Post Club ($4.99) - Post Club is a cute app where you can pick a typewriter, fold the Duo like a laptop and type up a letter. There are 10 typewriters and 14 paper styles to choose from. Halfpage ($2.99) - Halfpage is another app that turns the iPhone Duo into a typewriter when it's used in a MacBook-like orientation. The keys are at the bottom, and what you type is at the top. It has a simpler design than Post Club. Callsign ($1.49+) - Callsign turns your iPhone Duo into a sign that lets people know if you're free or busy on a call. Just set it up, put it in tent mode, and people can know at a glance not to bother you. It's free to download, and there are different visual packs to unlock with one-off $1.49 purchases. AskZine ($1.99) - AskZine is a Magic 8 Ball-like app where you ask a question, unfold the screen, and see your answer. Lullabox (Free) - Lullabox turns the iPhone Duo into a music box where you can wind the key, lift the lid, and watch a porcelain ballerina spin while soft music plays. The music gets louder as the iPhone Duo is opened further. DuoBook (Free) - DuoBook turns the iPhone Duo into a tiny Mac with a keyboard and trackpad that work like the Mac equivalent. You can also use it to send photos and files to the Mac. Special Duo Features Wakeout ($59.99/year) - Fitness app Wakeout was Apple's App of the Year back in 2020. It offers up workout games you can do in just minutes a day. You can put your Duo in tent or laptop mode to follow along with workout moves, playing games with your body. Faro (Free) - Faro is an app that helps you find movies to watch so you don't waste time browsing through Netflix without ever making a choice. On iPhone Duo, you can see two films side by side to choose between them, or see your list of picks on one half of the display with details on each movie on the other half. CalibReader (Free) - CalibReader is an EPUB and PDF reader that turns the iPhone Duo into a book. The outer screen shows the title's cover, and when you open it, there's a two-page spread with page-turning animations. Retrocade ( Apple Arcade ) - Retrocade turns the iPhone Duo into a mini arcade machine and works on the Duo in multiple fold positions. Blankie (Free) - Soundscape app Blankie has a dual view with Now Playing on one side and Sound Mixer on the other. When folded in tent mode, it shows a view of what's playing. Camera Apps IncrediBooth (Free) - IncrediBooth turns the iPhone Duo into a little photo booth. Press the red button to capture an image, and your photo strip appears on the outer display. It's free to download, with five strips available per day. VNTG (Free) - VNTG is an instant camera app where you close the iPhone Duo to take a shot and then open it up to develop it. It's free to download, with in-app purchases to unlock camera lenses. Flipcorder ($4.99) - Flipcorder is a video recording app that turns the iPhone Duo into a retro camcorder. It's designed to be used for daily video diaries, and each tape is displayed on a shelf in the app. To film, just unfold the Duo. Recordings have classic VHS-style effects. Less Fun, More Serious Brim ($0.89) - Brim is a Safari extension that lets Safari use the full width of the iPhone Duo's outer display for websites. It reclaims the blank space Apple left in Safari and moves links and buttons out from under the side controls. Widen ($3.99) - Widen is another extension that expands Safari to take up the width of the outer display. It also hides cookie banners and works in Split View. There are multiple settings, so you can set just pictures to take up the full screen, or opt to have pictures and text expand. SPAN (Free) - SPAN is an app that turns the iPhone Duo into a project tracker and timer. It has different views for each iPhone Duo orientation. SPAN is free to use for the current week, with a $4.99/month pro subscription available for unlimited projects and full monthly and yearly reports. BrainDrain (Free) - BrainDrain is a 60-second brain dump app that helps you sort your thoughts. On the iPhone Duo, different Duo orientations have different purposes. You can use it like a laptop in a half fold, type thoughts with the Duo closed, or put it in tent mode to use voice capture. More Apps Know of some fun iPhone Duo apps not on our list? Let us know in the comments. Be sure to check out our first iPhone Duo app article too. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Buyer's Guide: iPhone Duo (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, More Fun iPhone Duo Apps: 30 New Picks to Try first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran
Iran threatened to attack subsea cables if US escalates military strikes again.
Apple Store With All-New Design Opening Soon in Southern California
Apple today announced that its retail store at The Forum in Carlsbad, California will be reopening in its original location on Friday, November 20 at 10 a.m. local time, following more than a year of renovations . Additions will likely include a Genius Bar with accessible seating and a dedicated Apple Pickup area for online orders. Apple's temporary store in Carlsbad Apple's temporary store at The Forum will be permanently closed, with the company set to return to its original 2008 unit at the shopping plaza. Carlsbad is a coastal beach city in the North County area of San Diego County. Tag: Apple Store This article, Apple Store With All-New Design Opening Soon in Southern California first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
SANDMARC debuts new leather/metal iPhone Duo Cases in Navy and Beige [Exclusive deal]
One of the most popular new iPhone Duo cases among 9to5 readers has been the new SANDMARC Pro Leather Case . Made of full-grain leather with patented aluminum mount/camera bump protection, the brand has just unveiled new Beige and Navy Blue treatments you can now score with an exclusive discount using code 9TO510 at checkout. more
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Control the Glowing Apple Logo on Your New MacBook Pro
Once a common sight in lecture theaters and coffee shops everywhere, the glowing emblem of an Apple logo featured on the lids of many Mac laptops launched in the early 2000s. In a nice touch, the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays bring back the much-loved logo. It's lit up whenever the Mac is awake, and it automatically dims or brightens based on your screen's brightness level and the ambient light in the room. Image credit: MacRumors forum member sniffies If you'd rather keep the logo dark, Apple has shared a way to turn it off. Unusually though, there's no switch in System Settings. Instead, you need to enter a command in the Terminal app. If that sounds intimidating, don't worry it's a single line that you can copy and paste. Note that the following command only works on MacBook Pro models with a PROLED XDR display. Open Terminal on your Mac: it's in the Applications Utilities folder, or you can search for Terminal using Spotlight ( Command + Space ). Type or paste the following command, then press Enter : sudo defaults write com.apple.CoreBrightness LEBacklightMode -int 0 When prompted, enter your administrator password and press Enter . (Terminal doesn't show the password as you type it.) After performing the steps, the logo illumination should turn off immediately, no restart required. The change applies to all macOS user accounts on the machine, and it will carry over even if you start up from macOS Recovery. If you later migrate to a new Mac, the setting even transfers across with the rest of your system. Relight the Apple Logo Reinstalling macOS turns the illumination back on, but you can also turn it back on yourself at any time by entering the following command in Terminal: sudo defaults delete com.apple.CoreBrightness LEBacklightMode Remember to press Enter ! Backstory The first Mac laptop with a lit-up Apple logo was the third-generation PowerBook G3 launched in 1999. The glowing symbol proved a mainstay through consecutive Apple notebooks for the next 16 years. The only change in that period was that the logo got flipped upright, so that it no longer appeared upside-down to onlookers when someone was sat in public with the lid open. According to former Apple employee Joe Moreno , the original orientation was deliberate: Apple's design group had found that users kept trying to open their laptops from the wrong end. Steve Jobs always focused on providing the best possible user experience and believed that it was more important to satisfy the user than the onlooker, Moreno recalled. Ironically, Jobs later reversed the decision. Opening a laptop from the wrong end is a self-correcting problem that only lasts a few seconds, said Moreno. However, viewing the upside logo is a problem that lasts indefinitely. The earlier orientation, seen in Sex and the City (Image: HBO/Everett/Rex Features) In 2015, Apple began nixing the illuminated insignia from its laptops, starting with the ultra-thin 12-inch MacBook, which had a polished metal logo instead, like iPads before it. In 2016, a new generation of MacBook Pro models continued the unlit trend. Apple hasn't launched a Mac laptop with a glowing logo since until now. Related Roundup: MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, Control the Glowing Apple Logo on Your New MacBook Pro first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
The early Black Friday Apple deals have arrived alongside the pre-order discount on the new Apple HomeView and the 2026 Apple Polishing Cloth back in stock at $9 Prime shipped . We are tracking a $50 price drop on AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2 in all colorways at $100 off , alongside some return all-time low deals across the Apple Watch Ultra 4 lineup at nearly $100 off and clearance deals on Apple Watch Ultra 3 at $250 off . All of that joins now even lower pricing on the latest M5 MacBook Air at up to $250 off (the lowest prices we have in nearly 5 months), M6 Mac mini at up to $150 off, and the touchscreen MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display with a FREE $150 gift card (more details on that below). Just be sure to scope out the Apple Pencil USB-C for iPhone Duo as well. Everything awaits below. more
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Google's eyewear partners can't keep a lid on its smart glasses plans
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WASHINGTON: Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher said on Friday. The list is not a ban. iPhone users can still type what they like when drafting emails and texts. But the words on the list []
Touchscreen PROLED MacBook Pro pre-order deals: FREE $150 gift card, more [Updated]
Update 11/6: Authorized Apple dealer B&H is now offering FREE $150 gift cards with pre-orders of the new touchscreen M5 Pro MacBook ProPROLED XDR. The M6 MacBook Pro has arrived, but Apple also debuted the first touchscreen Mac with the new MacBook Pro PROLED XDR , complete with the light-up Apple logo, and pre-orders are now live. We are still awaiting the early launch deal at Amazon, but Best Buy is serving up FREE $100 gift cards with purchase and offering as much as $1,360 off the new model at trade. more
Apple Arcade in November: Four new games added to the service
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 November 6, 2026: There are four new games on the service this month: Crossy Road Rush , Food Stylist Design Game+ , KAMI 2+ , NBA 2K7 Arcade Edition . What is Apple Arcade? Apple Arcade is a gaming subscription service for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and AppleTV that features several hundred games. The games are a mix of genres and styles, and include original games youll only find on the service and others that can be found on the regular App Store or even other platforms. Apple Arcade isnt a streaming service like Xbox Live Cloud Gaming or GeForce NOW. Games must be downloaded onto your device in order to be played. What do I need to run it? Apple Arcade was made available as part of iOS 13, iPad OS 13, tvOS 13, and macOS Catalina or later. Some of the more visually-intensive games may only run well on newer hardware, though, and some Mac games require macOS 11 (Big Sur). How much does Apple Arcade cost? Apple Arcade costs $6.99/6.99 per month, and youll also get a one-month free trial or you can get three months free if you purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac. To claim your free trial click here . You can get Apple Arcade for less than $6.99 a month if you subscribe for a year upfront. A year of Apple Arcade is $49.99/49.99 (so $4.16 a month). If youre currently on the $6.99 month-to-month plan and want to switch to the annual plan and save some money, you can do so on youriPhone or iPad. Open the App Store app, then tap your account icon in the upper right. Tap Subscriptions , then tap the entry for Apple Arcade . Here, you can switch to the annual plan. Apple Arcade is also included in the Apple One subscription bundles , which range from $20 a month to $38 a month and include access to Apple Music and Apple TV and iCloud storage. There is also a month free trial of Apple One. To claim the trial, or sign up for Apple One, click here . How do I sign up for Apple Arcade? There isnt an Apple Arcade appits built into the App Store. On your iPhone, iPad, or Mac open the App Store and look for the Apple Arcade tab at the bottom of the screen (or in the left column on macOS). A sign-up screen with a Try It Free button will appear. After the trial youll be charged either the monthly or annual fee, depending on your selection. When subscribing, youll need to enter your Apple ID password or use Touch ID or Face ID to sign in, and youll have to confirm your subscription purchase a few times. Once youre done with the sign up, the Arcade section of the App Store shows what games are available to you. To access a game, tap on it in the App Store, then tap the Get button. When the game is done installing on your device, the Get button turns into a Play button, and you can tap it to launch the game. The game app icon will also appear on your devices Home page. On the Apple TV, there actually is an Arcade app. Open that to see the sign-up offer. Youll also find an Arcade tab within the App Store. Does my subscription include family sharing? Yes. One $6.99 per month subscription can be shared between up to six people (including you). How do I cancel Apple Arcade? First off, keep in mind that if you cancel Apple Arcade (either before your free trial is up or after subscribing), you wont be able to keep playing the games unless you re-subscribe. If youre okay with that, you can use the same process you use to cancel any other subscription service. Heres the easiest way to do it on the iPhone and iPad: Open the App Store app and tap on your profile photo in the upper right. In the screen that pops up, press Subscriptions near the top of the page. Youll then see a list of active subscriptions, and Apple Arcade should be listed there. Tap it. Youll either see Cancel Free Trial or Cancel Subscription toward the middle of the page that appears. Tap whatever option is available , then Confirm Cancellation . And heres how to cancel Apple Arcade on the Mac: Open the App Store app and then press the icon with your profile photo in the lower left. The Account window will appear, and you should then click View Information at the top of the window. Enter your password when/if prompted. When your Account Information appears, scroll down to the Manage section and click the Manage link to the right of Subscriptions . When the list of your active subscriptions appears, click Edit to the right of Apple Arcade . Toward the middle of the page that appears, youll see a button that says either Cancel Free Trial or Cancel Subscription . Click it, then click Confirm Cancellation and Confirm . Do Apple Arcade games have in-app purchases? No. In Apples words, since every game includes access to the full experience, including all game features, content, and future updates, no additional purchases will be required. Even games that have in-app purchases on the App Store wont have any in Apple Arcade. Do Apple Arcade games have ads? Also no. On a related note, Apple says Apple Arcade has no ad tracking. Is Apple Arcade a game streaming service like GeForce NOW or Xbox Game Streaming? No. All Apple Arcade games are downloaded. Are there demos for Apple Arcade games? No, and theyre not really necessary. Like regular App Store apps, games download quickly and can easily be removed if you dont want to keep it anymore. Apple partly envisions Apple Arcade as a way of letting players try out games with more freedom than the App Store currently allows (which is basically none). In Apples words, rather than pay upfront for each game, a subscription to Apple Arcade will give players the opportunity to try any game in the service without risk. The service has a free trial, though, as weve seen with other Apple subscription services. Am I able to keep playing Apple Arcade games if I cancel my subscription? No. As with most subscription services, you only have access while youre a subscriber. Can I use controllers with Apple Arcade games? Yes. In additional to traditional MFi (Made for iOS) controllers, you can pair some specific Bluetooth controllers for either PlayStation or Xbox with your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Since many Apple Arcade games are playable on Mac and Apple TV (where controller support is more common), many games will support them. Some games, especially those that are also available in the broader App Store and only for iPhone or iPad, have no controller support. How often are new games released? Games are typically released on the first Friday of each month. There are some rare exceptions. What games have been released so far? There are over 200 games available for Apple Arcade, and the list grows all the time. 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No ****! And 5 other Apple Watch Live Rewind testing takeaways
Macworld Live Rewind, one of the more compelling features demonstrated at the launch of the Apple Watch Series 12 back in September, has finally become available with the launch (in beta form) of watchOS 27.3 and iOS 27.3. Ive spent several days testing Live Rewind, and can report that its a thoroughly impressive proof of concept. But there are flaws and limitations to be aware of, even if several of the latter are the result of good intentions. Here are six takeaways from my extensive hands-on testing with Live Rewind on the Apple Watch Series 12. Live Rewind is surprisingly accurate I was skeptical, but Live Rewind does a surprisingly decent job of understanding and transcribing what it hears. I started by playing YouTube videos of restaurant conversations for people learning English as a foreign language: slow, clear, with largely simple vocabulary. I sat close to the iPad playing the video. An easy task to begin with, and Live Rewind coped easily. The transcripts were virtually perfect, not to mention beautifully formatted with line breaks to denote separate short speeches. I stepped up the difficulty by looking up some menus online (I selected this fancy restaurant ) and acting the part of the waiter myself. I selected esoteric dishes I hadnt heard of, spoke quickly and was careless with my enunciation, chucked in some ums and ers, varied volume and occasionally mumbled a little. And the feature produced a mostly accurate transcript that would have been extremely useful to a diner who had missed an option on the list. This time the formatting was more of a challengeLive Rewind couldnt keep track of separate sentences, so the whole thing was jumbled together with a sometimes misleading number of commasand occasionally I had to decipher a soundalike guess when the feature didnt recognise a term. (IV instead of Ivy, 7 and Y instead of the British rivers Severn and Wye, for example.) But the information was mostly there. The most difficult task was when I used Live Rewind (after obtaining consent!) to recall snatches of random conversations with my family. This was more mixed. It caught the gist a lot of the time. But there were more soundalike guesses than before, and some sentences were missed entirely. This mostly related to distance, I think, and Ill come back to that later. So Live Recall is by no means perfect. But considering the difficulty of the taskhandling variations in accent and diction, mumbling and muffled speech, irregular grammar, slang, in-jokes, proper nouns, brand names, technical or foreign termsit does a very solid job. My verdict is that the accuracy is high enough to be useful as backup if you missed something, but not yet accurate enough to depend on as an alternative to paying attention. That should be tenderstem broccoli, obviously. David Price / Foundry Live Rewind has a short memory Like the proverbial goldfish, Live Rewind has a memory of 15 seconds. Which is shorter than you might think. On one test I read out a list of just four main courses, but made sure to include the additional verbiage for each one, as I suspect many waiters in high-end establishments would be encouraged to do. Nothing extreme, just an extra sentence detailing ingredients and/or preparation. The result of this slight bulking out was that Live Rewind, despite being triggered the very moment I finished my list, missed a big chunk of it. The first main and half the second were lost to history. Bear in mind, too, that while lists of specials in restaurants may frequently fit in the 15-second window (assuming the waiter refrains from prolixity), other scenarios may not work so well. Will the list of cocktails at a bar fit in 15 seconds, or the list of films at a cinema, or the list of changes your boss told you to make to a document? I have my doubts, although Siri Recap, if you use it, does not have a time limit and may be able to step in. The short memory, its worth noting, applies whether or not Live Rewind is currently hearing anything. If you trigger the feature, it wont rewind to the last 15 seconds of audio it heard; it will show you any speech it has heard in the past 15 seconds, ending when you double-press the Digital Crown. If youve been sitting in silence for at least 15 seconds, youll see the message No voice detected. And even if you do manage to capture the transcript of some speech, Live Rewind will by default forget it the moment you tap the X button to close it. You need to explicitly save it to the Siri app if you want to keep the record. (Youll save only the transcript, needless to say, not the audio from which it was created.) This short memory is deliberate, by the way, as well discover. Live Rewind has a short range My first impressions of the feature were not good. When I tried to use it on a conversation with my daughter, who was sitting perhaps 6 or 8 meters away and speaking unusually clearly, it produced a transcript of all my words and literally none of hers. But after more testing it became apparent that this was an issue of range, not accuracy. Live Rewind is good at picking up speech thats close to you, and far less effective when someone is speaking even from the other side of the room. I havent been able to find any evidence that this is deliberate (I know, for example, that the closely related feature Siri Recap can and will listen to people further away, since Apple gives the example of a lecturer in an otherwise quiet room in its notes ) but suspect that it may relate to privacy. If the waiter leans in and tells you about todays delicious cod cheeks, one may assume they consent to being heard. If the speaker is three tables away, things become murkier. Live Rewind doesnt approve of swearing I dont want to shock you, but while testing this feature I happened to hear a YouTuber use the word shit. Live Rewind transcribed this as ****. (Siri Recap did the same, incidentally.) The closest I can find to an explanation is in the support document, where Apple says Siri Recap is designed to omit potentially harmful content, such as language that promotes self-harm or hateful speech. But thats a different issue, and shit does not, as far as I can see, constitute hateful speech. So its a bit of a mystery. But very much the sort of family-values prudishness weve come to expect from Apple. How very shocking. David Price / Foundry The range of privacy measures is admirable For better and worse, the issue of privacy is absolutely central to Live Rewind. Apple is conscious that most of us are creeped out by the idea of a wrist-mounted surveillance bot listening in on conversations. Its conscious that previous surveillance-adjacent tech (Google Glass, for example) has encountered significant public pushback, and wants to avoid bad PR. So everything has been done with privacy in mind. To trigger Live Rewind, you have to double-press the Digital Crown, a distinctive gesture intended to be hard for creeps to disguise. A similar intent lies behind the on-screen animation and non-mutable sound effect, both of which alert anyone close enough to be recorded by the feature that you are summoning a transcript of what they just said. Its also worth mentioning that the feature works on your device. (The processing legwork happens on the companion iPhone, not the Apple Watch, by the way, so make sure its nearby.) It doesnt happen in the cloud, and Apple insists it does not have access to the data. I wont pretend Im completely on board with listening tech in general. I fear that such technologies are becoming more and more widespread and normalised. But with Live Rewind, Apple has done everything it can to take privacy concerns into consideration. and sometimes frustrating I applaud Apple for its efforts to safeguard privacy. But like the AirTag, which quite rightly took steps to combat stalking and in the process made itself a far less effective anti-theft device , Live Rewind finds itself in a position where good intentions lead to many of its most frustrating limitations. The short memory is there to limit the features surveillance capabilities. Ditto, I suspect, the short physical range. It also doesnt attempt, by design and for explicitly privacy-related reasons, to identify or differentiate between multiple speakers (not even speaker A and speaker B), despite this being an obvious way to make transcripts easier to parse. When viewing the transcript on your Apple Watch, youll find that the screenshot function is disabled, presumably to make it slightly less convenient for bad actors to eavesdrop and then share the results. But this also makes life less convenient if you want to share them for innocent reasons, such as sending the list of specials to a latecomer on their way to the restaurant, or publishing an article about how well the feature works. Live Rewind would be much more useful if these limitations were cast aside, but it would also be more controversial, and Apple doesnt like that. Youll need a new Apple Watch Series 12 to use Live Rewind. Mahmoud Itani / Foundry Conclusions Im way more impressed by Live Rewind than I expected to be. The accuracy is very solid. Yes, it makes some mistakes when tested under the most challenging conditions, but a lot of those mistakes will actually be phonetic best guesses that can be deciphered with little effort. And it usually gets the important details right. Its not quite sharp enough that you can ignore the waiter listing off specials or the senior colleague asking you a question and assume everything will be transcribed perfectly. But its a handy backup for the parts you missed while mostly paying attention. The main issues I have with Live Rewind, if they can be called issues, are the limitations deliberately put in place for privacy reasons. Its got very short range, for instance, and the 15-second memory window is on the low side in terms of usefulness. But privacy matters, and I understand why Apple made these decisions. Speaking only for myself, I still find the concept a tiny bit creepy. But Apple has done its best to minimise that factor, and this is overall a very decent effort.
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Apple Says More Than 100,000 Apps Optimized for iPhone Duo, Here
Apple today announced that more than 100,000 apps have been optimized for the iPhone Duo, released two weeks ago. We confirmed that this figure refers to apps built with the iOS 27.1 SDK or later , meaning these apps fill the full width of the iPhone Duo's inner and outer displays and have vertical controls in the status bar. A statement from Susan Prescott, Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations: It's been wonderful to see how quickly developers have embraced iPhone Duo, and we're grateful for their creativity and innovation. Today there are well over 100,000 apps built for iPhone Duo already live on the App Store, and thousands of optimized apps are being added to the store each day. In the last month alone, thousands of developers have joined us for workshops in 19 cities around the world to experience iPhone Duo firsthand and bring updated apps to their users. The enthusiasm has been incredible, and we're excited to see the pace of updates continue to accelerate as more and more apps optimize for iPhone Duo. Apple said thousands of apps optimized for the iPhone Duo are being added to the App Store each day, with recent examples including Microsoft's Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word apps , along with the Etsy, Goodnotes, Halide Mark III, NBA, NHL, and Zoom apps. Other apps optimized for the device include Amazon Prime Video, Fantastical, Flighty, Instagram, MLB, Netflix, SmartGym, WhatsApp, YouTube, and more. There are too many to list. Apps optimized for the iPhone Duo have a Made for iPhone Duo badge in their App Store listings on the device, making them easy to identify. iOS 27.2 added Apple Pencil (USB-C) support to the iPhone Duo , enabling users to draw in apps like Procreate Pocket, take notes in Apple Notes, Fineliner, and TypeDraw, and mark up documents in apps like Preview on the device. On the other hand, with millions of apps available in the App Store, there are unsurprisingly many apps that are still not optimized for the iPhone Duo, with the following examples listed in alphabetical order: AMC Theaters, Amazon Fire TV, Apple Store, Best Buy, Bluesky, Delta, DoorDash, Duolingo, Fandango, FedEx, Goodreads, Google Docs, Google Home, Google Sheets, Google Slides, GrubHub, JetBlue, Libby, Microsoft Authenticator, Microsoft Teams, MTA, Nike, PayPal, PictureThis, Ring, Southwest, Spectrum TV, Starbucks, Steam, Uber Eats, UPS, USPS, Venmo, Verizon, Wells Fargo, Whole Foods, and YouTube Music. Apple said developers can easily optimize their apps for the iPhone Duo. Apps that use standard SwiftUI and UIKit components adapt automatically to each display, with controls moved to the status bar and multi-column support on the inner display. New APIs let developers optimize their apps for the device's various layouts and poses. Apple has hosted more than 50 in-person iPhone Duo app workshops in 19 cities worldwide, and there are online resources like the Apple Developer Forums . In the meantime, apps built with the iOS 27 SDK resize to fill most of the inner display on the iPhone Duo, but they avoid the status bar on the right edge. Apps built with the iOS 26 SDK or earlier run on the iPhone Duo, but appear in the center of the inner display, with lots of empty black space on the left and right sides of the apps. iPhone Duo app optimization has been a hotly debated topic on social media platforms, with some people pointing out apps that are not yet optimized and others saying the issue is overblown. It is clearly a mixed bag, with some apps optimized and some not. More apps are being updated by the day, though, so the situation is improving rapidly. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Tag: App Store Buyer's Guide: iPhone Duo (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, Apple Says More Than 100,000 Apps Optimized for iPhone Duo, Here's What's Still Missing first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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Early Black Friday Deals Kickoff With Steep Discounts on Apple Watch Ultras and More
Black Friday deals officially kicked off this week, with early savings on everything from Apple Watch Ultra models to Mac mini, Mac Studio, HomeView pre-orders, 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. Apple Watch Ultra 4 What's the deal? Get $99 off Apple Watch Ultra 4 Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $99 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 4 for $699.99 The Apple Watch Ultra 4 has dropped to $699.99 on Amazon, down from $799.00. This is a match of the all-time low price on the new Ultra 4, which just launched in September. Apple Watch Ultra 3 What's the deal? Get $250 off Apple Watch Ultra 3 Where can I get it? Best Buy Where can I find the original deal? Right here $250 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 3 for $549.00 $250 OFF Apple Watch Ultra 3 (Milanese Loop) for $649.00 Best Buy this week has a big collection of Apple Watch Ultra 3 models for $549.00, down from $799.00. This is a massive $250 discount on the previous-generation device, and it represents a new all-time low price on these models. You can find similar $250 discounts on the Milanese Loop models at Amazon. HomeView What's the deal? Get $9 off HomeView pre-orders Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $9 OFF HomeView for $289.99 Amazon's $9 pre-order discount on the HomeView has returned for the Space Gray color, allowing you to get the home hub for $289.99, down from $299.00. B&H Photo What's the deal? Shop sitewide savings on storage, audio, and more accessories Where can I get it? B&H Photo Where can I find the original deal? Right here SITEWIDE SALE B&H Photo Early Black Friday B&H Photo introduced its early Black Friday sale this week, with savings on storage accessories, home and portable audio devices, drones, cameras, Apple products, and more. Mac Mini and Mac Studio What's the deal? Get record low prices on Mac mini and Mac Studio Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $200 OFF M5 Max Mac Studio 36GB/512GB for $2,299.00 $120 OFF M6 Mac mini 16GB/256GB for $779.00 $150 OFF M6 Mac mini 16GB/512GB for $949.00 Apple's M5 Max Mac Studio with 36GB RAM and a 512GB SSD is still on sale for $2,299.00, down from $2,499.00. Regarding the Mac mini, you can get the 16GB RAM/256GB SSD Mac mini for $779.00, down from $899.00, and the 16GB RAM/512GB SSD model for $949.00, down from $1,099.00. If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find during the holidays? You can sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, Early Black Friday Deals Kickoff With Steep Discounts on Apple Watch Ultras and More first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Traffic curbs for a month from Friday in Kochis SN Junction-St. Martins Church corridor
As per a diversion plan prepared by the police and Kochi Metro Rail Limited, vehicles travelling from Edappally to Kaloor will have to turn left at SN Junction, proceed to Palarivattom, turn right and then head towards Kaloor
Traffic curbs for a month from Friday in Kochis SN Junction-St. Martins Church corridor
As per a diversion plan prepared by the police and Kochi Metro Rail Limited, vehicles travelling from Edappally to Kaloor will have to turn left at SN Junction, proceed to Palarivattom, turn right and then head towards Kaloor
TSM stock today: TSMC stock climbed more than 6% in early trading Friday after a report said the chipmaker is considering manufacturing advanced 3D DRAM chips at Nvidia's request. The potential move could expand TSMC's role in the AI hardware market as memory shortages increase competition among leading chipmakers.
The MacRumors Show: iOS 27.3 Looks Like a Huge Update
Apple's first 27.3 betas bring expanded Siri AI actions, a redesigned Health app, and new Fitness+ features, alongside conversation summaries on the Apple Watch. This week's episode of The MacRumors Show takes a closer look at the updates. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Siri AI gains additional actions across Apple's apps, including unsubscribing from mailing lists, organizing files, and managing Safari tabs. In Weather, Siri can add saved locations and toggle severe weather or next-hour precipitation notifications. The additions extend the assistant's usefulness for everyday tasks, although the full range of supported requests can still be difficult to discover. A new developer preview also enables more flexible third-party integrations. Developers can supply custom actions and skills that help Siri coordinate multiple steps, improving its handling of more complicated requests. App Store submissions for these integrations are scheduled to open in the spring. Safari adds vertical tabs and Adaptive Dark Mode , allowing websites without their own dark appearance to adopt one automatically. The iPhone Duo also gains horizontal Reachability and a revised keyboard, making its wider outer display easier to operate with one hand. Apple Fitness+ gains Gym Strength , which creates personalized four-week plans based on available equipment and workout preferences. Short videos from Fitness+ trainers demonstrate proper form, extending the service beyond workouts that require following an entire video session. The initial beta's equipment selection and scheduling options nevertheless leave room for improvement, particularly for users whose routines vary from week to week. The redesigned Health app returns with Insights and Longevity sections, turning collected measurements into more accessible guidance and longer-term health assessments. iPhone Duo-style StandBy mode displays bring more customizable clocks, Calendar views, and Weather information to additional iPhones. Apple Music also gains enhanced transitions, concert recommendations, and Selfie Sing karaoke videos. On the Apple Watch, Live Rewind and Siri Recap introduce new ways to recover and summarize spoken information. Live Rewind provides a transcription of the preceding 15 seconds, while Siri Recap creates detailed conversation summaries that can be useful for meeting notes. Time- and location-based scheduling provides more control over when Siri Recap operates. The MacRumors Show has its own YouTube channel , so make sure you're subscribed to keep up with new episodes and clips. You can also listen to The MacRumors Show on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , or other podcast apps. You can also copy our RSS feed directly into your player. If you haven't already listened to the previous episode of The MacRumors Show , catch up to hear our discussion about Apple's newly announced OLED MacBook Pro , the iPad mini with A20 Pro, and M6 versions of the iMac and entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show for new episodes every week, where we discuss some of the topical news breaking here on MacRumors , often joined by familiar guests such as Tyler Stalman , Michael Fisher , Kayci Lacob , Kevin Nether , John Gruber , Mark Gurman , Jon Prosser , Luke Miani , Matthew Cassinelli , Brian Tong , Quinn Nelson , Jared Nelson , Eli Hodapp , Mike Bell , Sara Dietschy , iJustine , Jon Rettinger , Andru Edwards , Arnold Kim , Ben Sullins , Marcus Kane , Christopher Lawley , Frank McShan , David Lewis , Sam Kohl , Federico Viticci , Thomas Frank , Jonathan Morrison , Ross Young , Ian Zelbo , and Rene Ritchie . The MacRumors Show is on X @MacRumorsShow , so be sure to give us a follow to keep up with the podcast. You can also email us at podcast@macrumors.com or head over to The MacRumors Show forum thread. Remember to rate and review the podcast, and let us know what subjects and guests you would like to see in the future. Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Tag: The MacRumors Show Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, The MacRumors Show: iOS 27.3 Looks Like a Huge Update first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Update 11/6: Baseus has dropped its latest U2 Pro camera to a new all-time low of $139.99 shipped. Through the official Baseus Amazon storefront you can now get the first savings on the brands latest U2 Pro 3K Dual-Lens AI Solar Outdoor Security Camera first discount for $149.99 shipped . This new model just hit the market earlier in the month at $280, with this first-time deal giving you a 46% markdown that is much larger than we usually see right out the gate, giving you $130 savings. more
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LEGO Editions Olivia Rodrigos Vinyl Buy for $28 (Reg. $35) What we love Weve been seeing a few Olivia Rodrigo LEGO sets getting discounts lately, and now you can expand your collection with this 360-piece set that stacks up to build a vinyl record, complete with the singers signature symbols like a megaphone, red lips, and a butterfly. Its a great way for fans to show their love plus, it comes with a minifigure of her alongside an autograph plaque with star elements. more
Clear out winter on a budget with Worx
Amazon is offering a pre-winter chance to pick up Worxs 40V 20-inch Cordless Electric Snow Thrower with 2x 20V 6.0Ah batteries down at $377.99 shipped. Its dropping from a $420 full price, beating out previous mention in October when it fell to $395, with the deal here only beaten out by the short-term fall to $357 during last months Prime Day event. Youre looking at a $42 markdown here, giving you a more budget-friendly snow clearing solution at the second-lowest price we have tracked since it hit the market in mid-May. more
Global Tablet Sales Crash, Even For Apple; Why Buyers Are Not Upgrading
The global tablet market is experiencing a significant downturn, registering a steep 23% decline driven by ongoing industry pressures. According to data from Omdia , total global shipments dropped from 41.8 million units down to 32.2 million units , impacting even major industry leaders like Apple . Despite this sharp contraction, Apple retains its position as the market leader with a 36% market share , though its iPad shipments fell by 27.5% compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, Samsung secures the second position as the isolated runner-up, capturing 16.9% of the market with 5.42 million units shipped, reflecting a 21.7% decrease in its sales volume. Rounding out the top tier, Lenovo holds 12.7% of the market , standing out as the only major manufacturer to achieve positive growth with an 11.9% increase during the analyzed period. Conversely, other prominent brands faced severe drops; Xiaomi experienced a 10.6% decline , while Huawei suffered the most dramatic contraction in the ranking, plummeting by 43% . Market analysts at Omdia point out that severe supply chain restrictions are heavily constraining the ability of manufacturers to introduce meaningful hardware upgrades in new tablet generations. Omdia research manager Himani Mukka notes that these limitations leave minimal differentiation between new models and their predecessors, prompting consumers to delay device upgrades until more substantial innovations emerge. Industry experts warn that these persistent supply constraints are projected to extend throughout 2027 , potentially dragging adjacent device categories, such as smartphones , into a parallel cycle of market stagnation as well. Global Tablet Sales Crash, Even For Apple; Why Buyers Are Not Upgrading , original content from Ubergizmo . Read our Copyrights and terms of use .
