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Three weeks into 2025, Apple has now updated its CarPlay website with one small, but noteworthy change: CarPlay 2 is no longer promised to arrive in 2024, thus confirming the delay. Apple, however, says its work on next generation CarPlay continues… more…

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Macworld Before it gained the option for cellular functionality back in 2018, the Apple Watch used to be unfavorably compared with rival smartwatches that included LTE support. But is the capability really that useful? The latest Apple Watch models being able to process Siri queries and requests on-device, for example, means one less reason why

This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: an iPhone 17 Air leak, Apple’s spring product details, iOS 19 redesigns, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors. more…

Need to lock down your new ? Apple has added a new desktop accessory to its online store just for that purpose. more…

Benjamin and Chance give their thoughts on Apple’s attempts to placate the BBC’s complaints about notification summaries with iOS 18.3. Also, the rumored iPhone 17 Air design has a divisive camera bar on the back, and this week also saw an intriguing leak showing apparent design changes for the iOS 19 Camera app.  And in

Over the last year, we’ve seen multiple long-term holdouts finally cave to the pressure and adopt Apple Pay. At this point, the largest holdout in the United States is Walmart, and the company today indicated that it has absolutely zero plans to change its stance. more…

Apple has just released a new beta firmware update for AirPods Pro 2, bringing revisions for developers ahead of an expected public launch. more…

The EU is not exactly on the best of terms with several US tech giants, including Apple, and now the newly inaugurated President Trump is speaking up about it. more…

Macworld We love the Apple Watch Ultra 2, so we were rather happy to see it on sale for $739 at Amazon. That’s a $60 discount for one of the best-featured smartwatches around. At $739, this isn’t the best price we’ve seen for the Ultra 2, but then again, it’s only $20 away. Unless you