Apple, please stop excusing yourself out of basic iPhone features
Summary The rationale for keeping MagSafe off the iPhone 16e doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, and is disappointing on multiple levels. Apple has a history of giving bad excuses for withholding or breaking features. For itself and its customers, the company should be living up to a higher standard it
Apple didn’t cut International Women’s Day from its calendar
This week, a viral Instagram post stated that Apple cut International Women’s Day (March 8) from its calendar — but that’s not quite right. Bellesa, a sex toy brand, posted on March 4, “Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from the calendar. That’s weird.” The carousel post goes on to
Apple confirms long delay for AI-boosted Siri assistant
Apple’s efforts with putting advanced AI capabilities across its ecosystem, the way Google has implemented them with Gemini, have a lot of ground left to cover. Among them is the Siri virtual assistant, which has remained a laggard and still hasn’t received the features Apple showcased at its developers conference
Best earbud deal: Get Apple AirPods Pro 2 for 32% off at Amazon today
SAVE $79.01: As of March 7, get the Apple AirPods Pro 2 for $169.99 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $249. That’s a discount of 32%. Whether you spend a lot of time at home listening to your favorite songs or you’re a podcast addict on your daily
Best Buy’s Apple Sales Event: This weekend’s best deals
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AirPods Pro 2 are $79 off, plus all of the best Apple deals you can get
It’s obvious that Apple products are some of the most sought-after in the tech world — that means sales are fewer and farther between than other gadgets, and they’re often the first things to sell out when discounts do arrive. But it would be a mistake to assume you’re doomed
The best MacBook Air (M4) preorder deal is at Best Buy – how to score the new Apple laptop for as little as $449
Apple has finally unveiled the MacBook Air with the M4 chip. That’s great news for laptop shoppers who are looking for a powerful laptop, but what’s more impressive is the price. It starts at a reasonable $999 – which is $100 cheaper than the previous M3 model – but you
How to boost Apple Music sound quality
Summary Turn on High Quality cellular streaming to boost Apple Music’s quality on the go. On many devices, you can also switch Apple Music over to lossless, but only if you’re using wired audio gear — no Bluetooth allowed. The difference between High Quality AAC and lossless ALAC is usually
The Apple AirTag 4-Pack just dropped to a new record-low price!
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority We’ve gotten used to the Apple AirTag 4-Pack being discounted to $69.99, but today, we’re getting a nice little extra treat. The bundle has just hit a new record-low price, and you can get four trackers for $67.99! That’s a nice discount on the $99
Apple Intelligence’s third-party hooks are the right direction for phone AI
Summary It’d be great if the third-party AI hooks in Apple Intelligence extended to all phones. There would be numerous benefits to privacy, personalization, and avoiding problematic platforms. There’s no sign that anyone’s following Apple’s lead, however. When Apple revealed Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, one of the things that
