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Apple today announced that it will be releasing watchOS 6 on Thursday, September 19 for the Apple Watch Series 3 and Series 4 models. watchOS 6 will not be immediately available on Series 1 and Series 2 Apple Watch models, with Apple instead delaying the release until "later this fall." It is not clear why older Apple Watch models won't be getting the update at launch. September 19 is...

Coinciding with the launch of the new iPhone 11, ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple has reshuffled its ‌iPhone‌ lineup, discontinuing the ‌iPhone‌ 7 and ‌iPhone‌ 7 Plus. The devices will likely remain available for purchase for lower prices from select resellers around the world for the foreseeable future. Likewise, with the introduction of the Apple Watch Series 5, Apple has...

Apple today announced that the all-new iPhone 11, ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max models will be available to pre-order on Friday, September 13, although at a brand new time: 5 a.m. Pacific, which is 8 a.m. Eastern. In previous years, ‌iPhone‌ pre-orders had started at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time. ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and ‌iPhone 11 Pro Max‌ pricing starts at $999 and $1,099 respectively,...

Apple today announced three new medical studies in partnership with leading academic and research institutions. The studies will be available through Apple's new Research app, available as a free download in the App Store later this year. The studies include:- Apple Women's Health Study: In partnership with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the NIH’s National Institute of...

During its iPhone 11 Pro media event today, Apple detailed a new version of the Filmic Pro camera app. The company used the app to highlight the advanced features of the ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max triple-lens camera system. The app allows users to shoot with multiple cameras at the same time, offering twice as much coverage on the same take. A compound overlay shows primary and secondary ...

Finally, after years of including the same-old, slower 5W charger in the box with iPhones, Apple has announced that the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max will ship with a faster 18W USB-C power adapter. The two higher-end models will also include a Lightning to USB-C cable in the box. The lower-end ‌iPhone‌ 11, which replaces the ‌iPhone‌ XR, continues to ship with a 5W charger and a...

Apple today announced that the all-new iPhone 11 starts at $699, down from the $749 starting price of its iPhone XR predecessor. As a successor to the ‌iPhone‌ XR, the new ‌iPhone‌ 11 features the same 6.1-inch LCD display and overall design, but with many new features like a dual-lens 12-megapixel rear camera system with Night Mode, 12-megapixel front camera, faster A13 Bionic chip, new...

Apple today announced the Apple Watch Series 5, and confirmed that it would continue to sell the Apple Watch Series 3 starting at the lower price of $199. The Apple Watch Series 3 is available in both GPS and cellular models, both of which support the new watchOS 6. It's not entirely clear right now if that means Apple is discontinuing the Series 4 model, but it's likely. Apple's special...

Apple today shared the first trailer for "See," the post-apocalyptic drama series debuting on Apple TV+ on November 1. "See" is an epic post apocalyptic drama where the world has been wiped out by a virus. There are survivors, but all of them have been rendered blind. From the YouTube description:In the far future, a virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind....

Apple today announced that customers will be able to subscribe to and watch Apple TV+ at tv.apple.com on the web in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. ‌Apple TV‌+ is Apple's upcoming subscription-based streaming video service, launching November 1 in over 100 countries and regions. The platform will eventually offer dozens of original TV shows and movies, such as "The Morning Show," "Dickinson,"...

Apple opened its "By Innovation Only" event at Steve Jobs Theater today with a creative video highlighting its various products and services. Apple shared several other videos during its keynote. We've embedded them below for those who missed seeing the event live. We have also put together a convenient video recapping everything Apple announced in just seven minutes....

Apple today announced that its subscription-based Apple Arcade gaming service will launch September 19 in over 150 countries for $4.99 per month, with a one-month free trial available. This price will apply to individuals or a family of up to six members and will likely vary outside the United States. ‌Apple Arcade‌ will provide iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV users with access to a library...

Apple's suppliers are gearing up to assemble next-generation AirPods as early as October, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes, suggesting an updated version of the earphones could arrive in time for the holiday shopping season. An excerpt from the report:Apple's supply chain makers reportedly have kicked off volume production of related components for next-generation AirPods...

Apple's "By innovation only" media event will be kicking off at 10:00 am Pacific Time today, and as is tradition, some MacRumors readers who can't follow the event live are interested in avoiding all of the announcements and waiting until Apple posts the recorded video of the event so as to experience it without already knowing the outcome. For those individuals, we've posted this news...

PayPal's Digital Gifts eBay storefront is back with a 15 percent discount on Apple's App Store and iTunes gift cards today, offering the $100 iTunes gift card at a price of $85 for a limited time. This matches the 15 percent discount we've been tracking for most iTunes gift card sales and is the best currently available online this week. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with eBay. When...

Could Apple be about to announce that it's making Disney movies available in 4K format on Apple TV? Earlier this morning, MacRumors forum member Eminemdrdre00 spotted a 4K badge on the Aladdin banner in the carousel of the iTunes Movies app on his Apple set-top box. But when he selected it, the reference disappeared. However, a Reddit user has since uploaded several images of Disney movie...

Facebook has attempted to pre-empt awkward questions about privacy ahead of the launch of iOS 13, with a blog post explaining what Apple's new location data alerts mean for users of its mobile app. As we've covered elsewhere, Apple has doubled down on its privacy features in iOS 13, giving iPhone and iPad users a more granular view of how third-party apps access their location information...

Microsoft has unveiled its new-look To Do app. First launched in 2017, the productivity app came along two years after the company acquired Wunderlist, but only now does it resemble a like-for-like replacement offering feature parity with the long-running cloud-based task management service. Announcing To Do v2.0, Microsoft had this to say: When Wunderlist became part of the Microsoft family,...