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Today — 16 January 2025Main stream

Rumor Replay: Apple’s big 2025 product release plans

16 January 2025 at 13:04

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: Apple’s big 2025 product release plans, including iPhone 17 Pro camera upgrades, 17 Air thinness, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

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Apple releases beta 3 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, visionOS 2.3

16 January 2025 at 10:08

Apple has just released new beta software for Mac and Vision Pro. macOS Sequoia 15.3 and visionOS 2.3 beta 3 are rolling out now for users with a developer account. Update: macOS 15.3 beta 3 is now available for public beta testers too, just hours after the developer rollout.

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Apple Pay financing for Synchrony goes live, reward support coming later

16 January 2025 at 08:52

Last week it was discovered that Apple had added Synchrony to its list of supported ‘Pay over time’ providers—but prematurely, as the mention was later revoked. Today, however, Synchrony financing is officially launching for Apple Pay users, with even more support coming later.

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Yesterday — 15 January 2025Main stream

Goldman Sachs CEO confirms Apple Card partnership could end sooner than planned

15 January 2025 at 10:26

Apple and Goldman Sachs have had a fraught Apple Card relationship, which has widely been reported to be ending soon. Now, Goldman’s CEO has confirmed the possibility of a premature conclusion to the Apple partnership during a recent earnings call.

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CarPlay 2 deserves a reboot for the masses, here’s what that looks like

15 January 2025 at 09:06

Apple’s next generation of CarPlay, often referred to as CarPlay 2, is still nowhere to be found despite a 2024 deadline. Here’s why it’s time for Apple to take a radically new approach and reboot CarPlay 2.

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Suited ‘Silo’ character attends NBA game ahead of season 2 finale on Apple TV+

15 January 2025 at 08:01

Yesterday, Apple TV+ had a fun marketing pop-up at Grand Central Terminal to celebrate Severance’s return. It turns out, Silo had its own unique marketing appearance too as a way to mark the coming season 2 finale.

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Tim Cook talks his nontraditional retirement plan, daily routine, more in new interview

15 January 2025 at 07:17

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently visited the UK just before Christmas, where he met King Charles III. While there, Cook also sat down for a podcast interview that was just published—here’s what he shared about his daily and weekly routines, nontraditional retirement plan, personal upbringing, and a lot more.

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Before yesterdayMain stream

Why Vision Pro is Apple’s best reason yet to bring Touch ID back to iPhone

14 January 2025 at 13:41

Apple introduced Face ID on iPhone all the way back in 2017, and Touch ID quickly became absent from all but the budget iPhone SE. Now, the SE is about to lose it too. But I think it’s actually the perfect time to bring Touch ID back across the entire iPhone lineup, and Vision Pro is why.

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Apple Watch Ultra 3 might get my upgrade for its software, not hardware

14 January 2025 at 11:41

Apple Watch Ultra 3 is coming later this year. It will reportedly feature satellite connectivity, 5G cellular, and high blood pressure detection. But the thing that might win me over isn’t hardware, and it isn’t even actually new at all.

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Apple releases beta 3 for tvOS 18.3 and HomePod 18.3 [U]

14 January 2025 at 10:48

Apple released new betas today, but only for two of its platforms. tvOS 18.3 and HomePod 18.3 have received new developer beta 3 updates, bringing them ahead of the rest of Apple’s platforms in the beta cycle. Update: Public betas have been released too, about three hours after the developer betas.

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Apple has ‘Lumon employees’ working inside Severance cube at Grand Central Terminal

14 January 2025 at 10:05

Severance season 2 arrives this Friday, and Apple TV+ is having a fun time promoting the long-anticipated return. Today, what appear to be Lumon employees have been spotted working inside a glass cube at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

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New Apple Studio Display: Three reasons to expect a launch this year

14 January 2025 at 08:43

Apple has a huge year ahead with 20+ new products launching. One product we haven’t heard a lot about is an upgraded Studio Display, but there are at least three reasons to believe Apple has a new model coming in 2025.

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CarPlay 2 custom widgets UI revealed as Apple continues development

14 January 2025 at 06:44

CarPlay’s major next generation still isn’t here yet, despite Apple’s website currently saying that the first models would arrive in 2024. But now, a widget interface for CarPlay 2 has leaked in new images and given a glimpse into Apple’s ongoing development.

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