Following the release of the first developer betas of iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 earlier this week, Apple is now preventing the update from being installed on devices with the C1 modem. Here are the details.

Ole Obermann, who was appointed co-lead of Apple Music in May, has been confirmed as one of the speakers at Web Summit 2025, which kicks off next week in Lisbon. Here’s what to expect.

Following years of exclusivity in Japan, the official Nintendo Store app is now available in multiple countries, including the US. Here’s what you can do with it.

iOS 26 is packed full of new features, but one that lots of users might appreciate is flying under the radar. Thanks to a new setting added in iOS 26, you can finally stop AirPods’ audio from automatically getting hijacked by other Bluetooth speakers, including your in-car speakers.

Last September, Apple and Amazon were cleared in an iPhone and iPad price-fixing lawsuit. Now, they’re seeking reimbursement for their attorneys’ fees. Here are the details.

Apple’s ongoing efforts to comply with the EU’s DMA may soon bring the removal of a key feature. A new report says that iOS 26.2 will drop EU support for iPhones syncing Wi-Fi networks to Apple Watch.

Apple is working on a native integration between the Music app and WhatsApp Status. Here’s what that means.

Apple has new iPhone features in the works for iOS 26.2, the next major software update that’s currently in beta testing. Here’s the expected release date for iOS 26.2.

Bloomberg is reporting new details on the partnership between Apple and Google to have Gemini power the revamped Siri next year. Here are the details.

iOS 26.1 introduces a big change to how you turn off alarms and timers, replacing the ‘Stop’ button with a new ‘Slide to stop’ action. Here’s how to get the button back.

Apple unleashed its new M5 MacBook Pro to the masses last month, the first and only Mac with its next-generation M5 chip, and we have now secured 9to5 readers the best price on the internet and on all 14-inch configurations. Using the links you find in this post, you can land up to $224 off the new M5 MacBook Pro via our partners over at Expercom – a beloved and well-trusted official authorized Apple dealer. All of the details await below. The discount varies depending on the configuration you choose from $112 off up to $224 off on the upgraded machines. 

Apple has just released iOS 18.7.2, a new software update for iPhone that is “recommended for all users” not yet running iOS 26.

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is starting off with an early Black Friday bang – the M4 MacBook Air has now dropped to a new all-time low price on Amazon. Both the 13-inch and 15-inch models, including 16GB and 24GB configs, have dropped to the best Amazon price ever at $250 off. Those offers join a massive open-box deal on M4 MacBook Pro at over $400 off, Apple USB-C cables from just $7 Prime shipped, and more. Scope it all out down below. 

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iOS 26.2 beta 1 arrived yesterday with a lot of changes, one of which is a new Reminders app feature that I’ve been wanting for years.

In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it’s now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS. Google equates this “hands-free, conversational driving experience” to having a “knowledgeable friend in the passenger seat who can confidently help you get where you’re going.”

The wait is over. Our annual best new iPhone pro-model pictures roundup has concluded. After combing through the thousands of iPhone 17 Pro images submitted by the 9to5Mac community across a variety of social platforms, here were the standouts and arguably best we’ve seen yet.

Apple has announced the season 2 premiere date for The Last Thing He Told Me, the Jennifer Garner-starring series based on a hit book. Here are the details.

iOS 26.2 beta 1 arrived yesterday with a bunch of exciting new features, but hidden in the release’s code, there’s also reference to a new ‘Apple Creator Studio’ in the works.

There are official ways to play Fortnite on a Mac, using one of three cloud gaming services. But you can also visit GitHub to install the real native mobile Fortnite on any Apple Silicon Mac …

Apple is rolling out a Liquid Glass redesign to another one of its apps. A new version of Shazam is now available on the App Store with a “sleek, new Liquid Glass look.”

The update also makes it easier to quickly glance at the recent songs you’ve identified with Shazam right on the Home tab.

Apple’s monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps is set to be further eroded according to a new tweet showing third-party app stores in the iOS 26.2 beta in Japan. This follows a ruling by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission in August that both Apple and Google must allow alternative app stores.

This will make Japan the 29th country to get third-party app stores for the iPhone, with others set to follow as courts and antitrust regulators continue to issue rulings …

The iPhone Air managed to beat the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge to become the slimmest smartphone on the market, though we noted at the time that it’s not the slimmest smartphone we’ve ever seen.

The latest contender on the Android front is the shiny new Motorola Edge 70, which is very slightly thicker than the iPhone Air, but has a much thinner camera bump and compares well in several other ways …

Most people upgrade their MacBook Pro no more frequently than once every five years, and some leave it considerably longer than that. But Apple always makes it sound like even last year’s model is now hopelessly outdated, something it did again with the launch of the M5 MacBook Pro.

There’s no doubt that the company is achieving incredibly impressive year-on-year increases in Apple Silicon performance, but real-life tests show that upgrading from one generation to the next doesn’t make sense for the vast majority of MacBook owners …