Retailers including Amazon and Best Buy have launched early Black Friday discounts on Apple products, with the M5 MacBook Air at $250 off—its lowest price in nearly five months—and Apple Watch Ultra 3 models discounted $250 as part of clearance pricing. Other deals include AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, AirPods Max 2 at $100 off across all colors, a $9 restock of the 2026 Apple Polishing Cloth, and a returning pre-order discount on the new Apple HomeView.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-06
Apple's $149 HomePod Mini 2, reviewed hands-on, uses a faster S10 chip and Wi-Fi 6E support that let Siri respond to commands in under three seconds, a major improvement over the original's delays. The new Siri AI features Apple promised are not yet available and will arrive in a later software update, while the speaker's sound system remains unchanged from 2020's original.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-01
Apple released tvOS 27.2, adding Find My app support for the Siri Remote on older Apple TV models, ASL and BSL captioning options for select Apple TV app titles, and synced profile support between iPhone/iPad and Apple TV. The update also introduces a new black-and-white Apple Music icon matching iOS 27.2's redesign, and is available free for second-generation Apple TV 4K units and later.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-30
Amazon has launched a new Echo lineup, led by the Echo Show 16, now available for preorder. The device trades the series' previous room-filling, 360-degree audio for smaller woofers and tweeters, adds a built-in Fire TV platform previously reserved for larger wall-mounted models, and keeps its touchscreen, camera and mic along with wall-mount support.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple's newly announced M6-powered iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro launch at the same starting prices as their predecessors, with the iMac also gaining extra CPU and GPU cores at no added cost. This breaks from a pattern of recent Apple launches that included price increases.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple unveiled a redesigned iPad Mini with an 8.5-inch OLED screen, IP67 resistance and an A20 chip, priced from $699, available to preorder now and on sale Nov. 6. It followed with a new iMac powered by the M6 chip, offering faster CPU, GPU and Neural Engine performance, starting at $1,499, plus a MacBook Pro refresh, as part of a week of launches that also includes upcoming HomePod Mini 2, Apple TV 4K and Home Collection products.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-26
Apple kicked off a multi-day product rollout by unveiling a redesigned iPad Mini, available to preorder Wednesday and in stores Nov. 6, priced from $699. The tablet features an 8.5-inch OLED display, IP67 water resistance, an A20 chip, a repositioned front camera and a new 'Acoustic Display' speaker system. Apple is expected to reveal an M6-powered iMac and refreshed MacBook Pro models, possibly with OLED screens, later this week, alongside a scheduled HomePod Mini 2 launch Friday.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-26
Apple is preparing HomePod 27.2 software, currently in developer and public beta testing, that brings some new HomePod Mini 2 capabilities to older models. Per MacRumors, the first-gen HomePod and Mini will gain lock-controls functionality, with the Mini also getting the Sound Glow RGB light display, while the 2nd-gen HomePod will additionally support Mac audio output and four-speaker arrays with the fourth-gen Apple TV 4K.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-21
Apple is rolling out Sound Glow, a feature that lights up the touch surface of HomePod mini and the second-generation HomePod with colors drawn from the currently playing song's album artwork. The feature requires software version 27.2, is enabled via the Home app or Apple TV Control Center, and does not work on the original HomePod.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-19
Apple has launched its 4th-generation Apple TV 4K at $299, a significant jump from the $129 launch price of the previous 3rd-gen model. Tech commentators broadly agree the device is overpriced for most buyers, especially since Siri AI features are also supported on older 2nd- and 3rd-gen boxes. Journalist Glenn Fleishman compiled pricing data showing the increase far outpaces inflation compared to nearly every past Apple TV model.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-19
In episode 086 of 9to5Mac Overtime, hosts Jeff Benjamin and Fernando Silva discussed Apple's purported smart home refresh, covering a $299 device called Apple HomeView, a HomePod mini 2, an updated Apple TV 4K, and an Apple Home Collection product line. The episode was sponsored by case maker Rokform, which is offering a discount code tied to upcoming iPhone models.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-16
Apple's latest iOS 27.2 beta introduces three changes: granular settings to enable or disable specific Messages 'Suggestions' like calendar and reminder prompts, two new Home app options for smart locks covering auto-lock timing and door-left-open alerts, and a visual overhaul of the Music app that replaces its red branding with black-and-white icons and blue tab accents.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-16
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