By Wesley Hilliard Once you get a smart home set up the way you want, moving is an incredible pain. Join Wes as he shuts down his old house, packs up all the gear, relocates everything, and deals with friction along the way.Living in an Apple HomeSmart home technology has come a long way since Apple first revealed HomeKit in 2014. I got in early with Hue smart bulbs and built things out from there, but I was always a renter.In March 2026, I closed on my first home and moved in. Slowly but surely, I’ve begun setting up my Apple Home again. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Christine McKee Amazon’s latest earbuds sale delivers a $50 price cut on AirPods Pro 3, with the entire AirPods line eligible for discounts.Save $50 on AirPods Pro 3 today at Amazon.Apple AirPods Pro 3 are on sale for $199.99 at Amazon today thanks to a $50 discount (and ringing in within $0.99 of the lowest price seen this month).Buy AirPods Pro 3 for $199.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen Following a total ban on non-US made routers, the Federal Communications Commission is allowing Netgear to sell wireless routers in the United States, practically giving it a monopoly. However, it’s unclear exactly why that approval was granted.Netgear Nighthawk routerIn March, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission made the decision to ban imports of all foreign-made routers, due to national security concerns. At the time, no exemptions were made, so the ban affected practically every router being sold in the United States.However, on April 14, Netgear got a rare reprieve. In an update to the list of equipment and services covered by Section 2 of the Secure Networks Act, the FCC lists Netgear under a very short list of conditional approvals for routers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Amber Neely Adobe is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a new tool designed to help users create and edit projects across multiple Adobe products.Adobe Creative Cloud logoAdobe’s Firefly AI Assistant is agentic, meaning it can perform complex tasks and make decisions on its own. Instead of requiring continual guidance, agentic AI works independently to achieve a goal set by the user.So, essentially, you’ll tell the assistant what you want, and the assistant will take the steps to make that happen. According to Adobe, it will be able to execute “complex, multi-step workflows across Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps including Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and more.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher In tantalizingly brief comments, Apple’s Greg Joswiak and CEO heir apparent John Ternus have come closer to discussing the future of Apple Vision Pro than ever before.Apple Vision Pro review: stuck in placeAnalysts have called the Apple Vision Pro a rare failure, even if Apple sold $157 million worth in the Christmas 2025 quarter. Then there have also been accusations of Apple’s penny-pinching means Apple Store demos failed to convert into sales.That’s all subjective, but it does seem that more than two years in, Apple hasn’t decided what to do with the Apple Vision Pro. But in a new interview with Tom’s Guide, the only thing Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak is unsure about is when its spatial computing will take off. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen The long-discussed iPad Air will make its move to OLED in early 2027, with display panel mass production expected to start at the end of 2026.Apple’s iPad Air with M4, without OLEDApple started to embrace OLED as a display technology with the iPad Pro, following after the smaller-scale display in the Apple Watch. However, while there has been some debate over when other models will get the same treatment, a report insists that it will be happening as soon as 2027 for one model.Multiple industry sources claim Samsung Display will start mass production of OLED panels for the iPad Air around the end of 2026, claims Wednesday’s report from ETNews. This will be before the end of the year, with a chance it could slip into January 2027. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher An app called Freecash promised to pay users for scrolling through TikTok, and got by App Store review despite really tricking them to play paid games while also harvesting sensitive personal data to sell.Every new app goes though a review process, but Freecash got throughAt least the fake Ledger Live had a believable name, albeit copied from a genuine cryptocurrency app. In comparison, “Freecash” went all-in on the money-for-nothing idea that should have warned users that there was a problem.According to Malwarebytes, it did anything but. Until it was removed, Freecash reached the top five chart on the App Store in January 2026 and stayed there almost every day afterwards. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Wesley Hilliard Apple reportedly threatened Grok owner xAI with an App Store ban if the deepfake nude generation issues weren’t addressed. In spite of ongoing problems with the chatbot, the app was never removed.X and Grok faced backlash after deepfake problemFor several horrific days in January, social media platform X was flooded with AI-generated pornographic images involving non-consenting adults and minors. Many wondered why legal entities were slow to respond, but above all, why Apple was completely silent on the matter.According to a new report from CNBC, shared by 9to5Mac, Apple did threaten to remove Grok from the App Store. While Elon Musk did change moderation rules on X, even after monetizing the illegal porn, the Grok app didn’t change much at all. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Amber Neely JourneyiPhone 17’s 3-in-1 charging station, the Summit Ultra, keeps your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch topped off and ready to go at a moment’s notice — but you’ll pay for that convenience.Journey Summit Ultra 3-in-1 Wireless Charging StationIf you’re in the Apple ecosystem, chances are you’ve got at least two — if not three, four, or five Apple devices that need to be charged at any given moment. Journey knows this, which is why it’s created its own take on a convenient multi-charger.The Summit Ultra is a three-in-one charger, designed to charge your MagSafe-compatible iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch. And, as a bonus, it does so without needing any sort of wires going to or from your devices — everything is grab-and-go. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen Apple sometimes closes retail stores. The company always has private and public reasons why, but the communities and workers that are impacted don’t care much about what they are.Apple Trumbull – Image Credit: AppleOn April 9, it was revealed that Apple was preparing to close three of its stores in the United States in June. The group consists of Apple North County in Escondido, California, Apple Towson Town Center in Towson, Maryland, and Apple Trumbull in Trumbull, Connecticut.After the initial shock of the closures, people are still expressing their feelings about the store closures. However, as usual, nothing is straightforward in the court of public opinion. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
