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HomeKit Weekly: SwitchBot’s new light bars bring 12-zone color to Apple Home

Lighting effects can make or break your TV room, gaming setup, etc. SwitchBot’s RGBICWW Light Bars take a different approach from most products, with dedicated cool-white and warm-white LEDs alongside the color zones. The end result means real white light for work and reading, and 12-zone RGBIC color for movies. It all works over Wi-Fi/Matter as well, so you don’t need a hub.

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My experience suggests Apple Glasses will only sell to existing eyeglasses wearers

My experience suggests the challenge for Apple Glasses is a big one | Image shows a pair of glasses and Apple logo in Liquid Glass style against a colorful background

No, I haven’t managed to get my hands on a prototype pair of Apple Glasses, but I now have experience of the rough equivalents of what we’re expecting from both a 1st- and 2nd-gen product.

In both cases, I could definitely see attractions, and I would absolutely upgrade to smart glasses if I wore conventional eyeglasses. But as someone who doesn’t, I can’t see the technology persuading me to do so …

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Deals: iPhone Duo cases, Apple Pencil, AirPods Pro 3, Apple TV 4K, power banks, more

We are still tracking a solid $50 price drop on AirPods Pro 3, Amazon’s pre-order discount on the new Apple TV 4K, and up to $200 off the new Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini. However, today is iPhone Duo launch day so we are featuring a series of discounts on add-on gear like Apple Pencil USB-C as low as $61 (more details here), some exclusive discounts on some of our favorite new leather cases as well as other models from just $14, and this launch deal on the best new Qi2 iPhone Duo MagSafe power bank yet. Check it all out below. 

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New iPhone Duo cases available for purchase: Fabric, leather, aramid fiber, metal, more [Updated]

Apple’s new iPhone Duo has arrived and if you managed to secure one (before next year), we have collection of the best Duo cases waiting below. From Apple’s all-new TechWoven treatment and Pitaka’s aramid fiber, we are also seeing some of the best leather brands in the business ready to take orders for their latest full-grain covers. Those, of course, join some ultra-affordable models starting from $27 or less and you can scope them all out below. 

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Apple is finally catching up with Siri, but the goalposts are moving again

Siri AI

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While it is great that Siri AI can finally deliver Apple’s promise of an actually useful, personal assistant for the age of AI, expectations surrounding agentic assistants are quickly shifting. But Apple is showing it might not watch from the sidelines again.

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