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You can now join the virtual waiting area for Apple’s iPhone 15 event before it goes live on September 12. Apple posted the livestream video countdown on YouTube today ahead of event kickoff next Tuesday.

Remember Live Activities, the iOS feature that lets apps display persistent status updates without spamming you with notifications? DoorDash might be the next app to adopt the feature.

The flame war between smartphone enthusiasts over iPhone and Android and which is superior has gone on for far too long.

When Apple unveils the iPhone 15 line on September 12, it will also announce the first charging port change since the iPhone 5. For a lot of iPhone users, however, nothing will change with how the iPhone is charged this time.

Tough break for the 6,000 or so customers of Magic Leap’s first augmented reality headset. Upload VR reports that Magic Leap is telling customers the device will ‘cease to function’ at the end of next year.

Update 9/1: Good news if you’re in the market for the Pro Stand for Apple’s Pro Display XDR: it’s back in stock.

Bad news if you’re in the market for the Pro Stand for Apple’s Pro Display XDR: it costs $999. The other bad news for potential customers is that the stand Apple sells separately for the monitor is out of stock.

After racing to ship a minimum viable product over the summer, Meta continues to crank out basic features for Threads. The latest Threads innovation is keyword search, although it’s only available on a couple island nations for now.

Ever wish you could AirPlay audio from your iPhone to your amp or powered speakers? Smart home solutions firm Eve is launching a new audio streaming interface that lets you hook up Hi-Fi components to Apple’s Home app and AirPlay 2.

Microsoft has announced plans to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac. The latest version of the company’s IDE (integrated development environment) for Mac will continue to be supported by Microsoft through August 2024.

Apple has been rumored to be considering 3D printing as part of its product design process, and a new report details how and when that change will happen. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that Apple will deploy its first use of 3D printing as a test run of sorts with certain models of the upcoming Apple Watch Series 9.

There’s a new version of macOS Sonoma beta out today. Apple just released macOS 14 Sonoma beta 7 for developer beta testers. Public beta 6 is also out today.

Frankly, we’re torn between this being bad knockoff text or Apple’s newest marketing lingo. iPhone 15 Pro Max cases (or at least clones of cases) have surfaced online, and the non-leather, non-silicon material is branded as “FineWoven” with no space.

We figured AirPods would go USB-C as soon as the iPhone does, and that’s what Bloomberg reports will happen. Mark Gurman drops this line in his coverage of Apple’s September event announcement: “To match the new iPhones, Apple will introduce updated AirPods at the event that include a USB-C charging port.”

Update: Public beta versions of today’s software releases are available now.

It’s not just iPhone 15 event announcement day. Fresh iOS 17 betas are here as well. Apple has released iOS 17 beta 8 for developers.

Apple has officially announced its next product event where it will announce the new iPhone 15 lineup alongside Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. The event will take place on September 12. The tagline for the event reads “Wonderlust.” and features the rumored colors of the titanium iPhone 15 Pro lineup.

WhatsApp has sort of been on the Mac for a while now, but Meta’s 3.2 star-rated solution has been resource-hungry and clunky at best. Starting today, Meta is officially launching its new and improved native Mac app with group calling features and more.

Update 8/29: Will today be the day? Mark Gurman isn’t explicitly saying it, but he’s certainly hinting at it in this post: “In what will be the first of two (yes) tech event announcements today, Amazon says its new devices event will be held on September 20th, 8 days after the iPhone 15 event.”

Our breakdown of when Apple will likely announce the iPhone 15 event date, in which I float today but conservatively and now probably inaccurately predict a week from today, follows. Stay tuned!

Update #2: Yep!

iPhone events are always exciting. iPhone event date announcements? That’s the next best thing. We already have a good idea of when Apple will unveil the iPhone 15 line, but when should we expect Apple to make the date official?

Apple Vision Pro faces a few challenges today. Apple can’t make as many as it would like, it costs a lot to build each unit, and that adds up to a $3500 product for consumers. The company is currently investigating what ultimately could be a solution to each of these issues.

Passwords are steadily becoming a thing of the past thanks to new passkeys. Plenty of apps and services have made passwords optional already, and more are on the way.

Reliable supply chain analyst Ming Chi Kuo says that Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max “will start mass shipments this week” despite supply chain issue reports. Kuo also forecasts strong unit shipments compared to other analysts who have recently cut back their predictions.