Chance Miller

The new Oura Ring 5 has arrived, and it packs a suite of enticing new features for fans of the smart ring form factor. The headline change here is that the Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, giving it a design that looks much closer to a traditional ring.

There are also new health features, including nighttime blood pressure and breathing trends. It’s the latest example of the increasing Apple Watch competition …

New images from Bloomberg today reveal our first look at Apple’s redesigned Siri interface coming with iOS 27. The illustrations, created by Bloomberg, show Apple’s new Siri interface, the Siri chatbot app, and more.

Apple Wallet driver’s license support is expanding to a new state. Starting today, Arkansas residents can add their driver’s license to the Apple Wallet app on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Apple today updated its trade-in estimates across the board for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, iPad, and Android phones. Here are the current numbers.

Apple just released a MacBook Pro update in March, but there’s more coming soon. Apple is expected to debut one of its biggest MacBook Pro updates ever as soon as later this year. Here’s everything we know so far.

Benjamin and Chance return for another week in Apple news and rumors. As is tradition, the company unveiled a slate of new accessibility-focused features designed for iOS 27, with a strong theme of Apple Intelligence this year. Also, the WWDC keynote is official with invites going out to press, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman brings us even more details about the upcoming Siri revamp.

And in Happy Hour Plus, the two discuss a new rumor that says Apple might switch back to titanium on future iPhones. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Federico Viticci at MacStories is out today with yet another wild tool that integrates with Apple’s Shortcuts app.

Shortcuts Playground from Federico is a plugin for Claude Code and Codex that can “create any shortcut for Apple’s Shortcuts app using natural language.”

Spotify users are facing an annoying bug when using the app via CarPlay, where the track name, artist, and album shown on the screen differ from what’s actually playing.

Spotify says it’s aware of the problem and is investigating.

Last month, Apple announced a series of major leadership changes, including that John Ternus will take over as Apple CEO effective September 1. At the same time, Apple also elevated Johny Srouji into a broader role as the company’s chief hardware officer.

Bloomberg now reports that Srouji is making a series of changes to “speed up work on future devices.”

Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan. Starting in July, Plex says that the Lifetime Plex Pass price will increase from $249.99 to a whopping $749.99.

You still have six weeks to lock in the current pricing …

Apple today unveiled a suite of new accessibility features coming with iOS 27, visionOS 27, and more later this year.

As part of that announcement, Apple also said a popular iPhone accessory that sold out quickly at launch is making a comeback.

iOS 27 is set to be announced in just three weeks, and a new report today dives into three new features coming to iPhone this year.

Apple is officially inviting members of the press to WWDC 2026 today. WWDC will kick off on June 8, with a keynote at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET.

“Coming bright up” is the tagline for this year’s WWDC festivities.

As expected, Apple has officially kicked off its promotion for new Apple Card users. If you sign up for a new Apple Card, you can basically get a pair of AirPods Pro 3 for free (basically). Here’s how it works.

Apple is planning a huge Apple Card sign-up bonus for new customers as soon as next week. If you sign up for a new Apple Card, you’ll basically get a new pair of AirPods Pro 3 for free. Here’s how it’ll work.

Benjamin and Chance discuss changes to the Apple education store, the cool new Apple Developer icon, rumors about some design changes for iOS 27 and macOS 27, and whether we can think of anything compelling AirPods with cameras could be used for. 

And in Happy Hour Plus, we discuss the state of iOS keyboard autocorrect and dictation accuracy.. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Apple and OpenAI inked a deal to integrate ChatGPT with Siri as part of iOS 18 in 2024. According to a new report today, however, OpenAI is displeased with how the partnership has played out and is considering taking legal action against Apple.

Ahead of WWDC 2026, which kicks off next month, Apple has updated its Apple Developer website to spotlight members of the developer community.

We’re less than a month away from Apple announcing iOS 27 at WWDC. A new report today offers a closer look at what to expect from design changes and new features for key apps, including Camera, Safari, Weather, and more.