Apple has been testing iOS 18.2 for a while now, and the update brings a lot of new features related to Apple Intelligence such as Genmoji and Image Playground. However, there’s another small but important change for users of the Apple Music and Apple TV app, and that’s the ability to search using natural language in those apps.

Samsung on Thursday unveiled One UI 7, the new version of its custom experience for the company’s Android phones. One UI 7 comes with a lot of new features such as AI writing assistance tools, but the update also brings some design changes – and it’s impossible not to compare them to Apple’s iOS.

Looking for a way to bring some holiday cheer to your Mac? Festivitas is a new app from developer Simon Støvring that does exactly that.

As we recently reported, the Brazilian antitrust regulator known as “Cade” recently ruled that Apple can no longer prevent developers from selling content and distributing apps outside the App Store in Brazil. Unsurprisingly, Apple is now appealing the decision which the company considers “disproportionate.”

This is Rumor Replay, a new weekly column at 9to5Mac that provides a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with my analysis and commentary. Today: the foldable iPhone is still on track, M5 iPad Pro release window, and HomePod confusion. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

It’s no secret that the team members at Porsche are fans of Apple technology. From embracing next-gen CarPlay to including Apple CEO Tim Cook in a keynote, the German car company has a special appreciation for Apple.

Taking advantage of state-of-the-art technology from Apple has recently extended to how Porsche holds its media events for the press. Just this summer, Porsche leveraged the power of Apple Vision Pro to take members of the press under the hood and inside the new 911 Carrera GTS in ways not possible before. Porsche even envisions using spatial Persona and SharePlay on Apple Vision Pro to hold immersive and intimate presentations for remote journalists.

Apple’s Photos app got a major redesign in iOS 18, and not all of the changes have been well received. Fortunately, Apple’s listened to feedback and has made five key changes to Photos in iOS 18.2.

AirPods Pro 2 gained hearing aid capabilities with iOS 18.1, which was released to the public in October. Users can run a test to detect potential hearing loss and then use the results to adjust their own AirPods so that they function as hearing aids. With iOS 18.2, which will be released to the public in the next few days, the company is expanding these features to more countries.

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Benjamin and Chance reflect on their tech support anecdotes during Thanksgiving, and also praise the new Apple ‘Heartstrings’ holiday ad. Meanwhile, Apple quietly dropped a few little features on the floor as we await the iOS 18.2 release candidate. In other news, Apple is rumored to be negotiating for rights to stream immersive content from the seat of a football stadium, in its latest Vision Pro content efforts.

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Apple continues to add new supported states to its Wallet digital ID program. Slowly but surely, more of the US makes it possible to include your driver’s license digitally on iPhone and Apple Watch. The latest addition? New Mexico now supports digital IDs.

Apple has released RC betas for tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, and watchOS 11.2 ahead of their public launch coming soon. Public betas are here for Apple TV and Apple Watch too. Here’s what to expect from the latest betas.

Apple has released the macOS Sequoia 15.2 RC (release candidate) in beta. It’s available for both developers and public beta users, providing both groups with access to the exact software expected to ship to all users soon. Here’s everything you should know.

Apple has released the iOS 18.2 RC to developer and public beta testers today, two weeks after the release of the fourth beta. Today’s iOS 18.2 RC update will likely serve as the final beta before the update is released to the general public next week.

OpenAI talks often about how it wants to make ChatGPT and its various AI tools available free to as many users as possible. But the company is also pushing further into paid ventures, and the latest one has a hefty $200/month price tag.

Update: Right on schedule, Little Cities: Diorama has arrived for Apple Vision Pro. Download it here.

More mixed reality games that became popular on Meta Quest headsets are coming to Apple Vision Pro. Little Cities: Diorama offers an all-new version for Apple Vision Pro. Notably, it blends your real-world environment with a virtual city you create. Considering the mixed reality fidelity on Vision Pro, this should be the best version of Little Cities.

Speaking of Major League Soccer, Apple has dropped some exciting details about how to watch the MLS Cup season finale on Saturday.

Apple has been having a rough time in Indonesia, but following extensive investment negotiations aimed at getting the iPhone 16 un-banned, an agreement sounds imminent. And it’s reportedly costing the full $1 billion the Indonesian government expected.

Curious about what apps are available on Apple Vision Pro? Setting up your own Vision Pro and wonder what to try first? These are some of the best Apple Vision Pro apps on our radar so far.

Apple is always working on new iPhones that are multiple years out, and today a new report details a noteworthy internal change coming to the 2026 iPhone 18 lineup.

Apple’s new Passwords app debuted this fall as a dedicated home for passwords across every device. Browsers, however, have been hit or miss with built-in Passwords support. Fortunately, there’s a big one that just gained it: Apple now offers an official Passwords extension in Firefox for Mac.

Apple took over the next decade of Major League Soccer distribution starting with the 2023 season, so how have things been going for the league in terms of viewership?

According to the MLS Commissioner, the partnership has resulted in “more subscribers than we and Apple thought we would have,” which doesn’t say much. However, the MLS boss promises more “transparency” in the future.

Following a launch last month of Apple TV+ on Amazon Prime Video in the United States, the channel is now rolling out to additional regions.

Apple TV+ is now available to subscribe and watch within Prime Video in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. The pricing is the same as if the user subscribed through Apple directly.

The narrative for years has been that Spotify Wrapped, a look back at your music listening habits for the year, has left Apple Music members longing for a matching experience. Apple Music, of course, has been developing its Replay feature for nearly as long. Still, Spotify Wrapped has made vocal Apple Music subscribers jealous each December.

This year, however, a tide shift seems to have occurred for two reasons.