Jay Peters
iFixit opened up the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery.
In a short video, iFixit speculates that the battery inside is the same as the one that’s in the iPhone Air itself. I’m convinced!
Apple
Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple is best known for making some of the world’s most ubiquitous consumer devices, software, and services: the iPhone, iPad, iMac and MacBook computers, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iOS, iCloud, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and many more. Led by CEO Tim Cook since 2011, Apple is one of the largest technology companies in the world alongside Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
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Happy iPhone Day!
The Verge team has spent the week putting Apple’s brand-new lineup through the test — the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air.
Now, Jake, Allison, and Todd have answered the questions you submitted in a live AMA today at 1 PM ET, and you can look below in the comments to see what they had to say.
🎁 Bonus: Our iPhone 17 Pro review is free to read all day — no subscription needed.
Andrew Liszewski
Your Apple Watch will now let you know when it could be charging faster.
According to a support page on Apple’s website, watchOS 26 includes a new Slow Charger warning in the battery section of the Apple Watch’s settings, as spotted by MacRumors. The warning lets you know your Apple Watch’s charger, or your power adapter, isn’t charging the wearable as fast as it could be.
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This year’s iPhone is more useful, has more storage, and starts at the same price. What’s not to like?
Jacob Kastrenakes
But most people should buy the regular iPhone 17.
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Apple gave the people what they wanted, resulting in the most compelling update to the Apple Watch lineup this year.
Victoria Song
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Another year of iterative hardware and smart software tweaks for the world’s most popular smartwatch.
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Apple delays digital IDs.
With the launch of iOS 26, Apple planned to let you create a digital ID with your US passport and store it in its Wallet app, allowing you to pass through TSA checkpoints while traveling within the country. Now, Apple says this feature will be “available in a software update,” as spotted by MacRumors.
Liquid Glass is solidly mid at best, but Tahoe ain’t terrible.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Apple’s new cross-platform design system is created for a world we don’t live in.
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Everything you already liked about these earbuds just got better.
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Thomas Ricker
Merde! AirPods don’t support live translation in Europe.
“Live translation with AirPods is not available if you are in the EU and your Apple account country or region is also in the EU,” reads the Apple support page. According to Politico, Apple is blaming DMA’s interoperability requirement for the limitation.
Dominic Preston
Phew, Apple’s polishing cloth is iPhone 17-compatible after all.
We were all worried when Apple’s cloth didn’t support its new models on day one, but the company must have pushed an OTA update just in time for preorders today. All four new iPhones are supported, plus the three new Watch models.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s Foundation is coming back for a fourth season.
Though the third season of Apple TV Plus’ Foundation adaptation is set to wrap this Friday, the series won’t be coming to an end. Apple announced today that it has renewed Foundation for a fourth season whose production will kick off some time in early 2026.
In a statement about the renewal, Foundation co-showrunners and executive producers Ian Goldberg and David Kob said they were honored to be coming back for another season. Apple TV Plus head of programming Matt Cherniss added that the studio is beyond excited to be producing a show that has “become such a global phenomenon.”
Apple’s lens math doesn’t add up.
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