AirPods 5 cost C$179 in Canada and A$219 in Australia, and AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case cost C$209 and A$249, according to Apple’s Canadian and Australian newsroom releases of September 9. Pre-orders opened the same day in both countries and both models reach stores on Friday, September 18. The standard AirPods 5 with the…
AirPods 5 Price in India: ₹14,900 and ₹17,900 for Both Models, and Why the UK Figure Is Missing
AirPods 5 cost ₹14,900 in India and AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case cost ₹17,900, according to Apple’s India newsroom release of September 9. Pre-orders opened the same day and both models reach stores on Friday, September 18, the same date as the United States. AirPods 5 are the first open-ear AirPods with Active Noise…
AirPods 5 vs AirPods 3: Same Open-Ear Shape, Now With Noise Cancellation
AirPods 5 costs $129, or $149 with the Wireless Charging Case, and it adds Active Noise Cancellation, an IP57 water rating and the H2 chip to the open-ear shape AirPods 3 introduced in 2021. AirPods 3 launched at $179 with a MagSafe case, runs the older H1 chip, and Apple’s spec sheet for it records…
Messages and Mail Contextual Suggestions in iOS 27: Add an Event or Find a Photo With One Tap
iOS 27 puts one-tap actions inside your conversations. Apple’s iOS 27 page says “Messages and Mail offer suggestions to help you take quick actions based on context from your conversation,” naming two examples: add a calendar event, or search for a photo. Siri AI can also draft or critique text inside Messages and Mail in…
How to Customize Liquid Glass in iOS 27: From Ultraclear to Fully Tinted
iOS 27 adds a slider in Settings that changes how Liquid Glass looks, anywhere from ultra-clear to fully tinted, according to Apple’s iOS 27 page. It arrives with the free update on Monday, September 14, and it is the one control Apple has published for the look of the interface itself. Safari and the Siri…
Siri AI Writing in Messages and Mail: Drafts From Scratch and Feedback on What You Wrote
Siri AI adds two writing jobs to Messages and Mail in iOS 27: in Apple’s words it “can now generate a draft from scratch or provide feedback on what you’ve written.” Apple also says it matches the tone and punctuation you normally use with a particular recipient, and that a systemwide automatic Proofread runs alongside…
iOS 27 Performance Claims Explained: 30% Faster App Launches, 70% Faster Photos, 80% Faster AirDrop
Apple makes three headline speed claims for iOS 27: app launches up to 30 percent faster, new photos loading in your library up to 70 percent faster, and AirDrop transfers up to 80 percent faster. Each of those figures comes from a different test on a different iPhone, according to the footnotes on Apple’s iOS…
Does Siri AI Use Google Gemini? What Apple Actually Says About the Foundation Models Collaboration
Google is involved, and Apple has described that involvement in exactly one published sentence. Apple’s June press release says its next-generation Apple Foundation Models “were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence experiences,” and nothing on Apple’s consumer pages goes further than that. Siri AI arrives in beta…
AirPods 5 vs AirPods Pro 2: Open-Ear ANC at $129 or the Older Pro
AirPods 5 costs $129, or $149 with the Wireless Charging Case, and Apple’s tech specs rate it at up to 4 hours of listening with Active Noise Cancellation switched on. AirPods Pro 2 launched at $249 in September 2022, is rated at up to 6 hours with ANC on, and Apple no longer sells it.…
AT&T iPhone 18 Pro Offer: Apple Lists Up to $1,200 Trade-In Credit Over 36 Months
Apple’s Store page for iPhone 18 Pro lists exactly one AT&T launch term: up to $1,200 for an eligible trade-in in any condition, paid as monthly bill credits over 36 months. That line is the whole of what Apple publishes about the offer, and Apple adds that the amount varies by plan tier and customer…