The new Siri Remote costs $59 on its own and works back to Apple TV HD. Precision Finding needs a recent iPhone, and iPhone 17e is left out.
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Apple settled 20 AirTag stalking lawsuits in two months, its court brief says
Apple settled 20 AirTag stalking lawsuits in roughly two months this summer, according to its own brief to the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. That is about half of all the cases brought over the tracker, and the panel hears argument on September 24 in Chicago on whether the rest should be folded into…
Find My in iOS 27 can pause location sharing with just one person
Find My in iOS 27 has a middle setting between sharing your location with a friend and cutting them off. Open the person’s card in the People list, tap the More button, then tap Hide Location, and sharing with that one person pauses while everyone else keeps seeing you. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image:…
AppleCare Theft and Loss Is Not Automatic: Apple Requires Find My to Stay On
Adding AppleCare with Theft and Loss coverage to a new iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo or Apple Watch this week does not, by itself, guarantee a claim gets paid later. Apple’s own theft and loss claims page states the coverage requires Find My to have been turned on at the time the device was lost…
iPhone 18 Pro and Find My: Losing Power Does Not Erase Its Last Known Location
A number of buyers activating a new iPhone 18 Pro this weekend are also treating an old iPhone as untraceable the moment it runs out of charge in a shipping box or a resale envelope. Apple’s own Find My support page says otherwise: once a device stops reporting a current location, Find My keeps showing…
Lost or Stolen iPhone 18 Pro: Which Cover Pays Out, and Which Only Protects Your Data
If an iPhone 18 Pro is stolen, Find My and Activation Lock will protect what is on it and make it very hard for anyone else to use. Neither will buy you a replacement, and that distinction decides what a lost or stolen $1,199 phone actually costs you. iPhone 18 Pro in all four finishes,…
AirPods 5 and Find My: Separation Alerts on Both Models, but Only the $149 Case Can Play a Sound
Both AirPods 5 models support Find My with separation alerts, according to Apple’s tech specs, but only the $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case has a speaker in its case, so it is the only one that can play a sound to help you find it. The $129 AirPods 5 ships with a USB-C…