The Verge - Apple Postshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2024-03-18T17:53:01-04:00https://www.theverge.com/apple/rss/index.xml2024-03-18T17:53:01-04:002024-03-18T17:53:01-04:00Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
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<figcaption><em>The third-gen AirPods start at $139.99 ($40 off).</em> | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge</figcaption>
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<p id="NjCYhY">If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Since Apple launched the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/18/22671344/apple-new-airpods-3-spacial-audio-specs-price-release-date-features">third-gen AirPods</a> at the end of 2021, we’ve seen the starting price of the second-gen, entry-level model slowly dip to under $100. And now that the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23878402/apple-airpods-pro-usb-c-adaptive-audio-conversation-awareness-test-review">latest AirPods Pro</a> has been on the market for over a year, we’re also seeing their price fall more often, too. We’re even seeing great deals land on the newer updated <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23878402/apple-airpods-pro-usb-c-adaptive-audio-conversation-awareness-test-review">AirPods Pro with USB-C</a>.</p>
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<p id="E6INSh">Here, we’ve curated the best deals currently available on each model, including the entry-level AirPods, the AirPods Pro, the third-gen AirPods, and the AirPods Max.</p>
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<h2 id="ej2msf">The best AirPods (second-gen) deals</h2>
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<p id="eg29V6">In 2021, Apple lowered the list price of the second-gen AirPods — now the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/21302051/best-apple-airpods-dealsSheena Vasani2024-03-18T13:48:12-04:002024-03-18T13:48:12-04:00Pixel 8 drops below $500 for the first time
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<p id="825yAC">If you’re in need of a solid smartphone upgrade without the bill creeping into mortgage territory, there aren’t many better options than the <strong>Google Pixel 8</strong>. When you can get one for under $500? Even better. The 128GB unlocked model is down to $499 ($200 off) at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Google-Pixel-Unlocked-Smartphone-Advanced/dp/B0CGTD5KVT?tag=theverge02-20" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://howl.me/clRi6yOdCnT">Best Buy</a>, and the <a href="https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_8">Google Store</a>. That’s $50 cheaper than the price we saw during Black Friday last year. The 256GB model is also $200 off at those retailers, bringing it down to $559.99. Both are down to the lowest prices we’ve seen so far.</p>
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<p id="q4o4k9">The Pixel 8 is really solid, especially if you’re not interested in the gimmicky extras that can bloat the user experience on other devices. Google has optimized the software specifically for its custom Tensor G3 chipset, which offers...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104732/google-pixel-8-tp-link-kasa-smart-bulbs-apple-tv-4k-tcl-qm8-deal-saleQuentyn Kennemer2024-03-18T05:30:34-04:002024-03-18T05:30:34-04:00Apple’s AI ambitions could include Google or OpenAI
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<p id="cNqd0K">Apple is reportedly in “active negotiations” with Google to bring its Gemini generative AI technology to the iPhone, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/apple-in-talks-to-license-google-gemini-for-iphone-ios-18-generative-ai-tools"><em>Bloomberg </em>reports</a>, and has also considered using OpenAI’s ChatGPT.</p>
<p id="pyosae">CEO Tim Cook has <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058647/apple-ceo-tim-cook-teases-generative-ai-iphone">already confirmed</a> that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time and effort” on artificial intelligence features, and plans to release them to its customers “later this year.” <em>Bloomberg’s</em> report suggests that the AI features built into Apple’s products could eventually be powered by a mix of first- and third-party AI models. Apple’s models could power on-device generative AI with iOS 18, releasing later this year, while cloud-based AI features like text- and image-generation could come via partnerships with the likes of Google.</p>
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<p id="vUkV0g">If a...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104626/apple-license-google-gemini-generative-ai-openai-chatgptJon Porter2024-03-17T17:00:11-04:002024-03-17T17:00:11-04:00The M1 MacBook Air is not only still around, it’s cheaper than ever
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<p id="vTMiJg">When Apple stopped selling the M1 MacBook Air last week to make way for <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24089999/apple-macbook-air-m3-announced-13-15-inch">the new M3 version</a>, I mourned <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24090112/macbook-air-wedge-laptops-design">the loss of the M1 Air’s iconic wedge shape</a>. But perhaps that was a bit premature. </p>
<p id="VnlD7f">Walmart <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/03/15/walmart-brings-the-popular-macbook-air-with-the-m1-chip-to-its-shelves">announced</a> Friday that for the first time, you can buy the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/21569603/apple-macbook-air-m1-review-price-specs-features-arm-silicon">M1 MacBook Air</a> <a href="https://goto.walmart.com/c/482924/565706/9383?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FApple-MacBook-Air-13-3-inch-Laptop-Silver-M1-Chip-8GB-RAM-256GB-storage%2F609040889&sharedid=theverge.com" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">from its </a>online store (and in-store soon) <a href="https://goto.walmart.com/c/482924/565706/9383?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FApple-MacBook-Air-13-3-inch-Laptop-Silver-M1-Chip-8GB-RAM-256GB-storage%2F609040889&sharedid=theverge.com" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">for a discounted $699</a>. On Friday morning, Best Buy was still charging $999.99 but has since dropped its price to beat Walmart’s deal and <a href="https://howl.me/clP3qrJRdXP">is currently offering the same laptop for $649.99</a>.</p>
<p id="rUaenN">Looking at Walmart and Best Buy’s sites, these are new laptops and not refurbished models, which makes the $699 / $649.99 price compelling. That said, you only get to choose the base model, which comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. I’d...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/15/24101727/apple-m1-macbook-air-laptop-walmartVictoria Song2024-03-17T08:00:00-04:002024-03-17T08:00:00-04:00A better way to find stuff to watch
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<p id="eYxSQk">Hi, friends! Welcome to <em>Installer</em> No. 30, your guide to the best and <em>Verge</em>-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome. So psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter"><em>Installer</em> homepage</a>.) </p>
<p id="6qEPBx">This week, I’ve been playing the fun puzzler <a href="https://thepangry.com/closecities/"><em><strong>Close Cities</strong></em></a>,<strong> </strong>scrounging up money to buy TikTok, reading the latest in <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250871732/lonewolf"><strong>my favorite spy-thriller series</strong></a>,<em><strong> </strong></em>debating <a href="https://www.curbed.com/article/squatters-rights-california-beverly-hills-los-angeles.html"><strong>becoming a mansion squatter</strong></a>, testing <a href="https://tdy.do/"><strong>Today</strong></a> for simple tasks, taking notes on this great video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFiqCGM7n1g"><strong>the editing in </strong><em><strong>Oppenheimer</strong></em></a>, and yelling “SPACE!” while watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8ZaMAa5jw"><strong>the most recent SpaceX launch</strong></a>.</p>
<p id="lAAnRE">I also have for you a new AI productivity tool, a great way to find stuff to watch, some new shows about old events, and a deep dive into the collapse of the Apple...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/24102242/likewise-movie-recommendations-apple-car-proton-mail-evernote-installerDavid Pierce2024-03-15T14:18:31-04:002024-03-15T14:18:31-04:00PC games start at just $1 in Steam’s spring sale
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<p id="g0AV6L">You’d think most gamers would have indulged enough over the long winter season that they wouldn’t want to spend the first moments of spring doing the same, but rainy days are still a thing, yeah? And the grind never truly stops for many of us. That’s why I can appreciate the <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/"><strong>Steam spring sale</strong></a>, happening now through March 21st. It happens around this time every year and offers up to 90 percent off thousands of titles. You can find deals on game-of-the-year-worthy titles like <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/"><em><strong>Baldur’s Gate 3</strong></em> for $53.99</a> ($6 off), for example, while <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/"><em><strong>Diablo IV</strong></em> is 50 percent off</a> no matter which version you buy, whether it’s the base game going for $34.99 or the <em>Ultimate Edition</em> for $49.99.</p>
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<p id="MORknD">It’s also a great chance to check out older titles you may have passed...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/15/24101003/steam-spring-sale-m1-macbook-air-breville-barista-express-espresso-machine-deal-saleQuentyn Kennemer2024-03-15T11:27:02-04:002024-03-15T11:27:02-04:00How to make an Apple Vision Pro Persona
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<p id="fpjYR7">Now that you’ve got your <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24054862/apple-vision-pro-review-vr-ar-headset-features-price">$3,500 Apple Vision Pro</a>, gone through the tutorial, and gotten the hang of things, it’s time to do the next best thing: make a Persona.</p>
<p id="GS2EGY">Personas are Apple’s name for a digital avatar of yourself for video calls. Or, in <a href="https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/persona/#:~:text=Persona%20is%20a%20natural%20representation,upper%20body%2C%20and%20facial%20expressions.">Apple’s words</a>, a “natural representation of you that you can use to connect with others.” Aside from FaceTime, your Persona is also used with the <a href="https://duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0x0:2700x1800/1440x960/filters:focal(1350x900:1351x901):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25255977/246965_vision_pro_AKrales_0002.jpg">EyeSight feature</a> — you know, the ghostly eyes that appear on the Vision Pro’s front display. It’s created using image captures and 3D measurements of your head, face, upper body, and facial expressions.</p>
<p id="q5ncJe">But before you go run off and make a Persona, there’s one thing to keep in mind. Right now, Personas are in beta which means... they look kind of cursed....</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/24100674/apple-vision-pro-persona-how-toVictoria Song2024-03-14T16:00:00-04:002024-03-14T16:00:00-04:00Spotify says its iPhone app updates in the EU are getting held up by Apple
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<p id="an6zpV">Even after Apple was <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24005938/european-commission-antitrust-apple-investigation-anti-steering-rules-app-developers">hit with a $2 billion fine</a> in the European Union over years-old complaints from Spotify about its App Store rules, Spotify says Apple is stonewalling updates issued in compliance with that very ruling. In an email to the European Commission obtained by <em>The Verge</em>, Spotify writes that Apple has “neither acknowledged nor responded to Spotify’s submission” to bring subscription pricing information into the app, preventing it from updating the app at all for its users, even to put out fixes for bugs or add other features.</p>
<p id="nnqpm9">On March 5th, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091430/spotify-links-pricing-information-iphone-eu-app">Spotify submitted an update</a> to Apple that puts links to Spotify’s website, along with pricing information for different subscription options, directly in the EU version of its app, without...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24100944/spotify-ios-app-update-eu-apple-dmaEmma Roth2024-03-14T12:00:00-04:002024-03-14T12:00:00-04:00The latest Prince of Persia, Returnal, and other PS hits are up to 50 percent off
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<p id="vGckeD">What’s with all the good PlayStation deals lately? First, the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Console-Marvels-Spider-Man-Bundle-5/dp/B0CKZGY5B6/?tag=theverge02-20" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">disc-based</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Digital-Marvels-Spider-Man-Bundle-5/dp/B0CV4J3TS7/?tag=theverge02-20" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">discless</a> versions of the PS5 “slim” dropped to an all-time low (with a digital copy of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23915605/spider-man-2-review-ps5"><em>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</em></a>, no less). Now, Sony is taking up to 80 percent off a ton of PlayStation games through March 27th as part of its <a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/9d01f039-7058-43e2-93c2-e462d977dc63/2"><strong>Essential Picks sale</strong></a>, which drops digital copies of newer hits like <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24035933/prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown-review-ubisoft"><em>Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown</em></a> to <a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0001-PPSA10067_00-MEMSTDED00000000">$29.99 ($20 off)</a> and both <a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-PPSA10664_00-FF16SIEA00000002"><em>Final Fantasy XVI</em></a> and <a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0001-PPSA01576_00-AVATAR2GAME00001"><em>Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora</em></a> to $41.99 ($28 off).</p>
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<p id="ih9yCf">Hundreds of other older games are on sale, too, so you’ll likely find something that’ll strike your fancy if none of the newer games do. Right now, for example, you can challenge yourself for hours on end with either <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22408468/returnal-ps5-dualsense-3d-audio"><em>Returnal</em></a> or <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22150718/demons-souls-remake-ps5-playstation-5-sony-game-of-the-year-2020"><em>Demon’s Souls</em></a>,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24099507/prince-of-persia-ps5-games-jabra-earbuds-anker-511-charger-deal-saleSheena Vasani2024-03-13T16:40:01-04:002024-03-13T16:40:01-04:00Epic asks judge to enforce the Apple App Store injunction
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<p id="wSKElB">Epic Games <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24049014/apple-epic-court-ruling-developer-tax">isn’t done with Apple</a>. A <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22662320/epic-apple-ruling-injunction-judge-court-app-store">2021 ruling</a> forced Apple to allow developers of App Store apps to link to outside payments, and Epic has now filed a motion asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to enforce her original order. </p>
<p id="cEoVOZ">Epic says <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/16/24040881/apple-outside-payments-app-store-policies-iphone-ipad">Apple’s updated developer policy</a> that still reserves 27 percent of outside payments (or 12 percent for small developers) for Apple itself is still unjustified. Epic argues these fees are “essentially the same” as those the company charges for using its payments system. </p>
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<p id="VTKEqY">Christian Owens, who founded payments processor Paddle, and Benjamin Simon, the founder behind the Down Dog fitness apps for iOS, agreed in declarations also filed by Epic. Owens called the choice offered by Apple “illusory,” while Simon...</p>
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