Tesla officially unveils Apple Watch app, coming next week

Tesla has officially announced and revealed its forthcoming app for , and it should arrive as soon as next week.

To start, the official Tesla app on Apple Watch will act as a key, frunk opener, and climate control activator. The watchOS app will also show battery charge level independent of the iPhone.

It’s the first feature, key access, that will especially be useful for Apple Watch users. While the iPhone has always been a key, it’s common to leave the iPhone in the car while


Nintendo relaunches Animal Crossing on iPhone as paid game with no in-app purchases

Nintendo has for iPhone today, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete . The title brings back much of the experience in its predecessor, but with new content and perhaps most interestingly, a pricing experiment.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete uses a business model Nintendo hasn’t tried recently, and frankly that most App Store games have moved away from.

It’s available as a . Currently, the price is $9.99, but that’s only an introductory rate that will climb to $19


Do you care whether the iPhone 17 Pro uses titanium or aluminum? [Poll]

It was recently reported that the iPhone 17 Pro chassis would be aluminum rather than titanium . This would mean Apple dropping something it touted as a major selling point of the Pro models just last year.

A leaker with a decent track record is now disputing this, however, saying that Apple will “of course” stick to titanium for next year’s premium models – though the dispute could all be down to ambiguous terminology …

Apple has long used the chassis as one of the differentiating points between the standard and Pro


Users fear the Sonos app could require a subscription; company says no plans in hand

Growing concerns have been expressed that the Sonos app might in future require a subscription, as the company reported revenue down for the second year running – and a former employee has now added fuel to the fire.

Of particular concern is that all actions initiated in the app now go through a Sonos server, rather than being executed locally, giving the company complete control of everything users do …

opens its admittedly speculative report by summarizing the company’s tough financial situation.

This is the second year in a row that Sonos has


Future iPhones could get multiple Action buttons; iPad and Mac too

An Apple patent has revealed that future iPhones could effectively get multiple Action buttons , as all three buttons on the left side of the phone become user-configurable.

The same patent indicates that similar capabilities may come to other Apple devices, including both iPads and Macs

The , spotted by , is a very dense one, with the most unhelpful opening you could possibly imagine!

An electronic device detects a first input on a first input region separate from a display of the electronic device, including detecting a first portion of the

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300-foot high Wallace & Gromit animation created on iPhone 16 on show at Apple’s UK campus

Apple has sponsored a 300-foot high Wallace & Gromit animation, which is being projected daily onto the walls and chimneys of Battersea Power Station, home to the company’s UK headquarters.

A set of eight iPhone 16 Pro Max models was used to create the 6,000-frame stop-motion animation, which will be on display every night until new year’s eve …

Apple it as a joyful project.

This holiday season, Wallace & Gromit have decorated London’s Battersea


Apple Silicon

These are the best new MacBook deals for Cyber Monday: options as low as $599

With Apple Intelligence requiring an M1 chip or newer, it’s never been a better time to buy your first MacBook, or upgrade an older MacBook you’re still holding on to. MacBooks are more affordable than ever in the Apple Silicon era, with the cheapest options starting below $600. Cyber Monday deals make it a better time than ever to buy a new MacBook without blowing your bank account.

Our friends also have all the latest details on the

Apple has launched 3 MacBook Airs since entering

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When to expect 2nm chips in your iPhone

Although Apple typically follows a two year cycle with process nodes, with the 7nm and 5nm processes lasting two years each – it seems highly likely that Apple is about to use the 3nm process for a third year in a row with the upcoming iPhone 17 lineup. There are a number of reasons for this, which we’ll be delving into.

Technically speaking, this isn’t the first time that we’ve had the same process node for three years in a row, it’s


Google Maps app showing incident reports from Waze

As part of the across all platforms, Google said Maps would show Waze reports for users to confirm while navigating. This is beginning to roll out.

When Google Maps announced — in late July, with the actual rollout taking place — the improved reporting UI for Android, iOS, Android Auto, CarPlay, and Android Automotive, the company “these reports come from the Maps and Waze communities, and you can even see which app a report came from.”

Waze how “Google Maps will surface reports from our drivers

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Minizones’ lets you quickly glance at different timezones from your Menu Bar

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight . This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact .

is a sweet and simple Mac app that allows you to glance at varying timezones across the globe, right from your Mac’s menu bar. It’s a nice tool if you work remotely and have to communicate with coworkers across the globe, or regularly need to communicate with people in

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