HomeKit Weekly: SwitchBot Button Pusher finally works natively with Apple Home

I have long joked to my family that if I were super rich, I would love to hire someone whose only job would be to hand me a large cup of coffee as soon as I walked out of my bedroom. Apple Home has not let me do that, but it gets me close.

A few years ago, I wrote a guide on automating my morning coffee using a SwitchBot button pusher and HOOBS . It required pulling API keys and MAC addresses just to get it communicating with Apple Home. The new SwitchBot

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iOS 27 rumored to bring new design changes in two key areas

The next major iPhone software update, iOS 27, will be unveiled on June 8 , and rumors indicate it will bring at least two changes for the Liquid Glass design.

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ChatGPT for iOS and Android can now start Codex work on Windows

Earlier this month, OpenAI updated ChatGPT’s mobile app to include remote access to Codex for Mac. Starting today, ChatGPT for iPhone and Android can also start work on Codex for Windows as well.

Plus Codex inside ChatGPT for iOS has some new features and improvements.

If you’re stuck using a PC , OpenAI’s Codex app is gaining two features that started on the Mac version : Computer Use and remote control.

Remote control for Codex on Windows extends to the Codex Mac app as well as the ChatGPT

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Live lyrics now available in CarPlay with new app update

Musixmatch, a popular third-party lyrics app for iPhone, is out with a big update today. You can now use Musixmatch to follow along with lyrics via CarPlay when listening to Apple Music or Spotify.

Musixmatch is tapping into CarPlay’s support for Live Activities to offer lyrics support. The lyrics appear on your CarPlay screen as a Live Activity and update in real-time. You can’t view lyrics in the actual Musixmatch app on CarPlay like you can on iPhone.

Musixmatch has also published a full support

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Apple has five new products coming that could launch at WWDC

Apple will unveil iOS 27, the new Siri, and a lot more in just over a week . But will any new hardware launch at WWDC? We’re currently expecting a software-only slate of announcements, but here are five upcoming Apple products with the best chance of surprising us at WWDC.

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Apple Wallet driver’s license support expanding to another new state

Just a few days after expanding to Arkansas , a new report today says Apple Wallet support for driver’s licenses is set to come to yet another new state soon.

Today’s rumor comes from MacRumors and cites “a person familiar with the matter.” According to the report, Apple Wallet driver’s license support is set to expand to Virginia. There’s no timetable given in the story, so it’s unclear whether the rollout is imminent.

Last year, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

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Deals: M5 MacBook Air up to $270 off, iPad from $299, Apple Solo Loops from $9, Beats 240W cable, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Apple’s most affordable bang for your buck M5 MacBook Air at nearly $200 off (Amazon low, all colors) as well as a Rare deal on this 32GB/1TB model . Alongside Amazon delivering all MacBook Neo models by tomorrow from $590, we also have Apple’s current-gen base iPad down at $299 while clearance pricing lands on the mid-range 512GB


iPadOS 26 one year later: My highs and lows as full-time iPad Pro user

iPadOS 26 was unveiled one year ago with major upgrades for iPad productivity . I’ve been using the update on my iPad Pro since that first beta arrived, here’s where Apple’s major update has worked for me, and where it still comes up short.

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For all Mankind spinoff series Star City premieres on Apple TV

Just as For All Mankind wrapped its latest season on Apple TV, the platform also premiered the first two episodes of Star City , a spinoff set in the same alternate timeline where the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon. Watch the trailer below.

More than two years after it was first announced, Star City debuted on Apple TV, with its first two episodes now available to stream.

The show’s premise is interesting: it revisits the same alternate history as For All Mankind , but from the perspective

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Amazon won’t let 13 older Kindle models access new books

Last month Amazon announced that it was cutting off Kindle Store access to 13 older Kindle models, and now that change has officially been implemented. Here’s what that means.

If you’ve been holding on to an older Kindle model, now might be the time to upgrade.

That’s because as of last week, Amazon has cut off 13 older models from being able to access the Kindle Store.

Users of these non-supported models can no longer purchase, borrow, or download new content

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