Benjamin and Chance discuss the week in Apple news, including the suggestion that Tim Cook’s retirement announced could come early in 2026. Also, Apple responds to user feedback on the multitasking changes with the latest iPadOS 26.2 beta 3, Tesla is rumored to be adding CarPlay to its vehicles, and MLS becomes part of the base Apple TV subscription starting next season.

And in Happy Hour Plus, they discuss the future of the Mac Pro and why Apple should stop selling it. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. 

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Apple TV premiered food-centric series this year that were both scripted (Carême) and unscripted (Knife Edge), and the streamer just announced a new food series coming: The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina.

Clean energy company Bluetti has expanded its popular portable power station range with a new Elite series. This includes options for both home energy resilience and on-the-go adventures. For a limited time, 9to5Mac readers can snag one of the latest models with a discount of up to 65%.

The headline news here is the Elite 10 Portable Power Station, the most portable model the company has ever made, fitting into your palm and weighing less than four pounds. At the other end of the scale is a new expansion battery for the company’s whole home backup power solutions …

Apple Wallet recently launched a new Digital ID feature using US passports, but support for state driver’s licenses continues to grow too, and two new states have now pledged support for the feature.

Google announced today that Android’s Quick Share now works with Apple’s AirDrop system on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to allow for easy file transfer between platforms/operating systems.

Apple just unveiled its annual holiday gift card offers, but you’re certainly not going to find deals on AirPods Pro 3 or AirPods 4 in there. And with Amazon’s Black Friday Week 2025 sale now in full swing, we are now getting the best online prices ever on what might very well be the two of the popular items on everyone Black Friday holiday shopping list. Amazon has now dropped the price on AirPods Pro down to its lowest ever and we are getting an arguably even more impressive deal on AirPods 4 with ANC for folks not interested in Apple’s premium buds. AirPods Max are also seeing an impressive price drop.

AirPods are designed to work primarily with Apple products, but they also double as basic Bluetooth headphones you can connect to any device. But an open-source GitHub project offers a way to unlock some of AirPods’ iPhone-exclusive audio features on Android and Linux too.

Apple Music has just launched a diverse lineup of new ‘Best of 2025’ playlists, and also named Tyler, The Creator as its Artist of the Year. Here are the details.

The official Amazon 2025 Black Friday Week deals are now live and they are not playing around. We are getting the best price ever on the new AirPods Pro 3 down at $220 alongside a new Amazon all-time low on AirPods 4 with ANC at $110 shipped. On top of that we have the return of all M4 MacBook Air configurations starting at Amazon all-time lows with $250 in savings and a particularly notable price drop on the entry-level M4 Mac mini at $479 (one of the best prices ever) as well as $200 off the 24GB M4 Pro model. From there we are tracking up to $150 off M3 iPad Air and iPad mini 7 alongside iPad 11 at just $280 shipped. Scope it all out below while the gettin’s good. 

iOS 26 is a major update for iPhone, but it also adds a bunch of new AirPods features—especially for anyone with AirPods Pro 3 or AirPods Pro 2. Here’s everything new.

For the second time in a few months, Apple will host a Reddit AMA with someone in character from an Apple TV show. This time, it’s Carol Sturka, played by Rhea Seehorn on Pluribus. Here’s how to join in.

iOS 26.2 is launching for all users next month, but I’ve been using the new update for a few weeks already in beta. Here are my three favorite new iOS 26.2 features so far.

The latest update to the Matter smart home standard has launched today: Matter 1.5. The headline news is that smart cameras get support for the very first time.

This effectively brings Apple Home compatibility to a much wider range of cameras, and this is not the only new product category included in today’s launch …

The official AirPods Pro 3 Black Friday deal is now live at Amazon. Amazon’s 2025 Black Friday week sale is now live and offering Apple’s brand new AirPods Pro 3 at $219.99 shipped alongside AirPods 4 with ANC at the $109.99 all-time low.

Given Apple’s profitability, it won’t come as any surprise to learn that the company generates a huge amount of revenue per employee.

The figure itself is a little more eye-opening, at $2,413,171 – but it’s still not enough to give Apple first place in the tech giant rankings …

The official AirPods Pro 3 Black Friday deal is now live at Amazon. Amazon’s 2025 Black Friday week sale is now live and offering Apple’s brand new AirPods Pro 3 at $219.99 shipped alongside AirPods 4 with ANC at the $109.99 all-time low.

Like its predecessor, the M5 Vision Pro is currently only available in a limited number of countries. Apple just added two more to the roster as it opened pre-orders in Korea and Taiwan.

Potential customers in both countries can also book Apple Store appointments from today for a personalized trial of the spatial computer …

A Doordash data breach has exposed the personal data of an unspecified number of customers, including name, phone number, email address, and physical address.

The food delivery company says that it has implemented a number of security measures in response, including reporting the attack to law enforcement …

In September, Apple controversially cancelled the launch of new series The Savant, seemingly in the wake of the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk. The company said it looks forward to releasing the show at a later time, but two months on, there’s still no release date in sight. It’s listed as “coming at a later date” in the TV app.

Meanwhile, Apple TV has perhaps just repeated the same fiasco for a second time. The service was set to premiere French-language series The Hunt on December 3, having released a trailer earlier this month. But now, all references to The Hunt have been scrubbed, including removal of the press release from the Apple TV PR newsroom and the YouTube trailer is now marked private.

The Apple Store today announced its Black Friday shopping event, which runs November 28 through December 1. Shoppers can get up to a $250 gift card when buying eligible Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch and more.

Apple’s gift card promotions don’t generally represent the best value for money. For instance, you can buy AirPods 4 on Amazon right now discounted more than the $25 gift card value Apple is offering in this promotion. Similarly, the 15-inch MacBook Air is discounted by $250 right now on Amazon, exceeding the $200 gift card Apple is offering … As always, for the best deals around, check out 9to5Toys.

Following Apple’s detailing yesterday of its 3D printing process for the Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3, iFixIt is out today with an even deeper dive into the company’s 3D printing techniques. Here’s what they found.

If you’re in the market for an excellent 3-in-1 charging stand ahead of the holiday season, Anker’s new 3-in-1 Prime MagSafe charger could be an excellent pick. It offers 25W MagSafe charging with Qi2.2 support, as well as support for Apple Watch and AirPods – making it an excellent pick for Apple users.

MLB today announced new media rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix, and confirmed that, contrary to previous reports, Apple will continue to stream “Friday Night Baseball”. Here are the details.

Following the announcement yesterday, Gemini 3 Pro is now rolling out to the Gemini app on Android and iOS.