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From today, Apple Watch owners can complete a new Apple Watch activity challenge in celebration of black history. The Unity challenge, which is listed in the Activity app on the iPhone, asks users to close their Move rings seven times in a row during February. Let’s celebrate Black history this month and keep the momentum going all year long. To start, earn this Unity award by closing your …
Apple Plans ‘Ring in the New Year’ Activity Challenge for Apple Watch Users
Apple is planning to offer a new “Ring in the New Year” Apple Watch Activity Challenge starting on Saturday, January 1. The Activity Challenge will require users to close all three of their Fitness rings for seven days in a row in January. That means meeting all stand, exercise, and move goals for a week. As with all of Apple’s Activity Challenges, the New Year challenge …
Apple to Celebrate Veterans Day With Apple Watch Activity Challenge
Apple is planning to offer its next Apple Watch Activity Challenge on Thursday, November 11 in honor of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday. Apple says that Apple Watch owners can earn the Veterans Day award by doing any workout for 11 minutes or more on November 11.Earn this special award on November 11 by doing any workout for 11 minutes or more. Record your time with the Workout app or any…
Apple’s Heart Month Activity Challenge Requires 60 Minutes of Exercise on Valentine’s Day
Today only, Apple Watch owners can complete a new Apple Watch activity challenge in celebration of Heart Month, which is aimed at promoting cardiovascular health. The challenge, which is listed in the Fitness app on the iPhone, tasks users with earning 60 minutes on their Exercise ring. Show your heart some love. Get this award by earning 60 minutes on your Exercise ring this Valentine’s…
Apple Watch to Host Activity Challenge for International Women’s Day 2021
Apple will host a new Apple Watch Activity Challenge in celebration of International Women’s Day in March, according to 9to5Mac. International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8 around the world as a focal point for women’s rights. The Activity Challenge will appear as an alert for Apple Watch users in the days leading up to the event. To win the International Women’s Day…
Apple Celebrating International Dance Day With New Fitness Challenge
The Fitness app on the iPhone is offering up a new dance-focused Activity Challenge, which is set to kick off on Thursday, April 29, aka International Dance Day. Apple Watch owners can complete the International Dance Day Challenge by completing a dance workout of 20 minutes or more in the Workout app. Apple Fitness+ has a dance workout category with trainers LaShawn, Jhon, and Ben,…
Apple Planning Activity Challenge for International Day of Yoga on June 21
International Day of Yoga takes place on Monday, June 21, and Apple is celebrating with a new Activity Challenge that will let Apple Watch users earn a new yoga badge and a set of animated yoga stickers. Earn this award inspired by the International Day of Yoga. On June 21, do a yoga workout of 20 minutes or more. Record your time with any app that adds workouts to Health.To earn the award,…
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Watch Series 7 and Fitness Award Prize Pack From Activity Awards
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Activity Awards to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an Apple Watch Series 7 and a set of Activity Awards, which are magnets that mimic the awards that you receive for reaching Apple Watch fitness goals. Priced between $8.99 and $11.99 each, each soft enamel magnet is modeled after a different award that you can receive from completing…
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Gurman: Apple Preparing ‘Widest Array of New Hardware Products in Its History’ for Fall
Apple is working on a number of new products that are set to launch this fall, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that it will be “the widest array” of new devices that Apple has introduced in its history. In his latest “Power On” newsletter, Gurman explains that Apple is working on four new flagship iPhones (iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max), an updated low-end Ma…
Apple’s Most Questionable Design Decisions in Recent Memory
Apple has always emphasized the depth of thought that goes into the design of its products. In the foreword to Designed by Apple in California, a photo book released by the company in 2016, Jony Ive explains how Apple strives “to define objects that appear effortless” and “so simple, coherent and inevitable that there could be no rational alternative.” But every once in a while even Apple…
AT&T Bringing $180/Month 5-Gigabit Internet to 70 Cities
AT&T today announced the launch of upgraded AT&T Fiber plans, which support speeds of up to 5 Gigabits for some customers. There are two separate plans, one “2 GIG” plan and one “5 GIG” plan, available to new and existing AT&T Fiber subscribers. According to AT&T, the new plans are available to nearly 5.2 million customers across 70 metro areas including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, San…
AirPods Save Woman’s Life With Feature Everyone Should Know
Apple’s AirPods have been credited with saving a woman’s life after a potentially fatal fall, People reports. When a 60-year-old florist in New Jersey tripped and hit her head in her studio, she lost consciousness and awoke heavily bleeding. With nobody around to call for help, she realized she had her AirPods in, and used a “Hey Siri” command to call 911. An operator was able to stay on the …
AirPods Pro 2 Could Beat AirPods Max Sound Quality
Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro could deliver higher fidelity audio than the AirPods Max over-ear headphones, despite being comparatively small in-ear buds, recent reports have suggested. In a recent note to investors, seen by MacRumors, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that the second-generation AirPods Pro will offer improved audio quality thanks to support…
Developers Unhappy With Bug Causing iCloud Unreliability
A number of developers are upset with an increasingly problematic iCloud server issue that is causing some apps that have implemented iCloud support to fail to sync properly. As outlined on the Developer Forums and on Twitter, there are CloudKit connectivity issues that have been occurring since November. Some users of apps that have iCloud support built in are seeing the following message:…
Top Stories: Spring Apple Event Rumors, Apple Opposes Sideloading, and More
As we roll into the latter half of January, we’re starting to hear more about a potential spring Apple event, which is likely to take place in March or April. There are a number of potential announcements on deck, so an event would be a good opportunity for Apple to get them all out there. We’ve also been going back and forth on some iPhone 14 rumors, and we’ve taken a look at a number of…
