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🤝 Apple and Google have entered into an AI partnership

📰 Gemini will serve as the foundation for the next generation of Apple Intelligence (the deal value has not been disclosed).

🤪 This doesn’t mean “Hey Siri” will be replaced with “Okay Google” — Gemini won’t become the default assistant. Apple will simply use it as a model.

🔑 The main reason is privacy: Apple wants Siri to run on-device, while more complex requests will be handled via Apple Private Cloud Compute — without storing user request history.

📆 Mark Gurman suggests the updated Siri could arrive as early as this spring alongside the release of iOS 26.4. However, it remains unclear whether Apple can adapt Gemini to its needs that quickly. Most likely, the new era of Apple Intelligence will be announced in June at WWDC 2026.

😤 As expected, Elon Musk reacted negatively to the Apple–Google deal, under which Gemini will be used as the base for the new Siri. Musk likely would prefer Apple to use Grok, developed by his company xAI. In 2025, xAI sued Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of collusion aimed at “ensuring their continued dominance” in the AI market.

#AppleIntelligence #Siri #AI @iPhone

❤️ Apple is preparing a “pocket doctor”

📰 According to 9to5Mac, Apple Health is about to get a major update — one of the biggest in years.

What iOS 26.4 may bring as early as this spring

🥗 food & calorie tracking
👩‍⚕️ videos with doctors explaining how to improve sleep / manage stress / build better nutrition habits
🤖 AI that will analyze your Health data and generate recommendations
✨ redesigned interface

🔮 In the future, it might even include workout analysis using the iPhone camera.

Anyone here using the Health app?

#updates #apps #rumors @iPhone

🆕 Updates we deserved

📰 Emojipedia has unveiled new emojis. The main emoji of 2026 is the squinting face.

🤔▶️◀️🔦🍆🦋🔥✍️🕸

📆 They will officially be added to Unicode 18.0 this fall.

#updates @iPhone

📰 Apple has announced that the U.S. bank Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card

💳 Chase will replace Goldman Sachs as the issuer of Apple Card, with the transition expected to take approximately 24 months.

💳 Apple Card users will continue to enjoy unlimited Daily Cash cashback of up to 3% on every purchase, convenient tools for tracking spending (including family members’ expenses), access to a high-yield savings account, and more.

ℹ️ The Apple Card payment network will remain Mastercard. Apple Card users will be able to continue using their cards as usual, with no need for reissuance. More details on the official website.

#finance #AppleCard @iPhone

😁 Honor unveils an iPhone 17 Pro clone

📱 The new smartphone from Honor closely resembles the iPhone 17 Pro. Its design clearly follows Apple’s signature style, featuring a large triple-camera module with a familiar layout.

💰 Price — starting at 2,699 yuan (≈ $370 / €340)

Copying or inspiration?

#iphone @iPhone

📰 Apple is not expected to release a standard @iPhone 18 this year

👂 According to MacRumors for the first time in over a decade, Apple is expected to split iPhone launches instead of unveiling the full lineup every September.

🆕 release strategy
🍂 Fall 2026: iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and Apple’s first foldable iPhone
🌱 Spring 2027: Standard iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, and iPhone Air 2

Why Apple is doing this
• Expanding lineup (up to 8 iPhone models on sale by end of 2026)
• Less internal competition between models
• Better supply-chain management
• More balanced revenue across the year

🤔 This means the iPhone 17, launched in 2025, could remain Apple’s latest standard model for over 18 months — something Apple has never done before.

#rumors #iphone

🏪 Apple Store Japan promo

📆 From January 2 to January 5, Apple Store Japan is running a special promotion:
buy a Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, or AirPods and receive a limited-edition AirTag as a gift.

🇯🇵 If you purchase an @iPhone, you’ll get two bonuses at once:
• a gift card worth up to ¥12,000, and
• one of 65,000 limited-edition AirTags engraved with Daruma — a traditional Japanese talisman symbolizing perseverance, good luck, and achieving goals.

#ApplePromo #AirTag

⌚️ Ahead of 2026 and all those New Year’s resolutions, Apple is getting a head start

📱 Apple has rolled out new ads spotlighting the Apple Watch as a motivation booster. The campaign, titled “Quit quitting with Apple Watch,” shows Apple Watch users literally running away from temptation — a bed 🛏️, a recliner 🛋️, and even a bar stool 🍺.

🏆 Each spot features the Workout app in action, with real-time prompts like pace updates, activity segments, and alerts when your Activity Rings close — all designed to keep us moving when motivation dips.

💪 Each ad ends with the tagline

Don't Give In.

So we wish you the same in the New Year.

Yours, @iPhone

🌸 Susan Fang and Apple release a joint accessories collection

📰 The Chinese brand has unveiled a line of cases for the tech giant’s gadgets. The series features cases in the brand’s signature aesthetic: the designer incorporated her trademark 3D flowers and airy textures. The collection is extensive — accessories are available for nearly all Apple ecosystem devices.

📲 The new items are already on sale on the brand’s official website.

#accessories @iPhone