Rumors of Apple Developing Smart Ring

Welcome to Nify Mac Daily for Friday, june twenty sixth, twenty twenty six. I'm your host, Chance Miller We are sponsored this week by Robo Rock Leading off today, Apple has raised prices across the board for many of its products. MacBook Neo now starts at six dollars ninety nine cents a one hundred dollar increase, while MacBook Air now starts at twelve dollars ninety nine cents, an increase of two hundred dollars. This comes after Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed the company would increase prices in an interview last week. Cook explained that price increases had simply become unavoidable amid skyrocketing component costs affecting things like memory and storage. while Apple tried to weather the storm itself That situation was ultimately unsustainable, according to Cook In a new statement following these price increases, Apple said, quote We have never seen a component price increase this much this quickly We have shielded our customers from these increases so far But we have now reached a point where we need to begin raising prices on a number of products including today's increases for iPad and Mac We know this is not welcome news and we are working tirelessly to find solutions. end quote. Price increases affect a ton of different Apple products againgain, including the MacBook No and the MacBook Air Additionally, the MacBook Pro now starts at nineteen ninety nine c up from sixteen ninety nine. The IiMAac now starts at fourteen do ninety nine c from twelve doars ninety nine cents The M four Max Max stududio now starts at twenty four ninety nineents up from nineteen ninety nine And the M three Ultra Max Studio now starts at five thousand three hundred dollars from four thousand For the iPad, the base model iPad now starts at four hundred and forty nine do, one hundred dollars increase. The iPad Air now starts at seven hundred forty nine, one hundred fifty dollars increase The iPad Pro is now two hundred dollars more expensive, starting at eleven do ninety nine cents. And the iPad Mi is up one hundred dollars to five doll ninety nine cents Finally, there are four other Apple products that have gotten more expensive Apple TV four K now starts at two hundred dollars up from one hundred and twenty nine dollars. The homeome pod now starts at three and forty nine up from two ninety nine The HomePod Mini is thirty dollars more expensive now at one hundred and twenty nine dollars And the Vision Pro now starts at thirty six ninety nine cents up from thirty four ninety nine cents There are, however, other Apple products that have not seen increases Most notably, the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods are all completely unaffected by these price increases Apple's accessory lineup, including pricey accessories like the magic keyboard for iPad. also seems to have been spared from these increases So to recap, if you head to the Apple Store with plans to buy a Mac, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod, or Vision Pro You will pay more today than you would have earlier this week. And Apple says that's because of the rise in component costs affecting things like RAM and storage. We are sponsored this week by Roba Rock. If you're looking to upgrade your cleaning routine for Pime dayay, now is a great time. 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Well, Apple Watch is a very successful product line for Apple. trackers continue flooding the scene in other form factors. like the smmart Rings from Aura and smart bands from companies like Whoop and Fitbit This rumor from Kasutami, who has leaked accurate Apple information in the past, says that Apple has kickstarted development of a new wearable ring. The account says that the project under development is expected to compete with products like the Aura Ring and the Samsung Galaxy Ring It's unclear how far along the effort might be, and no other details were shared. What we do know is that Eddie Q recently took over leadership for Apple's Health division. and has reportedly pushed the company to be more aggressive in its health offerings A smart Ring could be part of that Some people want the fitness and health tracking features of the Apple Watch, but without wearing a watch on their wrist That's why these third party options from companies like Aura are getting increasingly popular. But as always, it's important to remember that just because a smart ring might be in development inside Apple doesn't mean the product will actually materialize. Apple regularly investigates new product categories, and only a very small subset of those investigations lead to products that are actually released to customers Running up today, Apple's digital event planning app, Invites, has released a big update this week with three new features. As a refresher, Apple Invites first arrived as a dedicated invitations app in February of last year and it has regularly rolled out new features since then Starting this week, Apple Invites now has a co hosting feature, which lets you easily plan and manage your party with other people. Apple has also added new event backgrounds to help set the mood for your next event created and Apple invites And finally, you can now choose to make invited guests visible to all attendees So someone can see all of the other people going to an event before they decide to attend themselves Apple invvites is available on the A Store as a free download. But you will need an iCloud plus subscription to actually create a digital invitation That wraps up another episode and another week of Nine to five Mac Daily. As always, if you like the show, it's very helpful to us if you head to Apple podcast and leave a rating and a review. 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