Apple's Silicone Case with MagSafe for iPhone is now available with new Soft Mint, Sunshine, Light Blue, and Pink color options.
Many of the new Apple Watch band colors match up with the refreshed silicone cases, with the exception of Raspberry and Ocean Blue. The new Apple Watch band color options are as follows:
Sport Loop: Soft Mint and Ocean Blue.
Sport Band: Soft Mint, Sunshine, and Light Blue.
Braided Solo Loop: Sunshine, Light Blue, and Raspberry.
Solo Loop: Pink, Soft Mint, Ocean Blue.
All of the Apple Watch Hermès bands available directly from Apple also today received new color options:
Hermès Toile H Single Tour: Bleu Céleste/Écru and Framboise/Écru.
Hermès Twill Jump Single Tour: Bleu Céleste/Bleu Jean and Jaune d'Or/Bleu Jean.
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Thursday January 29, 2026 10:07 am PST by Joe Rossignol
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Q.ai has...
Sunday February 1, 2026 12:31 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
The calendar has turned to February, and a new report indicates that Apple's next product launch is "imminent," in the form of new MacBook Pro models.
"All signs point to an imminent launch of next-generation MacBook Pros that retain the current form factor but deliver faster chips," Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said on Sunday. "I'm told the new models — code-named J714 and J716 — are slated...
Saturday January 31, 2026 10:51 am PST by Joe Rossignol
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There used to be a handful of standard configurations available for each Mac, but now you must configure a Mac entirely from scratch on a feature-by-feature basis. In other words, ordering a new Mac now works much like ordering an...
Sunday February 1, 2026 5:42 am PST by Joe Rossignol
Apple is planning to launch new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips alongside macOS 26.3, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
"Apple's faster MacBook Pros are planned for the macOS 26.3 release cycle," wrote Gurman, in his Power On newsletter today.
"I'm told the new models — code-named J714 and J716 — are slated for the macOS 26.3 software cycle, which runs from...
Alongside the announcement of the new MacBook Air, Apple today refreshed the color options available with many of its iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands.
No new FineWoven case in the color Rotten Banana Brown ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/26/finewoven-iphone-cases-brown-like-rotten-banana/')? So disappointed. ?
