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Snap Inc. is rolling out an updated version of its operating system for augmented-reality glasses, a move that signals it’s getting closer to launching its first consumer smart glasses next year.

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Chinese tech giant Xiaomi will skip directly to the Xiaomi 17 smartphone series after last year’s Xiaomi 15 line-up in a bold move to compete against Apple, which unveiled the iPhone 17 family last week. “The Xiaomi 17 series represents a generational leap in product capability,” said Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, in a social media post on Monday. The new devices were “fully benchmarked against the iPhone and ready for head-to-head competition!” he added. Xiaomi has moved up...

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr details his misgivings about remaining a loyal iPhone user.

Xiaomi Corp. will release its next flagship smartphone this month and update its branding in a measure to go head-to-head with Apple Inc. for a share of the premium smartphone market.

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Apple spent much of its iPhone 17 keynote presentation pitching the message that it’s still deeply rooted in design. Also: Here’s what’s next after the new iPhones; the company prepares customers for $2,000 models; and the launch of the iPhone Air in China is delayed. Lastly: Another major AI exit at Apple.

Alphabet's Google on Friday failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to further freeze an order forcing it to make sweeping reforms to its app...

Pre-order sales of Apple’s new iPhone 17 series have got off to a robust start in China, shattering previous records despite delays in the shipment of the iPhone Air. In the first minute after pre-orders began at 8pm Friday local time, sales on JD.com – one of China’s largest online shopping platforms – surpassed the first-day pre-order volume of last year’s iPhone 16 series, according to the e-commerce operator. The standard iPhone 17 with 256GB of storage emerged as the most popular variant,...

Chinese electric carmakers Xpeng and GAC this week signalled aggressive expansion plans in Europe.

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Robby Walker, one of Apple's most senior artificial intelligence executives, is leaving the company, Bloomberg News reported on Friday,...

Quilt's software update unlocked an additional 20% heating and cooling capacity for all of its heat pumps, including those installed in customers'...

... technology stack, from software to hardware, unlike many of its phone-making competitors. Google offers MTE for some Android devices; the security...

Wireless carriers in China must obtain regulatory approval before they can sell devices with an eSIM, the company said.

Apple, Google and Meta are capitalizing on advancements in AI to bring new translation features to their latest hardware devices.

Apple, Google and Meta are capitalizing on advancements in AI to bring new translation features to their latest hardware devices.

Apple is likely to delay Chinese shipments of its new iPhone Air, the thinnest model ever, as the company works with mainland authorities to resolve regulatory issues related to the use of an embedded SIM. As of Friday morning, Apple had revised iPhone Air ordering details for the mainland, replacing the original launch schedule with “release information to be updated later”. Previously, the company stated that pre-orders would start at 8pm Friday local time, while deliveries would begin on...

Apple Inc. was hit with a pair of downgrades on Thursday, in the latest sign of caution toward the iPhone maker, which has sharply underperformed its large-cap tech peers this year.

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Chris Welch explains why the launch of the iPhone Air spells the beginning of the end for what was long considered fundamental smartphone technology.

When Apple Inc. launched the iPhone X in 2017, the company did more than usher in facial recognition and a sleek edge-to-edge screen. It also helped establish a new category: the $1,000 smartphone.

When Google launched the Pixel 10 line last month, it gave as much attention to its AI-enabled software tricks as it did the hardware upgrades.

Apple held its biggest product launch event of the year on Tuesday, ushering in four new iPhone models, an end-to-end refresh of its smartwatch lineup and updated AirPods. Here are my takeaways.

Apple’s newly released iPhone series, including the groundbreaking iPhone Air, dominated social media discussion in China on Wednesday, with consumers expressing concerns about eSIM adoption and delayed Apple Intelligence features. China Unicom, one of three state-owned carriers, is the only telecoms service provider able to provide eSIM service to iPhone Air users, although China Telecom and China Mobile, two other operators, said they would roll it out later. China’s conditional acceptance of...

... news for Apple. However, Apple's decision to outsource some of the phone's AI technology could actually become a selling point for consumers.

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Apple's iPhone 17 Pro starts at $1,099. That's $100 more than last year's iPhone 16 Pro.

Caroline Hyde in New York and Ed Ludlow in Cupertino, California break down what to expect from Apple's biggest product launch event of the year. Analysts join live from Apple Park to discuss details of the company's iPhone 17 and other new devices. And in other news: Microsoft and Europe's Nebius strike a massive infrastructure deal worth as much as $19.4 billion. (Source: Bloomberg)