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• Apple Music's birthday specials include a 500 most-streamed songs countdown

  Marking ten years of Apple Music, the streaming service is hosting a week of special programming, ranging from the countdown of its top streaming chart, to documentaries about the streamer.
  
  

  
  Apple Music celebrates its tenth anniversary with special programming

  
  Since it launched on June 30, 2015, Apple Music has continuously streamed radio shows as well as individual tracks, and it has created performances from live sessions to the Super Bowl. Now, alongside unveiling a new Los Angeles studio for musicians, Apple has announced special programming for the streamer's anniversary day.
  
  The programs start with "Don't Be Boring: The Birth of Apple Music Radio with Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden," which at time of writing is already streaming live on June 30, 2025. It's scheduled to run from 6 A.M. Pacific to 8 A.M. Pacific.
  
  
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• How to get Apple Music to show you your most-played songs of all time

  Apple Music is turning 10, and to celebrate, it's giving you the "Replay All Time" playlist of your all-time most-played songs. Here's how to listen to it.
  
  

  
  Apple Music adds Replay All Time playlist

  
  Apple Music's new Replay All Time playlist shows you the songs you've played the most since you joined the service. It is, essentially, your annual Replay, but for your entire listening history.
  
  
  
  
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• Apple celebrates 10 years of Apple Music with new studio for artists

  Alongside celebratory shows on Apple Music live streaming, Apple is marking the first decade of its streaming service by opening a 15,000-square foot studio for musicians.
  
  

  
  Exterior of the new Apple Music studio in Los Angeles— image credit: Apple

  
  Apple Music went live on June 30, 2015, and since then has added Apple Music Classical, Spatial Audio — and opened a studio in Paris. Now Apple has announced a new complex that provides two studios, a soundstage, and facilities for artists in Los Angeles.
  
  "Apple Music Radio has always been a home for storytelling and artistry, serving as a space for bold conversations and surprising moments," Rachel Newman, Apple Music's co-head, said in the announcement. "With this new studio, we are furthering our commitment to creating a space for artists to create, connect, and share their vision."
  
  
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• Apple's take on smart glasses may finally start shipping in late 2027

  The long-rumored Apple Glass smartglasses may actually reach consumers' faces in late 2027, Ming-Chi Kuo claims.
  
  

  
  Optimistic renders of what Apple Glass could look like - Image Credit: AppleInsider

  
  As a concept, Apple Glass has featured heavily in rumors. Smart glasses taking multiple forms is a hot favorite to come out of Cupertino at some point in the future.
  
  In a Monday post TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recaps and offers new forecasts on Apple's smart glasses endeavors.
  
  
  Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
  
  
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• Apple Music's ten years, billions of dollars in fines, and one failure

  On June 30, 2015, Apple launched Apple Music, the service that has brought music pleasure to millions — and cost Apple billions in fines — plus it included a social media feature no one wanted.
  
  

  
  It's fine to be nostalgic for red blobs.

  
  If you joined Apple Music when it first launched and have stayed with it since, you have probably paid out at least $1,198.80. The price has gone up over the years, plus there are more expensive tiers with a family plan, cheaper ones with the student offering, and Apple Music is also part of the Apple One bundle, but you've been paying something for up to a decade.
  
  What won't have happened, though, is that you've ever had the service for free — at least not above limited trials. Unlike its rivals, specifically Spotify, Apple Music does not offer a free ad-supported version.
  
  
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• Apple Vision Pro with M5 may arrive before the end of 2025

  According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has two new Apple Vision Pro headsets in development, with the M5 version expected to arrive perhaps by the end of 2025.
  
  

  
  Multiple models and new designs of the Apple Vision Pro are said to be coming

  
  Of all the rumors concerning future versions of the Apple Vision Pro, one of the most recent was that a lighter version would be released in early 2026. Ming-Chi Kuo now disagree with that, and chiefly claims there will be no new headsets at all in 2026 — and then a small raft of them starting in 2027.
  
  In his blog post on the topic, Kuo states that five — including both Apple Vision Pro and other smart glasses designs — have confirmed launch dates, while two are yet to be determined. The full headsets include an M5 version of the Apple Vision Pro that he says will start mass production in the third quarter of 2025, but the others will come out between 2027 and 2028.
  
  
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• Apple plans low-cost MacBook based on iPhone processor

  Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple intends to launch a MacBook using the processor currently in the iPhone 16 Pro, as part of a plan to produce a significantly lower-cost Mac.
  
  

  
  Apple could be looking to bring out a successor to its lower cost MacBook

  
  Apple has been designing its A-series processors for the iPhone — and originally the iPad — since its A4 release in 2010. Consequently, when Apple Silicon's M-series was first announced for Mac, comparisons were made between the then-current Intel Macs and the existing A-series processors.
  
  Now according to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is going to turn that theoretical comparison into reality by making a MacBook that runs on an iPhone's A-series processor.
  
  
  Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
  
  
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• Early Prime Day iPad deals roll in, offering prices as low as $299

  Amazon has issued early Prime Day discounts on Apple's iPad range heading into July, with a return of a $100 price drop on the iPad mini 7.
  
  

  
  Save up to $220 on iPads with early Prime Day savings.

  
  Save up to $220: Grab an iPad for as low as $299 with early Prime Day savings.
  
  The countdown to Prime Day is in full swing, with today's top deals including Apple's iPad range. Prices have fallen to as low as $299 for the iPad 11, with the iPad mini 7 returning to the year's best $399. Plus, grab an M4 iPad Pro at up $220 off.
  
  
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• Apple's iPhone came out 18 years ago and changed the world

  Compared to today's iPhone 16 Pro Max and what we know of the forthcoming iPhone 17 range, the very first iPhone that went on sale 18 years ago today was startlingly slow and incredibly limited — yet it changed the world.
  
  

  
  Apple's iPhone has come a long way since the original version in 2007

  
  It was on June 29, 2007, that the original iPhone went on sale in the US, and arguably that was the day that it truly began shaking up what users expected from a phone.
  
  We and the phone industry had already known all about it for over five months. But it wasn't until you could buy it that the impact of this little device began to be felt — even inside Apple.
  
  
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• 20 years of Apple Ring rumors continue with leaker's lament

  A prominent leaker has proposed it is time for the Apple Ring to be the company's next wearable. It's an idea that Apple has been working on for years, but is still far from becoming a reality.
  
  

  
  A render of a ring with the Apple logo and health sensors

  
  The rumor mill often goes through a cycle where it surfaces hints and claims about unreleased Apple hardware. This often happens for products that sound like a logical leap for Apple's next release, but haven't been the subject of a rumor for quite some time.
  
  On Sunday, it was the Apple Ring's turn, thanks to Mark Gurman's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg. In the email to subscribers, Gurman proposes that the Apple Watch doesn't offer any real updates anymore, and that shifting to another wearable platform, like a smart ring, would serve Apple well.
  
  
  Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
  
  
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