I love MagSafe batteries and by this point, I have probably tested hundreds of them. There are plenty of great options out there with different capacities, charging speeds, built-in cables, and diagnostic displays, and there seems to be a MagSafe battery variant for any situation. But the feature I like most is thinness. While it’s great to have 10,000 mAh in a battery, that adds too much extra bulk in most daily cases. So over the last few months, I have been on the hunt for slim MagSafe batteries that add the least amount of bulk to my iPhone. These are the three best ones I’ve tested so far.

A recent study found that around a third of AI app users are having deeply personal conversations with the chatbots. Even if you’re not sharing your deepest fears with an AI app, your questions and conversations may still include a significant amount of personal data.

A separate Stanford study found that six leading US AI companies all feed user inputs back into their models for future training, potentially putting your privacy at risk. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to manage this …

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Apple recently announced that the device management portion of its new Apple Business platform is now completely free. If you manage a fleet of Apple devices, this immediately caught your attention. It’s the first free device management system I can remember since Meraki’s System Manager. Giving small businesses a free tool to manage their Macs and iPhones is a huge win for the ecosystem. However, if you are an IT administrator looking at your current device management renewal and wondering if you can just cancel it and move everything to Apple, you need to pump the brakes a bit. Let’s look at why.

Welcome to 9to5Mac’s top stories of the week, where we recap the biggest news in the Apple world every Saturday. This week, we have iOS 26.4.1, more iOS 27 leaks, Apple Glasses rumors, and more Apple news. Plus, our usual slate of new podcast episodes, opinion pieces, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories.

Apple just scored an important win in its ongoing battle with Masimo over patents related to the Apple Watch’s blood oxygen feature. Here are the details.

Today, BNP Paribas raised Apple’s stock price target to $300, up from $260 set in its last investor note. Here are the details.

Today is your last chance to enter our giveaway of Apple’s latest MacBook Pro courtesy of our friends at BenQ to celebrate the company’s MA series of monitors for Mac. The winner will also receive the new BenQ 27″ 4K Nano Gloss Monitor for MacBook! Head below to enter the giveaway and learn more about the new monitors.

Reuters reports that the Indian government has given up on its plan to mandate that Apple and other smartphone makers pre-install a state-owned “security” app. Here are the details.

Xthings recently released the Ulticam IQ V2, touting it as the first Matter-certified AI security camera. It boasts an impressive list of features that includes Power over Ethernet, 4K resolution, and some nice Google Gemini AI integrations. Let’s take a closer look at what the Ulticam IQ V2 brings to the table and whether it is worth betting on future software updates.

Earlier today, we learned more details about the color lineup for this year’s iPhone 18 Pro. That report has naturally raised many questions about the fate of the popular cosmic orange iPhone 17 Pro color …

Apple is one of the sponsors of this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations, running April 23 through 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it will present dozens of studies. Here’s what to expect.

Apple Maps got several great new features in iOS 26, but another useful improvement is coming soon in iOS 26.5. Here are the details.

Apple TV already had a packed movie lineup laid out for this year, but the streamer recently revealed two more titles that are coming—one of which premieres next month. Here are the details.

Apple’s new flagship iPhone 18 Pro and companion models are expected to be unveiled this fall, following the same pattern the company has followed for years. Here’s when to expect the iPhone 18 Pro announcement, release date, and details on the lineup.

Alongside the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 price drop, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by the M4 MacBook Air 512GB at $300 off original price sitting next to the same M5 model for $50 more alongside a relatively rare chance to score a deal on unlocked iPhone Air units – it is now all-time low pricing at nearly $150 off (brand new, unlocked). We also have this silver 24GB M5 MacBook Pro at $223 off its launch price and Apple’s most affordable current-gen iPad back at $299 today (all colors). Those deals join offers on official Apple Watch bands, Anker charging gear, and more – head below for a closer look.

iOS 26.4 brought a variety of new features and changes when it launched last month, including a design overhaul for Apple Account screens in several system apps. Here’s what’s changed.

After two previous design-related updates this week, Anthropic is out with a new product today: Claude Design. The new Claude Design joins an existing suite of Mac tools, including Claude Cowork and Claude Code.

Starting with iOS 26.4, Apple supports using AI chatbot apps on the iPhone through CarPlay.

ChatGPT was the first AI app to arrive shortly after iOS 26.4’s release. Now a second AI chatbot has added support: Perplexity.

Back in the summer of last year, I started using Aqua Voice as a replacement for the built-in dictation feature on my Mac. I said then that it showed just how good Mac dictation could be if Apple really tried.

Ever since then, I’ve really wished I could use Aqua Voice on my iPhone, and the company recently granted my wish …

The next major iPhone software update, iOS 27, will be unveiled on June 8, and rumors indicate it will bring at least two changes for the Liquid Glass design.