Apple Card Chase transition is official, NBA on Vision Pro, Fitness+ in 2026

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🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Benjamin and Chance cover this week in Apple news, including the long-awaited announcement that the Apple Card will be switching from Goldman Sachs to Chase, in about . Also, Fitness+ doesn’t quite live up to its own new year marketing hype, NBA live-streaming kicks off on Vision Pro, and Apple makes App Store changes to satisfy Japan regulators.

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0:00.9	Mayo, we have a quick promotion to do to start the episode this week.
0:04.6	I hate doing self-promotion or I hate selling people on things, but we have something to sell you on.
0:10.1	And that is 9 to 5 Mac Happy Hour Plus, which is our subscription, ad-free version of the show with a bonus segment at the end of every episode.
0:19.3	To celebrate the new year, to celebrate 2026, we are offering 26% off, very clever.
0:26.6	That's such a clever idea.
0:28.1	26% off of 2026.
0:30.0	I wonder who came up with that.
0:31.5	Yeah, I know.
0:33.0	26% off the annual plans for Happy Hour Plus, Daily Plus, which is 9 to 5 Mac Daily, my other show.
0:40.4	And then the 9 to 5 Mac Pro bundle, which is both of them put together at a discounted price.
0:46.5	26% off you can use code happy 26 or just go to 9 to5Mac.com slash join where you can find
0:54.0	links that will auto apply the promo code,
0:56.4	all the good stuff.
0:57.9	And that's only on the annual plans, not the monthly plans.
1:01.5	And I think I set it up so that if you're on a monthly plan,
1:06.8	you can upgrade to the annual plan and the promo code will still apply,
1:11.6	even though technically you aren't a new subscriber in that case.
1:14.9	Ooh, fancy.
1:15.8	I think I did that right.
1:16.9	If not, email me and we will figure it out.
1:20.8	But yeah, promo cat, happy 26.
1:23.5	Add free listening and a bonus plus segment every episode.
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