Apple Card promo, Siri rumors
9to5Mac Daily
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Standalone Siri app to offer auto-deleting chat history, launch with beta label: report
- Report: Apple to upgrade Genmoji in iOS 27 with new automatic suggestions
- Upcoming Apple Card promo will basically give you free AirPods Pro 3
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Monday, May 18, 26. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.1 | We are sponsored this week by Bitwarden. |
| 0:13.0 | Leading off today, Apple is planning a huge Apple card sign-up bonus for new customers as soon as this week. |
| 0:20.1 | According to Bloomberg's Mark German, |
| 0:21.8 | the Proocean will kick off this week in Apple's retail stores. |
| 0:25.4 | Basically, if you sign up for a new Apple card, |
| 0:27.8 | you'll get a new pair of AirPods Pro 3 for free. |
| 0:32.0 | It'll work like this. |
| 0:33.2 | Sign up for a new Apple card in Apple's retail stores. |
| 0:36.3 | Buy a pair of AirPods Pro 3. Then you'll get $249 in cash back to your Apple card. |
| 0:43.4 | In other words, if you get an Apple card, you get free AirPods. |
| 0:47.3 | It's unclear if this promotion will also be available online, but right now it sounds like it might be exclusive to Apple retail stores. |
| 0:55.6 | Apple regularly offers sign-up bonuses for new Apple Card customers, but they are far, far less |
| 1:01.1 | lucrative than this, and oftentimes require a referral from a current Apple Card user. |
| 1:06.9 | This is made all the more notable by the fact Apple Card doesn't charge an annual fee of any sort. |
| 1:12.8 | That $249 in cash back is distributed through Apple's daily cash system, which can be deposited into your Apple Cash account then transferred to your bank, |
| 1:23.1 | or deposited into your Apple Card savings account to earn interest. |
| 1:28.3 | The promotion also comes amid the ongoing transition of the Apple Card from Goldman Sachs to Chase. |
| 1:34.3 | Apple reached a deal with Chase to take over as the issuer of Apple Card earlier this year, |
| 1:39.2 | with the full transition expected to take two years. |
| 1:43.0 | Next up today, according to Bloomberg, Apple is planning a new Gin Moji feature for iOS 27 |
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