In partnership with Universal Pictures, Apple has created a tie-in for the studio’s new animated feature, The Secret Life of Pets using Siri. When using the digital assistant on your Apple TV, just as ”What do my pets do when I’m not home?” to get one of 15 programmed responses.

Apple first announced this feature on its iTunes Facebook page:

While Apple has previously updated Siri with responses to recent cultural touchstones like Pokémon Go, this is the first time the company has partnered with a movie or television studio to bring this sort of promotional tie-in to its digital assistant.

You can get The Secret Life of Pets now from the iTunes Store.

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Where can you find the Nike+ Sport Band look for your non-Nike+ Apple Watch? iMore’s got you covered!

Updated May, 2017: These are still our favorite bands for getting that sporty Nike+ look!

Apple Watch Nike+ is nigh-identical to the regular, aluminum Apple Watch Series 2. But its Sport Band is something else entirely. It’s got an awesome, wacky, octopus-y perforated design, in black, silver, gray, and vivid green that’s unlike any other band on the market.

Sadly, the Nike+ Sport Bands can’t be purchased separately, but there are some third party bands that will give you a similar look — and you can get them right now!

Here are the best options if you’re looking to get the Nike+ Spot Band look for less! 💰

Ouluoqi Silicone Band with Holes
KOBWA Replacement Nike Band
Senter soft silicone replacement Series 2
Yearscase soft silicone bracelet

Ouluoqi Silicone Band with Holes

Knockoffs are usually pretty easy to spot, but with this one it isn’t so easy. Ava…

More Apple Pay delays Down Under.

Apple Pay may already have a modest presence in Australia, but that modesty is set to continue for the foreseeable future.

In late July, four of Australia’s biggest banks submitted an application to the country’s competition overseer, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), to enter into a collective boycott of Apple over the California-based company’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay.

To the banks, Apple’s dominant position in the market would lead to a situation where it would preclude the banks themselves from effectively competing in this up-and-coming space. They wanted the Australian regulator to force Apple to open access to its closed-off NFC chip inside the latest iPhones, allowing the banks to integrate their own in-app mobile payment solution, as is possible on Android.

This week, the ACCC denied the banks’ request, further delaying the proliferation of Apple Pay, and mobile payments in general, throughout the coun…

Ever thought of how great it would be to build an app that runs on the Apple Watch and can talk to the iPhone as well? That’s got to be pretty hard to learn, and expensive, right? Well, sure, if you tried it on your own, it could take a lot of time to try and figure out, but there are other ways that you can learn.

We aren’t talking formal schooling here either, but instead, a relaxed course that will teach you what you need to know. From the basics of getting started to designing the iPhone app and Apple Watch counterpart, there is a lot of information to be had here.

This great course will help you:

Build an Apple Watch app that communicates w/ its corresponding iPhone app in just 1 hour
Send & receive messages from both the Apple Watch & iPhone apps
Learn advanced Watchkit functionalities
Code using the Swift language
Design the Apple Watch user interface
Understand programming logic for both iPhone & Apple Watch apps
Sounds a bit on the expensive side, huh? $20. Th…

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties’ Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in-between.

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Need a new charger for your iPhone but prefer to stick with Apple-branded accessories? If so, grab Apple’s USB power adapter with Lightning cable right now. This is the same one that comes in the box with your new purchase, except right now you can score one for just $18.95, a savings of $17.
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