This week, Apple announced its first-ever live music venue, addressed the iPhone 18 Pro restart bug and released a new update for watchOS, to fix a similar issue.

Apple Opens Apple Music Hall in Battersea Power Station

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On Tuesday, Apple announced their first-ever live music venue in London's historic Battersea Power Station.

The new venue is kitted out with a 48-speaker surround sound system, live broadcast room and 600 seats to create an immersive yet intimate experience for fans.

Apple has already announced 8 shows for the venue, taking place from Monday, 28th Septembers. These include performances from Elton John, Troye Sivan and Burna Boy.

Apple Festival Place Reportedly Closing 21 November

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Apple's Basingstoke UK store is set to close on the 21st November, according to new reports from local media.

Staff have reportedly been told when the store will close, and have been offered positions at the nearby Apple The Oracle Store.

The Oracle is roughly a 40-minute drive from Basingstoke, and will be a big loss for the area which has benefitted from Apple Festival Place for 15 years.

watchOS 27.0.1 Released: Apple Watch Restart Bug Fixed

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Apple released watchOS 27.0.1, a small update to fix Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 from crashing unexpectedly.

All other Apple Watch models were unaffected, and remain on watchOS 27.0.

Apple also this week said a software update will come early next week to address a similar issue on the new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This issue consists of the iPhone restarting randomly, believed to be linked to Face ID.

Again, it is not believed that other iPhone models are affected.

New iPad mini, HomePod mini and Apple TV Leaked

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MacRumors on Friday leaked the upcoming iPad mini, HomePod mini and Apple TV all believed to be launching as soon as next week.

Details on these products were found in Apple's own code, referencing the chip of the new iPad, the colours the new HomePods will be available in and the form factor of the upcoming Apple TV.

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