Whereas everyone seems to be questioning what’s occurring with Siri and what courtroom will rule towards Apple subsequent, precise merchandise are within the works deep inside Apple itself, together with work on the next-gen chips that will probably be in a number of merchandise coming sooner or later.
In keeping with a report this week by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the brand new chips embody the M6 and M7 chips that will probably be used within the Mac lineup. Apple is anticipated to launch the M5 chip within the MacBook Professional this November, so the M6 gained’t seem till subsequent yr, and the M7 probably in 2027. Gurman additionally stated that Apple is engaged on an “superior Mac chip in growth dubbed Sotra.” No particulars have been offered on any of the upcoming chips.
2026 marks the twentieth anniversary of the MacBook, and Apple reportedly has huge plans for the M6 MacBook Professional, together with a show replace to OLED. Earlier experiences have stated that the M6 will probably be a 2nm chip, however that the brand new manufacturing course of may very well be dearer to make use of than the present enhanced 3nm one. Together with an unpredictable tariff scenario, it’s attainable that the value of the MacBook Professional might enhance subsequent yr, or the anniversary mannequin may very well be delayed till 2027.
What’s extra fascinating are the chips Apple is making for some undisclosed future gadgets, which embody processors for good glasses alongside the traces of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The chips for the glasses are reportedly primarily based on the Apple Watch S-series chip, however modified to be extra energy environment friendly and have the ability to management the cameras which might be put in within the glasses. Gurman says they gained’t go into product till the top of 2026 or in 2027, which suggests an precise glasses product gained’t seem for at the least two years.
The Apple glasses look like a separate product line from the present Imaginative and prescient Professional. Gurman states that the thought is AR-focused, superimposing notifications and different useful data into view, however he additionally cautions that “AR stays years away from being sensible.” It’s attainable that if Apple’s glasses aren’t AR-enabled, they are going to be just like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which file video, take pictures, play audio, and help voice features.
Different new chips for Apple wearables embody a chip codenamed Nevis for an Apple Watch with a digicam, and a chip codenamed Glennie for camera-equipped AirPods. These merchandise are scheduled for 2027.
Previous experiences have indicated that Apple is making servers particularly for the dealing with of AI processing, and Gurman experiences that this challenge may very well be prepared in 2027. The AI server chips might “have double, quadruple, or eight instances the variety of most important processing and graphics cores as at present’s M3 Extremely.” Many Apple Intelligence options make the most of on-device processing, however for Apple to take additional steps into implementing extra advanced AI options, it has to depend on cloud processing. Gurman states that these new servers would assist Apple “catch up” to different AI companies from Nvidia and Google.
Different chips in growth embody follow-ups to the C1 modem that debuted within the iPhone 16e, together with the C2 for the high-end iPhones in 2026, and a “higher-end” C3 for 2027. Apple additionally continues to work on a sensor and chip system for monitoring blood glucose ranges on the Apple Watch.
