There was blockbuster information this week relating to Apple’s naming conventions, whereas WhatsApp lastly made the bounce to iPad after 15 years.
Different information this week included a report on Apple’s now-scaled-back aspirations for offering satellite-based web service, tidbits on Apple’s plans for good dwelling hubs together with one with a robotic arm, and extra, so learn on beneath for all the small print!
No iOS 19: Apple Going Straight to iOS 26
This is a stunning rumor lower than two weeks forward of WWDC: Apple is reportedly going to overhaul the numbering conference it makes use of for its varied working programs, unifying all of them below a “26” branding to characterize the upcoming 12 months, very similar to how automobile producers sometimes launch their new mannequin years late within the earlier 12 months.
So say goodbye to what we thought had been going to be iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, tvOS 19, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3, as a result of it appears like they’re all simply going to be numbered “26.”
iPhone 17 Professional Launching Later This Yr With These 12 New Options
Apple’s Professional iPhone fashions are often the spotlight of the September launch cycle, and whereas they’re going to have some competitors this 12 months from the brand new ultra-thin “iPhone 17 Air,” we’re nonetheless anticipating some very notable modifications for Apple’s costliest iPhone fashions.
Take a look at our overview of a dozen vital modifications we’re anticipating within the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max, together with some visible modifications that may make it instantly apparent when you’ve got Apple’s newest iPhone mannequin.
Wanting additional forward, a supply claims Apple has been testing a 200-megapixel digital camera sensor for the iPhone. That might doubtless first seem because the Primary digital camera in Professional iPhone fashions, however it’s most likely a 12 months or two away.
WhatsApp for iPad Now Obtainable
Extremely, one of many greatest information tales of the week was the launch of an iPad-optimized model of WhatsApp, greater than 15 years after the messaging service debuted. WhatsApp teased the launch early this week, and launched the app only a day later.
With WhatsApp now accessible for iPad, consideration is now on Meta’s different main app nonetheless missing a local iPad app, Instagram.
Apple Pulls Some Options From Rumored Good Dwelling Robotic
Apple’s rumored good dwelling tabletop robotic has been the topic of some intriguing rumors over the previous few years, however Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman says Apple is pulling among the “bolder options” deliberate for it with a purpose to deliver it to market quicker. The unspecified options might seem in later fashions.
The tabletop robotic will reportedly function an iPad-like show on a robotic arm that may alter to stay in view of an individual transferring in regards to the room, and it might be capable of reply to voice instructions.
The robotic is rumored to observe a less complicated good dwelling hub that Gurman says might launch “by the top of this 12 months on the earliest.”
Report: Apple Deliberate to Supply Starlink-Like Dwelling Web Service
A decade in the past, Apple reportedly explored working with Boeing to launch a Starlink-like satellite tv for pc web service for Telephones and houses, in response to The Data. The businesses would have launched 1000’s of satellites into orbit across the Earth to beam web companies right down to the floor.
The venture was in the end nixed over considerations associated to price and Apple’s relationship with carriers, and the corporate in the end partnered with Globalstar on the rather more modest satellite tv for pc companies Apple at the moment gives on latest iPhone fashions. Simply this week, Apple expanded Messages and Discover My through satellite tv for pc to Mexico, becoming a member of current protection within the U.S. and Canada whilst the corporate is reportedly weighing whether or not it is value persevering with to supply the options as carriers have began to introduce their very own satellite tv for pc companies.
iOS 18 Leak Reveals Apple Examined MacBook Execs With M3 Extremely Chip
Whereas Apple’s highest-end M3 Extremely chip is at the moment restricted to the Mac Studio, it seems that Apple examined the chip within the MacBook Professional as nicely.
A consumer on Chinese language social media platform BiliBili claims to have discovered code references to unreleased 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions with the M3 Extremely chip in an inside construct of iOS 18 working on an iPhone 16 engineering prototype. Apple in fact in the end didn’t launch an M3 Extremely MacBook Professional, doubtlessly over thermal and/or energy considerations, however it’s fascinating to see that Apple apparently examined the chip in that kind issue.
Sony’s New WH-1000XM6 Headphones vs. AirPods Max
Sony just lately got here out with a brand new set of high-end over-ear noise canceling headphones, so we thought we might examine them to the AirPods Max to see how Sony’s 2025 headphones measure as much as Apple’s headphones that have not seen a notable replace since their 2020 launch.
In considered one of our newest YouTube movies, Dan takes a take a look at the 2 units of headphones, discovering that whereas the AirPods Max supply some key advantages for the Apple ecosystem, Sony’s newest headphones ship a extra comfy match and a greater total package deal.
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