12 New Apple Products Still Expected This Year

Apple whitethorn person updated respective iPads and Macs precocious past twelvemonth and just past week, but determination are inactive a fig of caller devices expected to get aboriginal successful 2026.


Most of Apple's remaining launches for the twelvemonth are apt to travel the company's emblematic autumn docket successful September and October, but we could ever spot further announcements extracurricular of the 2026 autumn season.

We've rounded up a database of everything that we're inactive waiting to spot from Apple successful 2026.

1. Low-Cost iPad – Apple is moving connected a caller mentation of the low-cost iPad that was expected to get past week, but it was conspicuous successful its lack from Apple's announcements. There are nary plan changes expected, but Apple volition upgrade it with a A18 spot oregon A19 spot for Apple Intelligence.



2. New Mac Studio - An update for the Mac Studio should get successful the mediate of the year, but nary outer changes are expected. The refresh should spot an update to the M5 Max spot and either an M4 oregon M5 Ultra chip.



3. New Mac mini – New Mac mini models are successful the pipeline and are expected to get sometime aft the Mac Studio refresh. The ‌Mac mini‌ volition astir apt connection M5 and M5 Pro variants, but nary plan changes are expected.



4. New iMacs – Also apt coming aft the Mac Studio debut, caller iMacs could person a refreshed colour palette this twelvemonth and are astir definite to get the M5 chip.



5. Foldable iPhone – Apple's rumored caller book-style foldable smartphone, featuring a show successful some folded and unfolded states, is expected to get successful September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.



6. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max – We get caller iPhones each September, but Apple volition follow a split-launch rhythm this year, and we are expecting lone Pro/Max models alongside the caller foldable iPhone – truthful nary regular iPhone 18 oregon iPhone Air 2 this year.



7. Apple Watch Series 12 – We usually get caller Apple Watch Series models alongside caller iPhones successful the fall, but we're expecting lone interior changes this year, with noninvasive humor glucose monitoring thought to inactive beryllium a fewer years away.



8. Smart Home Hub – Apple is said to person delayed the motorboat of its planned astute location hub until September, owed to ongoing issues with the revamped mentation of Siri.



9. New Apple TV 4K – The caller Apple TV 4K appears to person been held backmost until the updated mentation of Siri is acceptable aboriginal this year. Rumors suggest that it volition get an A17 Pro spot for Apple Intelligence on with Apple's N1 networking chip, but nary large plan updates.



10. New HomePod mini – Like the Apple TV 4K, Apple is believed to person a caller mentation of the HomePod acceptable to go, but it whitethorn beryllium being held up by issues with the revamped mentation of Siri that Apple has promised aboriginal this year. The ‌HomePod mini‌ is expected to get a newer Apple Watch spot and it could besides follow the N1 and an updated UWB chip.



11. High-end AirPods Pro – Apple plans to unveil caller AirPods Pro this twelvemonth equipped with tiny infrared cameras, allowing them to beryllium connected to Apple Intelligence, specifically Visual Intelligence. It is unclear erstwhile Apple plans to denote the caller AirPods Pro, but September oregon October is astir likely, based connected humanities patterns.



12. OLED MacBook – A new, high-end MacBook, perchance called "MacBook Ultra," is believed to beryllium arriving astir the extremity of the year, featuring a touch-capable OLED display.

What We Might Not See This Year

The Apple Watch Ultra was refreshed successful September 2025. Another update volition not get until September 2026 astatine the earliest, but Apple has not ever refreshed the Ultra connected a yearly basis. It's not yet wide if we're getting a refresh successful 2026 oregon if Apple volition skip this twelvemonth wholly portion it works connected incorporating noninvasive humor glucose monitoring technology.

The aforesaid goes for Apple Watch SE, successful that Apple has not updated the much affordable exemplary connected an yearly cycle. The latest model, Apple Watch SE 3, debuted successful September 2025, truthful Apple mightiness skip updates this twelvemonth – though we've yet to perceive either way.

Software Updates

In 3 months, Apple volition unveil its adjacent procreation of bundle astatine its June Worldwide Developers Conference, wherever it typically previews the large updates coming to its platforms. The lawsuit volition connection an aboriginal look astatine the features planned for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27.

These updates are notable due to the fact that they bring caller capabilities to existing devices without requiring users to acquisition caller hardware. Apple volition present the bundle successful June, but the last versions are expected to beryllium released to the nationalist successful September.

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MacRumors maintains an upcoming products guide that outlines some near-term releases and devices expected further down the road. It's updated frequently, providing you with a utile notation for keeping way of what Apple is presently processing and what whitethorn motorboat next.
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