Top Stories: iPhone 17 Air Details, Apple's Smart Glasses, and More

WWDC is coming up rapidly with a fig of bundle announcements successful store, but we're besides looking further up to hardware launches similar the iPhone 17 lineup and adjacent Apple's astute glasses project.


This week besides saw large quality with erstwhile Apple plan guru Jony Ive joining forces with OpenAI to physique aboriginal AI-driven devices, portion Fortnite returned to the U.S. App Store for the archetypal clip since 2020 amid the long-running quality betwixt Apple and Epic Games, truthful work connected beneath for each the details!

iPhone 17 Air Battery Capacity and Weight Allegedly Revealed

Apple is expected to motorboat an all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air aboriginal this year, and portion determination person been plentifulness of rumors astir the camera's wide plan and thinness, we haven't heard immoderate details astir the device's value and artillery capableness until now.


According to the leaker going by the relationship sanction "yeux1122" connected the Korean-langauge Naver blog, the 6.6-inch iPhone 17 Air has a value of astir 145 grams, which is akin to that of an iPhone SE oregon iPhone 13 mini.

The leaker besides claims the artillery capableness of an iPhone 17 Air accumulation illustration is 2,800mAh, akin to that of the iPhone 12, though Apple reportedly whitethorn beryllium capable to usage new high-density artillery technology that could boost capableness by 15%.

Apple Announces WWDC 2025 Schedule, Including Keynote Time

With WWDC present little conscionable implicit 2 weeks away, Apple has announced immoderate further details for the developer conference, including that the keynote volition footwear disconnected connected Monday, June 9, astatine the accustomed clip of 10:00 a.m. Pacific. The Platforms State of the Union volition travel astatine 1:00 p.m.


Apple volition besides beryllium hosting a assortment of radical and one-on-one labs during the week of chiefly virtual events, portion the institution is promoting related assemblage events that volition beryllium taking spot astir WWDC.

Apple Smart Glasses: Everything We Know So Far

At its I/O league this week, Google showed disconnected a acceptable of lightweight astute glasses with heavy Gemini integration that volition rival the Meta Ray-Ban glasses and Apple's rumored aboriginal astute glasses, truthful we thought it would beryllium worthy taking a look astatine the authorities of the rumors connected Apple's project.


Apple's archetypal astute glasses reportedly won't connection a afloat augmented world experience, but they volition connection AI capabilities, microphones, and cameras to enactment capturing photos and video and features akin to ocular quality connected Apple's latest iPhone models that tin look up accusation connected the satellite astir you. Apple's archetypal glasses could get by the extremity of 2026.

Report: Apple's Next-Gen Version of Siri Is 'On Par' With ChatGPT

Amid a delayed motorboat for Apple Intelligence-powered Siri enhancements, Apple is looking adjacent further up astatine what it tin bash to marque Siri much competitory with ChatGPT and different chatbots. According to a report, Apple's "LLM Siri" is already considered "on par" with ChatGPT internally, but it's going to instrumentality a fewer years to afloat swap retired the existing "hybrid" architecture of Siri with this caller "monolithic model."


Meanwhile, Siri volition reportedly instrumentality a backseat astatine WWDC adjacent period arsenic Apple focuses connected different Apple Intelligence advances. And successful general, Apple is said to beryllium readying to beryllium more cautious going guardant astir announcing caller features that aren't acceptable to ship, seeking to debar a repetition of the Siri situation.

macOS 16: Everything We Know So Far

Apple volition beryllium taking the wraps disconnected of macOS 16 and different updates successful conscionable a fewer weeks astatine WWDC, truthful we've taken a look astatine what we're expecting to spot with the adjacent large update for the Mac.


Some plan changes look apt amid rumors that Apple is seeking to make a much accordant interface crossed its merchandise lines, with immoderate of the inspiration reportedly coming from visionOS. We're besides expecting Google Gemini integration arsenic an alternate to ChatGPT, a fig of accessibility improvements, and more.

OpenAI Buys Jony Ive's AI Startup to 'Completely Reimagine What It Means to Use a Computer'

Former Apple plan main Jony Ive and respective different Apple plan squad alumni are teaming up with OpenAI successful an effort to physique an all-new household of AI-driven devices to revolutionize the mode we interact with technology.


OpenAI has acquired Ive's startup by the sanction of io for $6.5 billion, and they're aiming to make an unobtrusive "third halfway device" that radical would apt usage alongside a telephone and a laptop, and it may look thing similar a neck-worn iPod shuffle.

Fortnite Returns to U.S. App Store

Popular crippled Fortnite is erstwhile again disposable successful the U.S. App Store, arsenic Apple has yet approved Epic Games' app submission. This is the archetypal clip that Fortnite has been connected the iOS ‌App Store‌ since 2020, and it quickly went to the apical of the App Store charts.


Apple initially did not program to let Fortnite backmost successful the ‌App Store‌, but the justice overseeing the ongoing ineligible conflict betwixt the 2 companies this week suggested that Apple and ‌Epic Games‌ enactment things retired oregon look much clip successful court. The judge threatened to necessitate the Apple authoritative that oversees app decisions to look successful idiosyncratic successful court, which seemingly was capable to spur Apple to let the crippled backmost connected the ‌App Store‌.

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