Top Stories: MacBook With A18 Pro Chip, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More

More details connected iOS 26 and related updates proceed to aboveground arsenic Apple moves done beta investigating successful the aftermath of past month's WWDC, but this week besides saw a fig of hardware-related rumors for aboriginal this twelvemonth and beyond.


The astir intriguing rumors were successful notation to a mysterious MacBook moving an A18 Pro chip, but we besides shared details connected the iPhone 17 Pro models, AirPods Pro 3, and an array of vision-related products ranging from aboriginal Apple Vision Pro-like devices to astute glasses.

New MacBook With A18 Pro Chip Spotted successful Apple Code

Apple is moving connected a new low-cost MacBook exemplary powered by the A18 Pro chip from the iPhone, according to some analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and backend codification discovered by MacRumors.


The A18 Pro has performance astir connected par with the M1 chip recovered successful the 2020 MacBook Air exemplary that is inactive being sold by Walmart for $649. This A18 Pro-powered MacBook could beryllium a successor to the M1 MacBook Air with immoderate further updates and beryllium sold straight by Apple and crossed different income channels.

iPhone 17 Pro's New MagSafe Design Revealed successful Leaked Photo

The overmuch larger camera bump coming connected the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max volition pb to moving the Apple logo little connected the rear of the devices, according to caller rumors. That alteration volition unit accessory makers to use a caller MagSafe ringing layout for their products, though existing MagSafe accessories should stay compatible with the iPhone 17 Pro models.


In different iPhone 17 news, a caller study claims that the iPhone 17 Pro Max volition diagnostic a artillery capableness of astir 5,000 mAh, which would marque it the biggest artillery ever successful an iPhone. The upcoming Pro models are rumored to beryllium a spot thicker than the existent versions, which volition marque country for bigger batteries.

iOS 26 Adds a Useful New Wi-Fi Feature to Your iPhone

If you're frustrated by having to participate your accusation connected each of your devices whenever you articulation a captive Wi-Fi web similar those recovered successful hotels, gyms, airports, and different nationalist places, a caller diagnostic successful iOS 26 and related releases volition sync the details crossed your devices to marque it easier to get everything up and running.


We're continuing to instrumentality a look astatine different iOS 26 developments successful our caller diagnostic guides, including a fig of Lock Screen changes and a big of enhancements for Safari.

Five Features Coming to AirPods Pro 3

Aside from a displacement from Lightning to USB-C connected the lawsuit successful 2023, the AirPods Pro haven't been updated since 2022, but it looks similar a much important update whitethorn beryllium arriving aboriginal this year.


We're expecting immoderate caller features similar the bosom complaint monitoring that debuted successful the Powerbeats Pro 2 earlier this year, improved Active Noise Cancellation, and immoderate plan tweaks, truthful they should beryllium a worthwhile acquisition for some caller and existing users.

Apple Music Debuts All-New Personalized Playlist

Apple celebrated the 10th day of Apple Music this week with immoderate peculiar shows and countdowns connected Apple Music 1, arsenic good arsenic a new personalized "Replay All Time" playlist for each Apple Music subscribers.


Building upon the yearly Replay playlists that diagnostic your most-played tracks for a fixed year, Replay All Time includes your 100 most-played songs crossed the full clip you've been an Apple Music subscriber, and it volition dynamically update based connected your ongoing usage.

Report Reveals Apple's Secretive Vision Products Roadmap

While the Apple Vision Pro headset hasn't precisely go a mainstream merchandise since it launched astir a twelvemonth and a fractional ago, Apple inactive has a lengthy pipeline of vision-related products successful the works, according to expert Ming-Chi Kuo.


Aside from a spec bump to the M5 spot for the Vision Pro aboriginal this year, we'll seemingly person to hold until 2027 to commencement seeing much of these products deed the market, but expect lighter and cheaper models of Vision headsets, astute glasses akin to the Meta Ray-Bans, and yet much almighty mixed-reality glasses with built-in displays.

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