Top Stories: Major Apple Devices Leak, $599 MacBook Rumor, and More

Apple this week concisely made a record disposable that contained identifiers for many unreleased devices and chips, including caller models of the Studio Display, Apple TV, Apple Watches, Apple Vision Pro, iPad mini, HomePod mini, and more.


In different quality this week, it was reported that Apple is readying a wide scope of caller astute location devices and accessories, and determination were much rumors astir a lower-cost MacBook powered by an A18 Pro chip. Other apical stories this week included different iOS 26 beta release, much treatment surrounding iPhone 17 pricing, and the Blood Oxygen diagnostic yet being re-enabled connected newer Apple Watch models sold successful the United States.

Editor's Note: Top Stories was published aboriginal than accustomed contiguous owed to summertime holidays.

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Every Apple Device That Leaked This Week

MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris discovered references to many unreleased Apple devices that the institution near successful a record that was publically accessible.


Here is everything that was discovered:

• A caller HomePod mini with an S9 spot oregon newer


• A caller Apple TV with an A17 Pro chip


• A caller Studio Display with an A19 Pro chip


• A caller iPad mini with an A19 Pro chip


• A caller low-cost iPad with an A18 chip


• A caller Vision Pro with an M5 chip


• Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 spot details

As always, thing is authoritative yet and Apple's plans could change.

Apple's Big Plan to Revamp the Smart Home

On this week's occurrence of The MacRumors Show, we discussed Apple's program to absorption connected the astute location with a big of caller devices and improvements to Siri.


Apple is reportedly readying to merchandise a smart location hub successful 2026, a tabletop robot successful 2027, a home information camera, a Face ID doorbell, and more. GPT-5 integration is coming to Siri with iOS 26, and a more personalized mentation of Siri is acceptable to motorboat adjacent year. Plus, Siri mightiness person different redesign connected the iPhone and iPad arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent year.

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New $599 MacBook Could Launch This Year

We've been proceeding rumors of a caller low-cost MacBook powered by the A18 Pro chip from the iPhone 16 Pro, and a caller study indicates that it could travel successful astatine a terms constituent arsenic debased arsenic $599. The laptop volition reportedly see a 12.9-inch display, somewhat smaller than the 13.6-inch surface connected the smaller MacBook Air models.


The caller MacBook would beryllium a successor to the M1 MacBook Air from 2020, which continues to beryllium an ultra low-cost enactment available lone done Walmart for $599.

Everything New successful iOS 26 Beta 6

Apple has moved to a one-week interval for iOS 26 beta releases, which means this week saw the merchandise of iOS 26 beta 6.


Apple is continuing to marque changes to the upcoming update, specified arsenic adding caller ringtones, faster and bouncier animations erstwhile opening and closing apps, and more tweaks to the Liquid Glass look.

iOS 26 should beryllium released to the wide nationalist successful September.

Will the iPhone 17 Cost More?

As seems to beryllium the lawsuit each year, rumors person been circulating astir potential terms increases coming with the motorboat of caller flagship iPhones successful September. The rumors person been divided astir whether we mightiness spot an across-the-board increase connected the bid of $50 oregon whether increases mightiness beryllium targeted astatine definite models.


The latest rumor claims the iPhone 17 Pro successful peculiar volition travel with a $50 increase successful its starting terms to $1,049 successful the United States, breaking an 8-year streak of Apple holding the enactment connected a $999 terms constituent for that model. A imaginable terms summation could travel with 1 benefit, however, and that is doubled basal retention of 256 GB, matching a alteration Apple made arsenic portion of a terms summation for the Pro Max exemplary a mates of years ago.

Blood Oxygen Feature Returns to All Apple Watches successful U.S.

Apple this week released iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 updates with 1 large change: the Blood Oxygen diagnostic is present re-enabled connected each Apple Watch models sold successful the United States.


On the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 successful the U.S., the diagnostic present works by sending the sensor information to a paired iPhone for calculation, with the results viewable successful the Respiratory conception of the Health app.

The diagnostic had been unavailable connected Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra models sold successful the U.S. since mid-January 2024, arsenic a effect of a U.S. International Trade Commission bid connected to a patent infringement suit filed by wellness institution Masimo.

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