Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman made an look on The MacRumors Present podcast, the place he mentioned Apple’s upcoming Mac Professional and Mac Studio, in addition to iOS 17, macOS 14, and watchOS 10 updates.
Gurman says Apple’ much-rumored Apple Silicon Mac Professional won’t make an look at WWDC 2023 in June. As an alternative, he expects to see the Professional stage Mac tower debut someday later within the yr. The professional machine is extensively anticipated to debut someday in 2023.
He additionally mentioned the next-generation Mac Studio, saying it’s going to doubtless not comprise an M2-series chip. As an alternative, he says Apple is holding again on a refresh of the Mac Studio till the M3 era of chips is prepared for prime time, as a way to keep away from cannibalization of the brand new Mac Professional.
Gurman additionally stated that Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air, which might be powered by an M2 chip, was initially scheduled to launch final yr. Because of this we might even see the 13-inch MacBook Air being positioned on a separate chip improve cycle from the 15-inch mannequin. The 13-inch mannequin may doubtlessly obtain the M3 chip properly forward of the bigger laptop computer. It stays to be seen how Apple will deal with the chip improve cycles of each two MacBook Air fashions sooner or later.
Gurman additional mentioned Apple’s upcoming mixed-reality headset. He expects the “in-air typing” textual content enter technique to be a future on the headset when it launches, though it may be a “finicky” expertise. He says the system’s anticipated two-hour battery life will doubtless stay constant by means of the upcoming generations of the system, as we’ve seen with the usual Apple Watch fashions, which have gained no noticeable battery life extensions for the reason that Watch’s launch in 2014.
Gurman additionally mentioned how he sees iOS 17 as very like iOS 15, in that it’s going to give attention to enhancements and updates to core apps, fairly than that includes any standout options or large adjustments to the cell working system, resembling iOS 14’s widgets characteristic or iOS 16’s redesign of its Lock Display. He as an alternative expects to see enhancements within the Discover My and Pockets apps.
Gurman says the Discover My enhancements might be positioned as part of a bigger push for Fin My- and location-related options. He guarantees that he’ll be sharing extra about iOS 17 within the close to future.
Gurman expects Apple to launch iOS 17’s much-expected app sideloading characteristic as a Europe-only characteristic to permit the Cupertino agency to adjust to the European Union Digital Markets Act. He additionally says builders could also be required to pay a further price to make their apps out there by means of a third-party app retailer or direct obtain, and that he doesn’t count on Apple to say this through the WWDC 2023 keynote. As an alternative, Apple is more likely to make the adjustments very quietly.
When discussing macOS 14, Gurman says he doesn’t count on the upcoming Mac working system to be a “groundbreaking or important” replace. As an alternative, he says Apple will give attention to offering a constant cross-platform expertise together with help for options in its different working techniques.
Gurman has beforehand stated that watchOS 10 might be Apple’s most vital replace to the Apple Watch’s working system because it debuted. He says that whereas the watchOS platform’s core design received’t change, Apple will provide contemporary methods to work together with the watchOS working system. He doesn’t count on to see a brand new app folders characteristic, though others have claimed in any other case.
Apple will debut iOS 17, macOS 14, and watchOS 10 on the WWDC 2023 keynote tackle, to be held on June 5.
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