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Apple’s first big fall event will take place on Tuesday, September 15, but it can be very different from previous events in September.
Let’s talk about the elephant in the front room – there don’t seem to be any new iPhones. Typically, Apple’s September events mark the arrival of Apple’s latest and greatest smartphones, but you shouldn’t expect to see them on Tuesday, according to The edgeit is editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and another well connected journalists. And Apple has already said that the new iPhones won’t go on sale during their usual late-September period.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t any cool things to look forward to though, as Apple’s rumor mill has been as active as ever. The nickname “Time Flies” suggests that, at the very least, we’ll see Apple Watches. And due to the collection of restrictions due to COVID-19, it seems likely that Tuesday’s event will be another cleverly produced video presentation, similar to what Apple put together for the June Worldwide Developers Conference.
Read on to learn more about what to expect during the show.
Apple Watch Series 6 and a new low-end Apple Watch
There aren’t many rumors about the next flagship Apple Watch, but aside from the “Time Flies” moniker, do I have another hint that a new Apple Watch might be making its debut. Developer Guilherme Rambo discovered that the metadata of the YouTube page for the event it contained the phrase “Series 6”, which would seem to suggest that we can expect to see a successor to the Apple Watch Series 5.
As for what the so-called Series 6 watch could actually bring to your wrist, references to blood oxygen monitoring were found in code snippets from an earlier version of iOS 14, obtained by 9to5Mac, so it could be the banner function. And we already know that watchOS 7 will have native sleep tracking, more customizations for watch faces, and a newly renamed activity app called “Fitness.” But Apple hasn’t committed to a release date beyond “this fall.” Perhaps that firmware update will be available on the newer Apple Watch when it launches.
Bloomberg has corroborated that a follow-up to the Series 5 is on the way, but also reported that Apple could launch a new lower-end Apple Watch to replace the $ 199 Series 3. It is unclear exactly how that device may differ from the series being released. rumored. 6 or what it might be called. (Maybe Apple Watch SE?)
A redesigned iPad Air with iPad Pro-like bezels
IPad Air could get a redesign with an edge-to-edge display like the iPad Pros, reports Bloomberg. That would be a significant design change from the current Air, which currently has thick top and bottom bezels and a button for Touch ID.
If you want to get an idea of what that new iPad Air would look like, a rumored manual of the device may have leaked on social media, revealing the new design and features that could be coming to the new device.
That apparent manual says that Touch ID has been moved to the power button on the top of the iPad Air. If that’s true, the new tablet would be the iPad with biometrics embedded in the power button.
It seems that the iPad Air could adopt the gesture-based navigation system of the iPad Pro, as shown in the diagrams in the manual. The manual also shows a smart connector on the back of the iPad Air, like the one on an iPad Pro, so maybe it can connect to accessories designed for the 11-inch iPad Pro.
The current-generation iPad Air has a starting price of $ 499, but it’s unclear if Apple plans to keep the iPad Air at the same price.
The possible release of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
Apple typically releases its newest version of iOS alongside iPhones in September, but since we’re not expecting new phones at Tuesday’s event, it’s hard to predict exactly what Apple’s plans are to roll out iOS 14. The update is scheduled to bring a new one. home. Widget display, a redesigned Siri interface, system-wide picture-in-picture, the ability to configure default email and browser applications, and more. iPadOS 14 will get some of those updates, as well as improved handwriting recognition and rebuilt search. The supposed arrival of the new iPad Air could It means that Apple announces the release of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for everyone, but we’ll have to wait and see.
We could see new hardware and new subscription packages.
Not only is Apple rumored to be working on new iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads. There’s apparently a smaller, more affordable HomePod along with new on-ear headphones in the pipeline for this fall, according to Bloomberg. They may appear at the event. Apple is also working on a competitor to Tile’s location tracking tags called AirTags, Bloomberg reported. In fact, Nikkei It says they may already be in production, which could indicate an imminent release.
And the strings of an “Apple One” package have appeared in the code of an Apple Music application for Android, according to 9to5Google, suggesting that Apple may be close to releasing its purported range of subscription packages, which were detailed by Bloomberg in August.
However, if you’re waiting for updates on Apple’s plans for an ARM-based Mac or more details on macOS Big Sur, you may need to keep waiting. Rumors are not pointing to Apple sharing anything about the Mac on Tuesday.
We just won’t know what Apple plans to release until the event itself, which begins at 1PM ET on Tuesday, September 15. We will cover everything here at The Verge.
Correction September 13 1:57 PM ET: The article originally wrongly stated that the iPad Air would be Apple’s first device with biometrics on the power button, rather than the first iOS / iPadOS. The power button on some MacBooks has had TouchID for some time. The edge regrets the mistake.
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