Apple’s greatest occasion of the 12 months has arrived, and with it, the iPhone 16 lineup and a slew of AI-related updates for iOS 18. Apple Intelligence was the star of the Apple occasion this 12 months, prefer it was at WWDC in June, and Apple’s lineup of bulletins echoed most of the anticipated {hardware} reveals, together with the brand new iPhone 16, AirPods 4, the Apple Watch Series 10 and extra. Broadcasting reside from its headquarters in Cupertino, Apple’s “Glowtime” occasion kicked off at 10 a.m. PT, and you’ll watch the recording of the total Apple occasion right here.
Whether Monday’s reveals find yourself inspiring or delaying a “supercycle” of shoppers adopting the brand new iPhone 16 lineup stays to be seen, however Apple’s concentrate on AI as a core a part of its gross sales pitch transferring ahead is obvious. We’ll preserve this submit up to date as studies emerge from the demo rooms and briefings following the occasion.
iPhone 16
As no shock, the iPhone 16 “has been designed for Apple Intelligence from the bottom up,” within the phrases of CEO Tim Cook, and the tweaked designs and new colours have been revealed on the Apple occasion. The new iPhone 16 lineup comes with a digital camera management alongside the aspect, which permits for bodily interactions to entry digital camera options, together with the brand new A18 chip that Apple claims makes the iPhone 16 as much as 30% quicker than the iPhone 15. The iPhone 16 begins at $799 for the 128GB mannequin, with the 16 Plus beginning at $899 with the identical quantity of storage. Catch up on our ongoing iPhone 16 updates right here.
And for a rundown on what distinguishes the brand new iPhone 16 lineup, you possibly can head proper right here, or try the most recent TechCrunch Minute episode breaking down the largest reveals.
Hands-on with the iPhone 16’s digital camera button
In the phrases of our editor Brian Heater, Apple is “feeling much more bullish about buttons lately.” And after the Apple occasion broadcast concluded, he acquired the possibility to see that the Camera Control button truly provides to the iPhone expertise, a minimum of for a quick demo.
“Like every other new characteristic, Camera Control takes a bit to grasp. The trickiest half is figuring out how a lot stress to use to be able to toggle between options. That, nonetheless, is what makes it distinctive versus earlier digital camera buttons. It’s greater than only a method to open the digital camera app and take a shot. It additionally permits you to navigate inside the app itself,” he wrote, and you’ll try his full hands-on with the iPhone 16’s greatest bodily change proper right here.
The Camera Control button has another features, with Apple confirming that it may be used to entry Google searches, and to immediate responses from OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is already being added to apps like Siri. The actual particulars on how the button press will decide whether or not you employ a 3rd celebration app or Apple’s software program stay imprecise.
Apple Intelligence
First revealed at WWDC, Apple Intelligence is generally being offered as a extra non-public massive language mannequin working behind the scenes to enhance present apps and options. Retreading lots of its WWDC reveals, Apple touted Intelligence’s potential to survey inboxes, with summaries surfacing for emails, and notifications altered to offer summaries as nicely with precedence notifications elevated to the highest of their stacks. Claiming “a brand new period for Siri,” Apple boasted that its Intelligence upgrades enable Siri to grasp requests which are lower than eloquently delivered, stroll customers by means of particular duties inside the iPhone and acquire on-screen consciousness of actions happening on the cellphone.
Apple Intelligence is launching as a beta within the U.S. within the fall, with localized English coming to a number of markets in December. Additional languages like Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish are focused for 2025.
Apple additionally detailed visible search, which is powered by Apple Intelligence, which mixes the features of a reverse picture search with textual content recognition so as to add the main points of an occasion to your calendar from a photograph, or pull details about a restaurant straight from a photograph of it.
Ultimately, one of many greatest questions popping out of Apple’s claims about Intelligence’s potential to enhance consumer experiences throughout a number of product strains is straightforward: Is Siri truly helpful now?
iOS 18 launching September 16
We already acquired a primary impression of iOS 18 by means of its beta launch earlier this 12 months, although its preliminary rollout with out Apple Intelligence’s options wasn’t notably spectacular. As talked about above, quite a lot of essentially the most anticipated AI options shall be coming later in 2024, however iOS 18 nonetheless has different messaging and management middle updates you possibly can run by means of intimately right here forward of its newly introduced launch date of September 16, with all iPhones, together with and after the iPhone XR and SE (second gen), eligible for the replace. You can get a extra detailed rundown in your gadget’s iOS 18 compatibility right here.
Camera controls on the iPhone 16
One of the largest bodily updates to the iPhone 16 lineup comes within the type of the digital camera management button. The digital camera management responds to clicks and completely different bodily gestures, with gentle presses exhibiting clear previews whereas a tough click on can take a photograph. Trailing a finger alongside the button lets dials and settings to be modified. Read the total rundown on what the digital camera management can be utilized for right here.
iPhone 16 Pro, Pro Max
Apple’s extra premium iPhone fashions include anticipated display adjustments, with the display taking over 6.3 inches on the Pro, 6.9 inches on the Pro Max for the largest screens on an iPhone but. The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max have a brand new A18 Pro chip, an upgraded digital camera with quicker shutter speeds, the flexibility to seize 4K video at 120 fps and different adjustments you possibly can run by means of right here. The iPhone 16 Pro stars at $999 and the 16 Pro Max begins at $1,119 with each up for preorder Friday and launching in shops September 20.
Apple Watch Series 10
Apple kicked issues off with reveals on the Watch for the road’s tenth anniversary, rolling out a collection of updates inside the Apple Watch Series 10 line, together with a tweaked design with extra rounded corners and an up to date facet ratio, with Apple’s first wide-angle OLED screens. The Series 10’s show is as much as 40% brighter when considered at an angle and is the thinnest Apple Watch but at 9.7mm and as much as 10% lighter than the earlier fashions. Unsurprisingly, AI featured within the Apple Watch Series 10 reveal, with a brand new pictures watch face utilizing AI to curate the pictures proven on the show, and translation instruments utilizing machine studying to enhance output.
Apple Watches are additionally getting an replace to detect sleep apnea, which is pending FDA clearance. The characteristic will come to each the Series 10 and Series 9 watches. The Apple Watch Series 10 will begin at $399, and it launches September 20.
Read extra on the Apple Watch Series 10 right here.
Apple Watch Ultra
Apple has lengthy touted the Ultra as a tool for health aficionados, boasting customized exercises, working observe detection, bike rides as reside actions and so forth. And after a lead-up to a reveal, Apple dropped that there received’t be an Apple Watch Ultra 3 but, as an alternative asserting a brand new satin black colour for the Ultra 2.
AirPods 4
Apple claims the brand new AirPods 4 are the “most comfy AirPods ever,” with a brand new A2 chip below the tweaked design. Personalized Spatial Audio is coming to the AirPods 4, together with the addition of machine studying for Siri to choose up head shakes and nods as responses to prompts. The new AirPods 4 may also be obtainable September 20, beginning at $129 with lively noise cancellation added for the $179 tier. Get the total rundown on the AirPods updates right here.
AirPods Pro 2
Three factors have been highlighted for AirPods Pro 2 updates: prevention, consciousness and help. For prevention, listening to safety shall be added and on by default for passive noise discount, managed by means of machine studying. For consciousness, Apple is including a “clinically validated” listening to check that homeowners can take at any time.
And then for help, listening to support options are launching for these whose listening to assessments establish them as doubtlessly benefiting from listening to help options. Apple claims that they anticipate clearance from the FDA on these options “quickly,” with updates anticipated to come back to iOS within the fall.
AirPods Max
A collection of incremental updates got here to AirPods Max in the course of the Apple Event, with USB-C added in, and a collection of recent colours coming to the up to date headphones September 20 for a similar worth of $549. Get the total rundown right here.
Cheaper iPhones (in India)
The iPhone 16 lineup pricing is acquainted for these following Apple within the states, however in India, Apple followers will be capable of profit from a reduction from the iPhone 15 lineup of about 15,000 rupees, which is roughly $178, The worth comes after India lowered import duties on electronics, and amid Apple’s growth of native manufacturing, which had earlier spurred a reduction for the 15 fashions within the nation.
Voice Memos with background music
Apple confirmed off a brand new characteristic for the Voice Memos app, which permits vocal tracks to be layered on high of pre-recorded music or instrumentals. Read extra right here.
New macOS Sequoia launching September 16
In an untraditionally swift launch for its macOS updates, Apple introduced that the replace first showcased at WWDC 2024 will launch in every week, with a collection of updates constructed upon Apple Intelligence that you would be able to run by means of right here.
