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What are you hoping Apple will announce at the September event? What are you looking forward to in the '26' software releases? Please do let us know by posting a comment.

That all VoiceOver bugs have been squashed, exorcised, repaired, and otherwise fixed in this release and all future releases of apple's proprietary software, most notably iOS and macOS.

Thank you, that is all. 🙂

I'm hoping for really fat phones. I feel a skinny phone is body shaming and makes my hands look pudgy.

I think we all already know what is coming:

1. iPhone Air - test bed for one half of the foldable coming next year. Screen somewhere between standard and max. A fashion phone (skinny), with various compromises, a single speaker and reduced battery size being the most important for us, though I'm still hoping they slipped in a second speaker.

2. Same old same old with the other phones.

3. Maybe the new iPods Pro 3 which, I have to admit, will probably be a day one buy for me. I think the AirPods Pro, for us with their transparency mode, and general refinement, are the best product apple has created in years. Interested to know what they've improved. The sound could certainly use a touch up, fit too, maybe. I'd like to have a means of plugging the charging block into a 3.5 jack for travel and gaming.

4. Outliers are HomePod Mini, meh, maybe, but I'm not really sure what they will offer as an upgrade. The sound is okay on the originals and doubt that will improve much unless they grow and become non-mini and siri is stil a fool. New apple TV box, again, iterative, you'll probably not notice any difference though there is a rumour of a camera being included which could open the door to some movement based games and FaceTime, of course.

6. Nearly forgot... Apple watches. Same old same old. Wil be a spec bump we won't notice and a gated improvement for the Ultra 3 and 11. Guessing better cell on the Ultra, maybe blood-pressure trend monitoring, IE, it will not give you a full result but can tell you if there is variation over a long period. New colours... There is supposed to be a sleep score coming too which considering it isn't part of the beta, suggests it will be gated to the newer devices. I'd love to have seen a smaller ultra with the rugged casing. I'm A big guy, 6.1, 210, for you americans, but weirdly girly wrists. I blame steroids when I was a nipper.

Skinny wrist Ollie out...

Oh, and a hope, new AirPods Max... I love mine. If I lost them I'd buy them again, as much as a fool I'd feel for doing so but, latest reports suggest there won't be any upgrades for a long long time. They are magnificent sound, perfect for us with how they connect and disconnect from our phone, untying voiceover without having to turn them off, but they are stil way too expensive. I can imagine a price drop being announced, £399,/$399, which would get them to fly and hopefully get Cooky more interested in a refresh, but I don't hold out too much hope.

I’m still rocking my iPhone SE second generation, and I’m proud of it! I’m very glad that it’s going to support the new update! I’m really looking forward to playing with the music features and other things. It’s going to be a really fun event! I can’t wait for all your coverage. You guys always do an amazing job.

I had no idea I would be interested in a new phone before the support ended on my current SE3, much less an iPhone Pro. Things in life get suddenly turned upside down sometimes. Anyway, I don't think I'm interested in any of the rest of the new stuff.

Here's hoping my current phone--an iPhone 14--will support the new stuff. Same is true for the Mac, although tbh I'm thinking of just going with iOS once this Mac dies. It'll probably be easier on my parents' pocketbook, and there'll be one less charger to deal with. Having said all that, I am as always looking forward to all things new and awesome. I'm curious about the new design of iOS, though not in the least bit nervous given Apple's accessibility track record.

Any so call AI will only be for 15 pro and up. Anything below, you have a better chance of going to the moon.

I am looking forward to the aple event. I am interested on how VO will behave with Apple's glassy look. I am also excited about the revamped phone and messages apps. Once again thank you for all the applevis team does regarding recaps. I also appreciate the synopsies you provide on the accessibility of iOS releases and subsequent updates.

I agree with Jimmy V and others. You guys do such an amazing job telling us all about the new phones, softwear, and features. Thanks Applevis in advance for all you'll provide for us from the Apple event!

Only thing that's gunna change I take it is the cameras and the upgrade of the processors. Oh and let's not forget a new, bigger, fatter shiny new phone. What else is new. I feel like apple be slacking in this department by far. Look at how many people are switching over to android now. I swear, I upgraded from my 13 to the 16 and the only things I saw, was the action button, the dynamic island and the capture button. Two out of the three I never use. That's it. I'd love to see apple make a flip version of the phones but you know that's not gunna happen.

Flick phone, will come out next year. Cost $2000 from what I heard.

While your iPhone 14 won't support Apple Intelligence, it will still be able to run iOS 26.

What I want - Apple announce their challenger to Meta Ray-bans.

What I expect - to be bored to tears hearing about camera upgrades on the new phones. As I took the plunge on an Apple TV recently I expect a new model there (and it has been rumoured). And similarly for iPods Pro.

I feel increasingly uninterested in hearing about new phones, ipads and Macs. When my phone kicks the bucket I will no doubt buy whatever is new at the time but it is really hard to get excited by anything Apple announces. It just feels an exercise in making me feel less good about my existing kit.

Anyway despite that I will no doubt lose myself in all that Applevis will bring in their coverage. As has already been said, you guys are incredible and I still feel so lucky that this site was saved.

Agree. Humans love their shyning toy for destraction. Love when Apple, google and others do this and their fun love it and warship on their alter.

You know what I miss?

I’m just going to say it—Bella the cat’s comments, lol.

A lot of people here hated them, but I personally found them cute.

Plus, I’m a cat person, lol.

As for the Apple event itself, I find myself agreeing with mr grieves.

I haven’t really been impressed since the M1 series came out, and I don’t even own a Mac.

I’m still using an iPhone 12, and it meets my needs.

So until it dies, I’ll probably just pick up whatever’s new at that time.

She went to heaven on 08/21/25. She can not make comments and the people here complain to management.

I'm curious ablout apple watch ultra 3rd gen, and maybe airpods, but that would be it. I love my iPhone 16, and everything I've heard about 17 series phones suggests that the camera bumps are going to be e ven more ridiculously huge, as are the phones themselves. If the 3rd gen apple watch ultra has any significant improvements, other than a bigger display or something equally meaningless, I may upgrade. Same is true for new airpods Pro. If there's a difference that would actually matter in my daily life, I may consider pouncing, but other than those two potential items, I can't imagine purchasing new iToys any time soon.

And maybe airpods max, though debating between those and bose quiet comfort ultra but, other than that though, I won't get anything else I think, as I got a iphone 15 pro last year and fairly recently, last year also upgrated my mac to a newer moddle so yeah that's likely what i'd get. Although for those of you who have the ultra, how much better is the battery life? Say the ultra compared to the 10, as an example? also, I currently have the Apple Watch Series 8. Compared to the newer models, like 10, ultra, etc. how much battery life do these new models have compared to the 8? The eighth if I don’t turn it off at night, it lasts me about a day maybe day and a half two days Without charging.

I’m so sorry to hear about Bella. Losing a pet is always heartbreaking.

I always enjoyed the way you gave Bella a voice in your posts — it added something unique and made me smile. If others didn’t appreciate it, they could easily scroll past, but for me it was part of the charm.

When I was younger, I had pet birds. After the last one passed, my family decided not to have any more pets. Even all these years later, I still carry that feeling — it’s just so hard when you lose them.

My heartfelt condolences — losing a pet is never easy.

My watch is 3 years old now, but battery life is still somewhat decent. I typically charge it every other day, and apart from when it is charging, I wear it 24-7 because I like the sleep tracking. I also think the ultra has better speakers, which is important to me. If I decide to get a new watch this year, it will definitely be the 3rd gen ultra.

My watch is 3 years old now, but battery life is still somewhat decent. I typically charge it every other day, and apart from when it is charging, I wear it 24-7 because I like the sleep tracking. I also think the ultra has better speakers, which is important to me. If I decide to get a new watch this year, it will definitely be the 3rd gen ultra.

I am interested in upgrading my iPhone 13 to iPhone 17 pro/ pro max looking at the leaks now seem to be quite a huge departure from my 13 with almost everything having a good enough redesign from the material of the phone to the screen.
But of course those leaks are just speculations and the best is to just wait until apple's official announcement to make a judgement.
I do wonder is iPhone 17 pro better or pro max as I am really attracted by the performance of iPhone 17 pro Max potentially having 5000mah sized battery.
but I am also attracted to using the iPhone 17 pro one handed and having a pro phone.
As for the other products I have no interest in them as I've already upgraded to Apple Watch series 10 this year and airpodspro 2 usb-c 2 years ago.

Pro and Pro max, batteries, also camera and other features that pro max have and pro might not. Also price is going to be up. Heard $50 more. Check with your phone company for deals. They tend to have some on Nov. Good luck. I went from 13 pro to 16 pro max. Nice phone and the battery is great. Even now with iOS public beta 5 of 26.

I'll have to echo the sentiments of several here. Aside from processor power bumps that we don't even notice much from year to year, and the cameras that most of us will never use, newer phones are pretty underwhelming. If I could afford to would purchase a 16 or, less likely, a 17, but I doubt this year's phones are going to be revolutionary. For anyone who purchases a flip phone next year, tell us all about it once your wallet has recovered from the emergency procedures that sent it to the ICU after purchasing such a device.

Think this time only 3 iPhone. Air, pro and pro max. Not sure there will be a 17 iPhone.

I own an apple watch altra 2. Apple will really need to create something super for me to consider any upgrade. Battery is great. I charge it every other day, and when I do plug it in, its still at or around 40%. And that is even with having it on all day as I use the sleep tracking and helth features.

As far as my iPhone 16 Pro max, I've only used about 180 cicles on the battery, and it runs iOS 26, quite well. The battery on it\ is great. I got mine on launch day last year. Will I run and grab a 17 Pro max on launch day? Guess we'll see.

Better chip. Nothing else. Might get the 11, have the watch 9 before apple oxygen stop working. Have the 16 pro max. Nice but I got it for the AI and apple screw those of us who got it for that reason.

so I've been googling, how to watch Apple events on my Apple TV 4K, and can't find anything. how is this done, since tvOS has no web browser?

I'm not positive, but as Apple events can be watched via the TV app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, I’d imagine they can also be watched in the TV app on the Apple TV.

I'll do some digging, and get back to this posts when I figure this out. right now, all shows and linked apps and store to buy things, is all that's present. thanks.

In my experience, the stream doesn't show up until the day of the event.

I always watch via the TV app on my iPhone. You can also watch archived events there too, and they all have AD. Just search for Apple events. It can sometimes be fun to go back and watch older ones after you've play with the stuff they announced. Well, for me anyway. lol

Correct!!!!

Earlier I decided to browse the online Apple Store to add some stuff to my cart in preparation for Tuesday's event, as I intend to buy this year's Iphone Pro, Apple WatchUltra, and iPad Mini models and only have to pick those devices before quickly checking out my order. Since the iPad Mini isn't updated as often as the iPhone in particular, I decided to just add it to my cart before the event, but apparently Apple isn't letting that happen, so there's a chance that they might actually be announcing an upgrade on Tuesday as well, or maybe that's just a default behavior for all major products before these events.

I really enjoy the blog posts you guys do for the events; they are excellent. I personally prefer to read the blogs than actually watching the event, but that’s just me.

I'm mostly excited for the AirPods Pro 3s. I hope they actually exist and are more than just rumors. Everything else doesn't really interest me because it's just gonna be a slightly different version of the stuff I have already. Yeah, I know, the AirPods will probably be the same, but I use those a LOT and I feel like the updates that will be coming will be more useful than the extra camera and processing power and battery life that are so incremental on everything else they feel almost like there was no update at all.

i won't be keeping up-to-date with this anyway from now on; each year just slightly better camera slightly better this or that, it boring, a phone is a phone at the end of the day. then, apple just say oh that model in our range not selling well, so just release 2 models then, not 4. the best battery life ever is the same claim each and every year lol!!!

hope the launch of the phones goes well but the 14 pro max serving me well and i haven't to be fair, heard convincing use of the AI built in to the 15 pro and upwards; why have it rewrite emails etc. if we can't think ourselves how to write? unless, to be fair which I could be, I am missing the point on the usefulness of the Ai, when siri upgrades then yes, i will probably then upgrade if only on later models.

just my thoughts.

Rumours say that the Macbook will see a new variant, a possibly 12.9 macbook with iPhone CPU.

likely gonna grab me an iphone 17 pro max, mainly because of the battery factor. I grabbed a non plus/pro max for the first time 2 years ago and regreted it, the battery is pathetic.
also I might replace my airpods pro 2 if we got an airpods pro 3, the case is kinda dying, the hinges after a few unfortunate falls is starting to feel weird and awkward, sometimes easily opens. I'm having a suspicion that's also somehow draining the battery even in the case somehow because battery is dying way quicker than I'm used to.
I'm also very looking forward to a possible airpods max, wanted to get that for a very long time but I didn't get the current because apparently it has a 150ms latency. Which sounds terrible lol. Unlike the proes.
but considering the roomers yeah, the max is probably releasing in 2027, and even I'm doubtful there. For all the success the maxs had apple is being dumb about it.
re: Iphone air, honestly I'm mixed there, I think it'll either be a new iteration of the iphone mini, Very niched and got quickly discontinued, or it'll be one of the most successful phones. Skeptical of the latter considering the battery. But then again, it might do the same as the normal 17 so who knows.
I'm also wondering if this release is going to include the roomered macbook mini, or whatever they decide to call it, for those who aren't in the know, there are roomers floating around of a new macbook model that is even smaller and cheaper than the airs, running on iphone processers. Something like how the model structure of ipads work now.

Any Mac might be out on Oct of this year. Today is all about iPhone and anything related to it. iPad, AirPod pro and possible Airtags.

Mark Gurman, of Bloomberg, is saying the new AirPods Pro 3 won't have much improvement in audio, but will include heart rate sensors, a smaller case, and maybe a slight redesign.

This is disappointing. There is still quite a bit of headroom for audio improvement on the AirPods Pro 2.

There is also the suggestion that there will be another release next year with IR cameras to capture spatial data for better integration with Apple Vision Pro and possibly hand gestures. Note: these won't be like normal cameras and won't allow for things like seeing AI, etc. They will merely map the space to either side of the head to recreate more realistic sound for AR experiences.

Also the pro 3 will have a oxygen scan but if you have the watch, will not work. Only if you do not have the watch. also it will go through the health app. New chip, oxygen and that it. Pro 4 will have a IR camera. For what? Apple only knows.

I too tried a non-Pro Max iPhone in 2023 and found the battery life to be underwhelming. And yet, the iPhone 16e battery life was much better than I expected, so if the 'iPhone 17 Air' can at least reach battery life of the iPhone 16e, I would consider that a win. Anything short of that benchmark, though, and the 'iPhone 17 Air' will be a hard pass for me no matter what else it has going for it.

So, the idea is if you can map the space around the head of the wearer, audio that is generated within the headphones can be tuned to sound like it is more natural to the environment.

An example would be standing in a very large space. The APP would sense the size of the room and make the audio that is played more expansive compared with a bedroom, say, where the audio would be more muted, feel closer.

At least, I think that's the plan. Sonos do something similar with their Ace over ear headphones but get the info using a different technique.

If you could have, for example, a timer that you've set above a pot of boiling pasta in AR, it will sound more realistic than a basic sound painted on the space.

There is also the possibility of gestures for music control, even iPhone control, without having to touch anything, a little like the Vision Pro does it though, again, using a different data capture method.

roomers say that the pro/pro max will be thicker, I'm hoping apple takes advantij of that and makes the audio quality better, not that iphone audio quality is bad, but I've heard people complaining about iphone 16's audio quality, compared to the 15, but still, while the iphone 15 audio quality was awesome, it could still go further. But to be completely fair, I had the normal 15 so maybe the 15 plus and 15 pro max is a drastic difference.

Hi everyone,

For the first time, I watched the Apple event with audio description. Really cool, thank you, AppleVis!

I'm pre-ordering the Airpods Pro 3 as a gift for a friend. I think this wait was well worth it!

I need to upgrade my phone soon, as my current 13 mini is at the end of its battery rope. However, the U. S. phones are E-sim only. I sometimes need physical sim, as Mainland China doesn't support E-Sim. That said, I want to also have all the Apple features provided by the U.S. phones. So not sure what to do or what to upgrade to. Need some help.

I ordered the AirPods Pro 3. They look like a big enough upgrade for me.

Get the pro. Just the air will not have that.

I could be wrong, but I think when it comes to international phones, those do come with a tray for SIM cards. As an example, when I was buying the iphone 15 pro, And yes, I am not in the US, I was asked if I wanted the phone to have a sim tray, or no. I chose not to, because where I live, E Sims are supported.