Over the previous few years, Apple has overhauled its whole product vary, together with transitioning the Mac from Intel to its personal processors, introducing the powerful Apple Watch Extremely, including a brand new Plus mannequin to the iPhone lineup, and revealing a brand-new product class (the yet-to-launch Imaginative and prescient Professional).
On this article, we check out what we anticipate Apple to launch in 2024 and past. We have now investigated each rumor and pattern we may discover to carry you our predictions. Learn on to search out out what could possibly be in retailer.
What Apple launched in 2023
Apple hit the bottom operating in 2023 with new Macs and a brand new HomePod in January. Then at WWDC in June the corporate launched a minimum of three new Macs and a model new system – the Imaginative and prescient Professional – alongside revealing its plans for macOS 14 Sonoma, iOS 17 and watchOS 10. Lastly (perhaps) Apple launched the brand new iPhone 15 collection and the Apple Watch Sequence 8 and Apple Watch Extremely 2 at an occasion in September after which made macOS Sonoma and iOS 17 out there for patrons to obtain later that month. Then at an Apple occasion on October 30 the corporate unveiled new MacBook Professional and iMac fashions.
What new Apple merchandise are coming in 2024?
Simply taking a look at 2023 provides us clues as to what should be coming in 2024. In 2023 no iPads have been up to date, we didn’t get M3 variants of the MacBook Air or Mac mini (regardless of the M3 changing into out there) and solely the AirPods Professional (and EarPods) bought USB-C. It appears doubtless that in 2024 merchandise will get related updates. What else can we anticipate?
Within the sections beneath we’ve cut up merchandise into classes together with Mac, iPad, iPhone and a few new product classes. Learn on to search out out what to anticipate at Apple subsequent occasion the all year long.
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New Macs
With the replace for the Mac Professional at WWDC in June 2023 Apple completed transitioning all its Macs from Intel processors to its personal silicon. Apple launched the M3, M3 Professional and M3 Max chips on the finish of October 2023, so we are able to anticipate the next updates quickly:
Mac mini with M3 and M3 Professional
Now that the iMac has an M3 chip, and the MacBook Professional an M3, M3 Professional and M3 Max chip, it’s certainly solely a matter of time earlier than those self same chips make their approach into the Mac mini.
Learn: New Mac mini rumors.
When? Spring 2024
MacBook Air with M3
The rumors recommend that the MacBook Air replace will come within the spring of 2024. We anticipate that each fashions will likely be getting the identical M3 replace because the 14-inch MacBook Professional did, however don’t anticipate to see the M3 Professional right here.
Learn: M3 MacBook Air rumors.
When? Spring 2024
iMac Professional M3 Professional
There’s a new iMac with M3 chip, however it’s nonetheless bought a 24-inch display screen. What individuals need is a return of a extra skilled iMac with an even bigger display screen.
Apple is alleged to be engaged on a Professional model of the iMac, a return of the 27-inch iMac Professional maybe. It feels like an M3 Professional iMac would possibly occur, however we could possibly be ready slightly longer for that one.
Learn: Bigger iMac Professional rumors
When? Fall 2024, or 2025
New iPads
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No iPads have been up to date in 2023 – the primary time a yr handed with out an iPad replace. There was one iPad that wasn’t even up to date in 2022 – the iPad mini – so that appears the more than likely for an imminent replace. However there could also be an improve coming to the iPad Air too.
iPad mini
A brand new iPad mini–seventh technology–could possibly be coming quickly.
Learn: iPad mini seventh gen rumors
When? Spring 2024
iPad Air
The iPad Air may quickly get an replace to the M2 chip. There’s additionally a rumor that we may see a bigger iPad Air, maybe 12.9 inches.
Learn: iPad Air sixth gen rumors
When? Spring 2024
Larger iPad Professional
Alongside an M3 improve there could possibly be a 14-inch iPad Professional coming from Apple.
When? Fall 2024
eleventh gen iPad
The tenth technology iPad joined the road up in October 2022 so a brand new mannequin will be anticipated in 2024. The ninth gen mannequin is more likely to be retired, so maybe Apple will proceed to promote the tenth gen mannequin, or decrease the entry-level worth for the eleventh gen iPad when it launches.
When? Fall 2024
New iPhones
The arrival of a brand new set of iPhones isn’t more likely to occur earlier than September 2024. There’s a small likelihood we may see a brand new iPhone SE earlier than then, however we predict we gained’t.
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iPhone 16
The iPhone 16 is more likely to arrive, like clockwork, in September 2024.
Learn: iPhone 16 rumors
When? September 2024
iPhone SE
It is a lengthy shot, however just a few years in the past now there have been rumors that Apple may launch an even bigger model of the iPhone SE Plus – which might imply that those that need a large iPhone and a Residence button would nonetheless have an possibility. It’s a pleasant concept however we aren’t satisfied that is in Apple’s sights now. Learn in regards to the iPhone SE Plus.
Sadly, we are able to’t be certain there’s a future for the iPhone SE in any respect. An replace is alleged to be “unlikely” to return earlier than 2025. If it arrives in a bigger display screen dimension and has no house button the people who find themselves drawn to this iPhone will little question be dissatisfied.
Learn: iPhone SE rumors.
When? Spring 2025
New AirPods
The AirPods Max are desperately in want of an replace – being unable to play lossless audio proper now, will they get an replace in 2024? Sadly, there aren’t any noisy rumors about them proper now.
There are rumors a couple of new cheaper AirPods mannequin, dubbed AirPods Lite by some. These are mentioned to value $99 and will arrive alongside 4th gen AirPods within the spring.
The wait for brand new AirPods Professional may stretch to 2025. They may supply new health-related options once they arrive.
Learn: New AirPods rumors.
When? Spring 2024
New Apple Watch
We anticipate that Apple will launch an Apple Watch Sequence 10 and a third-generation Apple Watch Extremely in September 2024. Each will characteristic a brand new S10 chip.
A 3rd-gen Apple Watch SE can be doable.
Learn: New Apple Watch 2024
When? Fall 2024
New product classes
If Apple was by no means to innovate away from the merchandise it makes proper now it could possibly be left behind as know-how progresses. It’s no shock subsequently that the corporate is engaged on varied new areas. We don’t anticipate these to land in 2023, however rumors recommend that a few of them nonetheless may arrive sooner moderately than later.
Imaginative and prescient Professional headset
We all know it’s an actual factor as a result of Apple confirmed off the Imaginative and prescient Professional combined actuality headset at WWDC in June 2023, however we’re much less positive when it should launch. Apple mentioned “Early 2024”, however Apple doesn’t at all times meet its self-imposed deadlines. At first it should solely be out there within the U.S. coming to different international locations later within the yr.
Examine Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional.
When? Spring 2024
HomePod with display screen
We do hope there may be some fact within the rumors that Apple is engaged on a HomePod with a display screen. We’ve at all times mentioned {that a} display screen would make the HomePod infinitely extra usable, however maybe we’re the one ones who hate having to speak to our speaker.
A display screen would lengthen the makes use of of the HomePod past audio into visible – so you may watch podcasts and information stories and YouTube movies, however most usefully talk through FaceTime.
Thus far all Apple has completed is introduced again the full-size HomePod that it faraway from sale.
Learn: HomePod with display screen rumours.
When? Spring 2024
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Gaming console
There are even rumors that Apple may have plans to launch a video games console–or at the least an Apple TV with improved gaming credentials.
Check out the Apple video games console rumors.
When? TBC
Apple Automobile
A round-up of Apple rumors wouldn’t be full with out the newest iCar rumors. It is a rumor that has been going for years–it’s in the identical territory because the long-rumored Apple tv.
As for whether or not the ‘Apple Automobile’ is a automobile or automobile software program no one is certain, however Apple has positively had a workforce engaged on the challenge over time.
Learn extra right here: Apple Automobile rumors
When? TBC
What Apple launched in 2022
What Apple launched in 2021
- HomePod mini in new colours
- MacBook Professional with M1 Professional and M1 Max
- AirPods (third technology)
- Apple Watch Sequence 7
- iPhone 13-series
- iPad mini (sixth technology)
- iPad (ninth technology)
- iMac M1
- iPad Professional M1(third and fifth technology)
- Apple TV 4K (2nd technology)
- AirTag
What Apple launched in 2020
- AirPods Max
- MacBook Air M1
- 13-inch MacBook Professional M1
- Mac mini M1
- iPhone 12-series
- HomePod mini
- iPad Air (4th technology)
- Apple Watch SE
- iPad (eighth technology)
- Apple Watch Sequence 6
- 27-inch iMac (Intel)
- 13-inch MacBook Professional (Intel)
- iPhone SE
- MacBook Air (Intel)
- iPad Professional (2nd and 4th technology)
For details about what Apple launched within the decade earlier than that learn:
