Apple September event 2023: AirPods, HomePod, and more
It’s nearly time for Apple’s annual unveiling of its newest and best iPhones, together with such typical enhancements as quicker processors, souped-up cameras, and sleeker chassis. However one of many greatest iPhone modifications this 12 months facilities on the handset’s humble however vital charging port, and it’s a change that’s seemingly coming to Apple’s AirPods line, too.
Certainly, we’re anticipating a minimum of one AirPods mannequin to make an look at Apple’s September event tomorrow, full with a charging case that jettisons the more and more outdated Lightning port.
However what about Apple’s different residence and private leisure merchandise? Will we see new HomePods, HomePod minis, or Apple TV fashions at Apple’s iPhone event tomorrow? Right here’s what we’ve heard.
Apple AirPods Professional
The most recent phrase is that we are going to see a brand new model of Apple’s AirPods Professional at Apple’s September event on Tuesday, however don’t anticipate a serious revamp.
As a substitute, the scuttlebutt has it that the brand new AirPods Professional will arrive with a redesigned charging case that substitutes a USB-C charging port for the previous Lightning port.
That change would convey the AirPods Professional according to new European requirements that require standardized USB-C charging for shopper electronics merchandise, therefore the changeover to USB-C on the most recent iPhone modes.
Simply don’t anticipate every other substantial modifications to the AirPods Professional, provided that the present second-generation model arrived solely a 12 months in the past.
Replace 9/12/2023: Right here’s what Apple introduced in regards to the new USB-C charging case for the AirPods Professional, together with a few attention-grabbing surprises in regards to the new {hardware}.
Apple AirPods Max
The AirPods Max are three years previous now, and the urge for food for a brand new model was just lately whetted by the brand new Beats Studio Professional, which boasts most of the identical options (plus a smoother path to wired lossless audio) at a lower cost level.
However whereas it might sound time for a second-generation model of the AirPods Max to make its debut, rumors of a brand new model have been disappointingly few and far between.
It’s actually attainable {that a} second-generation AirPods Max may arrive subsequent 12 months or in 2025. A number of the options on the want record for the brand new AirPods Max embody high-resolution and even lossless streaming over Bluetooth (or more easily by way of a wired connection), an upgraded H2 chip plus Apple’s ultra-wideband U1 chip (already current within the second-gen AirPods Professional), and redesigned ear cups that don’t generate as a lot sweat.
HomePod and HomePod mini
One HomePod mannequin that we will safely say we gained’t see tomorrow is the full-size model, provided that the second-generation HomePod made its debut initially of the 12 months.
So what in regards to the HomePod mini? It’s been three years because the smaller HomePod arrived on the scene, so it would look like excessive time that the second-gen HomePod mini noticed daylight.
However that’s not what we’re listening to, or a minimum of not by way of Apple’s September iPhone event. As with the AirPods Max, there’s been little or no buzz a few new HomePod mini. Not less than the present model has obtained numerous key updates over the previous a number of months.
Apple TV
Apple has been releasing new fashions of the Apple TV 4K at a reasonably fast clip over the previous few years, together with new variations in 2019, 2021, and final 12 months.
The third-generation Apple TV 4K arrived final October in 64GB and 128GB flavors, with the latter boasting an ethernet port.
However there’s no chatter a few new Apple TV for 2023, and provided that it’s been barely a 12 months because the final model arrived, we’ve fairly certain we gained’t see a brand new Apple TV field on Tuesday.