Notices by Mark Gurman (markgurman@mastodon.social)

NEW: Apple is launching an AI-powered smart home command center device as early as March. Here are all the details of its new operating system, its features, how it looks and how it works. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/apple-home-hub-detailed-apple-intelligence-homeos-square-ipad-like-design?srnd=undefined

The new ultrawide virtual Mac external monitor feature for the Vision Pro is a game changer and the device’s first killer app, especially when combined with the new Belkin over head strap that should come standard in the box. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-10/apple-s-expansion-plan-glasses-home-devices-mixed-reality-headsets-airpods-m3bncxeo

Power On: The iPhone 16 has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple’s slower pace of hardware innovation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-22/apple-iphone-16-pro-max-review-new-model-reflects-slowing-pace-of-innovation-m1dkn8jv

Apple is focused on a much skinnier phone in time for the iPhone 17. It’s also working to make the MacBook Pro & watch thinner. The plan is for the latest iPad to be the start of a new class of devices that are the thinnest/lightest in their categories. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-16/when-is-apple-intelligence-coming-some-ai-features-won-t-arrive-until-2025-lxhjh86w

Power On: Apple’s AI push isn’t so much about its current devices, but enabling its next wave of hardware from AR glasses to AirPods with cameras to potentially humanoid robots and more. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-09/apple-wwdc-ai-announcements-will-enable-home-robot-ar-glasses-camera-airpods-lx7jem9f

My WWDC 2024 Preview: Details on Apple Intelligence - the company’s push into AI, iOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2 and a whole lot more https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/apple-wwdc-2024-what-to-expect-ai-ipados-18-macos-15-siri-updates-more

Power On: Apple’s New iPad Pro Is Missing Only One Thing: a Bigger Screen. Plus, the latest on iOS 18 and Apple’s AI plans and more. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-02/apple-ipad-pro-m4-chip-review-company-inches-closer-to-laptops-with-new-tablets-lwxjbna0

Power On: Inside Apple’s generative AI plan and iOS 18, including new features like AI-created Emojis, extensive Home Screen customization and a big focus on summarizing information https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-26/apple-ios-18-macos-15-ai-features-project-greymatter-privacy-openai-deal-lwni63s3?srnd=undefined

NEW: Apple is exploring home robotics as a potential Next Big Thing after its car project has fizzled. Inside work on a robot that follows you around, a table-top robotics device and more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/apple-explores-home-robots-after-abandoning-car-efforts?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240403&utm_campaign=author_19842959&sref=9hGJlFio

NEW: Apple plans to launch its next iPad Pro and iPad Air lines in early May, with suppliers now ramping up production of the new devices. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-28/when-is-the-new-ipad-pro-ipad-air-coming-out-apple-plans-early-may-launch

BREAKING NEWS: Apple cancels the Apple Car project after a decade-long, multi-billion effort to rival Tesla. Some employees shifting to Generative AI teams. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai?sref=9hGJlFio

NEW: Apple’s longest-serving industrial designer and holder of most patents, who joined the company in 1992 alongside Jony Ive, is leaving, almost completing a total exodus of the company’s vaunted design team formed under Ive. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-13/apple-s-longest-serving-designer-bart-andre-retiring-from-company?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240213&utm_campaign=author_19842959

Power On: Apple’s biggest challenges in 2024 range from catching up in Generative AI, to the App Store to rebooting key products. Also: the latest on the nearing Vision Pro launch https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-07/apple-2024-plans-challenges-gen-ai-vision-pro-china-sales-app-store-changes-lr3k9p8p