Apple beget a lot of news , and it can be hard to keep up . If your head was on other things this calendar week , our roundup of Apple - related headlines will work you up to date .
An explosion of new products
Demonstrating my theory thatvirtual announcement are best , Apple this calendar week managed to bone a four- ( in fact arguably six- ) ware event into a exclusive hour . And what an hour it was .
At Spring Loaded on 20 April we learn that thenew iPad Prowould follow with the M1 C.P.U. that won such acclaim power the previous Macs . ( We’renot mergingthe iPad and Mac lines , though . The very idea ! ) It also sport 5 g-force , an upgraded forrard - face camera that can track you around the room , and a crazily specced XDR display on the 12.9 in model .
While we ’re talk about the M1 , those last - minute theories turned out to be right and Apple also launchednew iMacsfeaturing its pop processor ( although not as popular as theM1Xwould have been ) and a chain of rather endearing colouring . Shame the sincerely vivacious gloss are confined to the rear , however , with the front instrument panel more subdued ; indeed our own Karen Haslam was moved to explicate why she isdisappointed with the unexampled iMac design , while Michael Simon could not resist enumerating6 ways the M1 iMac falls short .
But wait , there ’s more . We also got anew Apple TV , and gods be praised , it has a unexampled remote ascendence that looks a band easier to use than the deceptive effort named and simulate in our roundup of theworst Apple ware of all time . ( It ca n’t beused as a games controller , though , so keep that in mind . )
Apple wheel around out anew purple colour finishfor the iPhone 12 and 12 mini , lending an line of imperial decadence to proceeding . We ’re beat one of these in for a photo shoot , so stay tune up for a sneak peek in next week ’s Apple Breakfast .
And ultimately – in both senses of the password – Apple establish theAirTag , its long - expect object tracker . Funnily enough the companionship had already laid the foundations for this merchandise a couple of weeks ago , when it announced the expansion of its get My ecosystem to admit third - party tracker . eldritch that it did n’t herald both things at the same meter – andstrangely generousto Apple ’s partners , who got to ( briefly ) monopolise the market place without overbearing rival from Cupertino .
What a Nox . enamour up with all the excitement with our in - depthrecap of the evening ’s announcements . And here are severalimportant Apple event tidbits(or choice morsel , look on your sensitiveness to rude - sound words ) that you may have miss .
News in brief
Is the smartphone dying?Clearly a compelling question , with Simon and Karen ’s clause the most popular on the site in what was n’t just a slow word hebdomad .
The controversial social platform Parler , which was implicated in the attack on the US Capitol in January , will soon beallowed back on the App Store . The developers have promised to moderate content and withdraw post that incite violence .
Apple has claim that dropping the charger from its iPhone box in 2020 saved861,000 tons of atomic number 30 , copper and tin .
Apple Music pays artiststwice as much as Spotify , according to an open letter . The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers has called on other teem services to match Apple ’s payment charge per unit .
Microsoft ’s Xbox Cloud Gaming armed service haslaunched as a limited betafor iPhone and iPad users .
Apple has announced that from now on you ’ll be capable torenew your Mac ’s AppleCare+ coverageon a yearly base – but only if you live in the US or China .
Like that new Hello screensaver Apple showed off in the iMac introduction ? You canget it now .
Bugs & problems
A security firm has warned of a“significant privateness leak”in AirDrop . A defect could allow strangers to steal your personal data even if they ’re lock out of the system .
There ’s been a profusion of iPhone calendar junk e-mail lately . We face atways to get rid of it .
The rumour mill
You might think there would be no rumours allow after the multiple unveilings on Tuesday Nox . But you could not be more awry .
Most excitingly – and least ethically – there was a big passing water interrelate to the upcoming MacBook Pro update . Leaked drawingswere released following an apparent cyber - attack on Apple partner Quanta Computer , let out the getting even of the MagSafe charger and HDMI and SD card interface , and the disappearance of the Touch Bar . hack group REvil has threatened to publish more information about succeeding products if Quanta does not pay a ransom .
Big news on theiOS 15front , too , with Mark Gurman of Bloomberg predictingseismic changesin the next major iPhone and iPad software update . telling , auto - response , iMessage and the whorl sieve will all be completely revamped , he says .
Avideo leakposted to Twitter supposedly shows the new Apple Pencil – but the reservoir reckon it would be launched at the effect on 20 April , so you might want to take this one with a pinch of salt .
Oh , and Ming - Chi Kuo count the launch of theiPhone 13will see far more countries get access to thefaster mmWave version of 5 G ; at the consequence it ’s usable only to US possessor of the iPhone 12 French telephone . And some Modern leaked images of cover protector unveil the dimensions of the iPhone 13’ssmaller notch .
And that ’s it for this week . Stay Appley !
