June in the humans of Apple fans is an exciting time . It ’s a clock time when what would otherwise be a boring Apple developer conference becomes an chance to get a preview of the young features arrive to Apple ’s iPhones , iPads , Macs , Watches and other gadget later in the year , and , more often than not , an opportunity for Apple to get everyone ’s tending with a deal of unexampled merchandise announcements .
At last year ’s WWDC Apple made the magnanimous proclamation that it would be transitioning all Macs from Intel processors to its own processors that would be made in house . That transition has already start , with the MacBook Air , MacBook Pro , Mac miniskirt and iMac all usable with Apple ’s M1 chip . And that chip , despite appearing in the low ending versions of Apple ’s Macs has been anything but grim ending !
That ’s the consumer , entrance - level Macs all transitioned to Apple ’s processor , but what of the more powerful pro - focused Macs like the 16 in MacBook Pro and the larger 27 in iMac ? What about the remaining , Intel - power 13 in MacBook Pro and Mac mini ? A pro - focused event like WWDC is an ideal platform for an announcement about these Macs and the successor to the M1 . Read : Everything we make out about the M1X Chip .
There ’s one more thing we are hoping to listen more on , literally . ahead of time in Mac Apple announced plans to turn on Lossless audio recording on Apple Music in June . The new Spatial Audio feature that has also been announced will make for with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max . However , Lossless audio , although available for 75 million Apple Music tracks , you wo n’t be able to heed to it on any AirPods – not even Pro or Max . Nor will you be able-bodied to listen to it on HomePod or HomePod miniskirt .
This is because the lossless format : ALAC ( Apple Lossless Audio Codec ) , does n’t figure out with the Bluetooth AAC codec that the AirPods usage . You might assume that you could bypass this by plugging the AirPods Max in to a equipment that brook the format ( iPhone , iPad , Mac or Apple TV ) but due to conversions happening in the 3.5 mm to Lightning cable , it still wo n’t be really Lossless .
Apple has enounce that support for Lossless audio recording will be tot up to the HomePod and HomePod mini via a future software update . We imagine that the company is gearing up to declare plans to get Lossless onto its other audio devices , and we bear to see and hear more at WWDC .
So without further adieu . Here ’s what we are foretell for June 2021 .
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Apple hardware announcements in June
We bonk that there will be software proclamation at WWDC in June , and there is item about them in the segment below , but we know what you are really concerned in is what new hardware might appear …
14in MacBook Pro
Apple only updated two of the 13 in MacBook Pro models in November 2020 . The 2.0GHz MacBook Pro look set to last get an Apple processor and with it a brand new purpose withdraw the screen to 14 in ! Read about the new14 in MacBook Pro here .
16in MacBook Pro
Alongside the smaller MacBook Pro we may also see an update to the 16 in MacBook Pro model . The 16 in MacBook Pro was last updated in November 2019 , so pro users are desperate for an update now . Apple is likely to practice an even more potent processor and offer additional graphics core compared to the 14 in MacBook Pro . Read more about thenew 16 in MacBook Proin our newsworthiness round up .
Mac mini
Apple ’s update to the Mac mini in November 2020 saw it reduce the cost and impart the superb M1 to two of the model . A third model was exit unchanged . This more expensive Mac mini , which has n’t been updated since 2018 , looks set up to get some care soon . Indications are that there will be a Mac mini Pro with the same M1X CPU anticipate to be consider in the 14 in MacBook Pro and 16 in MacBook Air , so it would n’t be surprising to see it launch at the same time as those raw Macs . Read more about the2021 Mac miniskirt .
32in iMac
We ’ve recently seen Apple update the smaller iMac with a corking new colour scheme , large screen , better FaceTime camera , and the M1 chip . Next up is the prominent iMac . It ’s probable that the 27 in iMac will also gain a big filmdom – perhaps 30 in or 32 in – and color options seem likely , although mayhap not as ‘ sport ’ as those of the 24 in iMac . show about the32 in iMacin our news round up .
Mac Pro
While we are n’t expect to see Apple release a young Mac Pro at WWDC this could be a unspoiled opportunity to discuss the caller ’s plans for that machine , specially following the dying of the iMac Pro , which Apple quit to begin with this year . Read about thenext Mac Proin our hearsay round up .
AirPods
As we mentioned above . Apple ’s made a full-grown promulgation about high - quality audio features on its Apple Music service , only for it to emerge that the AirPods do n’t actually support Lossless audio . It seems like a turn of an oversight and we do wonder if Apple jumped the gun somewhat by announcing the update coming to Apple Music before WWDC at which it is possible that we could see updates to the AirPods that will enable support for this Hawai’i - res audio data format . We go for to hear aboutnew AirPodsat WWDC 2021 , otherwise , what is the gunpoint of adding Lossless to Apple Music ?
Apple software announcements in June
It ’s WWDC on 7 June and as always at WWDC Apple will spend an hr or two in itskeynote addresspresenting the fresh feature amount later this year to iPhones , iPads , Macs , Apple TV , Apple Watch , HomePod , AirPods and every other Apple products . Here ’s what you may expect :
iOS 15
One of the upright things about owning an iPhone is that every year in the autumn / pin you get to delight a bunch of Modern feature when that year ’s Io update lands . WWDC is the first place we get to see what is fare in the next version of iOS and this year will be no different . iOS 15 will volunteer new features and tweaks to the port . We discuss what Io 15 will tender in more detail in ouriOS 15news hub .
iPadOS 15
iPadOS unremarkably gain many of the same features as iOS , but it often gain some iPad - specific changes . We ’re really promising that we will see the iPad start to move closer to the Mac in terms of features – especially now that the M1 chip is in the iPad Pro .
macOS 12
macOS 11 Big Sur and the arriver of the M1 splintering in 2020 bring aboriginal iOS apps to the Mac for the first fourth dimension . We ask to see even close integration of the two operating systems in macOS 12 . Another affair we ’d wish to see is the ability to make iCloud Time Machine backups . We may also see iOS apps like Shortcuts and Health arrive on Mac . Get the in vogue information in ourmacOS 12news hub .
watchOS 8
As for the Apple Watch , we expect to see more Health related features and apps . Find out more about the features come to your Apple Watch in ourwatchOS 8news hub .
tvOS 15
Subscription services
Last but not least , let ’s talk over Apple ’s range of paid subscription services . We already have TV+ , News+ , Apple Music , Apple Arcade , Fitness+ and Podcasts+ ( which has recently been announce ) . We may also see Stocks+ , Mail+ , Maps+ and Health+ .
