Apple’s plans for new Macs, iPads, and more
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🗓️ 11 July 2025
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- Apple planning new Mac external display, MacBooks, iPads, and more for early 2026
- Belkin ending support for most of its Wemo smart home accessories
- COO exit raises questions about Apple Watch future
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Friday, July 11th, 2025. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.3 | We are sponsored this week by Robo Rock. |
| 0:11.9 | Leading off today, Apple is reportedly planning for a busy start to 2026. |
| 0:17.3 | A new report from Bloomberg details that Apple is working on updates for various iPad, Mac, and iPhone models destined for the first half of next year. |
| 0:25.5 | There's a new MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip, which will be the last with the current design language. |
| 0:31.9 | A new iPad Air powered by the M4 chip, but otherwise largely unchanged. |
| 0:37.0 | A new entry-level iPad with a faster chip, |
| 0:39.5 | but also otherwise mostly unchanged, a new MacBook Air powered by the M5, an iPhone 17E powered by the |
| 0:47.5 | A-19 chip with a design similar to the iPhone 16E, and a new Mac external monitor. |
| 0:54.7 | Bloomberg says that Apple had initially targeted to release the new M5 MacBook Pro lineup later this year. |
| 1:00.7 | Internally, however, that timeline has apparently shifted to the first half of 2026. |
| 1:05.8 | While the M5 MacBook Pro will largely resemble the current design, |
| 1:09.7 | Apple is reportedly planning new cases and a move |
| 1:13.2 | to OLED screens for the M6 generation. There aren't many details about what to expect from that new |
| 1:19.6 | external display. This would be Apple's first new monitor since releasing the studio display in |
| 1:24.9 | 2022, which continues to exist in Apple's lineup alongside |
| 1:29.1 | the Pro Display XDR at $5,000 from 2019. |
| 1:33.8 | Previous rumors have suggested Apple is working on multiple new external display products, including |
| 1:39.6 | at least one with a 7K resolution. |
| 1:43.3 | Finally, there's also the ongoing saga around Apple's smart home |
| 1:46.4 | display product. This smart display product was originally slated to be released during the first |
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