Apple’s two large yearly occasions, WWDC and the iPhone launch, are performed and over with, however there are nonetheless some new merchandise that we’re anticipating to see earlier than the top of the yr.
Apple TV
The Apple TV hasn’t been up to date since 2022, so it is due for a refresh. It does not appear to be Apple goes to vary the design of its set-top field, however we will anticipate a quicker chip
Apple code means that the upcoming Apple TV will use the A17 Professional chip, which Apple first debuted within the iPhone 15 Professional fashions. The A17 Professional is within the iPad mini 7, and it helps Apple Intelligence. We may see some new Apple Intelligence options for the Apple TV for bettering search and content material suggestions.
There is a new model of Siri that can seemingly be built-in into the Apple TV in some unspecified time in the future, however the revamped model of Siri is not coming till spring 2026 and we’re anticipating the Apple TV earlier than the top of 2025.
The A17 Professional has extra superior GPU capabilities like hardware-accelerated ray tracing for console-quality video games, so we may see the Apple TV capable of assist higher-quality gaming titles.
Rumors recommend the Apple TV will get an Apple-designed Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip, and we now know that the chip is known as the N1. It is already within the new iPhone fashions, so it is smart for Apple to include it in different units coming this yr.
Apple may doubtlessly decrease the value of the Apple TV or promote an older mannequin at a extra inexpensive value to higher compete with merchandise just like the Amazon Fireplace Stick that gives 4K streaming for lower than $50.
M5 iPad Professional
Apple is engaged on an up to date iPad Professional with a brand new M5 chip, and we already know fairly a bit about it because it leaked in an unboxing video earlier this week.
We’re anticipating 11-inch and 13-inch variations of the iPad Professional, with the identical design as the present M4 iPad Professional fashions. Primarily based on benchmarks, the M5 affords as much as 12 % quicker multi-core CPU efficiency in comparison with the M4 chip, and as much as 36 % quicker GPU efficiency. Just like the iPhone Air and the iPhone 17 Professional fashions, the following iPad Professional could have 12GB RAM, up from 8GB.
Rumors have prompt the next-generation iPad Professional could have a second entrance digital camera in order that it may be used for video calls in portrait and panorama orientations. A second entrance digital camera just isn’t seen within the video, however it’s not out of the query.
Up to date Imaginative and prescient Professional
Apple can be going to make use of the M5 chip in an up to date model of the Imaginative and prescient Professional, changing the M2 chip. To date, it sounds just like the Imaginative and prescient Professional refresh will focus solely on the chip, with no design modifications deliberate.
Whereas the headset is not being up to date, Apple may introduce a extra snug head strap to cut back neck pressure and head ache.
The FCC by accident leaked the following Imaginative and prescient Professional and a number of different units earlier this week, so we all know a brand new mannequin is not too far off. Rumors have mentioned that the revamped Imaginative and prescient Professional will launch someday in 2025.
HomePod mini
The HomePod mini hasn’t been up to date because it got here out in 2020, however 2025 will supposedly be the yr that it will get a refresh.
It appears to be like like the following HomePod mini will get an up to date S-series chip, seemingly the identical S10 chip that is within the Apple Watch Sequence 11. The unique HomePod mini has the S5 chip that was used within the Apple Watch Sequence 5, however Apple did make some HomePod-specific tweaks to it, like together with Extremely Wideband capabilities.
The S10 chip will present quicker efficiency for any underlying processing that the HomePod mini does. The HomePod mini makes use of computational audio for real-time tuning, so that can see an enchancment, and it may assist extra on-device Siri processing.
More moderen Apple Watch chips have an altimeter that might turn out to be useful for positioning and audio orienting on a HomePod mini, and the S9 and later chips have a four-core Neural Engine which may additionally add new performance.
Just like the up to date Apple TV, the brand new HomePod mini is predicted to make use of Apple’s N1 networking chip for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, with assist for connecting to 6GHz networks.
Together with these inside modifications, we’re additionally anticipating new shade choices for the HomePod mini.
AirTag 2
The AirTag 2 is one more product that is alleged to be up to date earlier than the top of 2025, however with no main design modifications. Rumors recommend the form of the AirTag is not going to vary, however Apple will make under-the-hood enhancements.
Will probably be more durable to get the speaker out of the AirTag 2, stopping tampering for hidden monitoring with out sound alerts. AirTags is also trackable from additional distances, with Apple including a second-generation Extremely Wideband chip that helps thrice the vary.
Sadly, it does not appear to be the AirTags are going to get a chargeable battery or design choices like a slim pockets model.
MacBook Professional
The FCC’s leak included a MacBook Professional, however there weren’t a number of variants within the database like we might anticipate if a refresh of all the MacBook Professional line was coming quickly.
It is doable that Apple will announce a lower-cost MacBook Professional that has an M5 chip, saving M5 Professional and M5 Max variants for a later date. There’s precedent for that sort of staggered launch, and it will make sense as a result of different M5 units just like the iPad Professional and Imaginative and prescient Professional are rumored to be debuting in 2025.
Rumors concerning the launch timing of the M5/M5 Professional/M5 Max MacBook Professional fashions have modified all year long. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman first mentioned the MacBook Professional fashions can be refreshed in late 2025, earlier than saying Apple was “internally concentrating on” an early 2026 launch. Final weekend, Gurman claimed that the brand new MacBook Professional fashions would come out someday between late 2025 and early 2026, so the timeline is not clear.
If Apple does wait till early 2026 to unveil all or a lot of the MacBook Professional fashions, it’d make for a complicated yr. Apple is growing an OLED model of the MacBook Professional that is supposed to return out in late 2026, so there can be an early 2026 launch and maybe a late 2026 launch if the OLED know-how is not later delayed till 2027.
Since there’s a main 2026 refresh in play, Apple may wish to get the entire M5 fashions out in 2025.
Will There Be an October Occasion?
After its September occasion, Apple typically holds a second fall occasion in October or November. This yr, a brand new occasion is a chance, however it’s not assured.
Many of the product refreshes which can be rumored for the previous couple of months of 2025 will function inside updates with no main flashy additions. For that cause, Apple may announce new units via press releases. Apple’s final October occasion was in 2023, when it shared a brief “Scary Quick” Mac-focused presentation. In 2024, Apple launched new M4 Mac fashions with press releases, so it may go both method.
Apple does prefer to unveil new variations of the Apple silicon chip at occasions, and we’ve not seen the M5 but. The M1 got here out at an November 2020 occasion, the M2 was unveiled at WWDC, the M3 got here out in an October 2023 occasion, and the M4 was launched at a Could 2024 occasion.
For the final two years, Apple’s October bulletins have come towards the top of the month, so if there may be an occasion, we may hear about it within the subsequent couple of weeks.
