This week noticed rumor updates on the iPhone 17 Professional and next-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional, whereas a minor iOS 18.4.1 replace delivered not simply safety fixes but additionally a repair for some CarPlay points.
We additionally appeared forward at what else is in Apple’s pipeline for the remainder of 2025 and even the Twentieth-anniversary iPhone coming in 2027, so learn on under for all the main points on these tales and extra!
iPhone 17 Professional Launching Later This Yr With These 12 New Options
Rumors about Apple’s next-generation flagship iPhone fashions are persevering with to construct, and we have recapped a protracted checklist of modifications we might even see within the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max after they launch later this yr.
From a a lot bigger rectangular rear digicam bump to improved front-facing and telephoto cameras to a extra scratch-resistant show and chip updates like an all-new A19 Professional and an Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip, there’s heaps in retailer for this yr’s fashions.
10 Merchandise Nonetheless Coming From Apple in 2025
After a flurry of Mac and iPad updates final month, there’s nonetheless loads extra to come back in 2025, unsurprisingly led by the iPhone 17 lineup coming in September as common.
We’re additionally anticipating a trio of latest Apple Watch fashions, an replace for the AirPods Professional, a couple of extra Mac updates, and probably a couple of extra new issues, so make sure you try our full checklist to see what’s in Apple’s pipeline.
Apple Releases Wi-fi CarPlay Repair
Apple this week launched iOS 18.4.1 and associated working system updates, and whereas it did ship the standard safety updates you’d count on in a minor launch model like this one, it additionally features a repair for wi-fi CarPlay points some customers have been experiencing.
In accordance with the discharge notes for iOS 18.4.1, the replace “addresses a uncommon problem that stops wi-fi CarPlay connection in sure autos.”
Apple’s Twentieth Anniversary iPhone Might Lastly Go All Display screen
Current reviews have indicated Apple could also be aiming to make a giant splash with the Twentieth-anniversary iPhone in 2027, and rumors which were circulating for years recommend Apple is constructing towards former design chief Jony Ive’s dream of constructing the machine basically a single slab of glass.
For that to occur, Apple might want to do away with the Dynamic Island that presently homes the front-facing digicam, parts for the Face ID system, and different sensors. Whereas we’re not anticipating a lot improvement on that entrance with the iPhone 17 fashions later this yr, we might even see some progress in 2026 with Face ID parts shifting below the display and probably the digicam following in 2027.
Imaginative and prescient Professional 2 Rumored to Have Two Key Benefits Over Present Mannequin
Apple’s next-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional will reportedly be each lighter and cheaper than the present mannequin, which has struggled to realize traction customers since its debut early final yr.
A thinner and lighter design can also be accompanied by a brand new “midnight” end just like the bluish-black shade seen on a number of different Apple merchandise. The colour has been seen in some alleged half leaks in current days.
Apple Plans to Launch Delayed Apple Intelligence Siri Options This Fall
Apple not too long ago delayed the Apple Intelligence-powered Siri updates that had been anticipated to debut by the center of this yr, noting solely that the options will now roll out “within the coming yr.”
That obscure time-frame has led some to imagine the brand new options could not arrive till as far out as early 2026, however a brand new report claims Apple is aiming to launch them this fall, maybe with the preliminary model of iOS 19 or in one of many early main updates to it.
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