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 regarded 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 small print on these tales and extra!
iPhone 17 Professional Launching Later This 12 months With These 12 New Options
Rumors about Apple’s next-generation flagship iPhone fashions are persevering with to construct, and we have recapped an extended checklist of modifications we may even see within the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max once they launch later this 12 months.
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 12 months’s fashions.
10 Merchandise Nonetheless Coming From Apple in 2025
After a flurry of Mac and iPad updates final month, there’s nonetheless lots 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 recent Apple Watch fashions, an replace for the AirPods Professional, just a few extra Mac updates, and probably just a few extra new issues, so make sure you take a look at 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 same old safety updates you’d anticipate in a minor launch model like this one, it additionally features a repair for wi-fi CarPlay points some customers have been experiencing.
Based on the discharge notes for iOS 18.4.1, the replace “addresses a uncommon challenge that stops wi-fi CarPlay connection in sure autos.”
Apple’s Twentieth Anniversary iPhone Could Lastly Go All Display screen
Latest stories have indicated Apple could also be aiming to make a giant splash with the Twentieth-anniversary iPhone in 2027, and rumors which have been circulating for years recommend Apple is constructing towards former design chief Jony Ive’s dream of creating the gadget primarily a single slab of glass.
For that to occur, Apple might want to eliminate the Dynamic Island that at the moment homes the front-facing digicam, elements 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 12 months, we may even see some progress in 2026 with Face ID elements 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 achieve traction customers since its debut early final 12 months.
A thinner and lighter design may be accompanied by a brand new “midnight” end just like the bluish-black coloration seen on a number of different Apple merchandise. The colour has been seen in some alleged half leaks in latest days.
Apple Plans to Launch Delayed Apple Intelligence Siri Options This Fall
Apple just lately delayed the Apple Intelligence-powered Siri updates that had been anticipated to debut by the center of this 12 months, noting solely that the options will now roll out “within the coming 12 months.”
That imprecise timeframe has led some to imagine the brand new options might 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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