Apple to Release These 15 New Products Later This Year

[MacRumors]

April and May have been relatively slow months for Apple this year, but there is a lot to look forward to heading into WWDC 2026 and beyond.

Apple is expected to release at least 15 more products later this year, with some of them held up until the more personalized version of Siri launches.

Beyond the usual annual updates to iPhones and Apple Watches in September, Apple's all-new smart home hub is finally expected to debut later this year. We are also expecting a foldable iPhone Ultra, a redesigned MacBook Ultra with an OLED display, and long-awaited updates to the Apple TV, HomePod, and HomePod mini. Plus more.

Here is what to expect from Apple later this year, according to rumors.

iPhones

• iPhone 18 Pro: A20 Pro chip, a smaller Dynamic Island, a simplified Camera Control button, a Dark Cherry color option, variable aperture for at least one rear camera, Apple's C2 modem with support for 5G web browsing via satellite, and more.
• iPhone 18 Pro Max: The same features rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro, but the Pro Max model might be slightly thicker.
• iPhone Ultra: A foldable iPhone Ultra with a 7.7-inch inner display and 5.3-inch outer display, two rear cameras, one front camera, a Touch ID power button instead of Face ID, and more. iOS 27 is expected to be tailored for the foldable iPhone, allowing for side-by-side apps and other iPad-like multitasking functionality.

Apple Watches

• Apple Watch Series 12: A faster S11 chip or newer, plus design changes such as Touch ID and/or more health sensors (disputed).
• Apple Watch Ultra 4: A faster S11 chip or newer, plus design changes such as Touch ID and/or more health sensors (disputed). There may also be additional satellite features for the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and newer, such as Apple Maps via satellite and the ability to send and receive photos with Messages via satellite.

iPads

• iPad 12: A16 chip → A18 chip or A19 chip with Apple Intelligence support.
• iPad mini: A17 Pro chip → A19 Pro or A20 Pro chip, an OLED display, a vibration-based speaker system, and a water-resistant design.

Macs

• Mac Studio: M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips → M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips.
• Mac mini: M4 and M4 Pro chips → M5 and M5 Pro chips.
• iMac: M4 chip → M5 chip, plus new color options.
• MacBook Ultra: A major MacBook Pro redesign in late 2026 or early 2027, with M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, an OLED display, a touch screen, a Dynamic Island, and a thinner design. On this laptop, which will reportedly be named MacBook Ultra, macOS 27 is expected to offer a touch-friendly interface.

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[DocMultimedia]

Looks a lot like this article. But I'm sure there are always new people coming to MR that won't mind being told about the future, plus three extra products. 😀

Thread '12 New Apple Products Still Expected This Year'
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/12-new-apple-products-still-expected-this-year.2478943/

 

[crsh1976]

The rollout of the M5 family has definitely slowed down to a crawl for desktops with the ram and storage chip shortage - the M4 desktops are in very high demand from all sides, delivery dates are getting longer every day, but no update has happened yet. The situation is a total pickle.

Oh and please release the new AppleTV already, nobody cares about or is waiting for Siri anyway.

 

[bLackjackj]

Why can I picture just 100’s of thousands of dusty old A17 Apple TV’s,..just sitting in a warehouse for 2 years, waiting on some sort of Siri by Google update?

Literally 2 years late!

 

[DocMultimedia]

Why can I picture just 100’s of thousands of dusty old A17 Apple TV’s,..just sitting in a warehouse for 2 years, waiting on some sort of Siri by Google update?

Literally 2 years late!

Yeah, I keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and....

I really don't know why they didn't release them back then. After all, they never ran a commercial showing speakers that do AI.

 

[alfonsog]

I’ve been reading rumors that the HomePods and appletv’s and Home Hub or whatever they call it have been boxed up and ready to ship from warehouses for 3 years now. Just waiting on Siri. For 3 years now. That’s just sad.

 

[rensuchan]

Why can I picture just 100’s of thousands of dusty old A17 Apple TV’s,..just sitting in a warehouse for 2 years, waiting on some sort of Siri by Google update?

Literally 2 years late!

I wish they would just release them too. I'm sitting on old Apple TV HDs and I'd love to update my primary home hubs to something matter capable since the HomePod Mini has proven to be pretty unreliable for that purpose.

 

[ericgedi77]

It's beyond, passed time to release a new Apple TV.

 

[jwolf6589]

April and May have been relatively slow months for Apple this year, but there is a lot to look forward to heading into WWDC 2026 and beyond.

Apple is expected to release at least 15 more products later this year, with some of them held up until the more personalized version of Siri launches.

Beyond the usual annual updates to iPhones and Apple Watches in September, Apple's all-new smart home hub is finally expected to debut later this year. We are also expecting a foldable iPhone Ultra, a redesigned MacBook Ultra with an OLED display, and long-awaited updates to the Apple TV, HomePod, and HomePod mini. Plus more.

Here is what to expect from Apple later this year, according to rumors.

iPhones

• iPhone 18 Pro: A20 Pro chip, a smaller Dynamic Island, a simplified Camera Control button, a Dark Cherry color option, variable aperture for at least one rear camera, Apple's C2 modem with support for 5G web browsing via satellite, and more.
• iPhone 18 Pro Max: The same features rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro, but the Pro Max model might be slightly thicker.
• iPhone Ultra: A foldable iPhone Ultra with a 7.7-inch inner display and 5.3-inch outer display, two rear cameras, one front camera, a Touch ID power button instead of Face ID, and more. iOS 27 is expected to be tailored for the foldable iPhone, allowing for side-by-side apps and other iPad-like multitasking functionality.

Apple Watches

• Apple Watch Series 12: A faster S11 chip or newer, plus design changes such as Touch ID and/or more health sensors (disputed).
• Apple Watch Ultra 4: A faster S11 chip or newer, plus design changes ( such as Touch ID and/or more health sensors (disputed). There may also be additional satellite features for the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and newer, such as Apple Maps via satellite and the ability to send and receive photos with Messages via satellite.

iPads

• iPad 12: A16 chip → A18 chip or A19 chip with Apple Intelligence support.
• iPad mini: A17 Pro chip → A19 Pro or A20 Pro chip, an OLED display, a vibration-based speaker system, and a water-resistant design.

Macs

• Mac Studio: M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips → M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips.
• Mac mini: M4 and M4 Pro chips → M5 and M5 Pro chips.
• iMac: M4 chip → M5 chip, plus new color options.
• MacBook Ultra: A major MacBook Pro redesign in late 2026 or early 2027, with M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, an OLED display, a touch screen, a Dynamic Island, and a thinner design. On this laptop, which will reportedly be named MacBook Ultra, macOS 27 is expected to offer a touch-friendly interface.

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Yes Apple when are you gonnna release a new AppleTV????

 

[Terry2023]

Announcing AI Siri was the worst mistake Apple has made in a very long time. Odd really. Apple's defining characteristic is they are LAST to the party. But they bring the nicest stuff. This time they got suckered into the AI fever that is still gripping the world. The inescapable problem is AI doesn't do what people said it will do. It may well NEVER do a lot of the things that were proclaimed already shipping.

Oh, and $20 trillion worth of data centers, micro-nuclear reactors, and tens of thousands of satellites are NOT going to be built. Why? I'll give you 20 trillion reasons why.

 

[guzhogi]

I'd be curious to see a combination AppleTV/Homepod soundbar like thing, with builtin camera. Great audio, plus let people FaceTime, Zoom, Google Meet or whatever.

 

[guzhogi]

Apple's defining characteristic is they are LAST to the party.

Yeah, a company of Apple's resources should not necessarily be last. I'm fairly okay with not being first, just so Apple can put out a quality product/service, and also make sure it's not just a quick fad.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Why can I picture just 100’s of thousands of dusty old A17 Apple TV’s,..just sitting in a warehouse for 2 years, waiting on some sort of completely unwanted and unwarranted Siri by Google update?

Literally 2 years late!

FTFY

 

[AppleMega]

As always, my money is on Q1 2027 for the Super-MBP.

 

[McTool]

How many times did McGurman stated that a new HomePod, Apple TV and lets not forget the HomePod with a screen is due to come out?
I lost count

 

[SouthernApple]

lol zero chance a new AppleTV comes out this year.

ZERO.

 

[Crom!]

If the new Apple TV doesn't come with pass through audio then no point for me in upgrading

 

[User 7654321]

It's a shame that Apple exited the router/networking space. I feel like that could have morphed into combo products like HomePod with mesh wifi. I used the Apple Airport Extreme for many years and it was a fantastic router.

I'm also in the group waiting for a new AppleTV to come out. I wish they'd just release it already! I'm looking for updated hardware. I am indifferent to whatever software features they're working on...

 

[ItsASpider]

At this point I hope they just skip the M5 for the Mac mini (and Studio) and just wait to the end of the year to go straight to M6.

 

[everlast3434]

New iPads. Thank god! The current generation is so boring!

 

[Harddrive]

I am interested in a new Apple TV.

 

[paulcons]

Looking forward to the new Apple TV (I desperately need one, I've had it with the despicable Tizen OS on my TV) but am flummoxed by the TV Pro, TV Max, and TV Ultra I am reading about. I am ALSO very anxious about the long rumored Apple Smart Ring. Really hoping this may be one of Jobs famous "one more thing" which nobody had speculated about.

 

[Happy_John]

It's a shame that Apple exited the router/networking space. I feel like that could have morphed into combo products like HomePod with mesh wifi. I used the Apple Airport Extreme for many years and it was a fantastic router.

It is a shame. But I doubt they’d go back to it, esiecialou seeing the smaller unifi problem ducts Ubiquiti are pushing these days - in look and feel and focus on a fully integrated network ecosystem, a new Apple range would be redundant, as it would be close of a clone of Ubiquiti’s offerings.

There’s a gap in the market between directly connected drives and a small 2 bay NAS, purely for TM backups (as the TimeCspsule covered, , but Apple just aren’t concerned with offering an Apple branded product to cover this

The only thing in terms of networking these days that Apple does is thread support in HomePods and Apple TV. That’ll be the extent of what they offer, as they want cloud for everything else.

 

[MacGizmo]

I can't be the only one who would be absolutely overjoyed if Apple skipped everything listed in the article and just put out a better keyboard with backlighting (a mechanical keyboard would be even better!) and a mouse that doesn't completely suck for the Mac.

 

[FernMam]

I can't be the only one who would be absolutely overjoyed if Apple skipped everything listed in the article and just put out a better keyboard with backlighting (a mechanical keyboard would be even better!) and a mouse that doesn't completely suck for the Mac.

Magic Mouse: my favourite mouse of all time. A joy to use, simple, and versatile. I've been a graphic designer for decades. My first Mac was the Apple Power Macintosh 6100/60AV.