iOS 18 Is Huge! , Apple Event and The Next iPads Pro

Summary

This Apple news update for January 29th, 2024 overviews iOS 18 features, upcoming March Apple events, iPhone 16 camera upgrades, and more. It discusses the Mac's 40th anniversary, new Apple Vision Pro videos, App Store outages, Apple music expansions, the Swift student challenge, Death Stranding coming to iOS, Apple car updates, iOS 17.4 and sideloading, potential new iPads and Macs, iPhone 16 camera sensor and dynamic range improvements, and scaled back Apple car development. The summary highlights the key points to inform viewers and spark their interest in the full video.

Takeaways

• 😀 The Mac turned 40 years old this week. The first Mac was seen by the author's father.
• 📱 There are new Apple Vision Pro and iPhone 15 ads released on YouTube this week.
• 📱 There was a major Apple services outage this week affecting the App Store, Apple Music, and more.
• 🔎 A new web browser called Arc lets you search topics and creates custom pages.
• 🎶 Apple Music Classical launched in more countries including Japan and China.
• 👩‍💻 Apple opened applications for their 2024 Swift Student Challenge.
• 🎮 Death Stranding will launch on Apple devices on January 31st.
• 📱 iOS 17.4 will allow sideloading apps in the EU starting in 27 countries.
• 📱 iOS 18 expected to be one of the biggest iOS updates with major redesign.
• 📱 March Apple event may see new iPad Air, iPad Pro, MacBooks, and more.

Q & A

What year is the video set in?

The video is set in 2024.

What anniversary of the Mac is mentioned?

The 40th anniversary of the Mac is mentioned.

What new Apple videos are mentioned?

New Apple videos for iPhone 15, Apple Vision Pro, and Chinese New Year are mentioned.

What new web browser does the host mention using?

The host mentions using a new web browser called Arc.

What Apple outage affected services last week?

An Apple outage affected the App Store, Apple Music, and AppleCare last week.

What countries will get iOS sideloading?

27 EU countries will get iOS sideloading, not including the UK, US, Japan, or Australia.

What is the expected release timeframe for iOS 18?

iOS 18 is expected to be released in beta in June at WWDC and final release in September.

What iPad updates are rumored for March?

iPad Air with M2 chip and 12.9" screen, and iPad Pro with OLED screen, M3 chip, and MagSafe are rumored.

What camera improvements are expected for iPhone 16?

A 12% larger main camera sensor with better dynamic range and noise control is expected.

When is Apple Car expected to be released?

Apple Car is not expected until at least 2028, if ever.

Outlines

00:00

📱 Apple Weekly News Update: iOS 18, Apple Vision Pro, and Mac Milestones

This update covers a wide range of topics including the 40th anniversary of the Mac, with personal anecdotes about first Mac experiences. It highlights the launch of new promotional videos for iPhone 15 and Apple Vision Pro, and introduces a new browser named Arc search, emphasizing its AI-driven search capabilities. Apple's service outages and the availability of Apple Music Classical in more countries are mentioned. Additionally, it discusses the Swift Student Challenge, the anticipation of AAA games for iPhone 15 Pro, and sales expectations for Apple Vision Pro. Finally, it wraps up with weekly Apple deals, indicating ongoing discounts on various products.

05:00

🌍 iOS 17.4 Sideloading and Upcoming Software Updates

This segment discusses the introduction of sideloading in iOS 17.4, limited to the European Union, excluding countries like England, the United States, Japan, and Australia. It anticipates the release of iOS 17.4 beta 2 and the potential for iOS 17.31 to address major bugs. The update covers the release of a Safari Technology Preview for Mac OS Ventura or Somoma, and teases significant features and redesigns expected in iOS 18, including RCS messaging and AI enhancements akin to ChatGPT. It also hints at a March Apple event for new iPads and Macs, with detailed expectations for iPad Air, iPad Pro, and MacBook Air updates.

10:01

📸 iPhone 16 Speculations and Apple Car Updates

The final paragraph shifts focus to the iPhone 16, hinting at camera improvements with a 12% larger sensor and better dynamic range and noise control. It mentions a new capture button, suggesting a continued emphasis on photographic capabilities in upcoming models. Additionally, it touches on the Apple Car project, noting a scale back in autonomous driving features with a potential launch not expected until at least 2028. The summary concludes with an invitation for audience engagement regarding the upcoming Apple Vision Pro release and a reminder to subscribe and like the video.

Keywords

💡iOS 18

iOS 18 is mentioned as a significant upcoming update for Apple's mobile operating system, expected to bring substantial changes and features, including RCS messaging and enhanced AI functionalities similar to ChatGPT. The anticipation around iOS 18 is linked to its portrayal as potentially the largest update in iPhone's history, implying major enhancements and possibly a redesign akin to iOS 7. This context situates iOS 18 as a cornerstone of the video's discussion on future Apple software developments.

💡Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision Pro is highlighted as launching within the week of the video's timeline. It represents Apple's foray into new product categories, likely referring to an advanced AR or VR headset. The video discusses the Vision Pro's introduction, expected reviews, and its sales performance, including pre-launch sales figures and availability, signifying its importance as a new technological offering from Apple.

💡iPads

The mention of upcoming iPads, potentially being unveiled at a March Apple event, reflects the ongoing evolution and expansion of Apple's tablet lineup. The video hints at updates to the iPad Air and iPad Pro models, including significant improvements like OLED displays and M-series chips, illustrating Apple's commitment to advancing its tablet technology to maintain its market leadership.

💡Mac 40th Anniversary

The 40th anniversary of the Macintosh is noted, celebrating a significant milestone for one of Apple's foundational product lines. This context provides a moment of reflection on the Mac's history and evolution, connecting past experiences with current technological advancements and personal stories of first encounters with the Mac, thus adding a historical perspective to the video's narrative.

💡Arc Search

Arc Search is introduced as a new, innovative browser that utilizes AI to compile comprehensive web pages from various sources on queried topics. Its mention in relation to searching for Apple Vision Pro details underscores the evolving landscape of internet search tools and their potential to enhance user experience through advanced aggregation and presentation of information.

💡Apple services outage

The video references a major outage affecting Apple services, including the App Store and Apple Music, highlighting the vulnerabilities even major tech companies face with their online platforms. This incident is used to discuss the broader implications of service reliability, customer impact, and how such events are communicated and resolved by corporations.

💡Swift Student Challenge

The Swift Student Challenge is mentioned as an annual competition by Apple to engage and reward young coders for their innovative use of Swift, Apple's programming language. It reflects Apple's commitment to education and fostering a new generation of developers, with the 2024 challenge introducing distinguished winners and offering unique experiences, indicating the event's growing prestige and importance.

💡AAA games for iPhone 15 Pro

The discussion about AAA games, specifically the launch of 'Death Stranding' for the iPhone 15 Pro series, showcases Apple's push to bring high-quality gaming experiences to its devices. This move illustrates the growing convergence of mobile and traditional gaming platforms, and Apple's efforts to capitalize on the capabilities of its hardware to appeal to a broader audience of gamers.

💡Apple Music Classical

Apple Music Classical's expansion into more countries reflects Apple's efforts to diversify its music streaming service's offerings and cater to a wider range of musical tastes. By introducing a genre-specific service to new markets, Apple aims to enhance user experience and broaden its global customer base, underlining the company's strategy of service diversification.

💡side loading in the EU

The video discusses the introduction of side loading on iOS devices in the European Union with the iOS 17.4 update, a significant policy change allowing users to install apps from sources outside the App Store. This development is framed within the broader context of regulatory compliance and Apple's adaptation to legal and market demands in different regions, highlighting the complexities of global tech operations.

Highlights

This week iOS 18, iPads, March Apple event, and Apple Vision Pro launches

New videos for iPhone 15 and Apple Vision Pro posted this week

Major Apple services outage this week affected App Store, Apple Music, Apple Care

New Arc browser uses AI to compile custom websites from searches

Apple Music Classical now available in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China

Apple Swift Student Challenge applications open February 5th

Death Stranding launching on iPhone, iPad, Mac on January 31st

Apple Vision Pro has huge box, sold 180,000 units already

iOS 17.4 brings sideloading to 27 EU countries, not US

Expect iOS 17.4 beta 2 soon, followed by rapid betas and iOS 17.3.1

New Safari Technology Preview 187 released

iOS 18 said to be one of biggest iOS updates ever

New iPad Air, iPad Pro in March with M2, M3, OLED, MagSafe

iPhone 16 main camera gets 12% larger sensor, better dynamic range

Apple Car development continues but scales back autonomous driving

Transcripts

hi everyone Aaron here for zolot and

this week we have a lot to talk about

with iOS 18 as well as the upcoming

iPads maybe a March Apple event and

apple Vision Pro launches this week as

well this is your weekly Apple news

update for the week of January 29th

2024 this past Tuesday the Mac actually

turned 40 years old I used the first one

or at least I saw one that my father

used and my first Mac that I personally

owned was the iBook G4 14in I'm curious

to know if you've owned a Mac what was

the first one you used as well well

Apple also add a couple new videos for

iPhone 15 and apple Vision Pro this week

they posted them on YouTube you can see

them here where it says hello Apple

Vision Pro we have a new one called

swoop about the ceramic shield on iPhone

15 and also shot on iPhone 15 Pro for

Chinese New Year called little garlic so

be sure to check those out if you

haven't already some of them are pretty

nice The Vision Pro doesn't really show

us anything more that we haven't seen

already though however supposedly those

reviews will start coming out tomorrow

now you may have already seen I'm using

a new browser this is a new browser

called Arc search and I really like it

if you want to search something it's

free so if you want to search Apple

Vision Pro and then just tap on browse

for me it uses Ai and compiles its own

website with six different web pages

give it a moment here and it will make a

website for you with all the different

information you probably want so we'll

give it a second to complete it's giving

haptic feedback in the phone and you can

see it's actually filling in the website

itself it's got information such as the

overview the price the release date

availability and it will continue to

build the web page and maybe it's a

little slow as they're getting a lot of

downloads right now but it shows

different images and more so it's sort

of a general overview and you can do

this with just about anything you're

searching for also if you are having

problems this past week with apple

services such as the App Store maybe not

loading or you weren't able to install

apps you're not alone they had a major

outage that went on so this affected

everything from the app store on iOS

iPad and Mac as well as Apple music and

Apple Care not showing up properly on

iPhone so that's been fixed since and if

you ever want to see the status of that

just go to a browser and search Apple

system

status you'll see it here we can search

for it and then it will pop up give it a

second here you'll see system status and

on the system status page it says all

services are operating normally but you

can see if there's problems and this

typically updates in real time so if

you're having an issue you can check

that out there apparently some people

are experiencing an issue currently in

the App Store they're not able to see

reviews if we scroll down you can see I

have a bunch of different reviews here

but some people apparently don't see

this at all let me know if you're

experiencing this on your device also

another thing I wanted to mention is

Apple music classical is now available

in more countries I talked about how it

would be coming to different countries

before and now it's out in Japan South

Korea Taiwan Hong Kong and China so

that's available in all of those

different locations now every year apple

has a new Swift student Challenge and

this year is no different with

applications opening on February 5th

2024 and they'll be available for 3

weeks it says new for the 2024 challenge

out of 350 winners will recognize 50

distinguished winners for their

outstanding submissions and invite them

to Apple and copertino for an

extraordinary experience typically that

happens at

WWDC and then they announce winners

there and show all of the best apps

submitted by students so if you're

interested in this I'll link it in the

description below if you want to check

it out we've also been waiting and we've

been promised more AAA games for the

iPhone 15 Pro Series this year is no

different and this time around it looks

like death stranding is going to launch

very soon you'll see it here it is

coming soon January 31st 2024 for $1

19.99 so this will be available on

iPhone as well as Mac and iPad so if

you're interested in that you'll have

that in just a couple days now now

according to Mac Rumors Apple Vision Pro

has a huge box and it looks to be the

size of two Mac Studio boxes combined

according to Ming quo the Apple vision

Pro is already sold up to 180,000 units

however he expected only 880,000 to be

available at launch and it looks like in

some cases in different stores across

the United States it's still available

for a day after or so pickup if we go to

the Apple Store and in my local Apple

Store it's still available the day after

it releases officially on February 3rd

so if you want to pick one up this is

available for the 512 and 1 tbyte

options they're still available in some

stores you'll just have to check your

area after setting up your face scan and

selecting your options now I did want to

mention a couple weekly Apple deals and

then we'll talk about Apple releases

including iOS 18 this week we have

airpods Pro two just like we have before

but they're not as discounted they're

only about $10 off also the 15-in

MacBook Air is up to $300 off so if

you've been looking for one of these

they're available for a little bit less

I'll link that in the description as

well as discounted air tags Beat Studio

Pro so if you've been looking for those

Beat Studio Pro are now discounted or

still discounted as as well as air Tags

and More so again I'll link all of those

in the description if you'd like to

check them out with iOS 17.4 we know

that we're getting side loading in the

European Union this includes 27

different countries it does not include

England it doesn't include the United

States or Japan or Australia it's just

the countries listed below as you can

see here with Austria Belgium Bulgaria

as well as Latvia Italy Lithuania

Slovenia Spain and Sweden and many

others so probably this will be pushed

out around the world at some point but

right now it's just limited to those 27

countries now this week we could see iOS

17.4 beta 2 we don't know that 100% is

Apple never says for sure but at this

point we could see it as soon as Tuesday

or Wednesday if we don't see it this

week then we'll see it the following

week we don't know if we're on a two-e

schedule with this one as this is more

of a Rapid Release as Apple has to get

this ready by March to comply with the

European Union laws so we'll probably

have something pretty quickly I would

expect betas probably every week but

they may change change this up as they

need to as we get closer to a final

release and then also we could see iOS

17.31 in between if they still have some

major bug fixes to fix as well now also

Apple released a safari technology

preview if we go to Apple's website you

can see the release version here 187

released on January 24th 2024 and it

works with Mac OS Ventura or somoma and

fixes quite a few things that the

previous version did not so be sure to

download that if you're testing it out

now also this year we're expecting iOS

18 I've mentioned in the past that I

think it's going to probably be a large

update and this week it's confirmed at

this point we know a couple different

features iOS 18 will include RCS

messaging Apple's already mention that

and we're also going to get Siri that is

comparable to maybe chat GPT in

utilizing AI functionality however this

time around like I said Mark German is

basically confirmed that he's being told

that the new operating system is seen

within the company as one of the biggest

iOS updates if not the biggest in the

company's history or iPhone's history

that means maybe a major redesign such

as iOS 7 was so we could see a huge

change in June when it releases at WWDC

for beta testers typically and then a

final release sometime in September that

seems to be something that I've been

expecting for years it seems long

overdue and we've seen some hints of

that with things such as the action

button UI that looks completely

different than anything else throughout

all of iOS and we're seeing more and

more hints of maybe some changes here

and there yes we'll get AI but I expect

a major update hopefully maybe to match

and be more consistent with things such

as Mac and apple Vision Pro with

additional depth and some changes

throughout so we could see a new Control

Center and many more changes Mark has

actually said it'll have more details

that we'll be sharing a little bit later

on so we have to wait for that hopefully

we'll see that very soon he'll probably

trickle that out week to week with

different details on iOS 18 he's been

wrong in the past about certain things

but typically with software he's spot on

so I would expect a major update this

year we thought it would be last year

that was speculation by other people but

Mark Gman never actually said that this

year he's saying expect a big update so

I would expect it to be pretty major

this time we could have a March Apple

event where we have new iPads iPad Air

iPad Pro maybe some others maybe iPad

Mini as well as new Mac Mark German also

mentioned that the upcoming iPad refresh

would begin late March in his weekend

Bloomberg power on newsletter Mark said

that Apple would be introducing an iPad

Air that's 12.9 in like this iPad Pro

which I think is a mistake I think they

need to get rid of iPads they've got too

many of them but either way it would

have a 10.9 in and a 12.9in option with

an M2 chipset iPad Pro is expected to

get the largest update with an 11-in and

13-in model that both feature OLED

displays it will add brightness have

better contrast less power usage

hopefully no pwm and also have a

promotion display that can ramp down

even further to save more power maybe 24

or 1 Hertz up to 120 htz it would have

the M3 CPU as well as mag safe charging

is expected so you'll be able to maybe

charge this wirelessly at some point and

have a new magic keyboard with an

increased cost so they don't expect to

sell as many apparently and we're also

expecting a new Apple pencil according

to 9 to5 Mac the main difference so far

is that it would have fined my

capabilities so whether or not it has a

little speaker or maybe is just

available in fine my we don't know but

it looks like that could be an upcoming

change to it according to 9 to5 Mac also

MacBook Air is expected to get a very

small refresh with maybe an M3 CPU so

the 15in and 13-in MacBook Air could

bump up from an M2 to an M3 and gain

Wi-Fi 6 so or Wi-Fi 6E rather so we're

expecting all of that probably around

the end of March maybe with a different

Apple event or possibly a press release

but we do have an Apple event usually in

early 2024 or early in every single year

so expect that in just a couple months

now as far as iPhone 16 well there's a

little bit to talk about here where the

main camera sensor is said to feature a

12% larger sensor we knew it was going

to get some camera updates and

apparently apple is really going to

focus on the camera this year and the

updated 48 megapixel sensor would have

much better dynamic range and noise

control so this would be a better camera

not only for photos but also for video

if it has better dynamic range and

control of noise so that makes a lot of

sense this is from a reliable weeo user

who's actually got a solid track record

named digital chat station so all of

those things are expected for iPhone 16

along with a new capture button which

would make sense if they're focusing on

the camera and some new changes as well

however it's expected to be minor with

the focus being mostly on software with

iOS 18 there's also some news about

Apple car where it's in the works still

but autonomous driving portions of the

car have been sort of scaled back this

is again according to Bloomberg where

Apple's not focusing as much on that but

it's still planned but not until at

least 2028 if ever whether or not Apple

actually releases a car or just works

with third party manufacturers is hard

to say but it looks like they are still

working on it so let me know if you'd be

interested in an apple car in the

comments below and so that's everything

this week we're expecting with iOS 18 so

far a big redesign or a big change as

well as some updated things but we're

looking forward to Apple Vision Pro this

Friday let me know if you're planning to

pick one up or you're interested or not

interested I'd love to hear from you in

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