Moreover, the Apple Watch laid the foundation for a wearables business that now includes AirPods and the Vision Pro headset. In the years ahead, Apple Inc. plans to build on this expansion by pushing into smart glasses, AI-focused earbuds, and new neck- and shirt-worn devices. But even with all this progress, Apple risks falling behindweiterlesen

In recent years, including 2025, Apple has released four main iPhones — two Pro models and two mid-tier versions — in the fall. And it occasionally debuted a lower-cost SE or “e” model in the early part of the year. But in 2026 and beyond, the company’s smartphone release schedule will look markedly different. Appleweiterlesen

Left unanswered on Monday: which company is paying the other as part of a tight collaboration that has potentially lasting monetary benefits for both. But, according to people briefed on the matter, the partnership isn’t expected to generate meaningful revenue for either party — at least at the outset. The arrangement includes weaving ChatGPT, aweiterlesen

Apple Inc. has shifted the strategy of its Apple Arcade gaming service, canceling contracts for some games in development while seeking other titles that it believes will better retain subscribers. […] On calls in mid-April, an Apple Arcade creative producer told some developers that their upcoming games didn’t have the level of “engagement” Apple is seeking,weiterlesen

[…] about 10 million people had signed up for TV+ by February, only about half that number actively used the service, according to the people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg.com | Lucas Shaw | Mark Gurman Die (schlechten) Zahlen glaube ich sofort, aber mit Netflix, Hulu oder Disney+ hat das nichts zu tun. Widerspricht deshalbweiterlesen

Video-game fans suddenly have their pick of a huge menu of titles thanks to a raft of new mobile subscription services from Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Nvidia Corp. But for the more than 1 billion users of Apple’s iPhone and iPad, the only real option is Arcade, the subscription service launchedweiterlesen

Phillip Shoemaker: So there was an actual fear inside Apples early days of the App Store that if they allowed these different Google services on the phone, the phone could basically become a Google phone. That was a real thing. […] Mark Gurman: Is that a reason why still to this day, and I believeweiterlesen

Spoilerwarnung: Mark Gurman veröffentlicht (s-)einen (umfangreichen) Katalog an uns bevorstehenden Neuerungen für iOS 13 (Codename „Yukon”), macOS 10.15 sowie watchOS 6. Aus allen dort genannten Features ließe sich schon jetzt problemlos eine ‚Top 10‘-Liste erstellen, die Apple auf der WWDC-Keynote dann als Highlights abarbeiten könnte. Unterrepräsentiert erscheint mir in der aktuellen Medienberichterstattung über den Bloomberg-Artikelweiterlesen