AirPods 4 come in two variants (iPhone news week #34)

Apple is releasing the AirPods 4 in two new variants next month. Read this and more Apple and iPhone news in the iPhoned-week overview.

Apple releases new version of iOS 17.6.1

iPhone news: There’s another update available for the iPhone! It’s a new version of iOS 17.6. 1, which you probably already have installed on your device. Apple released the first version of iOS 17.6. 1 two weeks ago. With this second version of iOS 17.6. 1, it’s notable that Apple didn’t choose a new name.

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AirPods 4 come in two variants

Apple analyst Mark Gurman of Bloomberg confirms in his Power On newsletter that Apple plans to release two new variants of the AirPods 4 next month. According to Gurman, the two AirPods 4 variants are intended to replace both the AirPods 2 and AirPods 3.

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Mail in iOS 18: These 7 changes are coming to your iPhone

Apple is making major changes to several apps on your iPhone with iOS 18, including the Mail app. For the first time in years, it gets a completely new design and is also being expanded with Apple Intelligence. That means that a lot of new features are coming to the Mail app in iOS 18!

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New Siri (iOS 18.1) vs Old Siri (iOS 17)

Apple released the developer beta of iOS 18.1 a few weeks ago. This release includes the new version of Siri and shows what will change with the implementation of Apple Intelligence. This is a first-ever comparison of the new Siri with the iOS 17 version of Siri.

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Apple Watch Series 10 coming next month

Apple will announce three new Apple Watches next month: the Apple Watch SE 2024, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 10. Expectations are high for the Apple Watch Series 10 (or Apple Watch X), especially since it has been ten years since the first Apple Watch was presented.

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‘These will be the four new colors of the iPhone 16 Pro’

A photo has surfaced on X (formerly Twitter) with all the new colours of the iPhone 16 Pro lined up. The photo was shared by Sonny Dickson, who has often shared pre-models of the iPhone 16. The photo clearly shows the different colours. And one of those colours is already receiving a lot of comments.

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Is the iPhone 16 event happening a week earlier than planned?

Apple has yet to officially announce the iPhone 16 event, but there is a chance that the event will be a week earlier this year. Until now, it was expected that the Tuesday September 10th would take place, but according to new rumors, the date may be moved forward by a week.

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CarPlay in iOS 18: these new features are coming

Not long after the presentation of the new iPhone series and new Apple Watch next month, the major updates iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia will also be released. With iOS 18, many important changes come to the iPhone, but CarPlay is also being expanded with new functions.

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