Week in Review 21: Mac Studio, Mac Pro, iPhone SE rumors, iOS 18 features and more

Last fall, Apple already upgraded the necessary Mac computers. For example, the M3 chip was added to the iMac and MacBook Pro. The iPad Pro was recently even equipped with an M4 chip. The chance that Apple will equip the Mac Studio with an M4 Ultra processor this year is small.

Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter states that Apple plans not to upgrade the Mac Studio and Mac Pro until 2025. Apple may add the M4 Ultra to these power machines in the first half of 2025.

Every spring, Apple previews their new software updates for iPhone and iPad related to accessibility. Also this year, they announced their first iOS 18 features including eye tracking, tactile feedback for music and a solution for motion sickness.

Eye tracking allows users with physical disabilities to control iPad or iPhone with their eyes. Tactile feedback for music lets deaf and hard of hearing users experience music in a new way through iPhone’s Taptic Engine. The new accessibility features will be available later this year with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

Emoji lovers pay attention, because new emoticons have been announced. Unicode Consortium, the creators of the Emojis, have released a beta for Unicode 16 containing new emoji. This way we already know which emoticons we can expect later this year.

The current range of emoji is already large, so the update has been limited to seven brand new emoji that you will soon be able to send and use, including an emoticon with bags under the eyes, fingerprint, tree without leaves, harp, shovel and more. The new emoticons will only be added in a later version of iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15, possibly in the spring of 2025.

Are you waiting for a new iPhone SE? Then you will have to be patient for a while, the 4th generation is not expected immediately. There are even rumors that Apple has completely discontinued the iPhone SE, but this is not yet 100% certain.

Some rumors have already been leaked regarding the new SE. This would probably have the same design as the iPhone XR from 2018 with a few adjustments. This means that the iPhone SE will make the switch to an ‘edge-to-edge’ screen, possibly Face ID and a larger display. However, there are doubts, we should not expect an iPhone SE in 2023 and even 2024.

Now you can download iOS 17.5.1, iPadOS 17.5.1, watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5 and tvOS 17.5 for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and Apple TV. The new software updates provide extra stability and solve various problems. A few new features have also been added, including downloading iOS apps directly from a website and the new Pride wallpapers and watch faces. In iOS 17.5.1, Apple fixed a bug that caused deleted photos to spontaneously reappear, even if they were deleted years ago.

No new features have been added, so the update only contains bug fixes and security has been tightened up again. View our overview of iOS 17 tips to discover all the new possibilities.

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