What to anticipate (and never anticipate) from one more September Apple occasion

New Apple Watches

New iPhone bulletins are often paired with new Apple Watch bulletins, although if something, the Watch has modified even lower than the iPhone has over the previous few years.

The Apple Watch Series 11 will not be getting a display screen dimension enhance—the Series 10 bumped issues up a smidge simply final 12 months, from 41 and 45 mm to 42 and 46 mm. But the display screen will apparently have a higher maximum brightness—at all times helpful for outside visibility—and there might be a modestly improved Apple S11 chip on the within.

The entry-level Apple Watch SE can be apparently due for an improve. The present second-generation SE nonetheless makes use of an Apple S8 chip, and Apple Watch Series 4-era 40 and 44 mm screens that do not assist always-on operation. In different phrases, there’s a lot that Apple may improve right here with out cannibalizing gross sales of the mainstream Series 11 watch.

Finally, after lacking out on an replace final 12 months, Apple additionally reportedly plans to ship a brand new Apple Watch Ultra, with the bigger 46 mm display screen from the Series 10/11 watches and the identical up to date S11 chip because the common Apple Watch. The present Apple Watch Ultra 2 already has a brighter display screen than the Series 10—3,000 nits, up from 2,000—so it isn’t clear whether or not the Apple Watch Ultra 3’s display screen would additionally get brighter or if the Series 11’s display screen is simply getting a brightness increase to match what the Ultra can do.

Smart residence, TV, and audio

Though iPhones and Apple Watches are often a lock for a September occasion, different merchandise and accent updates are additionally doable.

Of these, probably the most high-profile might be a refresh for the Apple TV 4K streaming field, which might be its first replace in three years. Rumors recommend that the principle improve for a brand new mannequin could be an Apple A17 Pro chip, launched for the iPhone 15 Pro and in addition used within the iPad mini 7. The A17 Pro is paired with 8GB of RAM, which makes it Apple’s smallest and most cost-effective chip that is able to Apple Intelligence. Apple hasn’t accomplished something with Apple Intelligence on the Apple TV immediately, however so far, that has been partly as a result of not one of the {hardware} is able to it.