Apple is hosting its big fall event on September 9th, 2026, to announce its latest Apple Watches and iPhones, including, we expect, the company’s first foldable. This will also mark the first hardware release under new CEO John Ternus.
According to Mark Gurman, Apple’s retail stores are planning a “reset” on the evening of November 5th into Friday the 6th. Generally, that means new signage and demo devices indicating that it could be the on-sale date for the M6 iMac, touchscreen MacBook Pro, and OLED iPad mini rumored to be announced later this month.
A last-minute report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s smart home hub will be called HomeView, not HomePad and will ship in mid november. He says it won’t be an iPad-like experience with an App Store, and will offer a much more limited experience.
Apple potentially used a shell company named Home Services LLC to secretly file for a “HomeView” trademark in the U.S. and various other countries last year, around the same time that another shell company named Home Operations Suite LLC that also might be linked to Apple filed for a “homeOS” trademark.
Perhaps the phrase is for something that will be announced at the October 13th “Welcome home” event? At least we don’t have to wait too long to find out.
The new iPhone Handoff feature lets you use a secondary iPhone simultaneously with your T-Mobile number but comes with an extra monthly fee, according to a T-Mobile press release. The feature will work with any iPhone on iOS 27.
Apple’s website now shows the release date for the next major macOS update, which includes features like Siri AI, Liquid Glass refinements, and fixed window corners.
iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 will launch on September 14th, too.
It’s an interesting video that gives you a better idea of how apps might look on the device. I really like all the different ways apps can appear based on the “pose” of the Duo, and I hope a lot of developers do the right things to make that all work. Apps that aren’t updated for iOS 27 SDK might look a little wonky, though.
With AppleCare One Family, which costs $49.99 per month, you get AppleCare Plus with theft and loss coverage for every “eligible” device for as many as six people in a family sharing group. Check out the full details on Apple’s AppleCare website.
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If you have an iPhone 14, 15, or 16 series phone, Apple will let you keep free access to satellite features for at least another year if you activated them before midnight PT on September 9th, according to Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro press release. The company has extended free access a couple times before.
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This year’s iPhone event included Apple’s first foldable, an upgraded iPhone 18 Pro, and much more.
