2023 is right here, and Apple rumors are already flying about this 12 months’s iPhone 15 lineup, the long-rumored mixed-reality headset and extra.

This week can be the annual CES occasion in Las Vegas the place all types of firms are exhibiting off their newest merchandise, whereas the primary of the 12 months noticed Apple lastly shut down the much-loved Darkish Sky climate app it acquired again in 2020. Learn on for all the small print on these tales and extra from the previous week!

iPhone 15 Professional Fashions Rumored to Characteristic Titanium Body, Taptic Buttons, Elevated RAM, and Extra

Apple’s next-generation iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max could have a number of new options, together with a titanium body, solid-state buttons with haptic suggestions, and extra RAM, in keeping with analyst Jeff Pu.

The solid-state quantity and energy buttons could be just like the House button on the newest iPhone SE. As a substitute of bodily shifting, two new Taptic Engines would simulate the sensation of the buttons being pressed.

Apple’s AR/VR Headset Stated to Characteristic Digital Crown, Waist-Mounted Battery Pack, and Extra

Apple’s mixed-reality headset will characteristic a bodily dial for switching to a view of the true world, a waist-mounted battery pack, small motors to robotically alter the interior lenses, and far more, in keeping with a report this week from The Data.

The headset is predicted to be introduced in 2023, with analyst Ming-Chi Kuo saying this week that Apple is more likely to reveal it at a spring media occasion or at WWDC in June as continued growth delays have pushed again mass manufacturing to late within the second quarter or into the third quarter of this 12 months.

CES Video Roundup: Hyper Discover My Backpack, Nanoleaf 4D TV Package, Withings U-Scan, and Extra

MacRumors is at CES 2023 in Las Vegas this week for a hands-on have a look at all the new Apple-related gadgets and equipment being introduced.

We have shared video recaps of the first, second, and third days at CES 2023, providing a better have a look at new merchandise like Hyper’s backpack and Ember’s journey mug with help for Apple’s Discover My app, an iPhone-connected urine reader from Withings, and different fascinating finds on the present ground.

Apple Shuts Down Well-liked Climate App ‘Darkish Sky’

As deliberate, Apple has shut down common climate app Darkish Sky. The app had already been faraway from the App Retailer in September and it stopped functioning for current customers on January 1.

Apple acquired Darkish Sky in March 2020 and it has since integrated most of the app’s options into the preinstalled Climate app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Earlier this month, Apple shared a help doc with data on how Darkish Sky customers can use the Climate app.

AMD Claims Its New Laptop computer Chip is 30% Sooner Than M1 Professional

At CES this week, AMD claimed that its new Ryzen 9 7940HS chip for Home windows laptops is as much as 34% quicker than Apple’s M1 Professional chip out there within the newest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional.

Whereas it seems that Apple silicon competitors is growing, it’s value noting that Apple launched the M1 Professional chip round 14 months in the past and that AMD didn’t provide a comparability to Apple’s quicker M1 Max chip.

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