Apple News 3d Briefing

Upcoming Apple Products

The M4 iPad Air is expected to be announced macrumors.com during Apple's March 4 "Experience" event. Meanwhile, the iPhone 18 Pro enters trial production macrumors.com with multiple new features including a smaller Dynamic Island macrumors.com, and a revival of a feature Samsung dropped years ago macrumors.com. Apple is reportedly testing a red color option for the Pro models macrumors.com, while rumors suggest a foldable iPhone could be coming as soon as 2026 appleinsider.com. In other hardware news, Apple is developing a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro macrumors.com set to launch in 2026, and a new low-cost MacBook is anticipated soon 9to5mac.com.

Software Updates

Apple continues testing its next software updates, with the second iOS 26.4 beta macrumors.com now available to developers. This update brings back some iOS 18 designs 9to5mac.com and expands RCS encryption testing macrumors.com. Apple also released second betas for mac OS Tahoe appleinsider.com, and tv OS 26.4, while the Vision Pro team shared insights into the design process for vision OS 26 Environments 9to5mac.com. In a curious development, the iOS bootloader has been renamed from 'i Boot' to 'm Boot' appleinsider.com, though the reason for the change remains unknown.