Apple News 3d Briefing
×Hardware Launches
Apple macrumors.com officially unveiled the MacBook Neo as its new $599 entry-level notebook, featuring an A18 Pro chip and a 16-hour battery. The machine also recycled content 9to5mac.com than any previous Apple product. However, its external display support appleinsider.com is limited to one monitor, and adding Touch ID macrumors.com requires a $100 keyboard upgrade. Walmart 9to5mac.com will carry the device after proving market demand, and even Windows fans 9to5mac.com see it as a compelling value.
The iPhone 17e macrumors.com arrives with 8GB of RAM and Mag Safe, starting at $599. Pre-order discounts from carriers can bring the effective price macrumors.com down to zero with trade-in deals. Meanwhile, the new iPad Air macrumors.com with M4 chip is a minor upgrade over its predecessor, though benchmarks show performance gains 9to5mac.com from the new silicon. The M4 in the iPad Air is binned with only three performance cores appleinsider.com, unlike the iPad Pro version.
Apple also launched updated Studio Display macrumors.com and Studio Display XDR models, both featuring new A19 chips. The XDR version supports DICOM medical imaging macrumors.com for radiology, but neither display works with Intel-based Macs macrumors.com. To achieve the full 120Hz refresh rate on the XDR, you'll need a Mac with an M1 Pro or later macrumors.com. A day-one firmware update macrumors.com is already available. These new displays effectively replace the Pro Display XDR appleinsider.com, which has been discontinued.
Software Updates
Apple released iOS 18.7.6 to fix an emergency call issue macrumors.com affecting older iPhones in Australia. For newer devices, iOS 26.3.1 and iPad OS 26.3.1 arrived with bug fixes and added Studio Display support macrumors.com.