It’s mid-February 2026, and the Macalope continues to be writing “The place does the time go? All issues fade. Quickly we die.” on all his checks.
It’s just a little sport he likes to play with the Division of Licensing and Registration. The Macalope likes to think about they adore it.
Anyway, it’s excessive time we check out what’s arising this 12 months as a result of earlier than you realize it, it’ll be over. Apple acquired the ball rolling yesterday when it introduced an occasion for March 4th.
Wait. Excuse the Macalope. Not an “occasion”. An “expertise.” An “occasion” is jejune. Fundamental. Lowbrow. An “expertise” is elevated. Refined. Probably complicated or perhaps a little terrifying. The colours on the brand accompanying the announcement have satisfied many who the rumored new colourful MacBook lineup will likely be introduced.
Gurman floats a number of choices, together with yellow, gentle inexperienced, blue, and pink…
It stays to be seen if “gentle” right here means a lighter shade of an precise shade or extra the imprecise idea of the concept of a factor remotely like a shade that Apple tends to default to.
If a less expensive MacBook with a much less highly effective chip excites you, you then’ll love what else Apple is anticipated to ship quickly! The iPhone 17e is anticipated imminently, including an A19 chip and MagSafe charging, one thing the attractive one didn’t understand the 16e didn’t have. A brand new base mannequin iPad and iPad Air are anticipated early this 12 months, however will simply be velocity bumps of the prevailing fashions.
One factor you shouldn’t be anticipating any time quickly is that enhanced model of Siri Apple retains saying is “on schedule” and is “exhibiting good progress” and is “considering of taking a niche 12 months to journey round Europe earlier than deciding whether or not to go to varsity or enter the workforce”. Wait, what was that final one?
After planning to incorporate the brand new capabilities in iOS 26.4…Apple is now working to unfold them out over future variations…probably suspending some options till at the least iOS 26.5, due in Could, and iOS 27, which comes out in September.
26.5. 27. No matter it takes.
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Foundry
In Apple’s protection right here, they’re not the one ones struggling to ship an AI characteristic.
[OpenAI] mentioned its first {hardware} system gained’t ship to clients earlier than the top of February 2027.
That factor that no one is aware of what it’s? Seems Jony Ive and Sam Altman don’t know, both.
Apple additionally could have a couple of surprises up its sleeve this 12 months as the corporate is anticipated to announce new dwelling merchandise, together with a doorbell digital camera and lock that makes use of Face ID. The Macalope has been advocating for Apple to make its own residence automation merchandise for years, and the timing is nice since Amazon appears to have stepped in one thing {that a} hypothetical misplaced canine left on its entrance garden.
Following a complete evaluation, we decided the deliberate Flock Security integration would require considerably extra time and sources than anticipated. In consequence, we now have made the joint determination to cancel the deliberate integration.
Amazon’s willingness to easy the skids of getting Ring movies into the fingers of legislation enforcement is fairly tone deaf. Think about spending tens of millions and tens of millions of {dollars} to purchase a Tremendous Bowl advert for a system that makes use of facial recognition with out individuals’s consent within the present surroundings. Bravo, Amazon. Nailed it.
(For those who don’t know the distinction between Face ID–a secured system tied to a {hardware} system used solely for authentication–and scooping up everybody’s faces to place in an internet facial system, then please don’t @ the Macalope.)
Whereas you might even see these new merchandise and others from Apple, may there be one annual ritual you gained’t see this 12 months?
“Provide Chain Checks Present Non-Doom Situation has Legs”
Horace Dediu factors out a notice from GF Securities that claims:
Following the earnings name on Jan. 29, 2026, we did a provide chain analysis which signifies robust iPhone construct momentum…
What?! Can spring even come if there isn’t panic about iPhone manufacturing cuts?! Is that even attainable? Someone get Nikkei on the road. Certainly they will discover somebody prepared to inform us about huge iPhone manufacturing cuts.
Regardless, at the least we should always have some new issues to speak about within the coming months.
