Everything to know about the new iPhone 16, AirPods and Apple’s AI features : NPR

Apple unveiled a bunch of recent choices for purchasers Monday — together with its newest iterations of the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods.

Apple has struggled with iPhone gross sales of late, which generate many of the firm’s income. In Might, Apple reported a steep quarterly decline in its iPhone gross sales, marking the largest drop in iPhone gross sales because the top of the corporate’s pandemic-fueled manufacturing delays.

These newest choices, together with extra particulars on its Apple Intelligence program, are a push by Apple to strengthen the corporate financially and to sign to shoppers its heavy funding in synthetic intelligence.

Most objects will likely be in shops beginning on Sept. 20. This is a full record of what Apple rolled out on Monday:

iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max

The brand new telephones have enhanced digital camera settings, a bigger battery, new colours and a sooner processor, the corporate introduced. The iPhone 16 variations are Apple’s first iPhones purposely constructed for Apple Intelligence, the corporate’s AI system. The iPhone 16 Professional Max measures 6.9 inches, which Apple says is its largest show up to now.

The telephones will likely be out there for preorder starting on Friday and out there beginning Sept. 20.

The telephones characteristic a bodily digital camera management button, positioned on the aspect of the cellphone, which Apple says permits customers a one-click choice to open the digital camera, take a photograph, and begin recording.

By clicking and holding the digital camera button, customers can take a photograph of a restaurant and get data or level the digital camera at a canine to study its breed, Apple mentioned.

The 16 Professional additionally permits for movies to be recorded in 4K decision at 120 frames per second and for higher audio recording capabilities, the corporate mentioned.

Extra on its AI

Apple has usually been seen as gradual relating to the AI races, particularly in comparison with rivals OpenAI, Google and Microsoft.

However now, its iPhone 16 varieties are outfitted with what it calls Apple Intelligence.

Siri and Writing Instruments will use the AI options, that are built-in with ChatGPT — giving customers the flexibility to rewrite, repair grammar and summarize texts, notes and emails, Apple mentioned.

The AI instruments enable for folks to create their very own AI pictures, alter previous photographs or seek for a hard-to-find picture in an album by typing an outline.

Apple Intelligence will roll out subsequent month — solely in U.S. English — with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, with extra options to be added on later.

Apple Watch and AirPods

It has been almost 10 years since Apple launched the very first iteration of its smartwatch. The corporate unveiled its latest — and slimmest — one but Monday. Apple Watch Sequence 10 additionally gives the largest show to this point, the corporate mentioned.

Apple unveiled new fashions and promised a extra comfy design for its AirPods: AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with what it calls energetic noise cancellation.

The AirPods Max come in additional colours and supply a USB-C charging outlet.

It is the rollout out of the AirPods Professional 2 ($249) that provide a heavy promise to customers: the primary “end-to-end listening to well being expertise.”

The corporate says which means they provide listening to safety, a listening to take a look at and listening to support characteristic. However the listening to take a look at and listening to support options are nonetheless awaiting authorization from world well being authorities.