The iPhone 17 Pro leaks, Pebble Smartwatch returns, frustrating problems iPhone 16e

Taking a look back at the news of the week and Apple headlines, including iPhone 17 design leaks, iPhone 16e problems, Apple faces AI’s concerns, a folding iPad, the exact Miss of Apple TV, the new EU iPhone rules and the Pebble Smartwatch.

Apple Loop is here to remind you of some of the many discussions about Apple in the last seven days. You can also read the Weekly Digest from Android News here at Forbes.

IPhone design leaks 17

We had our best look at the new design of the iPhone Family 17 this week, as the “gaps” provided to third -party accessories manufacturers were published online. The natural buttons and the islands of the camera appear, but not the charging port:

“What cannot be seen is the base of any of the four smartphones. There are some suggestions that Apple is thinking of falling the USB-C port to create a sealed iPhone.

(Forbes).

IPhone problems 16E

The recent launch of the iPhone 16E – the non -replacement of the iPhone SE – runs on certain issues. Users report intermittent audio connectivity via Bluetooth. Community surveys have not linked what they are causing, but the Beta of iOS 18.4 seems to rank the problem. Forbes’ contributors David Phelan has some tips:

“The nature of the topic seems to be that playing music against Bluetooth will stop and start again quickly and has happened with different Bluetooth headphones, for example, Apple Airpods and Sony’s containers … The best advice I can give is: Sit tight and wait for iOS 18.4.

(Forbes).

Apple Vision Pro leader takes AI

Following the public confirmation that it will delay the key AI features in Siri, Apple has announced changes to its higher administration that should provide new direction to Apple Intelligence Apple services. Mark Gurman broke the news:

“Managing Director Tim Cook has lost confidence in AI’s leader John Giannandrea to execute the development of products, so she moves over another top executive to help: Vision Pro Creator Mike Rockwell. Giannandrea’s command.”

(Parachute).

Fold your iPad, make MacBook

Could Apple consider a foldable tablet/laptop hybrid? It is an invasion of a company that rarely pushes new form of form. However, the proposal by analyst Jeff Pu is that, along with a long -screen folding iPhone, Apple will introduce a folding hybrid between the iPad and the MacBook in 2027:

“It implies that the device with a foldable 18.8 -inch device could end up being a Mac touchscreen. In its power in the newsletter during the weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that rumored Apple changes that come with iOS 19 and MacOS 16 and Touch-Screen Mac “. Year, so some skepticism is justified at present.”

(Macro).

Hits and lose for Apple TV

How much value is in the operation of a flow service? Apple TV may have won 538 wins in various critical awards, but has demanded a significant investment. Reuters reports that the final return is still missing:

“The technological giant has spent more than $ 5 billion a year for the content since it launched Apple TV+ in 2019, but reduced it about $ 500 million last year, the report said … The iPhone manufacturer does not break up Apple TV+ subscribers, Visible Alpha.

(Reuters).

New EU interoperability rules were announced for iPhone

Following the decision of the Digital Market Law, the EU published a list of requirements for Apple’s application as part of iOS 19 and iOS 20. Given the status of the iPhone as Gatekeeper material, these decisions are designed to promote permeability among all electronic brands. Apple consistently believes that this is not in the best interest:

“Today’s decisions are wrapped in bureaucracy, slowing Apple’s ability to innovate for users in Europe and forcing us to give our new features free to companies that should not play with the same rules,” Apple said in a statement to Macrumors. “It’s bad for our products and for our European users. We will continue to work with the European Commission to help them understand our concerns on behalf of our users.”

And finally …

This week he saw the return of Pebble Smartwatch take a step forward as pre-orders opened for the first batch of 2025.

“I want to set expectations accordingly. We will create a good iOS app. But we will be prepared – there is no way to support all the functions that Apple Watch has access to.

It is probably worth noting that one of the recommendations of the permeability rules published by the EU is that “third parties smartwatches must be able to display and interact with iOS alerts by the end of 2025, which probably means iOS 19.2 or earlier”. (via Macro).

(Eric Migicovsky).

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