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Apple lone held 1 lawsuit successful the 2nd fractional of 2022: its iPhone 14 motorboat show. That meant a clump of expected devices, from Macs to a mixed-reality headset, ne'er saw the airy of day. But that could soon change.

That’s due to the fact that rumors person been swirling that Apple is readying a merchandise extravaganza this outpouring wherever it volition unveil a big of caller devices to the world. If that’s true, what should we expect to see? Well, you’re successful the close spot to find out, arsenic we’ve collected each the latest rumors here. Wondering what’s adjacent connected Apple’s 2023 calendar? Read connected to find out.

Mixed-reality headset

After years of delays, the rumors surrounding Apple’s mixed-reality headset are gaining momentum. With the motorboat of the Meta Quest Pro and the announcement of the HTC Vive XR Elite, present feels similar the close clip for Apple to measurement into the fray. And conscionable successful time, it seems that Apple is readying to uncover the secretive. long-awaited instrumentality successful the outpouring oregon perchance conscionable earlier its Worldwide Developers Conference successful June.

The instrumentality is expected to travel with a plethora of awesome specs, including high-resolution displays, hand- and eye-tracking capabilities, a ample array of cameras, and a overmuch much lightweight plan than its competitors.

Given each that tech, a terms of astir $2,000 to $3,000 has been suggested. That would beryllium expensive, but not excessively astonishing fixed the niche, demanding assemblage the instrumentality seemingly targets.

14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro

An Apple MacBook Pro 14 sits unfastened connected a table.

Apple has a wont of releasing caller MacBooks Pro models successful the fall, but it broke the rhythm successful 2022 and didn’t merchandise immoderate Macs successful the last 4th of the twelvemonth for the archetypal clip since 2000. That means caller versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro are overdue.

It would consciousness unusual to spot these devices updated successful the spring, but it would not beryllium without precedent. Apple revamped the 13-inch MacBook Pro successful May 2020, for example, but that was done via a property release. Launching caller MacBook Pros astatine a outpouring event, though? That’s astir unheard of. Still, with these devices owed an upgrade and with rumors afoot, we can’t regularisation it out.

However, earlier you get excessively excited, quality outlet DigiTimes has claimed the adjacent MacBook Pro models have been delayed yet again. The work hasn’t fixed an expected merchandise day for the laptops, nor has it said however superior the hold is, and it has a mixed way grounds for Apple rumors. Still, it’s worthy bearing successful caput that the MacBook Pro is not yet nailed connected for the outpouring event.

Either way, we’re not expecting immense changes to the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro. They’ll get caller chips — the M2 Pro and M2 Max — but don’t expect overmuch more. Things similar chassis plan changes and improved displays consciousness are improbable to materialize truthful soon aft the past redesign.

Apple silicon Mac Pro

Almost each Mac has astatine slightest 1 exemplary powered by an Apple silicon spot — but the Mac Pro. We cognize a caller mentation is coming due to the fact that Apple admitted arsenic overmuch astatine its Peek Performance lawsuit successful March 2021. With that amusement taking spot astir a twelvemonth ago, though, the Mac Pro’s upgrade indispensable beryllium imminent.

That means it’s astir a certainty for the rumored outpouring event. Yet aft waiting truthful long, it could beryllium a disappointing device. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has abandoned its M2 Extreme chip that was made specifically for the Mac Pro, and volition alternatively usage an M2 Ultra chip, meaning the Mac Pro won’t beryllium overmuch much almighty than the Mac Studio. With no upgradable memory and nary caller chassis plan either, the Mac Pro volition beryllium a hard merchantability fixed its sky-high price.

15-inch MacBook Air

The surface of the MacBook Air connected a table.

Apple hasn’t strayed from the acquainted MacBook Air look of either 11-inch oregon 13-inch sizes. That could soon change, though, arsenic determination are beardown rumors that Apple has a larger 15-inch model successful the works.

More specifically, the 15-inch MacBook Air volition supposedly get a 15.5-inch display, according to manufacture expert Ross Young. Most of the different details are shrouded successful enigma for now, but we’d expect the instrumentality to beryllium precise akin to the existing 13-inch MacBook Air successful astir each way.

That means we should expect the aforesaid chassis design, the aforesaid show (only larger), and the aforesaid M2 chip. There’s a accidental the 15-inch exemplary volition get an M2 Pro chip, but that’s inactive up successful the aerial (sorry). The rumors are pointing toward this coming aboriginal successful the year, but you ne'er cognize — depending connected what spot it uses, that could change.

M2 Mac mini

Apple Mac Mini M1 sitting connected a desk.

While the Mac Pro hasn’t switched to Apple silicon chips astatine each yet, the Mac mini is successful a benignant of halfway state. It has Apple silicon models decked retired with the M1 chip, for sure, but there’s inactive a mentation bearing a very outdated Intel processor. That conscionable feels weird.

Luckily, determination are beardown rumors that Apple is going to enactment that close astatine the outpouring lawsuit by updating the Mac mini to M2 and M2 Pro chips. That means the anachronistic Intel exemplary volition yet beryllium ditched.

The rumors are a small uncertain connected what other we tin expect. While Gurman and Apple leaker Jon Prosser person claimed a caller plan is successful the works, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo said the chassis volition stay the same.

Other than the M2 news, rumors astir immoderate different facet of the Mac mini person been fewer and acold between. That mightiness suggest it’s going to beryllium a small, iterative update — truthful don’t beryllium amazed if it gets caller chips and not overmuch else.

New 27-inch display

The Mac Studio and Studio Display astatine Apple's Peek Performance event.

When Apple launched the Mac Studio, it besides revealed a companion show called the Studio Display. While it’s surely impressive, it’s missing a fewer features that would truly instrumentality it to the adjacent level. That could alteration astatine the outpouring event.

Young believes Apple has a caller show up its sleeve that volition boast some mini-LED and ProMotion technologies. Those features are absent successful some the Studio Display and the overmuch much costly Pro Display XDR, and could marque the caller show an irresistible imaginable for its people audience.

HomePod 2

The archetypal HomePod was a decent portion of kit, but it had 1 glaring problem: it was excessively expensive. Or rather, determination was nary cheaper enactment until the HomePod mini came retired 2 years later. Apple seemed to person fixed up connected the larger HomePod erstwhile it was discontinued successful 2021, but rumors contend that it’s going to marque a comeback astatine the rumored outpouring event.

According to Kuo, the HomePod 2 volition instrumentality connected a akin signifier origin to the archetypal model. Gurman has chimed successful too, saying we shouldn’t expect “anything revolutionary.” Still, helium believes the instrumentality volition get refreshed this year, with a caller interaction panel, the S8 spot from the Apple Watch Series 8, and a little price. That past constituent unsocial mightiness beryllium capable to springiness it a amended tally than it had the archetypal clip around.