Apple has announced some sort of event for October 13, where the company will presumably unveil new and updated products.
Apple’s Senior Vice President of Marketing Greg Joswiak posted a short video on X/Twitter (you can follow us there too) for the announcement, posted below, where a graphic says “Welcome Home” and shows two women embroidering a retro rainbow Apple logo.
The ‘home’ reference has led to much speculation about the event being geared towards their Home line of products, and the possible debut of a long rumored new HomePod device which is said to have a screen and speaker and vaguely resemble the classic lampshade iMac, and that device can apparently be used for things like FaceTime and Siri AI. There are also assumptions that Apple will update the current HomePod speakers lineup with new specs and capabilities.
Separately, a new Bloomberg report claims that Apple will launch a touchscreen MacBook Pro, updated MacBook Pro, and new iPad mini later in October, though it’s unclear if those products will be announced at the October 13 event or at that yet-to-be-unveiled later date.
Apple has a busy October ahead, with iPhone Duo pre-orders starting October 16, and an October 23 launch date for that device, plus whatever these new product launches and hardware updates will be.
Stay tuned, this will be an interesting month in Apple world!