We’re lower than 24 hours away from Apple’s huge iPhone 15 unveiling, and as regular, the corporate can be streaming its occasion on-line for the general public and members of the press who’re unable to attend in individual.
There was a time when Apple’s in-person occasions have been greater spectacles. Within the years previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple invited tons of to attend the Steve Jobs Theatre, the place CEO Tim Prepare dinner and different firm executives would take the stage stay to indicate off Apple’s newest product releases.
Sadly, the lockdowns and necessities for social distancing that got here from the worldwide well being pandemic modified all that, but it surely wasn’t completely for the more severe. As a substitute, Apple turned accustomed to holding digital occasions, pre-recorded in a wide range of totally different settings the place firm executives and different leaders might do an much more participating job of speaking in regards to the newest new merchandise and the applied sciences behind them.
These digital occasions not solely made for a way more visually thrilling presentation but additionally allowed Apple to contain much more of its staff members, bringing the parents behind the know-how into the highlight in a approach that we hardly ever noticed earlier than.
The change to digital occasions additionally implies that those that tune in to the stay stream see exactly the identical factor as those that are lucky sufficient to be there in individual; these of us are watching the identical prerecorded occasion everybody else is — simply on an even bigger display.
The best way to Tune in for Apple’s ‘Wonderlust’ Occasion
As has change into the norm, Apple’s occasion will kick off tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, 1:00 p.m. Japanese Time, and the corporate is giving us an assortment of the way to tune in to look at it because it occurs.
Apple TV App
For those who’re watching from an iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, one of the simplest ways to look at is thru Apple’s personal TV app. Whereas Apple as soon as had a devoted Apple Occasions app, it fortunately folded this into the TV app simply in time for its first digital occasion, the June Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC) in 2020.
What’s nice about that is that you just don’t must obtain a particular app or do any actual looking out to seek out the stay stream of an Apple occasion. The TV app comes preinstalled on each iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and even Mac, and all it’s essential to do is open it and search for the “Apple Occasion” part, which ought to seem in your Watch Now display proper beneath Up Subsequent.
For those who’ve put in Apple’s TV app in your sensible TV, recreation console, or different streaming gadget, it’s also possible to discover the Apple Occasions channel there and watch it in the identical approach.
YouTube
Apple additionally stay streams its occasion on its official YouTube channel for individuals who both don’t have a tool with the TV app or just want to look at it that approach.
YouTube is essentially the most common and accessible method to watch the Apple occasion stay, and you may even visit the page now and set a reminder by clicking the Notify Me button so that you don’t miss it.
Apple Occasions Web site
If YouTube isn’t your factor, Apple additionally stay streams its occasion immediately from its personal Apple Events website, the place it may be seen utilizing Safari on an iPhone or iPad or any fashionable browser from a Mac or PC, together with Safari, Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
To observe the occasion this manner, simply hit up the Apple Events website on the applicable time, or go to it now and click on the Add to your calendar hyperlink to mechanically create a calendar appointment for it.
What to Count on from Tomorrow’s Apple Occasion
Though Apple nearly by no means discloses what it plans to announce throughout its huge occasions, it’s often fairly straightforward to guess what’s going to occur throughout its fall occasions, not less than in broad strokes.
Apple’s September occasions are (nearly) all the time in regards to the iPhone and Apple Watch, which this yr means the iPhone 15 lineup is a given, and most definitely an Apple Watch Sequence 9 and a brand new second-generation Apple Watch Extremely if all of the latest rumors are true.
Equally, we’re certain to get launch dates for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17. Don’t maintain your breath on listening to a last date for macOS Sonoma, although, as that sometimes is available in October. There’s an opportunity Apple will say one thing about that, however it might be too early for a selected launch date.
There’s solely been one yr when Apple held a September occasion and didn’t announce new iPhones, and that was in 2020 on the top of the COVID-19 pandemic. That point round, although, Apple had already informed everybody that the iPhones can be delayed till October, but it surely nonetheless shocked us with a September occasion to get the brand new Apple Watch lineup out earlier than the top of its fiscal quarter.
Sometimes, September occasions have held different surprises, like new AirPods or iPads. Rumor has it that Apple will repackage the AirPods Pro 2 with a new USB-C case, however whether or not or not we see AirPods 4 is an even bigger thriller. Till lately, it gave the impression of these have been proper across the nook — we’re due for an replace, and the USB-C changeover can be a really perfect time — however eleventh-hour experiences have steered Apple doesn’t plan to refresh its different AirPods with USB-C till early subsequent yr.
Apple supposedly has some new iPads on deck, however the firm has flip-flopped on introducing iPads in September or October, and the present scuttlebutt says the sixth-generation iPad Air is on deck for subsequent month. It stays to be seen whether or not Apple will pre-announce that tomorrow or await October.
In the end, anticipate tomorrow’s occasion to be all about the iPhone 15 lineup and Apple Watch, as regular. We additionally think about Apple may have rather a lot to say about its transition to USB-C — and it might even highlight a few of the accessories that are getting the USB-C treatment, resembling a brand new MagSafe Battery Pack and MagSafe Duo. Whether or not that would be the last nail within the coffin of the Lightning port stays to be seen, however will probably be the start of the top. By this time subsequent yr, there received’t seemingly be a single gadget or accent in Apple’s present lineup that also sports activities its decade-old proprietary Lightning port.