Apple has begun inviting selected media to an all-day product launch in Los Angeles on October 28, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Teams timing Mac refreshes get a date, but the announcements could come beforehand.
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Apple's French regulatory site lists an unreleased Smart Folio for iPad mini, model A3632, in a document dated September 8, 2026. The mini 6 and 7 share one folio, so a new number is a first hint that today's cases may not fit the next mini.
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Apple's Home Collection, developed with LG and Schneider Electric, reaches the UK in December with four cameras at £179.95 to £349.95, T3 reported. T3 lists every product under an LG or Schneider Electric name. The range is co-developed gear for Apple Home.
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buildConfirmed12 publishers Apple is preparing HomeView, an A18-powered Siri home hub in countertop and wall-mount versions, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Apple hopes third-party makers will build voice-controlled accessories with the hub as the connection point, according to a dev.to write-up.
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Apple will hold a Welcome Home event in New York on October 13 that appears to be behind closed doors, Stuff reported. Every product detail so far comes from reports and rumor, so Apple Home teams are working from a date and a city.
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Apple's HomeView hub arrives about 22 months after Apple first wanted it out
Apple will hold a "Welcome home" event on Oct. 13, where Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports a Siri-centered hub named HomeView is expected. Apple has confirmed only the event, and no outlet reviewed lists a price.
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Apple will launch its first touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros on or around October 27, according to Bloomberg. For teams due a MacBook refresh, that puts a three-week hold on the table for a machine whose price and ship date are still unknown.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's OLED iPad mini will start near $799, $200 above the current $599 model. Any budget that assumes $599 for the next mini will come up $200 short on each unit.
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Apple is expected to unveil a smart home hub with a 6-inch touchscreen at its October 13 'Welcome Home' event, The Verge reports. The leaks suggest Apple will own the control screen in the kitchen while LG and other partners build the locks and thermostats it runs.
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Apple's Tuesday smart-home launch leads with a hub that reportedly ships a month later
Apple is expected to launch at least three smart-home products on Tuesday at 9 am ET, Macworld reports. The biggest is a Siri AI hub that Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports will ship about a month after its unveiling.
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Apple's new HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K will reach stores on October 30, ahead of the HomeView hub due around mid-November, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. For about two weeks, early buyers will own a speaker that 9to5Mac says is built to extend a hub they cannot yet buy.
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Apple loads its Fifth Avenue store with more than 150 iPhone Duo demo units
Apple plans more than 150 iPhone Duo demo units for its Fifth Avenue store and about 20 for smaller ones, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Stock of the foldable is expected to stay limited, so many shoppers will hold one in a store before they can own one.
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Apple has tested built-in Apple TV microphones for hands-free Siri, along with a Siri Remote that has its own speaker, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. MacRumors says the microphones are not confirmed for the box shipping October 30, so the findable remote is the firmer bet.
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Apple's base MacBook Pro reportedly gets the new design about six months after the high end
Apple will bring its new MacBook Pro design to the M7 base model in spring 2027, about six months after the high end, Bloomberg reported. For teams planning 2027 laptop refreshes, that makes holding base-model orders until spring a real option.
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Apple set an October 13 'Welcome home' launch in New York, where it is expected to show a 6-inch smart home hub, a new Apple TV and a HomePod mini. MacRumors puts the hub near $350 each and says Apple pictures several per home, so a buyer's bill is per household.
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Apple Stores will greet iPhone Duo buyers by name on the phone's first boot
Apple Stores in the US will put a buyer's name on the iPhone Duo's first 'Hello' screen at the October 23 launch, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported. Because the greeting is store-only, it can steer where people buy only if they hear about it before ordering.
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Apple co-developed seven smart-home devices with LG that will ship under LG's name, with LG handling manufacturing and support, Bloomberg reports. For teams selling locks, cameras and thermostats into HomeKit, LG is now both a rival with Apple's engineering behind it and the obvious partner to call.
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Apple's October 13 'Welcome home' event is expected to launch a smart display built as a home hub
Apple has confirmed an October 13 'Welcome home' launch event that 9to5Mac expects to focus on new smart home products. Teams whose app is the screen a household runs on have the most to rethink that week, since Apple's rumored display is pitched as the hub.
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Mark Gurman says Apple's OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro will get much lighter but not significantly thinner than the current model. Staff who carry a laptop every day get most of the benefit, so a fleet refresh can be sorted by who actually travels with one.
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Apple co-developed seven LG-branded home accessories, Bloomberg reported, and leaked renders now show three of them: a lock, a thermostat and a sensor. Their settings screens are now the feature list that rival Apple Home locks and thermostats will be measured against.
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Product · September 5, 2026 · Confirmed9 publishers
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Product · September 20, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
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