Apple is reportedly working on bringing no fewer than six new product categories to market soon, in part as Tim Cook's swansong as CEO of the company. Apple Home Hub to arrive in 2026 with Apple Intelligence Following the news that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be replaced by Ternus in late 2026, a new report has detailed the products his teams are working on. Speaking during an interview with TBPN , Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple has products in six new product categories in the works. This is alongside its usual product refreshes, like new iPhones, iPads, and more. Apple's 2024 Apple Vision Pro release was the last time it entered a new category. The spatial computer has so far failed to capture the imagination of the larger market, but that hasn't deterred the company from entering new markets in the future. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Artificial intelligence has been widely predicted to disrupt smartphones, and hurt Apple, but Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas argues that the iPhone will become more important as AI improve Apple Intelligence In a segment from "This Week in AI" published on April 23, Aravind Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of AI search company Perplexity, lays out an outside view of Apple's position. Srinivas, who previously worked in AI research roles at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind, argues that AI may reinforce Apple's core products instead of replacing them. "The phone, the iPhone is actually not getting disrupted by AI at all," Srinivas says, arguing that better AI pushes the device in the opposite direction, turning it into "your digital passport." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums