Apple Tipped to Announce 2 New Mac Models at WWDC22 147064 iOS 16 Said to Feature Updated Notifications: Report

Apple is expected to announce iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS 13, and tvOS 16 at WWDC 2022. 1w3a3r

By David Delima | Updated: 11 April 2022 15:37 IST

Apple Tipped to Announce 2 New Mac Models at WWDC22, iOS 16 Said to Feature Updated Notifications: Report

Apple is tipped to announce the successor to its 2020 MacBook Air model which featured an M1 chip 5ad3o

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Apple is reportedly working on an updated MacBook Air model
iOS 16 is said to include references to Apple’s mixed reality headset
Apple is tipped to introduce new multitasking interface for iPad s

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Apple is reportedly working on launching two new Mac models that could arrive by the second half of 2022. At company's WWDC event, Apple is also expected to announce versions of its software — iOS 16 (codenamed Sydney), watchOS 9 (Kincaid), macOS 13 (Rome), and tvOS 16 (Paris). With the arrival of iOS 16, Apple is tipped to bring improvements to the interface and notifications, without a new redesign. Meanwhile, watchOS is expected to bring upgrades to activity and health tracking later this year.

The Cupertino company is yet to officially announce any details of what customers can expect from its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event scheduled for June 6. However, the company is tipped to be working on two new Mac models that could launch “around the middle of the year or early in the second half”, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, in his weekly Mac mini, 24-inch Mac, and a new low-end MacBook Pro model, according to Gurman.

Apple previously announced the stated that Apple had delayed the launch of the MacBook Air until later this year.

Apple Announced WWDC 2022 Dates: Here’s What to Expect

On the software front, Gurman notes that Apple could bring “fairly significant” improvements with WWDC 2022.

Apple is said to be working on an augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset that was previously expected to launch at the company's WWDC conference in June. According to a previous report, Apple considered delaying the launch of its mixed reality headset until the end of 2022 or 2023. According to Gurman, while the headset may not debut at WWDC 2022, iOS 16 is reportedly “chock-full” of references to the mixed reality headset and interactions with the iPhone, suggesting that it could debut before next year's WWDC — while Apple could simply preview the AR and VR features and the rumoured rOS operating system before the headset is launched.

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