Apple unveils new Airpods, chips, MacBook Pro laptops

By Subrat Patnaik and Stephen Nellis | Reuters

Apple Inc connected Monday released 2 caller chips built into much almighty MacBook Pro laptops and a third-generation AirPod wireless earbud that brace with a caller cheaper monthly euphony streaming service.

The Cupertino-based company, which launched its caller enactment of iPhones conscionable implicit a period ago, added much products conscionable successful clip for the vacation season.

The iPhone shaper volition person a $4.99 per-month Apple Music subscription program and added vibrant colors to its HomePod mini astute speakers.

Here are 3 cardinal announcements from the event:

Bigger, faster chips

Apple announced 2 caller chips called the M1 Pro and the M1 Max, making them bigger and faster than its erstwhile M1 chips. The chips volition assistance Apple amended video processing successful its computers, portion extending their artillery life.

“The Mac is present 1 twelvemonth into its two-year modulation to Apple silicon, and M1 Pro and M1 Max correspond different immense measurement forward,” Apple said https://apple.co/3aOFwoN arsenic it continues to determination distant from the Macs that ran connected Intel Corp chips.

MacBooks with caller sizes, cameras, prices

Apple announced 2 caller MacBook Pros fitted with its latest M1 Pro and the M1 Max chips. The caller laptops got a caller chassis plan and Apple replaced the interaction barroom with a enactment of carnal keys. The laptops, aimed astatine high-end originative professionals, besides person a caller 1080p camera.

The caller Apple chips besides helped the institution grow the artillery successful these caller laptops. Apple claimed that the 14-inch exemplary volition present up to 17 hours of video playback, portion the 16-inch exemplary volition play video for up to 21 hours – adding 7 and 10 further hours of artillery beingness to the caller notebooks.

The caller 14-inch MacBook Pro exemplary volition commencement astatine $1,999 and the basal 16-inch MacBook Pro exemplary volition outgo $2,499. The top-end 16-inch MacBook Pro volition outgo $6,099.

Cheaper Airpods with immoderate premium features

Apple launched the 3rd mentation of it fashionable AirPods. The caller earbuds volition commencement astatine $179 and travel with immoderate features it would stock with the higher-end AirPods Pro. The caller AirPods volition travel with spatial audio, a longer artillery beingness and a caller design.

The AirPods and AirPods Pro volition travel with a MagSafe charging lawsuit – enabling customers to usage magnetic wireless chargers to foodstuff up their earbud case. The basal AirPods exemplary got a terms chopped and volition present outgo $129 successful the United States.

The caller laptops and earbuds volition disposable for online orders starting Monday and volition beryllium successful stores Oct. 26.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik successful Bengaluru and Stephen Nellis successful San Francisco; Editing by Bernard Orr)