Apple's first touchscreen Macs are on sale, starting at $2,899
The OLED MacBook Pro adds touch for a $400 premium. A smart home hub and a new Apple TV follow on Friday.
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iPhone Duo pre-orders slipped to late January within half an hour
Demand for Apple's $1,999 foldable outran supply on the first day of orders in October 2026.
Apple announced a $299 smart home hub called HomeView
The October 2026 release put a 7-inch screen and the new Siri in the home, alongside a faster Apple TV 4K at the same price.
Apple's $250 million Siri settlement opened for claims
iPhone buyers who were promised AI features that arrived late can claim about $25 a device.
September 2026: Apple's first foldable, the $1,999 iPhone Duo
Apple entered foldables years after its rivals with a passport-shaped phone that opens to a 7.6-inch screen. Supply has been the story since.
Apple started leasing its devices, with Klarna
Apple Upgrade, launched in July 2026, replaced the iPhone Upgrade Program and extended leasing to the Mac, iPad and Apple Watch.
iOS 26.6 patched hundreds of security flaws
The July 2026 update was one of Apple's largest security releases, and it prepared iPhones for iOS 27.
WWDC 2026: Siri rebuilt on Google's Gemini, and Tim Cook's goodbye
Apple's June keynote delivered the conversational Siri it had promised for two years, with a rival's models underneath, and closed with a change of chief executive.
iOS 26.5 brought encrypted texting between iPhone and Android
Apple's May 2026 release notes listed end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, where carriers support it.
The $599 Mac mini is gone
Apple dropped the cheapest version in May 2026, raising the starting price to $799 as memory and storage chips ran short.
More from Bezel
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- Apple's $599 MacBook Neo took aim at Chromebooks
- March 2026: the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros
- Apple lost its AI chief and its design chief in one week
- Apple's M5 arrived in the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro
- Apple TV+ dropped the plus
- The iPhone Air and iPhone 17 went on sale
- iOS 26 arrived, and Apple's version numbers lined up
- Apple patched an image flaw it said may have been exploited
- WWDC 2025: iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass redesign
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