Apple "It's Glowtime" Event

I love Apple’s “bento box” summaries, so here are the hardware (and software) presented a couple days ago (ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarNiSl_uh4).

The following sections have, of course, been reordered in terms of my own personal excitement level.

AirPods Pro 2 as a hearing aid

If this works as advertised, take my money! This is an older model at this point, but just take my money!!

I am so excited by this new software feature that I snuck in a non-bento box image. (Hopefully Singapore is in.)

AirPods 4

AirPods 4 with active noise cancelling looks nice!

Watch Series 10

The new Series 10 has the largest/best display display, charges the fastest, and supports the Tides/Depth apps, previously exclusive to the older Ultra 2 model.

iPhone 16

Two (Camera Control, Action) new buttons, and it will be able to do all the Apple Intelligence things. Thumbs up, but I note Apple continues to reserve ProMotion for its “Pro” model.

iPhone 16 Pro

It seems like a significant upgrade above the outgoing 15 Pro and, of course, the 16. But I don’t think I’m a “Pro” anymore. This really resonates:

I kept wondering: how many people will actually use camera options like the ability to dynamically shift the audio mix while recording in ProRes or capturing 4K content in slow motion to use for a music video?

Ref: https://www.macstories.net/stories/maybe-im-not-a-pro-anymore/.

Watch Ultra 2

Relatively speaking, Ultra 2 looks pretty sad, as it mostly only got a new color. (I wonder what’s next, and when that might be available.)