Apple News summary for October 11
Weekend sees more leaks on what to expect from Apple on October 13, the company’s big push for iPhone Duo, Tim Cook is in China hooking up new business links, and more in the complete edition, which you can read and subscribe to here.
Apple’s new home control product is called “HomeView”
New console ships mid-November. New Apple TV and HomePod mini for October 30. All with Apple chips.
Apple plots home security partnership with ADT
ADT has been recruiting a team thought to be focused on delivering on the new partnership, MacRumors claims. This once again lends itself to some form of licensing scheme, but we’ll find out October 13.
Your new iPhone Duo may greet you by name
Employees will be able to customize the Duo, so it displays the name of the buyer at the “Hello” screen when it turns on for the first time. Expect impressive demo displays in Apple stores, report claims.
Tim Cook goes to China
“Great to be back in China!” he wrote on Weibo. “Incredible to experience Guangzhou’s Wing Chun martial arts for the first time through the lens of iPhone 18 Pro.” His visit may relate to him chairing the October 13 meeting of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University.
