{"id":416073,"date":"2026-02-09T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:25:08","slug":"we-may-see-apples-new-ipads-and-macbooks-in-only-a-matter-of-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416073\/","title":{"rendered":"We may see Apple&#8217;s new iPads and MacBooks in only a matter of weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It&#8217;s about that time. Apple is gearing up for a slew of hardware announcements that will include upgrades for the entry-level iPad, iPad Air, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, according to Mark Gurman&#8217;s <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-02-08\/apple-readies-iphone-17e-new-siri-entry-level-ipad-ipad-air-and-macbook-pro-mldr3hpk\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Power On;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Power On&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Power On<\/a> newsletter. In line with what we&#8217;ve seen in recent years, Gurman reports, &#8220;A product launch is currently slated for as early as the week of March 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Apple unveiled the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/computing\/laptops\/apple-macbook-pro-m5-14-inch-review-a-huge-graphics-upgrade-for-creators-and-gamers-170009179.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:M5 MacBook Pro;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;M5 MacBook Pro&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M5 MacBook Pro<\/a> in October, bringing the chip first to <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/computing\/laptops\/apples-first-m5-laptop-is-the-14-inch-macbook-pro-131314446.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:the 14-inch model;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the 14-inch model&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 14-inch model<\/a>. With the coming announcements, we should see the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips finally arrive. Gurman notes that new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are on the way, along with a new MacBook Air. We&#8217;re also likely to see new iPads soon. A new entry-level iPad will be able to support Apple Intelligence thanks to the inclusion of the A18 chip, and the iPad Air will be getting the M4, according to Gurman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Updates to the Mac Studio and Studio Display are expected to follow, as well as a Mac mini refresh down the line this year. As Gurman <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-11-04\/apple-readies-a-low-cost-laptop-to-rival-chromebooks-and-windows-pcs\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previously reported;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;previously reported&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">previously reported<\/a>, Apple is also said to be releasing its <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/computing\/laptops\/apple-may-release-its-first-low-cost-mac-laptop-in-early-2026-174143869.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:first &quot;low-cost MacBook&quot;;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first &quot;low-cost MacBook&quot;&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first &#8220;low-cost MacBook&#8221;<\/a> sometime in the very near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s about that time. Apple is gearing up for a slew of hardware announcements that will include upgrades&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[304,59,69800,98098,64231,7662,7085,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-416073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-gb","tag-hardware-announcements","tag-ipad-air","tag-macbook-air","tag-macbook-pro","tag-mark-gurman","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}