{"id":873067,"date":"2026-10-06T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873067\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:40:09","slug":"second-october-event-possible-with-new-macs-as-the-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873067\/","title":{"rendered":"Second October &#8216;event&#8217; possible with new Macs as the focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lede\">Apple already has an unannounced product reveal expected on October 13 and rumors suggest a second round of releases could occur by the end of the month.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>It is gearing up to be a very busy October for Apple, as <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone-duo\" title=\"iPhone Duo\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Duo<\/a> ships, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/apple-home\" title=\"Apple Home\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Home<\/a> gets several <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/09\/30\/refreshed-homepod-mini-apple-tv-and-new-homehub-coming-on-october-13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new products<\/a>, and now a possible new <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/mac\" title=\"Mac\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mac<\/a> launch. Earlier rumors placed Macs in <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/10\/01\/touch-screen-oled-macbook-pro-expected-in-october-or-november\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November<\/a>, but it seems the &#8220;Scary Fast&#8221; event could <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/10\/31\/scary-fast-imac-with-m3-is-here-with-few-external-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see a repeat<\/a> in 2026.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/10\/05\/apple-two-sets-of-product-launches-october\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to<\/a> anonymous sources speaking to MacRumors, a second product launch is expected at the end of October. That&#8217;s the whole rumor, what follows is speculation.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Previous rumors called the October 13 reveal of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/apple-tv\" title=\"Apple TV\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/homepod-mini\" title=\"HomePod mini\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod mini<\/a>, and Home Hub an &#8220;event&#8221; but Apple hasn&#8217;t treated it as such yet. More likely, it will be a press release accompanied by an announcement video with no press day event.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>While this rumor calls the second October product announcement an &#8220;event,&#8221; it isn&#8217;t clear if it will have an in-person component. New Macs with the M6 processor are expected, as well as the rumored OLED <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/macbook-pro\" title=\"MacBook Pro\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacBook Pros<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/06\/26\/oled-touchscreen-and-more-what-to-expect-from-the-2027-macbook-pro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">touchscreens<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else is known about this potential product announcement. It is anyone&#8217;s guess at this point.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The original &#8220;Scary Fast&#8221; event was held on October 30, 2023 at an unusually <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/10\/31\/scary-fast-imac-with-m3-is-here-with-few-external-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">late time<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/imac\" title=\"iMac\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iMac<\/a> with M3 and the entry-level <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/14-inch-macbook-pro\" title=\"14-inch MacBook Pro\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">14-inch MacBook Pro<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/10\/31\/rip-touch-bar----apple-sends-the-13-inch-macbook-pro-to-the-grave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple already has an unannounced product reveal expected on October 13 and rumors suggest a second round of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-873067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}