Obviously, September is 1 of the biggest months connected the Apple calendar. At its September 7 “Far Out” event, Apple introduced the iPhone 14 line, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and second-generation AirPods Pro. Plus, we got the merchandise of iOS 16 and watchOS 9.

You mightiness expect that October would airy successful comparison, but Apple inactive has a batch going on. There’s inactive 1 iPhone 14 to come, and perchance a fistful of iPads, Macs, and perchance more. We expect immoderate truly important operating strategy updates arsenic well–especially arsenic the iPad and Mac are a small down the iPhone successful getting their large yearly update.

New hardware

Apple’s inactive got immoderate hardware to merchandise this year. There could beryllium an lawsuit successful October, oregon perhaps nary astatine all, conscionable a dependable watercourse of press-releases and website updates. Here’s what we deliberation volition beryllium announced and released successful October.

iPhone 14 Plus: The 1 merchandise we are sure is releasing successful October is the iPhone 14 Plus, the 6.7-inch mentation of the modular (non-Pro) iPhone. Already disposable for preorder, it hits shelves and mailboxes connected Friday, October 7.

M2 Mac mini: The Mac mini hasn’t been updated since the M1 spot was launched successful 2020, and for immoderate crushed Apple inactive sells the Intel mentation arsenic well. It’s expected that new models are connected the way with the M2 and M2 Pro, and perchance a flimsy redesign.

M2 MacBook Pros: The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are lone a twelvemonth old, but those M1 Pro and M1 Max chips are expected to get the M2 treatment. Otherwise, the laptops should beryllium similar.

M2 iPad Pros: The 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro inactive travel with the M1 processor. Now that the M2 has been retired for months, it’s clip they were upgraded, which is expected to hap soon. Not overmuch other astir the iPad Pro models is expected to change, though, different than the imaginable summation of wireless charging.

Apps and bundle updates

Everyone’s iPhone got a immense upgrade with iOS 16, which was accompanied by watchOS 9 and tvOS 16. But the iPadOS release, which typically comes astatine the aforesaid time, was skipped–iPadOS 16.1 volition beryllium the archetypal merchandise for that hardware. It’s not uncommon for macOS to beryllium a small down the mobile devices, and we expect macOS Ventura to onshore this month, too.

The iPhone’s archetypal large update, iOS 16.1, volition person a fig of important features erstwhile it comes this month, too.

iOS 16.1: The first large iOS update aft iOS 16 volition adhd immoderate important features, similar Live Activities, improvements to the artillery percent indicator, a “Clean Energy Charging” feature, enactment for the Matter astute location modular (maybe), and more. It’s successful beta now, and volition astir apt merchandise successful October.

‌tvOS 16.1: There’s not a batch of large caller worldly successful tvOS 16.1, different than possibly enactment for the Matter astute location standard, but it volition update to support connected gait with iOS.

iPadOS 16.1: This volition beryllium the archetypal nationalist merchandise successful the iPadOS 16 cycle–Apple is skipping iPadOS 16.0. The biggest diagnostic is the new Stage Manager feature, which Apple keeps making large changes to successful the hopes of getting it into bully signifier for launch.

macOS Ventura: Also known arsenic macOS 13, “Ventura” brings a clump of invited features similar utilizing your iPhone arsenic a wireless webcam, Passkey, shared iCloud Photo Library, lifting subjects from photos similar connected iOS 16, a caller Settings app (which needs work), and more. We deliberation it volition motorboat unneurotic with iPadOS 16.1.

Services

Apple TV+

Here are the shows, series, and movies we expect to merchandise connected Apple TV+ successful October. If you privation to cognize what’s coming later, cheque our full usher to upcoming Apple TV+ content.

Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show: Season 2 of this live-action kids amusement is backmost with Jack McBrayer. October 7

Shantaram: A fugitive pursuing redemption successful 1980s Bombay volition bash immoderate it takes to get it, adjacent if it means letting his past seep backmost into his present. October 14

Ghostwriter (season 3): When a shade haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the existent world, a radical of friends works to lick a enigma surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. Season 3 features an all-new cast. October 21

Acapulco (season 2): Season 2 picks up close connected the heels of play one, telling the communicative of 20-something Máximo Gallardo, whose imagination comes existent erstwhile helium scores the occupation of a beingness arsenic a cabana lad astatine the hottest edifice successful Acapulco, Las Colinas. October 21

Raymond & Ray: A movie astir 2 half-brothers surviving successful the shadiness of a unspeakable father. Starring Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke. October 21

Apple Arcade

Apple releases caller games to Apple Arcade connected Fridays, but not each Friday is marked by a caller crippled oregon important update. Check our Apple Arcade FAQ for a afloat database of Apple Arcade games and much details connected the service. Some games are released with nary forewarning, but you’ll often spot respective projects listed successful the Coming Soon section.

NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition: As it did past year, developer 2K is bringing a mobile mentation of its fashionable hoops franchise to Apple Arcade. October 18