Everything you missed about the iPhone 16, AirPods 4 and the Apple Watch 10

Clare Duffy, Samantha Murphy Kelly and Samantha Delouya, CNN

(CNN) — Apple connected Monday unveiled a big of caller technology, including nan iPhone 16, which features immoderate awesome updates nan institution hopes will person customers – galore of whom person been holding onto their older gadgets – to upgrade.

Since nan 2020 motorboat of nan iPhone 12, which was nan first Apple smartphone pinch 5G connectivity, nan institution has fixed customers fewer reasons to bargain nan latest generation. Phone cameras person mostly precocious to nan constituent wherever they’re capable for astir people’s day-to-day needs without awesome hardware changes, and astatine immoderate constituent nan quality oculus isn’t moreover tin of perceiving higher surface resolutions.

That’s why astir 300 cardinal iPhones worldwide person not been upgraded successful much than 4 years, according to a investigation statement from expert Dan Ives of finance patient Wedbush past month. As a result, iPhone sales, which dress up half of nan company’s revenue, person been sluggish.

Similarly, nan Apple Watch and AirPods person seen mostly incremental upgrades successful caller years that haven’t persuaded customers to ammunition retired hundreds of dollars for somewhat amended devices.

On Monday, Apple made respective announcements it believes could beforehand a caller awesome income cycle.

IPhone 16

Apple announced that nan iPhone 16 would beryllium nan first exemplary purpose-built for generative artificial intelligence, which would let users to create matter and images pinch a natural-language prompt. Both nan iPhone 16 and nan iPhone 16 Pro will beryllium disposable for pre-order connected Friday and successful stores connected September 20, Apple announced.

Camera power button: A caller camera power feature, accessed pinch a fastener connected nan broadside of nan phone, which will springiness users entree to “visual intelligence,” Craig Federighi, nan elder vice president of package engineering, said connected Monday. For example, aft clicking nan camera control, a personification tin constituent nan camera astatine a edifice and nan iPhone 16 will propulsion up accusation for illustration reviews, nan paper and really to make a reservation. It tin besides beryllium utilized to place things for illustration canine breeds aliases landmarks and to adhd things to your calendar.

Siri enhancements: Siri will now beryllium capable to propulsion from users’ matter messages, meaning it tin punctual you of TV and euphony recommendations sent by friends, said Federighi. For example, you tin say, “Send Erica nan photos from Saturday’s barbecue,” and Siri will understand which photos to nonstop and automatically matter them to nan correct person.

New colors: The caller phones travel successful white, black, teal, aquamarine and pink. They’re besides disposable successful 2 sizes: 6.1 inches for nan iPhone 16 and 6.7 inches for iPhone 16 Plus. The 16 statement besides comes packed pinch buttons, including nan customizable Action Button from nan erstwhile generation. It besides adds a caller camera power slider, which is simply a mini flush area connected nan broadside of nan telephone that useful by capacitative touch, conscionable for illustration nan phone’s surface responds to a finger. Users tin descent a digit on it to entree and usage different camera features, for illustration nan extent of field.

Faster processor: The iPhone 16 comes pinch 17% much strategy representation bandwidth to amended support Apple Intelligence, a glass-ceramic surface that promises to beryllium 50% tougher and 40% faster GPU than nan erstwhile model.

Same price: The caller iPhone 16 will commencement astatine $799, nan institution said. The iPhone 16 Plus will commencement astatine $899.

IPhone 16 Pro

The iPhone 16 Pro, Apple’s higher-end iPhone, features moreover much AI features than nan iPhone 16.

Bigger screens: The iPhone 16 Pro statement is bigger by 0.2 inches than past year’s models: nan entry-level Pro is 6.3 inches and nan Pro Max is 6.9 inches, allowing users to spot and do much connected nan display. Apple said nan devices see nan thinnest borders yet.

Better battery, caller colors: The iPhone 16 Pro besides features nan longest-lasting artillery life connected immoderate of its iPhones, and comes successful 4 colors: achromatic titanium, darker titanium, earthy titanium and a brown-colored godforsaken titanium.

4K video: The caller high-end iPhone 16 besides lets you sprout successful 4K solution astatine 120 frames per second, pinch nan expertise to make nan video slow-motion aft signaling a clip, alternatively than trying to drawback nan correct mounting arsenic nan action is happening. The Pro statement is besides getting an audio signaling boost, including spatial audio pinch reduced inheritance noise, enabling videos to prime conversations from nan group centered successful nan video retired from nan ambient sound astir them.

Price: The caller Apple iPhone 16 Pro will costs $999 and nan iPhone 16 Pro Max will beryllium $1,199, nan institution announced Monday.

AirPods

Apple unveiled nan latest type of its AirPods statement that nan institution calls its “most comfortable” group yet. And its AirPods Pro gained a proceeding assistance characteristic that is awaiting regulatory approval.

New shape: Apple said nan AirPods 4 were redesigned pinch precocious modeling devices to make nan earbuds fresh amended into personification ears.

New features: The AirPods 4 besides travel pinch much power to play and region music, commencement and extremity calls, and now see USB-C via nan charging case. They besides travel pinch a fistful of features that are typically recovered connected its higher-end Pro model, including progressive sound cancellation and “transparency mode,” which enables users to perceive nan extracurricular ambient environment.

Two prices: The caller AirPods 4 will costs $129 and AirPods 4 pinch nan progressive sound cancellation characteristic will beryllium somewhat much costly astatine $179, nan institution announced connected Monday.

Hearing assistance feature: Apple’s caller AirPods Pro exemplary will travel pinch a clinical-grade over-the-counter proceeding assistance feature, nan institution said, arsenic good arsenic a objective proceeding trial that users tin entree connected their iPhones. Apple said it expects to person clearance from nan US Food and Drug Administration and different regulators soon, but nan characteristic will beryllium disposable successful complete 100 countries and regions, including nan US, this month.

Apple Watch

The caller Apple Watch 10 is nan thinnest smartwatch Apple has made yet – and it has nan Apple Watch’s largest-ever surface show – 30% larger than erstwhile Apple Watches.

New look: The watch comes successful a caller polished titanium decorativeness successful pitchy black, on pinch roseate golden and silver.

Tracks slumber apnea: Apple’s latest watch tin observe slumber apnea, nan institution said Monday. The communal and perchance vulnerable information tin origin breathing to extremity while group are sleeping. The discovery characteristic is awaiting clearance from nan US Food and Drug Administration, Apple said, and is expected to beryllium disposable successful complete 150 countries and regions later this month.

Faster charging: Apple says nan caller Apple Watch besides charges quickly — up to 80% successful 30 minutes, and it has a artillery life of up to 18 hours.

New features: The latest device, which tin now spell 20 feet underwater, features a h2o somesthesia sensor and a extent gauge. It besides has specs specifically designed for snorkeling, specified arsenic guidance and clip spent underwater.

Price and availability: Apple’s caller Series 10 watch will commencement astatine $399, according to nan company. It is now disposable to pre-order and will beryllium disposable connected September 20.