Apple fall event 2022 (1 Viewer)

[ManW_TheUncool]

Still wish there's a way to use my iPhone to control the ATV4K for music/audio streaming w/out needing to turn on (and use) a separate/HT display though -- current iPhone control just acts as a standard remote w/ no visual (to see what's actually going on w/ the ATV4K).

Since they say all this... and puts Apple Music at the top of that list... maybe they'll someday (maybe by the time of ATV8K Gen 3? ) get to stuff like this for that real/truly "deep integration" and "unparalleled experience" (that doesn't still require use of a separate display just for music playback), LOL?

Seamless Integration with the Apple Ecosystem​

Apple TV 4K works seamlessly with other Apple devices, starting with a magical setup process with iPhone and effortless control at any time with the Apple TV Remote in Control Center. The deep integration of Apple hardware, software, and services with Apple TV 4K unlocks an unparalleled experience that brings the best of the Apple ecosystem to the living room.4

• Apple Music offers access to a catalog of over 100 million songs, expertly curated playlists, and music videos through Apple TV 4K. With original content from the most respected and beloved people in music, autoplay, time-synced lyrics, lossless audio, and immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, Apple Music offers the world’s best listening experience.

_Man_

 

[Greg.K]

New ATV 4K is fairly tempting. But you need the 128GB version to get Ethernet and Thread support. At least it's only $20 more.

 

[Sam Posten]

Lol:

Apple’s new iPad only supports the old Apple Pencil — and needs an adapter to do so

Welcome to the World’s Worst Dongle.

www.theverge.com

 

[Sam Posten]

Wtaf

 

[Sam Posten]

Wtaf2

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Some highly embarrassing moments here.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Sounds like more of that "deep integration" and "unparalleled experience" spreading good cheer to iPads then, LOL...

_Man_

 

[Robert Saccone]

I was surprised at the lack of function keys for the Pro.

 

[Jonathan]

It’s too bad about the lack of MacBook Pro news. It seems like my decision on when and how to upgrade from my m1 air will remain in a holding pattern.

 

[DaveF]

I don’t know if it’s because iOS and iPadOS are mature or because I’m old and tech-jaded, but…

It’s a bit of a downer when I upgrade a year old Pro Max iPhone to the new iOS and there’s nothing really new.

And I upgrade my two year old iPad Air to the latest OS and also nothing much new.

This is the first year where I am must concede “meh” on the upgrades. There’s just nothing here without buying a brand new $1000+ hardware. Which, I can’t buy a new device annually to get a significant OS update.

 

[DaveF]

Wait, they made the iPad landscape video cameras but not the iPad Pro? Lawl

The 2022 iPad (and a Wee Note About the 2022 iPad Pros)

It looks good, feels good, comes in a selection of fun colors (Apple sent me yellow), and brings the just-plain-no-adjective iPad to the modern all-screen era.

daringfireball.net

A little birdie confirmed to me that this is in fact exactly the case. The internal mechanism for magnetically attaching, charging, and pairing Pencil 2 is both expensive and somewhat large. And cameras are surprisingly large internally once you count the flex connectors and everything else. You can actually see this for yourself by looking at a teardown of a Pencil-2-compatible iPad. It’s going to require significant new engineering to make future iPads that support Pencil 2 with the front camera on the landscape side.

 

[Sam Posten]

Thanks but not my problem

 

[DaveF]

Jus ‘splainin since it’s a weird thing. I assumed it was pandemic schedules but there’s also engineering issues.

 

[Robert Saccone]

This is the first year where I am must concede “meh” on the upgrades. There’s just nothing here without buying a brand new $1000+ hardware.

If you got an M1, A12Z, or A12X based iPad, stage manager is the big new feature for you! Whether you like it or not is another story.

 

[DaveF]

If you got an M1, A12Z, or A12X based iPad, stage manager is the big new feature for you! Whether you like it or not is another story.

Yep. This is the most brutal cut-off Apple’s ever had for new features: If you bought the Pro model in the past couple years, new feature. If you bought Air or Nothing, nothing for you.

 

[DaveF]

I know it’s not really nothing. Shared Family Library dropped this week with the 16.1 releases, which is the one feature I was waiting for. But that’s just a long overdue tweak to existing sharing. And the home screen got what amounts to new wallpapers which are fun but not a new-OS marquee feature to me.

Otherwise…? Whether on iPad? New lousy settings app to replace old lousy settings app on Mac.

Don’t want to be jaded. And I really think it’s a reflection of iOS etc being mature and all the easy, big new features really are done...?

 

[Robert Saccone]

I think there is a bunch more work to be done on iPad Pro to be honest. Someday they will get windowing right. As a developer they need to get a version of Xcode on there for building apps. Playgrounds are a good start but aren’t enough.

 

[Sam Posten]

Tim Cook sheds doubt on new M2 MacBook Pros in 2022 | AppleInsider

Based on comments from Apple CEO Tim Cook during the quarterly earnings report, the odds of a November release for a new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have dropped.

appleinsider.com

 

[DavidJ]

Ugh. It seems like many companies, considering the current state of local and world economies, are considering a pause from releasing new products.

 

[Sam Posten]

I don’t think that has anything to do with it. It’s clear Covid had an impact on r&d and chip supply and now their biggest factories are in lockdown again. But that’s not a management slow roll.