Apple this week filed a brand new itemizing within the Bluetooth Launch Studio database, a transfer that typically foreshadows the launch of recent merchandise. The submitting doesn’t point out any particular merchandise, nevertheless it lists the newest Bluetooth 5.3 commonplace and references a prior macOS-related itemizing, suggesting the submitting might be associated to imminent Macs.
Apple is rumored to be planning new variations of the MacBook Air and the Mac Professional for launch within the first half of 2023. The brand new MacBook Air is predicted to characteristic a bigger 15-inch show and the M2 chip, whereas the brand new Mac Professional is predicted to have the identical design because the 2019 mannequin with a brand new M2 Extremely chip. Each new Macs might be introduced as early as March or April, doubtlessly alongside the discharge of macOS 13.3. Nevertheless, there stays a chance that the brand new Macs won’t be introduced till WWDC in June or later.
Bluetooth 5.3 affords advantages comparable to improved reliability and energy effectivity, in response to the Bluetooth SIG, the group behind the usual. Apple has added Bluetooth 5.3 to a number of current merchandise, together with the iPhone 14 sequence, the newest Apple Watch fashions, the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional and Mac mini, and extra.
Apple usually goes again and provides new merchandise to current Bluetooth Launch Studio listings as soon as they’ve launched. It is nonetheless unclear if Apple plans to carry a March or April press occasion this yr or if new merchandise can be introduced through press releases.
Apple already up to date the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip in July 2022, whereas the Mac Professional has not been up to date since December 2019 and stays the final Intel-based Mac that Apple sells model new. The brand new MacBook Air and Mac Professional might be the final fashions within the M2 sequence, as Apple is predicted to transition to the M3 chip later within the yr.
