AirTags, Apple Glasses, LiDAR scanning iPhones, more M1 Macs — Apple World Today

As for M1 Macs, I expect to see a 14-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac in the first half of 2021, with a 16-inch MacBook Pro and 27-to-32-inch iMac in the second half. Some, if not all of those, will sport mini-LED displays, as will a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro I expect to see before spring. 

Chu also predicts that new AirPods are coming soon. The rumored AirPods Pro Lite would replace the non-Pro AirPods in Apple’s lineup. They’d feature a design similar or identical to the current AirPods Pro,

Rumor-wise, Apple is expected to expand its LiDAR Scanner to the entire iPhone 13 lineup in 2021, rather than only the Pro and Pro Max models, according to supply chain sources cited by DigiTimes. 

The LiDAR scanner was introduced with the 2020 iPad Pros. Here’s how Apple describes it: “The LiDAR Scanner enables capabilities never before possible on any mobile device, according to Federighi. It measures the distance to surrounding objects up to 5 meters away, works both indoors and outdoors, and operates at the photon level at nano-second speeds.”