Some of the upcoming new products from Apple that weren’t announced are expected or even promised to land sometime this fall. However, that window does officially extend to December 21 and Apple has been known to push its product releases to the last minute.
Other upcoming products like Apple’s item tracker and Stereo AR apps and headset could be announced at any time but there’s no guarantee we’ll see those land this year, even though they could have been scrapped from the September event at the last minute.
Apple Tag
We know quite a bit about Apple’s upcoming Tile-like item tracker after our own Gui Rambo first discovered the product back in April. The Apple Tag will work with the new Find My app in iOS 13 and offer a seamless native experience to track belongings.
In June, Gui found the product “Tag1,1” in the first iOS 13 beta along with the first image of the circular item tracker. Since then, he’s shared even more about how the product will work. The Apple Tag should pack Bluetooth LE, NFC, Ultra Wideband (UWB) tech, and a speaker to easily keep track of items or hunt down lost belongings.
As expected, the iPhone 11 lineup includes a new ‘U1’ chip to enable use of the Ultra Wideband techbut Apple didn’t give it hardly any stage time at the event and has only referenced so far to improve AirDrop. As 9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo noted:
However, what was notably missing from the keynote today was a U1 device: the Apple tracker tile accessory. As the keynote was only an hour and 40 minutes in duration, it seems like Apple may have cut the Apple Tag announcement at the last minute. Apple events are usually timed to hit the two-hour mark. Perhaps the lost 20 minutes will reappear at an Apple event next month, where the Apple Tag will finally be revealed?
Device tracker maker Tile also seemed like it was expecting Apple to unveil its Tag product this weekas it sent out a reminder to media about its products and device integrations in an effort to not be forgotten along with the Apple item tracker news.
With the Apple item tracker launch seeming imminent, we could see it announced at an October Apple event but a 2019 launch isn’t guaranteed.
We also still don’t have any details about pricing for Apple’s item tracker but the higher-end Tile Pro with removable battery goes for around $25 or less in a multi-pack.
Stereo AR apps and headset(s)
While references for Apple’s item tracker were all removed with the recent iOS 13 GM and iOS 13.1 beta 3, curious enough Apple left the StarBoard framework of its upcoming Stereo AR apps and headset(s) in the most recent builds.
As Gui first discovered in April and explained more last week, Apple’s work on Stereo AR apps and headset(s) is at a quite advanced state.
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