In the latest issue of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman described the additional Mac M2s in Apple’s product roadmap, including new Mac mini models with M2 and M2 Pro chips, new MacBook Pro models 14 and 16 inch with M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips and a new Mac Pro tower with M2 Ultra and “M2 Extreme” chips.
After the Mac M2 series, Gurman said the first Mac M3 series will include an upgraded 13-inch MacBook Air, a brand new 15-inch MacBook Air, a new iMac, and potentially a new 12-inch laptop that be “still in an initial development.”
Gurman said Apple is developing several additional devices that could be released later this year and beyond, including a new Apple TV with an A14 chip and a 4GB increase in RAM, a new HomePod with the same S8 chip as will come to the Apple Watch Series 8, an AR / VR headset that can have an M2 chip and 16 GB of RAM, iPad Pro models with the M2 chip, a new low-end iPad with an A14 chip and a USB port -C, new AirPods Pro and more.
Gurman said the new HomePod will be closer to the original in terms of size and will have an updated screen at the top of the speaker:
The new Apple TV, codenamed J255, is in development with an A14 chip and an additional gigabyte of RAM. This compares to the A12 chip announced as part of the 2021 Apple TV last year and could be useful for the additional gaming capabilities that will be rolled out to tvOS 16.
The HomePod, codenamed B620, will run the same S8 chip that comes on the watches and will be closer to the original HomePod in terms of size and audio performance instead of a new HomePod mini . The new HomePod will have an updated screen at the top and there has even been talk of multi-touch functionality.
As for the S8 chip for the Apple Watch Series 8 and the new HomePod, Gurman said it would have the same specifications as the S7 and S6 chips from previous models. Gurman said the S8 chip can also be used in the upcoming Apple Watch SE.
Gurman also reiterated that he expects Apple to launch a larger iPad with a 14- to 15-inch screen in the next two years.
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