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Today’s Apple Insider Roundup
HomeHub will recharge with MagSafe by sticking to your wall
The HomeHub will be able to stick to a wall using a MagSafe-like connection, a questionable leak says, with the Apple Home controller set to use Apple Intelligence to monitor your front door.
Apple is rumored to be working on a smart home device that will be a central part of the Apple Home. Building on top of speculation that a fall releaseis on the cards, more details have surfaced about the device’s functionality.
According to prototype collector Kosutami via X, they have seen prototypes of the device, which they refer to as the HomePad. For one version of the hardware, it has an unusual feature in being able to be attached to a wall.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
A long wait: New iMac colors, Mac mini update expected much later in 2026
Consumers will probably be we waiting until the September to October Apple release season until they can buy a Mac mini with M5, but at least they’ll be accompanied by some new iMac colors.
The update to Apple’s desktop Mac lineup will take place long after the MacBook range’s shift over to M5. However, while the pricey Mac Studio is anticipated to be first, the more consumer-priced Mac mini and 24-inch iMac face a far longer countdown to launch.
According to Mark Gurman in Sunday’s “Power On” newsletter, the Mac mini and iMacs will arrive after the Mac Studio launch. While he doesn’t mention when they will arrive, he does say it will be after the Mac Studio refresh, which he says will be in the middle of 2026.
Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely
Mac Studio set to get its M5 update next this summer
After fleshing out its MacBook lineup, attention turns to desktop Macs, with the Mac Studio update now expected in the middle of 2026.
Following its initial update of the 14-inch MacBook Pro to the M5 generation of chips, Apple took this week to bring the rest of its MacBook range in line. In doing the same for its desktop Macs, the first in the queue is the Mac Studio.
In Sunday’s “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman says that the first desktop Mac models won’t be the usual consumer-oriented Mac models. Instead, it will be the higher-tier and pricier Mac Studio.
Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely
A 3D printed iPhone is possible if Apple overcomes challenges with aluminum
While inventors haven’t quite given us a “Star Trek” replicator, 3D printers are the next best thing. After success with titanium printing, Apple will tackle the challenges of 3d printing with aluminum to make products like the iPhone.
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 uses a 3D-printed titanium unibody case. It was Apple’s first 3D-printed product, but more are on the way as innovations make the process more efficient.
According to the Power On newsletter, Apple is working to increase its use of 3D printing in product manufacturing. It is likely going to be used in Apple Watch models first, but the goal is to eventually print iPhones.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
Crime blotter: AirTag helps police catch car thief
Arrests are made from mobile phone thefts in Mobile, a TikTok user tells his MacBook theft story, and an AirPods thief is caught in the act, all in this week’s Apple Crime Blotter.
The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
