Apple had a busy September, unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Beats 360, and more. An Apple October event now appears quite likely to announce at least some rumored new products, while others may be released via press releases. Expected next are a new iPad mini, Apple TV, HomePod mini, iMac, and more. Apple does sometimes unveil new products in November or December, but this is less common.
Apple October event
Reports indicate Apple is likely to hold an October event this year to announce at least some of the rumored new products, while others might be introduced in press releases.
Past October announcements
In 2021, the “Unleashed” event on Monday, October 18 brought MacBook Pro models with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, AirPods 3, new HomePod mini colors and the Apple Polishing Cloth. In 2022, under the “Take Note” press releases on Tuesday, October 18, Apple announced the iPad Pro with M2 chip, iPad 10 and Apple TV 4K (3rd generation). In 2023, the “Scary Fast” event on Monday, October 30 introduced MacBook Pro models with M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips and the 24″ iMac with M3 chip. In 2024 a press release on Tuesday, October 15 announced the iPad mini with A17 Pro chip. Also in 2024, the “Mac Your Calendars” press releases from Monday, October 28 to Wednesday, October 30 announced the 24″ iMac with M4 chip, Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chips, and MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. In 2025, the “Something Powerful is Coming” press releases on Wednesday, October 15 included the 14″ MacBook Pro with M5 chip, iPad Pro with M5 chip and Vision Pro with M5 chip.
