Apple is warning investors that its new and future products might never be as profitable as the iPhone. The disclosure comes as the company is pursuing newer technologies like artificial intelligence and mixed-reality headsets.
Apple added the warning in its latest annual report under the “business risks” section, as first reported by the Financial Times.
Watchdogs are readying the penalty after the iPhone maker failed to allow app developers to steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside of the App Store, according to people familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A new framework called “BatteryIntelligence” will calculate the estimated time to recharge the phone, most likely based on the amount of energy being received by the device. Users will have the option of receiving a notification with an estimate of how long it will take for the charge to reach 80%, for example.
Again, although the feature was found in the codes of the most recent beta, it’s still disabled and unfinished – which suggests that Apple is still working on it. Perhaps it will appear in a future beta of iOS 18.2 or in another software update.
The code shows there will be four categories of screen savers added to the Apple TV, including Snoopy, TV and Movies, Music, and Soundscapes.
For Veterans Day this year, completing the challenge requires doing a workout for 11 minutes or more.
The app lets you connect to AirPods quickly, reliably shows their battery level, and even lets you set up keyboard shortcuts to switch listening modes, mute or unmute, and more. Plus, it's not limited to working with AirPods.
Deskpad [...] is a free Mac app that makes a virtual second monitor that lives in a window. The idea is that you move your presentation software to that display and share it, then use the rest of your actual display so you can see your notes and the stream's chat.
The future of Apple Intelligence is mostly unwritten. There’s a lot more for Apple to do just with the Big Three product lines. But it can’t leave its smaller devices and accessories behind. They will be important tools to feed data to Apple Intelligence and extend the intelligence of Apple’s platforms to the rest of our lives. I hope we’ll get a first sense of that future sometime next year after Apple’s built a stronger foundation with all of its forthcoming iOS 18 and macOS 15 releases.
As of late September, Apple had approximately 164,000 full-time employees worldwide, the company disclosed in a filing last week. That's up from the 161,000 full-time employees that Apple reported a year ago. These figures include corporate employees, such as software engineers, and retail employees at its stores.
Anyone expecting future Apple products to be more profitable than the iPhone shouldn't be making investing decisions.
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