What To Expect At Apple's 'Time Flies' Event

On Tuesday, Apple will hold its annual September event called "Time Flies." Unlike in previous years, the company is not expected to announce new iPhones as they have reportedly been delayed "a few weeks" due to the pandemic. Macworld reports on what we can expect to see announced instead: Apple's invitation was light on details, as always, but it's hard to look at its "Time Flies" tagline and think that this won't mean showing off new models of the Apple Watch. Presumably that means a Series 6, but rumors have also circulated around an additional lower cost model to replace the aging Series 3. [...] While the iPad Pro received a minor update this past spring, the midrange iPad Air has remained unchanged since March 2019. Eighteen months is about the refresh cycle for iPads these days, so a revamped Air seems like a pretty good bet for this week's event. [...] There also remains the question of the iPad mini, last updated at the same time as the Air. It could very well see a similar update to stay in step with the Air, but given that Apple has often let the smaller tablet lie unchanged for years at a time -- which it seems to do with many products with the "mini" moniker -- it's hardly a sure thing.

With new hardware naturally comes new software. The release of a new Apple Watch will certainly require watchOS 7, which in turn will need iOS 14. Likewise, new iPads are unlikely to ship without iPadOS 14. That gibes with a recent Bloomberg report that iOS 14 would be released in mid-September, following the usual schedule for Apple's mobile operating system updates. And given our brave new world where Apple events are not subject to the typical restrictions of time and scheduling, that might be all we have to look forward to this time around. That said, there are plenty of other things that Apple could talk about at this event, assuming they're ready to go -- everything from over-the-head AirPods to Apple silicon-powered Macs.

What to expect

[ArhcAngel]

Gloom
Despair
and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom
Despair
and agony on me

Do not expect anything!

[Mr. Dollar Ton]

Just slip into zen and you'll be ready for anything!1!!1!

All in all, they'll just be asking you for more money.

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[zenlessyank]

You're not slipping anything into me.

To answer the OP, gayness and retardation.

I want my...

[theskipper]

I want my...

I want my Apple TVeeeee...

(and some chicks for free please kthx)

Time flies like an arrow

[goombah99]

But Fruit Flies like an Apple.

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[93 Escort Wagon]

Good grief, a Hee Haw reference.

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[Reeses]

And he doesn't even have a low Slashdot ID.

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[93 Escort Wagon]

I wonder what the age profile would look like - Slashdot UID versus age? It's possible many of the six-digit folks (people like the OP, and me) could skew somewhat older than you early three-digit and four-digit guys. I know I originally heard about Slashdot from a younger co-worker, at least.

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[Reeses]

Yeah, that would be interesting.
I know I got my lowID because I happened to refresh the page shortly after the ability to create accounts went live. I recall them burning through all of the five digit IDs within a day, so it was more a matter of timing than anything else.
I'd imagine there's a pretty standard bell curve of reader's ages that covers a 10-15 year age span about every few thousand IDs or so.
Slashdot was pretty popular back in the day, so a lot of people in IT had accounts within an age group th

Blood oxygen but waiting for blood sugar tracking

[Camembert]

Most likely the new Apple Watch will be launched with blood oxygen tracking, whose measurements will be deeply integrated with the heartbeat sensor. This would be useful in checking sleep quality for example. I read a rumor that the current Apple Watches already have a non-activated oxygen sensor (which to be honest, is not that special, it is more what you do with it reliably that makes the difference), so with some luck these can also benefit from the functionality with the new WatchOS.
Now the evoluti

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[backslashdot]

Blood sugar is a difficult problem -- I hope they can do it but I doubt it this year, but temperature they ought to be able to do. It would be useful during covid and flu season.

Re:Blood oxygen but waiting for blood sugar tracki

[93 Escort Wagon]

Blood sugar is a difficult problem

If somebody can figure out how to do non-invasive, accurate, real-time blood sugar tracking - hundreds of millions of diabetics will flock to their door. Heck, that might win someone a Nobel prize just because of the outsized impact it would have.

Fact is, there's a huge market for this, but none of the big players have figured it out. Diabetics are either pricking their fingers multiple times every day, or (like my wife) wearing a continuous glucose monitor... which means having a little sensor poking through your skin all the time, and having to move it around to a new site every few days. A non-invasive system would be an incredible breakthrough.

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[gnasher719]

If somebody can figure out how to do non-invasive, accurate, real-time blood sugar tracking - hundreds of millions of diabetics will flock to their door. Heck, that might win someone a Nobel prize just because of the outsized impact it would have.

I saw an advert by some company, with a website that makes it hard to find out how much it is: Permanently (or every 10 minutes, close enough) checking your blood sugar level for 159 UK pound a month. No, thank you. I don't need it that badly. If an Apple Watch for say 500 (10 pound a month for the next four years) does it I'd be thinking about it.

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[sabbede]

Can you test blood oxygen at the wrist?

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[texas neuron]

Yes. Oxygen coming from the heart (arteries) is the same everywhere. It is essentially not consumed during transport.

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[sabbede]

I'm just surprised they can do it at the wrist. My understanding was that ear-clip O2 detectors only worked because you could shine light through the earlobe to a sensor on the other side. But, they did it, so I guess it works.

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[iampiti]

I dream of a day when we have fairly non-invasive machines, that we can wear continuously, that can track a large number of vital variables. That, together with a machine learning model should be able to detect some diseases and events (like a heart attack) much earlier than we're capable of doing. It would be a huge revolution in healthcare

Ambiguity

[joab_son_of_zeruiah]

Time flies like an arrow; time flies with a watch.

What to expect

[Traf-O-Data-Hater]

Some non-conformist bursting in, running down the aisle and hurling a sledgehammer at a giant screen?

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[93 Escort Wagon]

Some non-conformist bursting in, running down the aisle and hurling a sledgehammer at a giant screen?

In 2020, it'd be Tim Cook's giant face talking on that screen.

Time flies

[backslashdot]

Except during the long boring presentation at which they'll announce their products.

Time sure flew

[Anonymous Coward]

It feels like it was just the other day that I loved Apple's stuff. Now I absolutely don't want their overpriced, malfunctioning, locked-down garbage.

What to expect

[nospam007]

...when you're expecting an Apple event.

Just don't. You'll know everything about it loooong before you'll be able to buy it, whatever it is.
No need to fret.

What to really expect from Series 6

[sabbede]

Instead of a wearable watch, it actually flies. A little iDrone that buzzes around your head periodically announcing the time or reading text messages at you.

Time flies, huh

[UnixUnix]

Maybe they will announce an AI that parses correctly the time-honored gotcha, "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Can't wait

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

I can't wait to see all the new features Samsung's next phones will have!