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Live updates from Apple events covering the iPhone 16 launch, iOS 18, Apple Watch 10, AirPods 4, Apple Intelligence and more

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Apple’s biggest reveal of the year has begun: the iPhone 16 launch event. The company has already teased details about the new Apple Watch 10, AirPods 4, and iPhone 16, as well as updates on iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence features that it first introduced to the world in June. The company’s iPhone 16 launch event kicked off at 1 p.m. ET, with Engadget’s Cherlynn Low and Billy Steele reporting live from Cupertino. Scroll down to see their latest updates in reverse chronological order. Still need more info? Open a second screen to watch the iPhone 16 event live and stick with Engadget for complete, wall-to-wall coverage.

Live222 updates

  • There are also some updates coming to video recording, and Paulom Shah is here to explain.

  • There are monochrome looks, natural looks or stylized options. There is an updated control interface that allows you to edit these styles yourself, and you can also edit the photographic styles after capturing, instead of just before.

  • All of these updates sum up why the Pro camera is better than the one on the regular iPhone, even with all the upgrades we’ve heard about before. More control, more tools, more quality.

  • Camera controls are getting an update later this year with a two-state focus feature for locking autofocus. It seems like there were a few features that weren’t ready for launch, and unfortunately this is one of the more interesting ones. The Photo Styles area of ​​the camera app is also there, but gets image upgrades to allow for more creative styles.

  • Perhaps we’ll get cinematic iPhone video content now that we’ve moved up to the Pro and Pro Max.

  • iPhone 16 Pro offers more resolution and control than ever, Huff said. It also has a 48-megapixel Fusion Camera, with a larger cache for sharp shots of moving subjects. The iPhone 16 Pro has a new 48MP ultra-wide camera with a quad-pixel sensor, as well as a 12MP 5x telephoto camera like before. Now, though, the tetraprism design is available on the Pro And the Pro Max. You also get the new Camera Control on the Pro series.

  • iPhone 16 Pro fusion camera.iPhone 16 Pro fusion camera.

    iPhone 16 Pro fusion camera. (Apple)

  • A18 Pro chip.A18 Pro chip.

    A18 Pro chip. (Apple)

  • That’s a lot of power under the hood.

  • The A18 Pro has advanced media features, including support for the ProMotion display on the Pro. There’s also a new video encoder and data processing. It also powers “never-before-seen camera features,” and Della Huff arrives to tell us more about these new camera features.

  • Combined with increased memory bandwidth, Apple Intelligence features run faster on the A18 Pro than they did on the A17 Pro, while triple-A games perform even better thanks to new GPU advancements, with 2x faster hardware-accelerated ray tracing on the A18 Pro. The new CPU is also up to 15 percent faster than the A17 Pro. It uses 20 percent less power than the A17 Pro and has larger caches than the A18.

  • New A18 Pro chip.New A18 Pro chip.

    New A18 Pro chip. (Apple)

  • The iPhone 16 Pro will use the A18 Pro chip, which is faster than the A18. It uses the same second-generation 3nm design and has a 16-core Neural Engine that is faster and more efficient than the A17 Pro.

  • I’m looking forward to having meeting transcripts available more quickly, instead of having to upload audio to a separate service.

  • More Apple Intelligence features are now described, such as Siri finding information on your phone and summaries generated from recordings of your meetings. Photographers can ask Siri to pull specific shots from their libraries and apply edits in an app.

  • Four new finishes for the iPhone 16 Pro.Four new finishes for the iPhone 16 Pro.

    Four new finishes for the iPhone 16 Pro. (Apple)

  • Want a bigger battery? You got a bigger battery.

  • Joz describes the internal design of the iPhone 16 Pro, saying it’s crucial for running Apple Intelligence and advanced gaming. There’s advanced power management and energy efficiency in Apple Silicon, which together make for the “Best iPhone battery life ever.” Shocking.

  • Largest iPhone screen display.Largest iPhone screen display.

    Largest iPhone screen display. (Apple)

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