Apple is discontinuing more Macs due to

the global memory shortage. The AirPods

with built-in cameras are coming very

soon. Fresh new iOS 27 details. You

might be getting a check in the mail

from Apple due to their broken Siri

promises. And much more. All in today's

episode of Apple Weekly. Okay, so let's

start by talking about the global memory

shortage. This has been affecting

everybody, including Apple. And it got

even worse this week because we just saw

that Apple had to discontinue both the

32 gigabyte and the 64 gigabyte of RAM

options for the Mac Mini and the 256 gig

RAM option for the M3 Ultra Mac Studio.

So now you can only buy the Mac Studio

with 96 gigs of RAM. And this is crazy

because now the Mac Mini starts at $799

whereas it just started at $599 a few

months ago. So everything is getting

more expensive. And this is the third

round of cuts since March. But it gets

even worse because we're also hearing

from Bloomberg's Tim Copen that the base

model, the 599 model MacBook Neo might

actually get dropped. And he's saying

that because of the worldwide memory

shortage that's driven by AI data center

buildouts, squeezing DRAM supply and

sending prices through the roof, Apple

may be forced to discontinue that 599

MacBook Neo. However, he does also say

that the MacBook Neo could get new

colors to cushion the potential price

hike. So, if Apple does end up

discontinuing that base model and making

it start at like $6.99, for example,

they may introduce new colors, you know,

along with that. And you might be

thinking, well, this is the worst it

could be. It's not really going to get

much worse. But that might not actually

be the case because Tim Cook just

recently said that, you know, in June,

Apple expects significantly higher

memory costs in the June quarter and

beyond. So maybe for the rest of the

year we could continue to see, you know,

these prices just get so high for memory

and chips. It's pretty insane that even

Apple is being affected at this point

and being forced to basically raise

prices. And that's also why we talked

about a while back how some of these

Macs are being delayed now, like the Mac

Studio and the Mac Mini that were

expected really in the first half of

2026 are now being delayed indefinitely

due to this major shortage going on. But

let's talk about something that's not

being delayed, at least not by very

much, and that is the AirPods with the

built-in cameras. We've been talking

about these for quite some time now. A

lot of people thought it would never

happen, but it's definitely happening.

And we just got a new report from Mark

German that says Apple has reached the

late stages of development for the new

AirPods with built-in cameras, which is

a significant milestone for what will

likely be the first wearable device

designed for the artificial intelligence

era. So, of course, we know the glasses

are coming. We know that pendant is

coming from Apple. All these things are

going to be like AI wearables. But the

very first one Apple's going to

introduce is going to be the AirPods

with the cameras. Now, a lot of people

are saying, why would you need cameras

in your AirPods? Like, what are you

going to do? Take a picture of the side

of you? No, that's not the case. It's

not actually to take pictures. They're

more like sensors and the eyes and ears

for Siri. So, German said this testers

inside Apple are actively using

prototypes of the new AirPods that are

at a stage known as DVT or design

validation testing. That's the final

major development stage before PVT,

which is production validation test,

which involves making early mass

production units. And he says that the

cameras essentially act as eyes for the

Siri digital assistant and aren't

designed to take photos or video. These

components located in both the right and

left earbuds allow the device to capture

visual information in low resolution.

Other than longer stems to accommodate

the cameras, the product will resemble

the AirPods Pro 3. and he says, "While

the hardware is nearly ready, concerns

about the AI elements could further hold

back the launch if Apple isn't pleased

with the quality of the visual

intelligence features. The idea is to

let users ask questions about an item

they may be looking at. For instance,

they could be facing food ingredients

and ask what they should cook for

dinner. It's a similar experience to

what someone gets from uploading photos

in AI services like OpenAI's Chat GPT or

the iPhone's own visual intelligence

function. So, I can actually see this

being very useful, especially when it

starts to get paired with like the

glasses and everything like that.

Eventually, you're going to have like a

full 360, you know, camera view of

everything in your surroundings, you

know, at some point. And then you'll

have all the data you need and you'll be

able to ask any questions. So, that's

going to be crazy. And I I really can't

wait to see how Apple markets these

because right now it sounds cool, you

know, just hearing about it, but it's

hard to see how Apple's going to market

this to the masses and why somebody's

going to be excited to go into the Apple

store and buy these, you know, with the

cameras inside. So, there's definitely

going to be some type of big feature in

iOS 27. You know, that's related to this

because right now it doesn't really seem

like it's going to do very well, but I'm

sure Apple will have something up their

sleeves. And that's what I'm kind of

excited to see. And if you need money to

buy the new AirPods Pro 3 with built-in

cameras, you might be getting some free

money soon because Apple is being sued

for $250 million in a class action

lawsuit over the delayed Siri features.

So, if you bought an iPhone 16, iPhone

15 Pro, or iPhone 15 Pro Max between

June 10th, 2024 and March 29th, 2025,

you can file a claim for $25 per device,

potentially up to $95, if not many

people claim on this lawsuit. And the

lawsuit, of course, is accusing Apple of

false advertising for running ads for

Siri features that didn't actually exist

yet. And Apple actually said that they

didn't admit any wrongdoing and they

settled to stay focused on its products,

which of course they said that. Now,

let's talk about something that's not

sold very well, and that is the iPhone

Air. Because we just got a report this

week that says Apple's poor sales of the

iPhone Air is actually affecting the

entire industry, and now basically

nobody wants to release an Air version

of their phone. So, a leaker on Weibo

recently revealed that the iPhone Air

managed to have barely 700,000

activations even after multiple price

cuts, which for Apple is not very good.

And meanwhile, a competing Chinese ultra

thin phone just did 50,000 activation.

So also very bad sales. And now due to

those bad sales, Xiaomi, Vivo, and

Samsung have all reportedly cancelled

their own ultra thin phone follow-ups

after seeing those numbers. But even

despite the bad sales, we also, you

know, have already heard that Apple is

for sure working on and planning to

release the iPhone Air 2 next year, most

likely in the spring of 2027. again,

despite the bad sales. And I have to

tell you guys, I've told you guys

before, I love the iPhone Air. It's one

of my favorite iPhones ever. It's just a

shame that it didn't get the love that I

think it deserved. But maybe that second

generation will be the one to change

everything because it's supposed to have

a second camera and might have stereo

speakers and potentially even a lower

price. So, if that's the case, you know,

we could be seeing the comeback of the

ultra thin phone, but we'll have to wait

and see on that. Now, this week, Apple

introduced a new option in the App Store

if you are purchasing a subscription in

an application. And this is the 12-month

commitment. So, Apple said this today,

we're introducing a new way people can

pay for your autorenewable subscriptions

on the App Store. Monthly subscriptions

with a 12-month commitment. This new

payment option allows you to offer

subscribers more affordable options.

People can cancel their subscription at

any time, which will prevent the

subscription from renewing after they've

completed their agreed to payment to

fulfill their commitment. So basically,

you know how if you sign up for

something where it's like, you know, a

certain percentage off if you sign up

for the annual plan, that's essentially

what this is, but you don't have to pay

for everything upfront. You just pay

lower monthly costs as long as you are

committing to paying for that full year.

So, this has just started becoming

available for developers. So, you might

start seeing this in your favorite

applications out there. Now, let's talk

about iOS 27 because can you believe it?

We are less than a month away from

seeing iOS 27 get unveiled at the

Worldwide Developers Conference. And now

we have even more new details on some of

the features coming thanks to

Bloomberg's Mark German. So first off,

we have Apple Intelligence photo editing

tools which I think is one of the

weakest points of Apple intelligence

compared to others like Gemini and you

know some of the other ones out there.

So this is great to see. So he's saying

that in the upcoming software Apple is

adding new Apple intelligence tools

section to the editing interface. and

includes the extend, enhance, reframe,

and cleanup features. So, he says the

extend option lets users generate

additional image content beyond the

original frame. For example, someone

could take a close-up photo of a

landmark and use the tool to fill in

surrounding scenery. Users can control

how much is added and where by expanding

the edges of the image with their

finger. So, I think this is something

that pretty much everybody wanted from

day one with Apple because if you

remember all those cleanup tutorials

where they compared it to Gemini where

it would basically just ruin your face

and, you know, do a really bad job of

extending the image. It's because it was

never actually supposed to do that. But

now with iOS 27, it apparently is going

to be able to do that, which will be a

huge deal. Then we have enhance, which

uses AI to automatically improve color,

lighting, and overall image quality. So,

this is going to be something like

basically what we already have where you

auto, you know, correct, but it's

probably going to be a lot better than

the auto correct for what you have built

in right now to photos. And then there's

refframe, which is designed primarily

for spatial photos. So, it says Apple's

3D image format built for the Vision Pro

headset. It allows users to shift

perspective after the shot is taken. A

photo of a car, for instance, could be

adjusted from a front-facing view to

emphasize the side. So, this one is

really interesting, and I'm really

excited to see how this works. So

essentially, if you take a photo of

something like head-on, you'll be able

to turn it to the side, you know,

because it is spatial and be able to

have it like at a completely different

angle, a completely different

perspective. So I'll be very curious to

see how that actually works and how good

it is. But that sounds pretty neat.

There's also going to be some changes to

the wallet application in iOS 27. So

German says this, Apple has developed a

pass building tool for the iOS 27

wallet. The feature lets users take a QR

code and generate a custom pass around

it. The capability is designed for

situations where, for example, a gym or

concert app provides a QR code for

entry, but doesn't support the wallet

application. With the new tool, users

can import that code and create their

own pass. So, I can see this being very

useful, not necessarily for events like

concerts and things like that because

pretty much every, you know, ticket

master stuff, pretty much everybody out

there, you know, and all the venues do

support Apple wallets like pretty much

everyone I've been to. However, for

things like gyms or, you know, things

like rewards programs for certain stores

may not necessarily have a wallet pass

for the wallet application on your Apple

device. So, this could be nice to be

able to create your own for that. And

then we have some more details on one

that we've already heard about before,

but this is being able to pick Claude or

Gemini instead of chat GPT for Apple

intelligence by default. So, he says

users will be able to select from

multiple third party AI models for tasks

like generating and editing text and

images. Apple is working on a similar

approach for Siri, allowing users to

swap out chatbt. iOS 27 will let users

choose from the AI model providers to

opt in by adding support through their

app store apps. So far, Apple has been

testing integrations internally with at

least Google and Anthropic. And like

we've heard before, these are actually

called extensions. So, these allow you

to access generative AI capabilities

from installed apps on demand through

Apple intelligence features such as

Siri, writing tools, image playground,

and more. Okay, so we already saw the

one lawsuit Apple is facing for Siri and

being deceptive about that, but there's

also another one going on right now, and

it's actually one that we've heard about

before. So, do you guys remember back in

2022, actually think I mentioned this in

Apple Weekly, Apple is being sued by so

many people over Air Tags and the

stocking allegations, how Apple kind of

made it easy for people to stock people

with Air Tags. Well, that big lawsuit

from 2022 actually got thrown out and

never actually went through. But Apple

is currently facing over 30 lawsuits

from people who claim to have been

stalked using Apple Air Tags. And you

guys can probably believe this because I

always have an Apple Air Tag story, you

know, in these Apple Weekly episodes.

So, it's definitely believable that

there are a ton of people out there

getting stalked. But this is interesting

because in each filing, Apple is accused

of releasing the Air Tag while being

aware that it could be purchased and

used by abusive, dangerous individuals

to track, coerc, control, and otherwise

endanger and abuse innocent victims. And

Apple apparently received more than

40,000 stalking reports between April

2021 and April 2024. And internal

documents showed that Apple knew it

safeguards would only deter stalking,

not prevent it. So, it's crazy that all

of a sudden there's a massive new wave

of lawsuits for the Air Tag. And I

really cannot see any way that any of

these actually go through and Apple is

to blame for this. Like, it's really

hard to say that Apple is the reason,

you know, that somebody's using the

device to stalk you. That's just kind of

crazy. But what do you guys think? Okay,

so now let's talk about iOS 26.5, which

is the latest update, which will be

getting released next week. So this week

we did see the RC build of iOS 26.5 and

I was not making a video on that because

I'll tell you in a minute why. But you

know 26.5 RC is here. So if we go into

the general software updates you can see

that we are currently on 26.5. And if we

tap on that the build is 23F75.

Now there was nothing new in the RC just

like the past few updates. Like I told

you guys I'm not going to make a video

if there's literally nothing new to talk

about. I don't want to waste your time

like that. But you can see that is the

build number there for 26.5. And I will

be making a video when the final version

gets released. That way I can show you

all the new features and changes which

pretty much every single one of them

were in beta 1. So, you know, there's

really not a lot here in 26.5 aside from

I will say that there is a change to the

wallpapers. So, if you go to the plus

right here and go down to wallpapers,

you can see that we have Pride right

here. And if you go ahead and tap on get

to download the Pride wallpapers, there

is a new Pride wallpaper here in iOS

26.5. You can see this one right here is

new and there are different colors right

there. Those are actually similar colors

to, you know, a wallpaper pack I had in

the past. But these are the different

colors. You can see kind of the Roman

numerals down there at the bottom. There

are quite a few to choose from. Or you

could have a custom color which is

pretty cool. So this is actually a

pretty neat wallpaper in my opinion.

This is one of my favorite Pride

wallpapers that we've had. So that is

one version of it. There's also this one

right here. So if you are into the Pride

wallpapers, you can select these now

with the RC build. Of course, they will

be there in the final as well as long as

you tap on get and download them which

again that is a relatively new feature

as well where you have to download these

packs in wallpaper. And of course,

another big feature in iOS 26.5 is the

encrypted RCS messaging. So now when you

send a message to an Android user using

RCS, it will be encrypted. So it cannot

be intercepted, you know, in between you

sending it and them receiving it. But

aside from that, I've really had no

complaints with iOS 26.5. Now, despite

me not making videos on the updates, I

have still been installing them and

using them on both my devices. So, my

main device 17 Pro and my test device,

the 17 Pro Max. I've been using the most

up-to-ate build on both of them and

everything is fine for me. Like, the RC

feels really good. It doesn't really

feel too much different in my opinion

than the previous couple of betas, but

it is running rock solid. Battery life

is pretty good as well. It's probably

the best it's been on iOS 26, which is

expected, you know, this late into the

game. So, no complaints there either. So

you guys let me know though down in a

comment below. Have you noticed any

performance gains, any battery life

gains, any losses? Let me know your

experience with iOS 26.5, specifically

the RC build right here. And then let's

go ahead and talk about what to expect

next from Apple. So next week is going

to be the week of May 11th, which was

the original date. I predicted pretty

much I think like three or four weeks

ago that we would see the final release

for iOS 26.5. And it is looking like

we're going to see that on Monday, May

11th. Now, Apple could push that a

couple of days, but typically Apple

likes to release, you know, official

software on a Monday. So, I would expect

to see 26.5 on Monday the 11th. And then

after that, we could potentially be

seeing iOS 26.7 beta 1. However, that is

yet to be seen at this point. I think at

this point, pretty much everybody,

myself included, the only thing I care

about personally is iOS 27 beta 1. So,

we are going to see that on June 8th.

So, that second week right there in

June. June 8th is the first day of the

worldwide developers conference and

that's when we will see Apple officially

unveil iOS 27, Mac OS 27, all the

operating systems and that's going to be

a big deal and we should be getting the

first beta that day as well. Now, you

might be wondering where was last week's

Apple Weekly and where was the RC video?

Well, I was actually with Apple out in

Miami for the F1 race. Yes, Apple

invited me out. I was one of, I believe,

five people that they took out from

Thursday to Monday. So, I did miss Apple

Weekly and I did miss the RC, but it was

for good reason. I was out there having

a blast with Apple, you know, with the

F1 race. It was absolutely incredible. I

did make a full video on this, so I will

leave a link down below. Was a short

here on my YouTube channel, but it was

absolutely insane. They hooked us up

with the most VIP experience you can

imagine. The $15,000 paddic passes. They

give us yach club access. You know, I

got to go, you know, see pretty much all

of the things I wanted to see on the

track. I got to do a pit lane walk. We

got to go in the Aston Martin garage and

learn about the steering wheel and the

tuning and all of that. It was amazing.

So, if you want to watch my full recap

of my F1 weekend with Apple and Apple TV

because, of course, as you guys know,

Apple TV has the exclusive rights to F1

as of now. It's a 5-year partnership

where you can watch every F1 race on

Apple TV. So, pretty cool stuff. I also

got to see the the media room, like the

technical room they call it, which is

where they basically put together the

broadcast, their editing. You can see

all the camera angles, all the audio

equipment, everything. It's quite

insane. So again, if you want to see the

full video, it is linked down in the

description below. It was an awesome

time, and I hope you guys can understand

that. That's why there was not an Apple

Weekly or an RC video, but we are

expected to be on schedule and on track

from here on out. So, I'm excited for

that. And of course, there's no Apple,

you know, Air Tag story this week. I did

not see any new Air Tag stories this

week, but I will get back on track with

that soon as well. But hope you guys

understand. I hope you guys did enjoy

this video and hope you enjoyed that F1

video that I have linked down there. But

anyways guys, thanks for watching. We'll

see iOS 26.5 next week and I'll see you