This week Apple held its massive annual iPhone launch occasion and managed to cram in seven gadgets for us to get enthusiastic about, together with 4 new iPhones.
We additionally lastly get the debut of Spotify Lossless. Higher 5 years late than by no means.
To catch up on all of this and more, scroll down for our recap of the week’s seven biggest tech news stories.
7. We tried the Nikon ZR
The new Nikon ZR camera landed as the first in a new line of Nikon / RED cinema cameras, and it instantly makes Nikon a major new player in this space – a competitor that is even capable of going toe-to-toe with big names like Sony and Canon within the class.
It packs a bunch of Nikon Z6 III tech, together with the identical 24MP partially stacked full-frame sensor, 5-axis picture stabilization, subject-detection monitoring autofocus and extra into a particularly compact, weather-sealed cinema digital camera physique.
It boasts some incredible options in addition, and to make issues even higher it prices simply $2,199.95 / £2,199.99 / AU$3,499 – sure that’s loads by itself however know that no different cinema digital camera comes near the ZR for video options at this worth level.
6. Bose dropped new headphones
Stop what you’re doing: the best Bose noise-cancelling headphones (and arguably the best ANC cans around, period) now have a successor. Behold! The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen).
Aside from choice new colorways including ‘Driftwood Sand’ and ‘Midnight Violet’, Bose’s new flagship cans will now work with their USB-C cable for 16-bit/44.1kHz or 48kHz audio quality (and with the 2.5mm audio jack on the older model) just like the recent AirPods Max replace.
Elsewhere, a complete of ten (10!) microphones positioned inside and out of doors every ear cup at the moment are mixed with an improved ActiveSense algorithm for “extra exact adaptive noise cancellation and pure sound”, and Bose has upped the stamina to a claimed 30 hours with ANC deployed for the up to date mannequin (though it is nonetheless 23 hours with Immersive Audio on, ie. ANC and varied levels of spatial audio added to the combination) or 45 hours with ANC turned off.
Pricing? They’re costly, however solely 2023 costly…
5. Dolby Vision got a sequel
Dolby announced Dolby Vision 2, the next generation of its HDR format. It’s set to have advantages for each cheaper TVs, the place a brand new image evaluation engine will ship even richer colours and higher distinction in HDR, and dearer TVs. Within the latter case, there’s a second model of it, referred to as Dolby Imaginative and prescient 2 Max. This brings instruments for a extra correct image from as we speak’s super-bright TVs, and – for the primary time – Dolby Imaginative and prescient will give TV/film creators management over your TV’s movement smoothing settings. Sure, the director can inform your TV when to show movement smoothing on and off, and may even do that second-by-second.
Which TVs will help this new HDR format? Effectively, that’s difficult – solely Hisense is confirmed, and different TV makers are fascinated about it.
4. Spotify finally found its Lossless music
Earlier this week, the day that millions of loyal Spotify fans have been waiting for arrived, and Spotify Lossless is finally launching to Premium subscribers. The rollout has already started for users and will expand to over 50 different regions in October.
The most surprising thing is that despite the rumors, Spotify Lossless is free, offering a bitrate of up to 24bit/44.1kHz FLAC, which is actually better than CD-quality. The streaming service added that Lossless will be available across ‘nearly every song’, but hasn’t provided an exact number.
Spotify Lossless will also be available across an array of devices from mobile, to desktop and tablet, offering compatibility with devices that support Spotify Connect including Sony, Bose, Sennheiser, and more. When it comes to enabling Lossless, all you have to do is head to Media Quality in Settings, and then select Lossless under the Low, Normal, High, and Very High audio options.
3. Apple gave us new AirPods Pro
Alongside new iPhones we also just got brand new AirPods Pro 3 – which are a successor to the AirPods Pro 2 that, according to Apple, are the most popular headphones ever.
So does the new model do enough to convince folks to upgrade? Well among the new features are an in-built heart-rate sensor, which in combination with the built-in movement sensors can apparently track 50 workout types – no Apple Watch wanted. Additionally they get dwell translation. Apple says you’ll pinch each stems to start dwell translation, and ANC kicks in to scale back their voice slightly if you’re getting the interpretation.
2. New Apple Watches reached further than ever
While the iPhone 17 series was big news, fitness wearables got a lot of limelight too. The Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 got an upgrade people were begging for – increased battery life – along with 5G capabilities, satellite messaging for the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to connect from the wilderness, scratch-resistant screens and a much-vaunted hypertension detection feature designed to monitor blood pressure.
Meanwhile the Apple Watch SE 3 arrived to complete the range refresh, with fast-charging, the latest watchOS 26 features and the same powerful S10 chip as the other watches in the line, meaning it has access to neat current-gen tricks like gesture controls. All that and it’s still terrific value at $249 / £219 / AU$399, too.
1. Apple debuted 4 new iPhones
If we had to choose two words to describe the iPhone 17 launch, they would be “thin” and “orange”. Sure, we got four new iPhones across three different styles and varying sizes, specs, and capabilities, but people will be talking about the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro and the quite thin and durable iPhone Air for a long time. And, no, that’s not a typo. Apple’s Plus replacement eschews the numerology and focuses on the stunning build, which is the thinnest iPhone Apple has ever built. By the way, it does bend, but not break, and then bounces right back into shape (we have the video to prove it).
Aside from thinness and that bold new color, the lineup got new silicon in the form of the A19 and A19 Pro and new cameras that bring subjects closer than ever before. TechRadar is testing the phones, but you can read all of our first impressions.
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