Apple’s chip bumps, big and small
Published on: 2025-06-28 04:27:23
is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
Apple updated a couple of its most-loved products this week, both in relatively minor ways. The iPad and iPad Air both got new processors and not much else, the MacBook Air got a new processor and a new color, and the Mac Studio got a new processor. All this is both good news, and thoroughly unexciting.
So of course, on this episode of The Vergecast, we talk for nearly an hour about all these chip bumps. The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes joins Nilay and David to talk about the state of Apple’s various device lineups, the ongoing failure of Apple Intelligence to be a reason to upgrade, and whether reinventing the gadget wheel is what we even want from Apple anymore.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first on Apple’s new gear:
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