This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Apple’s upcoming Siri unveiling, iPhone 18 Pro’s Dynamic Island, ‘HomePad’ update, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
iPhone 18 Pro‘s Dynamic Island size
Following several conflicting reports around what’s happening with the iPhone 18 Pro’s Dynamic Island, there now seems to be a consensus.
The previously rumored hole-punch cutout in the top-left corner isn’t happening. Instead, iPhone 18 Pro will retain the existing pill-shaped Dynamic Island design—but shrink it.
Per leaker Ice Universe, the new Dynamic Island will be roughly 35% smaller than the current design.
My takeaways
I was always intrigued by the idea of a left-aligned cutout for the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera, but the idea of a smaller Dynamic Island makes a lot more sense. Mockups of the smaller size look great too.
On a related note though, if Apple isn’t going to ship a hole-punch design in the iPhone yet, I’m skeptical it will be able to debut the rumored cutout-free, all-glass design for next year’s 20th anniversary model.
The Information reported recently that Apple was developing a wearable AI pin device. Inside that report though, there was an update given on other AI-centric products.
The report mentions Apple’s rumored HomePod with display (commonly called ‘HomePad’ or ‘HomePod Touch.’). We haven’t gotten a HomePad update in a while, but per The Information the product is scheduled to launch this spring.
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