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In a new WIRED interview with Steven Levy, Apple CEO John Ternus repeatedly described product development as his central passion, framing AI and security efforts as tools in service of building better products. Apple executives Johny Srouji and Greg Joswiak echoed this, calling Ternus a 'product guy at heart' with an innate sense for great products.
At a Los Angeles event, new Apple CEO John Ternus introduced the latest MacBook Pro, showing a video of the first touchscreen Mac before letting journalists and creators test the device. A notable feature reveal was the return of the glowing Apple logo, absent from recent laptops. Ternus, a 25-year Apple veteran who became CEO less than two months ago, also sat for a follow-up interview after the presentation.
In a newly published full TIME interview, Apple CEO John Ternus discussed his relationship with the company's design teams, saying he has worked closely with industrial designers since joining Apple. He described design as central to Apple's culture, noting that designers and engineers collaborate from the earliest stages rather than working in isolation from one another.
Apple is developing a smart home tablet called HomeView, reportedly overseen by hardware engineering chief John Ternus. The device is positioned as part of Apple's push into the smart home category, an area seen as ready for a fresh approach.
In an interview with The Independent, former Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is not meddling in successor John Ternus's work, now focusing instead on global policy and government relations. Cook, who became executive chairman after stepping down in September, said he and Ternus maintain trust and frequent communication, and that he's told Ternus to forge his own leadership style rather than copy him.
Apple CEO John Ternus and Executive Chairman Tim Cook each published social media posts on X marking the 15th anniversary of Steve Jobs' death. Ternus credited Jobs with instilling attention to detail that still guides Apple's work, while Cook described Jobs as someone who changed the world and his own life forever.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple CEO John Ternus has taken direct oversight of the company's industrial design and human interface teams, a responsibility he assumed even before formally becoming CEO following Jeff Williams' departure as COO. Gurman reports Ternus visits the design studio multiple times a week, sometimes more than once a day, far more frequently than Tim Cook's roughly monthly visits. Apple has not launched a search for a Chief Design Officer to replace Jony Ive, instead relying on internal leaders like Molly Anderson and Steve Lemay alongside Ternus's hands-on involvement.
About a month into his tenure, Apple CEO John Ternus has told colleagues Apple must develop products faster and take more risks in new markets, according to Bloomberg sources. He is reportedly considering breaking from Apple's traditional spring-and-fall launch schedule, expanding the device lineup, cutting management layers, and pursuing cost-cutting to fund future products.
Sources tell Bloomberg that new Apple CEO John Ternus, who succeeded Tim Cook on September 1, intends to move away from the company's traditional spring/fall product cycle toward year-round releases and more experimental products. He is also cutting middle management, including engineering program directors working on Vision Pro, Siri and AI software, some of whom have been given weeks to find internal roles or face layoffs by year end.
According to Bloomberg, new Apple CEO John Ternus is pursuing an overhaul aimed at making the company faster and leaner, including releasing more products on a less predictable schedule and cutting layers of middle management. Apple has reportedly dismissed a number of engineering program managers in its hardware division over the past two weeks, including roughly half a dozen directors, with affected staff given weeks to find new internal roles before facing layoffs later this year.
According to a Bloomberg report, incoming Apple CEO John Ternus wants the company to release products on a more frequent schedule than its traditional fall and spring events, and to move faster and experiment more to keep pace in AI. Bloomberg also reports Ternus is weighing flatter management layers, and that Apple's hardware engineering unit recently cut several engineering program manager roles, following earlier layoffs on the Siri and Vision Pro teams.
In an interview with Clique TV, Apple's John Ternus reflected on being asked by Tim Cook to take on the CEO role, describing the moment as unexpected and humbling. He also spoke about lessons learned from Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, emphasizing a focus on future innovation, and shared enthusiasm about generative AI's potential to enable products once thought to be science fiction.