You can subscribe to it via Apple Podcasts or RSS or just listen to this episode by hitting the play button below. We discussed everything Apple announced at WWDC 2017 on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast. This year, the WWDC is even more exciting given the rumors of many hardware updates. The new models also sport the Force Touch trackpad which offer fingers more room to gesture and click. This year, the Apple WWDC 2017 will kick off on the 5 th of June, the keynote event starting at 10:00 am.
The new MacBook Pro said to come with up to 10 hours of battery life. The company also updated its 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8GHz processor. All MacBook Pro refreshes will sport Apple's Touch Bar with Touch ID with 500-nit Retina display, and Thunderbolt port. The 15-inch MacBook Pro will come with standard discrete graphics with more video memory.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro update will now features Kaby Lake processor with up to 3.5GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz, while the 15-inch MacBook Pro will be powered by up to 3.1GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz. Apple during the keynote claimed that the refreshed MacBooks are its "thinnest and lightest notebook" for all-day on-the-go computing.
The new MacBook models measure 13.1mm thick. As for the launches, other than iOS 11, one hugely rumoured product that Apple is expected to unveil is the Siri-enabled speaker that is supposed to compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home.
The new MacBook will come with up to 1.3GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz and up to 50 percent faster SSD. All new MacBook refreshes will feature Intel's Kaby Lake processors with support for up to twice the memory.