iPhone 17 lineup expected in September; Apple faces pressure to make AI count

Apple is set to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup in September 2025, introducing a fourth model to its flagship series. This expansion comes amid growing industry pressure for Apple to significantly integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its products, as rivals have already begun incorporating advanced AI features. Consumer and investor expectations are rising, placing all eyes on Apple to demonstrate meaningful progress in AI capabilities with its new devices. @EconomicTimes

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📱 iPhone 17 Lineup Overview

The iPhone 17 series is expected to include:

• iPhone 17: The standard model.

• iPhone 17 Air: A slimmed-down version, rumored to be Apple's thinnest iPhone yet at just 5.5mm thick and weighing approximately 145 grams. However, it may feature a smaller 2,800mAh battery, raising concerns about battery life.

• iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max: The high-end models with advanced features.Indiatimes+1LOS40+1

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🤖 AI Enhancements and Apple Intelligence

Apple is reportedly enhancing its AI capabilities across the iPhone 17 lineup:

• Apple Intelligence: An AI framework designed to optimize battery usage, multitasking, and user interactions.

• Neural Engine: The A19 and A19 Pro chips are expected to feature improved neural engines, enabling faster and more efficient AI processing.

• Siri Overhaul: Apple is working on a new version of Siri, internally called "LLM Siri," based on a large language model to make the assistant more conversational and capable of synthesizing information. Wikipedia+3SimplyMac+3India Today+3The Verge

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📸 Camera Upgrades

The iPhone 17 series is expected to feature significant camera improvements:India Today

• 24MP Front Camera: A substantial upgrade from the previous 12MP sensor, offering sharper selfies and enhanced video calls.

• Rear Cameras:

  • iPhone 17 and 17 Air: Single 48MP sensor.

  • iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max: Triple 48MP setup with wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses. The Pro Max may support 8K video recording. ABP Live+1India Today+1IndiatimesIndia Today

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⚙️ Performance and Connectivity

The iPhone 17 series is expected to offer enhanced performance and connectivity:

• A19 and A19 Pro Chips: Built on an upgraded 3nm process, offering better performance and efficiency.

• RAM:

  • iPhone 17 and 17 Air: 8GB RAM.

  • iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max: 12GB RAM, a first for iPhones.

• Custom 5G Modem: Apple's first in-house 5G modem, offering improved power management and up to 30% better battery efficiency during network usage. India Today+1SimplyMac+1The Outpost+1ABP Live+1India TodaySimplyMac

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💡 Pricing and Availability in India

The iPhone 17 series is expected to launch between September 11 and 13, 2025. In India, the iPhone 17 Air could be priced at approximately ₹1,09,500.

Google announces Wear OS 6 with 10% better battery life, first Developer Preview is out

 Google announces Wear OS 6 with 10% better battery life, first Developer Preview is out

Google has just made Wear OS 6 official at its I/O conference today. This comes with the previously unveiled Material 3 Expressive design, which will also be incorporated into Android 16, due to be released next month. The first Developer Preview of Wear OS 6 is now available - for developers only, as the name implies.

Wear OS 6 brings a 10% improvement in battery life compared to Wear OS 5, Google boasts, and it's all thanks to "Wear OS platform optimizations". That's great news if it pans out.

Material 3 Expressive is "fully optimized for the round display", and brings dynamic color theming (that's been available in Android for a while now). Tiles are promised to be "more consistent and glanceable", and Google is introducing a 3-slot tile layout to improve visual consistency in the Tiles carousel. This comes with a title slot, a main content slot, and a bottom slot.

Material 3 Expressive adapts to larger screen sizes, and has "an iconic design" that maximizes the space within the circular form factor. Navigation through lists is more fluid, and there's a new visual and motion design making it easier for you to visualize your progress through a list. Media controls are enhanced too. Watch faces will be able to contain photos you select.

Wear OS 6 will be available "later this year", Google isn't saying anything less vague than that right now.

Google I/O 2025 announcements: Gemini 2.5 models, Imagen 4, Veo 3 and Flow

Google I/O 2025 announcements: Gemini 2.5 models, Imagen 4, Veo 3 and Flow

Google I/O 2025 was a big one with a host of announcements, mostly focused on AI. We got updates and new features for the Gemini 2.5 models (Pro and Flash), alongside the more powerful Imagen 4 image generator, and Veo 3 AI video generator. Google also unveiled Flow - a dedicated AI filmmaking tool that combines Imagen, Veo and Gemini models to create cinematic scenes from simple text prompts.

Gemini 2.5 brings extended language support to over 24 languages with text-to-speech and expressive voices. Google claims improved reasoning, multimodality, coding and long context capabilities for both Flash and Pro models.

The big new update on the Pro model is the added Deep Think reasoning mode for highly complex math and coding tasks. The feature is still in its “experimental” phase and will be released to trusted testers soon. Google says it can consider multiple hypotheses before responding.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is now the leading AI mode on WebDev Arena and LMArena benchmarks. It offers enhanced coding and web app building tools and up to a 1 million token window for long context understanding. Gemini 2.5 also improves security against indirect prompt injections.

Gemini 2.5 Flash is available in preview to all users in the Gemini app, while its general release is coming later in June. Gemini 2.5 Pro’s commercial release will follow shortly after.

Imagen 4 can now output images in up to 2K resolution. Google claims it improved text accuracy in generated cards, posters and comics. Imagen 4 is available starting today across the Gemini, Google Workspace, Whisk and Vertex AI apps.

     
Imagen 4 samples (shared by Google)

Veo 3 is Google’s latest AI video model and features improved text-to-video prompt recognition. It can output video with sound, character dialogue and background noises. Veo 3 is available starting today for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US and Vertex AI enterprise users.

Veo 2 is getting camera movements, object addition and removal functionality. Users can also add images for style control and outpainting to extend frames beyond the original borders.

Flow is Google’s new AI filmmaking tool which combines the capabilities of the Veo, Imagen and Lyria models for cinematic scenes with more detail. Google claims Flow can help storytellers create exceptional cinematic clips that excel at physics and realism. Users can control camera motion, angles and perspectives. You can also edit and extend previously generated videos. Google Flow is now available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US.

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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 now available for Pixel devices with Material 3 Expressive UI

 Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 now available for Pixel devices with Material 3 Expressive UI

Google has rolled the Material 3 Expressive UI changes into Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, which you can download and try out today on a compatible Pixel phone. Note that this is aimed at developers and may not be stable enough for a daily driver – a stable release is expected next month.

  
Android 16 UI changes: quick settings redesign • live updates

Android QPR1 Beta 1 (QPR stands for “Quarterly Platform Release”) can be downloaded if you join the Android beta program. It supports the following Google devices (from older to newer):

• Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6a
• Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 7a
• Pixel Fold
• Pixel Tablet
• Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8a
• Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold and Pixel 9a

If you run into issues, you can check the Android Beta subreddit and Google’s issue trackers.

PS. In case you missed it, Google announced Wear OS 6 today, which will also incorporate the Material 3 Expressive UI design.

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