Watch the Apple Spring Loaded event livestream here
Here's how to watch the Apple Spring Loaded April event.
The time has come for the latest Apple Event. A small handful of times each year, the tech giant puts on presentations where it reveals its upcoming lineup of products. The Spring Loaded April event is set to go down in a few hours, and here’s how you can watch it.
Watch the Apple Spring Loaded April event here
Apple’s Spring Loaded April event goes live on April 20, at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. The event will be streamed live over on Apple’s official website, where you can also check out VODs of the company’s past events. The event will also be streamed from Apple’s YouTube account. If you prefer to stay right here on Shacknews, you can watch the Apple Event using the embed above.
As for what to expect during the Spring Loaded Apple Event, Apple has kept it pretty hush on what they’ll be showing. However, heavy speculation points towards AirTags and the unveiling of a new iPad Pro tablet. There’s also a solid chance that they will further discuss their recently revealed App Tracking Transparency security feature.
Last year threw a bit of a wrench in Apple’s plans, as the company held several more, yet smaller events than they usually do. They also saw a minor delay in release of the latest generation of iPhones. It’s yet to be seen how the ongoing pandemic will influence the tech company’s plans for 2021.
That’s how you can watch the Apple Spring Loaded April event livestream.There’s sure to be a lot of news, and you can expect to read about all of it right here on Shacknews.
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Apple Event Thread
Can I make one of these? So, the much rumoured, much discussed first apple event of the year is ready to drop in just over 2.5hrs.
Top rumours include, new iPad Pro with mini-led display, possibly new Apple Pencil, Apple Air-tags, M1 redesigned iMacs, AirPods 3, new Premium Podcast Service, and more? Who knows, let’s see!
http://wheniskeynote.com
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I'm praying for 32gb support, minimum, for the next MBP. 64gb support would be even better. I could run all the containers!
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Yeah it’s unclear whether this will be an entry level M1 24inch iMac for general users, or there will also be the larger 30” version with an M1x and more memory, I/O etc.
Really hoping for both, I’m desperate for a new iMac, but I’m not biting until it’s a version with faceID and early rumors pointed to that not being the case. (Boo)
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Unlikely, we had two new Apple Watches In September.
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Mini LED will be interesting for sure. Im curious about Airtags too, esp. with the U1 chip.
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I don't care what the product is, as long as it ushers in the return of magsafe. :|
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It’s coming, probably not until WWDC.
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VOLUME CONTROL ON KEYBOARD PLS
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Want 12” MacBook comeback what a great light device . Or really a 2lb Macbook of any kind. Problem right now is the airs / pros are 50% heavier than the old 12”.
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The M1 macbook airs are so ridiculously powerful (relative to the old intel macbooks/macbook airs) that I'm not even sure what the point in a macbook would be.
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1lb lighter
To be clear I want the M1 in the old 12” body
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I want this too. 🤞🏻
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OUR DREAMS ARE ANSWERED.
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BLUNT by Dre Apple
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Podcast subscriptions!
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Airtags are here!
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Okay that was legitimately funny and well produced.
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That was as great airtag ad
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How does that compare to the price of Tile? Seems pretty high.
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Okay the color balance thing is fucking cool!
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HDTV TEST on YouTube gonna love that feature I’m sure
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Oh please dear god sell me that remote stand alone.
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We lost the one for the apple tv in our bedroom. We use our phones. But I'd love to have a replacement.
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Looks like it is for sale! https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJFM3LL/A/siri-remote
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That remote remote is awesome! Wonder if it’ll work with the existing Apple TV
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I always end up holding it upside too. I put a rubber band on it to help me orient it correctly. It’s such a bad remote. I’m sure it looked cool as a render, but it’s terrible from a usability perspective
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HERE WE GO FOLKS
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My wife still has her 2011 27" iMac. It's due for an upgrade :)
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OMG, it has a headphone jack on the side!! (Maybe??)
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man. imac looks clean af
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That denim jumpsuit haha.
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She looks like a worker you would find standing outside of Home Depot on a Tuesday morning. And I am here for it. I want to pick her up in my truck and hire her to paint my house and clumsily try to speak to her, but she doesn't speak much English. Once she's done painting she'll start sweating because she'll realize she's gotten herself into a bad situation, because I told her I would drive her back to the Home Depot, but we turned left instead of right and we're heading out of the city. We're on a dusty road that she doesn't recognize and it's getting dark. I'm getting sweaty myself so I take off my shirt and roll the windows down because I was pitting out that shirt... my own anxiety is rising in anticipation of what's to come. We drive south for another couple hours and I can see her fidgeting with the door handle but I keep it locked so she's safe. Finally we arrive at a secluded spot in the desert. We walk to a small copse of trees in the middle of the desert where I have a shovel waiting. I tell her to start digging. She protests but she's not speaking English so I can't understand her, I tell her to keep digging. She is crying now, tears streaming down her dust-caked face and she looks like a sad clown, one I remember seeing when my mom took me to the circus when I was 5 years old. The memories of what that clown did to me stir in my mind. Terrible memories... The clang of her shovel hitting something metal wakes me from my reverie. I push her back and pull out the metal box. She is on her knees begging and pleading for me to stop. I ignore her cries and open the box. It is full of cold hard American cash. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. I grab fistfuls of it and start placing it in her overall pockets. Thank God she's wearing that outfit. I stuff all I can into her clothes and give her two more handfuls to carry. "The border is that way," I say. "Take it home to your family. Be well, God bless. I know you were only here looking out for your family. But they need this money more than I do." I watch her walk to the border. She turns to me before she crosses and waves. The end.
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no silver or black :(
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Oh wait, they just showed the silver.
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There is a silver.
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Shitting on Intel's power hungry CPU.
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would never expect that on a 24" model.
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They work okay. Disco Elysium runs great on a MBA M1 at full res.
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No, MacOS but the most recent version can run some iOS apps.
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Me actually, love it for work,.
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iMac on the kitchen counter next to the sink is asking for trouble.
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Do you think those product shots of people staring at iMacs is using a plastic mock (with nothing showing on the screen, maybe it's not even a screen, just some saran wrap) - and they're like looking at a lifeless shell, using all of their acting skills to pretend they are transfixed by stuff on the screen.
and all the screens that are showing are added in postproduction in premiere or davinci, etc.
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Ethernet plug in the power brick is pretty cool.
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yeah, i really appreciate that touch
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New Sam Fisher game?
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Thee dudes
https://i.imgur.com/ldnYE0b.jpg
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I recall they made fun of something similar in Silicon Valley show with the "Tactical Team" and one guy had a small Netbook on his wrist.
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Mission Timpossible
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OKAY M1 BOYSSS
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Yeah they’ve been working towards this point for around a decade and now it’s really paying off.
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I wish iMac was a touchscreen.
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I'm guessing "creatives" can use it like a mobile computer now.
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It’s essential to my work as a visual artist, there is no alternative device that comes remotely close. It’s literally transformed my industry.
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I’m an illustrator, I work mostly in Procreate, and then bring those layers across to photoshop or illustrator on my iMac for compositing. Works seamlessly.
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make it run MacOS in a dual boot mode
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My Dell XPS has a finger print reader and I really like it.
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I believe no one ugly works at Apple.
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MicroLED will blow OLED out of the water soon. Cant wait for the LG TV version.
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Im pretty sure it will. Its basically OLED without the burn-in.
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Yeah that would easily be my next TV.
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Ah I thought this was micro. Too many marketing terms nowadays.
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microLED, yes. But apparently this is miniLED. MicroLED is the future of displays for sure.
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Dude, how many times are you going to make this post?
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So only like 3 more times?
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the newest version of MacOS unified the icon styling w/ iOS, brought over Control Center to replace all the old MacOS methods of handling toolbar-settings, and increased the spacing for all menu items making them touch-friendly.
I'd bet real money that ipads will just be running MacOS within a couple of years, seeing as how MacOS runs iOS apps now on M1 hardware.
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now put the damn front facing camera on the other edge
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I feel like the iPad has been doing like Xbox 360 level graphics for about five years now…
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I can count on one hand the number of times in the last couple of years I’ve played a mobile game, unfortunately. But there are some iPad games with extremely impressive graphics that rival the best graphics on the Xbox one. That’s what I meant anyway… Not the 360
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https://youtu.be/5w3pHUnPMrg
Pretty great looking. One thing I will say I use the iPad extensively for, at least in the old world, was playing the plethora of amazing boardgame translations it has - on airplanes and traveling. I miss that :-(
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a few reasons...
Nobody pays money for games on mobile
No standard controller input beyond the touchscreen (this limits a TON of things)
Nobody actually considers the iPad a Real Gaming Device, regardless of its power.
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I am disappointed that the rumors of a SKU for the Apple TV that included a game controller didn't pan out. Like, even if they just tossed a Nimbus in there and called it wonderful.
I did see that 2K put an "arcade" version of NBA 2K1 on Apple Arcade, I'm wondering what extent that service could be a way forward for games since it reduces the "nobody pays money for games on mobile" friction
Also blows my mind that games like Fantasian are on Apple TV and the Mac and not on consoles.
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Because people don't pay money for games on those devices. I think its why the icons on the Switch went from the simple smartphone/tablet style icons on the Wii U and 3DS to Nintendo mandating that the icons are like busy box art. They wanted to maintain a $20-$60 price tag for games on Switch even though the device itself is basically a tablet.
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because Apple has chosen by policy to not make AAA game dev on iOS profitable
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Definitely picking that 12.9" iPad Pro.
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I bought a 3rd party Brydge Keyboard and it was nice but way too heavy.
The Magic Keyboard is perfect and I use it all the time.
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My iPad 12.9 Gen 2 is still so damn fast. It plays everything super fast. No reason to upgrade yet.
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Invest that cash into the market, retire earlier.
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Yup. Phones and tablets are basically the same every year now give or take a few new things. My interest used to be through the roof on each launch and now its just like, eh whatever. My current stuff works just fine.
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I just bought that same one, couldn’t imagine needing to upgrade for at least a couple of years. The thing is blazing fast. It’s really diminishing returns these days unless you fall into a very targeted group, I think.
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Aye. No HDR on the display but its already super huge for web browsing and occasional gaming (Hearthstone mainly). Works perfectly fine.
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Screen is luxurious AF.
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I want that HDR.
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DAT SCREEN DOE
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Now I am just hitting refresh waiting on that new Apple TV 4k to drop.
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Siri remote will be $59 by itself
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Sold!
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Same.
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Now that’s gonna be a nice upgrade.
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I think I definitely want a 4 pack though, with some knockoff Amazon ring holders
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Perception of scarcity.
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I wasn't able to catch the event live but I guess I'm just confused by the semantics of the branding.
The M1 chip is basically an A14 chip but better.
So what's the difference in calling the chip in the next iPad the M1 or the A15? Maybe they made decisions with the M1 that they couldn't do with just a mobile processor for a phone and they've just decided to implant those differences directly into the next iPad versus just making a better A-series chip, but it seems like otherwise it's quibbling over semantics.
And I guess it wouldn't matter except that people get confused by it. Like how some places were reporting that iOS was being "ported" to the Mac which isn't the case although you can now run iOS apps on M1 Macs.-
It is mostly semantics like you say, but features like thunderbolt are parts of the M1 soc and not the A series chips.
My guess is we will see these lines further differentiate themselves with time.
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You want a little more storage? FINE, $1 a gig, BIATCH
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1TB and 2TB options have and additional 8GB of RAM.
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They probably are already filming the next Airtags marketing video with that exact scenario lol
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The tags are just bluetooth right? We give my daughter the Relay GPS device with cell service for $10 a month so I can watch her on the bus etc. WOuld this be better?
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But how can a tag be located if its not on the cellular network? i.e. I cant see my kids driving home on the bus.
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damn thatts pretty sweet. I'll wait for some reviews but that could be game changing tech.
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yeah its like batmans sonar cell phone tech from the dark knight
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Would be more useful for an outdoor cat, but yeah.
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https://www.apple.com/airtag/
AirTag is designed to discourage unwanted tracking. If someone else’s AirTag finds its way into your stuff, your iPhone will notice it’s traveling with you and send you an alert. After a while, if you still haven’t found it, the AirTag will start playing a sound to let you know it’s there.
Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner.
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Yeah I was a bit surprised they didn't offer two sizes. But they may want to get people to buy that over priced extra display.
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I'll be getting the new TV 4k and an additional remote to go with my old 4k that will transition into the bedroom.
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Apple podcast thing - https://wccftech.com/apple-podcasts-subscriptions-have-gone-official-will-launch-in-may/
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Yeah I’m not sure how clear they are on it but it kinda looks like they can make it to where you can pay and then for certain podcasts you don’t listen to ads, get episodes early, etc.
Some podcasts do that now via unofficial means or through services like Stitcher and Spotify.
We’ll see what this means given that the Podcasts app on iOS is the most popular podcast client on the planet but it doesn’t sound bad so far.
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I think you're right. It's like a "premium" version of a podcast.
During its spring event today, the company announced that people will be able to subscribe to content from the app for extra perks, like ad-free and bonus content, as well as early access. It’ll launch in 170 regions and countries next month.
Initial partners include Pushkin Industries, QCODE, and NPR. It appears that content creators will have to pay Apple $19.99 per year in order to offer subscriptions, and Apple will take 30 percent of revenue for the first year and 15 percent for the years following.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22381980/apple-podcasts-app-subscriptions-new-design
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I'm guessing it will be like YouTube where you can opt in to giving the content creators money. Brad and Will said the other day that apparently a ridiculous percentage of people think that by subscribing to a podcast currently it directly gives the creators money, which is definitely not the case. So maybe this will help with that a bit.
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