- These five Apple products have gone year without updates
- They include Vision Pro, Studio Display, Mac Pro and more
- Here’s what the latest rumors say about futures for each
Apple has a large selection of upcoming products in the pipeline, and we see many of them at its big 9th September event, including new iPhones, Apple Watches and AirPods. But there are also many existing products that feel like they are stuck in limbo, sometimes years go without updates or attention.
What are these devices and what will Apple do about them? If you have been patiently waiting for some new AirPods Max or a fresh study display, we have rounded off the latest speculation about the increasingly dusty models (and three other remarkable examples) below.
While this is still just speculations – and there is always the potential of an Apple surprise – it should help give you a control over whether you should continue to wait for these seemingly forgotten products …
1. AirPods Max
As noted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and his recent power on newsletter, AirPods Max headphones have not had a significant update for almost five years.
Sure Apple gave them a USB-C port in September 2024, but it was pretty much the only change in note (except for loss-free cable audio support). Apart from it, they remain as they were when they launched by 2020.
Unfortunately, Gurman doesn’t think AirPods Max will be upgraded soon. In his newsletter he says that despite being visibly popular, the headphones are “in a strange place commercial” where they are too popular to interrupt, but apparently not popular enough to update significantly.
As we have argued, it seems weird when an H2 chip (putting them on par with AirPods Pro 2) could be roughly sufficient with some other smaller upgrades. But it seems that AirPod’s Max owners will have to continue to wait for an update or switch to some of the other best over-ear headphones instead.
- Judgment Oddly enough an update still looks unlikely in the near future
2. Apple Vision Pro
Apple’s Vision Pro -Headset arrived with a huge amount of fanfare in 2023, but it is safe to say that it has never lived up to hype.
Lack of compelling apps, an unpleasant heavy weight and an astronomical price tag has all slowed down sales and made potential customers think twice before pulling the trigger. As Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman recently said in his latest power on newsletter, the vision risks becoming “a waste of a decade and billions of dollars for Apple.”
There are rumors that Apple is working on an updated version with a new chip, with a lighter, cheaper model after that. Unfortunately, there are no rumor dates for any of the model, so an impending update looks very unlikely. It sounds like Apple’s ‘Spatial Computing’ concept still needs much more time in the oven.
- Judgment Apple is working on the Vision Pro — Occasions but don’t expect them until 2026 at the earliest
3rd iMac Pro
IMac Pro, which was launched in 2017 but was officially interrupted four short years later in 2021. Yet almost since the day Apple stopped selling it, there have been rumors that it is destined for a comeback.
So far, they have not led anywhere, with the last significant rumors of analyst Ming-Chi Kuo just before Apple launched the Mac study back in 2022.
Since then, speculation has cooled with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who wrote in his power on newsletter in 2023 that iMac Pro “has been on and off Apple’s roadmap”.
Despite this, rumors have continued that Apple could work on an iMac with a larger view of 27in, 30in or even 32 inches. But with Apple continuing to push the combination of a Mac Mini- or Mac study with a large external display, this still looks unlikely in the near future.
- Judgment Right now it seems that iMac Pro remains in Apple’s cemetery
4. Mac Pro
Mac Pro is easily Apple’s most expensive computer, but despite that – or because of it – it’s not very compelling right now.
That’s because its M2 Ultra chip is better than several of Apple’s other chips, and it missed both the M4 Max and M3 Ultra Chips, which is newer than anything else Mac Pro offers.
There are claims that Apple is working on an M4 Ultra version of Mac Pro and that can’t come soon enough. When you pay up to $ 6,999 / £ 7,199 / AU $ 11,999 for a computer like this one, don’t get outdated hardware. Fortunately, it seems that this will not be the case much longer.
- Judgment An M4 Ultra version of MAC Pro is looking more likely to be more likely to the end of 2025
5. Studio Display
Apple’s Studio Display was designed to be a screen for ads that did not want to spray out at $ 4,999 Pro Display XDR, and for a while it did a good job.
However, it has not been touched since March 2022, and it is a long time in the technology world. This means that the screen really begins to show its age among an abundance of alternative options.
Fortunately, recent speculation from macumors suggests that Apple is working on a studio display 2 and that it could come with a mini-led backlight. It should mean deeper black and lots of local attenuating zones to high contrast and brightness.
However, if you want to upgrade soon, the bad news is that this new screen probably won’t arrive until the beginning of 2026.
- Judgment A Studio Display 2 is still on the cards, but the rumors suggest that it will only be launched until early 2026
