Since the last “Apple News Roundup: Mid-June 2025” article was published, many other things have been going on in the background at Apple which are worth mentioning, but may not have enough on their own to be featured in a full article on Low End Mac. This article is a roundup of many new updates from Apple, featuring links to articles from other websites.
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Relaunched Blood Oxygen features on Apple Watch
This update will be re-introduced once you update to iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 for individuals in the US. If you had a Series 10, 9, or an Ultra 2, those will also be eligible for the update.
Mac.c infostealer grows in prominence
“Believed to be of Russian origin, the newcomer malware developer goes under the alias “mentalpositive,” alongside their product, an infostealer packaged as Mac.c.” as mentioned on 9to5Mac.
“While mentalpositive has only been active for approximately four months, “Mac.c is already competing with larger, more established stealer operations like Atomic macOS Stealer,” according to Moonlock in a blog post for HackerNoon.”
Apple Partridge Creek store location closes
There is no specific mention of why the store closed, but it was mentioned on MacRumors how the mall was sold to new owners. The store employees will have opportunity to continue working for Apple.
Future product code leaks
None of these products are announced, however, they appear to have surfaced as internal identifiers in publicly shared software code. MacRumors was the first place to break the news (as mentioned on Yahoo!). The device identifiers line-up with what we expect to be released soon, as well as some possible surprises. Time will tell which of these will shape up as they have been described (as with any rumors), but indeed these look like future products.
- A HomePod mini with an updated chip
. - A new Apple TV with an A17 Pro
. - Apple Studio Display 2
. - iPad mini 8th Generation with the A19 Pro chip
. - Entry-Level iPad with A18 chip
. - A new Vision Pro with an M5 chip
. - Details about the 2025 Apple Watch chip
. - See: Apple accidentally leaked its own top-secret hardware in software code—and it looks like we’re getting a slew of products across 7 categories
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Apple is working on a new Smart Home OS
- See: Apple now expected to unveil HomeOS, related hardware ahead of 2026 WWDC – AppleInsider
. - See: Apple Working on All-New Operating System – MacRumors
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Apple is working on their own version of a Ring Camera
According to xda-developers.com, Apple is working on a version of this doorbell camera which can be unlocked with your face. As a part of the smart home device push, Apple is pressing on a privacy-focused mindset to help people make the jump.
- See: Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push – Bloomberg
. - See: Apple is working on a way to unlock your front door with Face ID – xda-developers
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Limited Edition Kiko Kostadinov Beats Pill speaker
This limited edition Beats pill external speaker is more or less a reskinned version, with a “Kiko gray” patterned exterior. This version of the speaker will hav the same features as the regular 2024 version, and should also cost the same, at $149.99. (See also on MacRumors).
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iOS 26 hints at Live Translation coming to AirPods
9to5Mac reported on it first, MacRumors confirmed the image file is “tucked away in the files for the translate app in the latest beta”.
As seen on 9to5Mac |
 As seen on MacRumors |
Recent OS updates from Apple
These OS updates came out in the last few weeks, and were covered here on Low End Mac.
- 8/14: OS 26.4 already being tested at Apple: MacRumors Visitor Logs
. - 8/11: macOS 15.7 Sequoia and 14.8 Sonoma RC betas
. - 8/11: iOS & iPadOS 26 Beta 6 is out: Build 23A5318c
. - 8/11: Now out: macOS Tahoe Beta 6, Build 25A5338b
