Gear News of the Week: Apple’s iPhone Event Gets a Date, and Plaud Upgrades Its AI Note-Taker
This week in tech news, Apple has announced its September 9 event at the Steve Jobs Theater, where it is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup—including the thinner, lighter iPhone 17 Air—alongside the Apple Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3, and AirPods Pro 3. Meanwhile, Oura is establishing a new U.S.-based manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, enhancing support for its Department of Defense partnership amid industry shake-ups involving rivals Ultrahuman and Ringconn.(WIRED)
Plaud introduced its new AI note-taking device, Note Pro, featuring an AMOLED display, improved microphones, speaker identification, and support for transcription in 112 languages. Smart lock company Level launched the Level Lock Pro, a compact smart lock compatible with Apple Home keys and Matter. Chipolo debuted rechargeable Bluetooth trackers—the Card and Loop—compatible with Apple and Android tracking systems.(WIRED)
Samsung quietly revealed the budget-friendly Galaxy Tab S10 Lite, ahead of its upcoming Galaxy Event, while Nothing faced backlash for displaying stock photos as camera samples for its Phone (3) demo units, later clarifying them as placeholders from early demos.(WIRED)