Apple finally refreshed its monitor lineup — and the result perfectly captures both the brilliance and the blind spots of the company’s hardware integration philosophy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook promised a “big week” of product announcements including the introduction of a new budget-friendly iPhone 17e, a new entry-level MacBook Neo, updated iPad Air models, refreshed monitors and higher-end chipsets. They were all on display at hands-on media events held Wednesday in New York, London and Shanghai.

The minor update arrives a few weeks after iOS 26.3 and focuses on security patches and stability improvements.

Image: Apple Apple announced the Studio Display XDR, a new pro-level entry in its display lineup aimed at photographers and video editors, thanks to its HDR and wider color gamut support. In addition to the new display,

Apple updated its low-end MacBook Pro with the Apple M5 back in October of last year, but the higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch Pros stuck with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. This morning Apple circled back around and updated the rest of the lineup,