Apple previously confirmed that iOS 18.2 will be released in December, and now a potential release date within the month has surfaced. We

The full suite of Apple Intelligence features isn't quite ready for primetime yet, but you can at least test some of them out prior to their proper launch. Apple launched the third beta for iOS 18.2 this week.

Samsung's smart ring debut put the products firmly in the spotlight, with one analyst predicting that Apple could launch its own smart ring in 2026.

This description sounds a lot like the Google Home Hub, which came out in 2018, or the Echo Show, which is already up to its eighth iteration. If Apple wants to be a serious competitor in this smart home space, it'll have to prove to customers that it has something to offer that these more established brands and products don't.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a long track record of revealing Apple's plans and in a new post on Medium, he writes that the company is "making its first foray into the smart home IP camera market". He also predicts that the first devices will be launched in two years time.