Apple iPad Pro, MacBook with mini LED display, new AirPods, AirTags to launch in 2021

Apple will launch the iPhone 13 series later this year. Alongside, the company is expected to launch more hardware and software services in 2021. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed Apple’s launch plan for 2021 in his latest investor note. The analyst claims that Apple will release its first augmented reality device in 2021, alongside AirTag item trackers and other products.

Kuo claims that the long-rumoured AirTags will launch in 2021. AirTags is Apple’s version of Bluetooth tags that could be used to track the attached item using your iPhone. There are multiple similar products available from other brands, but Apple’s AirTags are expected to redefine the category using UWB (ultra-wideband) technology found on the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, and the Pro models.

The analyst also claims that Apple will launch an augmented reality device in 2021. Details about the AR device were not shared in the 9to5Mac report that cited Kuo’s note. It was previously rumoured that Apple will launch its AR glasses sometime in 2022 ‘at the earliest’. YouTuber Jon Prosser had also leaked the alleged prototype design of the Apple Glass. It will look like regular spectacles on the outside and have a plastic frame, at least in the first-generation.

The Apple AR glasses will rely on a paired iPhone, much like the Apple Watch. It will have two displays in the lenses which can be interacted with using gestures in front of them. Moreover, there will be a LiDAR sensor in the frame, which was launched in the new 2020 iPad Pro. Apple Glass will feature wireless charging support.