Apple’s 2024 Will Be About Moving Beyond the iPhone

The Apple Watch Ultra 2.

Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg

The iPhone will take a back seat to Apple’s wearables business in 2024, with the Vision Pro, watch and AirPods getting more attention. Also: The company goes to war against iMessage on Android; Google loses to Epic Games in its fight over app store policies; visionOS is fast approaching; and the first iOS 17.3 beta test brings security updates for thwarting thieves.

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