Hot on the heels of the Vision Pro come rumours that Apple is already working on its Next Big Thing Meet the team – and its robots that Cupertino may have set it sights on. The company is rumoured to be working
on two possible options: an AI-powered robot that follows you around the house and can carry out chores like washing the dishes; and a desktop robot whose display can follow your every move. While the first one could conceivably be something like Amazon’s Astro; the desktop robot seems more like an iMac G4, only with a motororised arm.
Now that’s a robot we’d like to see. You can find out more on p6. Apple, of course, isn’t the only company that’s dabbling in robots – there’s the aforementioned Amazon Astro, of course, but Samsung has its Pacman-like Ballie; Sony has its cute robot dog Aibo, and Panasonic is working on NICOBO, which looks like a bobble hat with eyes and a tail. Car companies, too, have long experimented with robotics, with Honda’s ASIMO, Toyota’s trumpet-playing robot, and its palm-sized Kirobo, which entertained astronauts on the International Space Station, so it’ll be interesting to see what Apple’s take might be.
Back down to Earth and you’ll see that this issue is packed with great things to read about and to do – from our 13-page guide to fixing your Mac (p20), to in-depth reviews of the M3 MacBook Air 13in and 15in (starting on p78). Plus there’s a round-up of the best keyboards for your Mac on p86 too.

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