Week 443 was posted by Charanjit Chana on 2026-04-21.
The Community Letter from Tim is impossible to read without hearing Tim Cook's voice.
The past 15 years have flown by and actually the sheet number of keynotes that have passed and devices that have launched is impressive. The Apple Watch and AirPods are distinctively Tim Cook-era devices.
If the annual schedule holds, John Ternus will announce the 20th iPhone and usher in iOS 27 (to be announced at WWDC). Assuming it's not ground-breaking, what devices will we look back at as the ones that define the Ternus-era?
Apple seems like it is in great hands. I have a lot of commentary to catch up on Tim Cook's transition to Executive Chairman. Johny Srouji taking over the Chief Hardware Officer role is more interesting to me than Ternus' transition up to CEO. How will hardware design move forward under his leadership? I'm hoping that Liquid Glass is refined and MacOS diverges from the concentric hell it's endured.
No matter what you think of Tim Cook's reign, the transition to Apple Silicon can't be seen as anything other than a triumphant success.
Tags: