It was pretty interesting.

Honestly, not that much stuff actually got announced.

I mean, we knew it was gonna be iPhone, Apple Watch, USB-C,

not that much other stuff.

But it was more the stuff in between the lines

that was kind of interesting

and some other random stuff

that I don't think a lot of people are talking about.

So let's talk about it.

Now, first of all, I gotta say,

it was a complete surprise to me

when one of the first things that they did

was quote my MacBook Air review.

So you know, like, the beginning of the keynotes

they usually do

where they sort of recap a bunch of stuff

that's previously happened?

One of the things they did was talk about the MacBook Air,

and this happened.

- And Marques Brownlee said, "The 15-inch MacBook Air

is going to instantly rocket to the top of the lineup

to become the most popular 15-inch laptop."

We love the new MacBook Air and the entire Mac lineup.

- And that was pretty cool.

I gotta say, they didn't tell me they were gonna do that.

They didn't ask. They didn't pay for it.

They just kind of did it.

So shout-out to Tim.

I guess in this case, it's totally fine.

I guess there's just an element of pride knowing

that, like, it's come a long way since the beginning.

I remember like 6, 7, 8 years ago

when there was zero YouTubers at any of these events,

and then there was one

and then there were three or four

and then there were 12 or 13

and just now we're all just a part of the media,

independent creators doing our thing.

So I feel like it's kind of a cool moment

to see that come full circle.

But anyway, after that,

they just got right into the announcements,

the flagship of which being the new iPhone.

So I made an entire separate video on the iPhones,

my first hands-on and impressions of all the little details

and my first thoughts of everything.

So I'll link that below the Like button

if you wanna check it out if you're interested.

But I'll just do a brief summary here for you.

So the iPhone 15 gets the A16 Bionic chip

from last year's iPhone Pro.

It gets the Dynamic Island, of course, from the Pro as well.

Some new colors and a slightly updated design

with little better curve radiuses, radii,

a slightly nicer feel in the hand,

and a satin soft-touch back and a slow USB-C port.

Same starting price and screen sizes as last year,

799 for the iPhone 15

and 899 for the iPhone 15 Plus.

So then the iPhone 15 Pro gets

a new three-nanometer A17 Pro chip.

There's these new brushed lighter titanium rails

to replace the stainless steel,

a faster USB-C port,

a customizable action button on the side

to replace the mute switch,

a new set of cameras,

and just the 15 Pro Max gets a new 5x telephoto camera.

And the prices are kind of sneaky.

So it's still 999 for the 15 Pro

but the Pro Max now starts at 1,199

because it's also starting at 256 gigs.

There's a lot more details

and interesting stuff about the iPhone

in that hands-on video,

so you know where to find that.

But then there's the other stuff of this event.

Also, I thought it would be cool to shoot here

since this is part

of where they shot some scenes in the keynote,

but now I'm realizing that it's a real place.

There's like chainsaws in the background.

So sorry about the noise.

Anyway, we've got Apple Watch stuff, right?

So Series 9 and Ultra 2.

And one of the most interesting things

about these new watches

is that visually, just looking at them,

there's almost no way to actually tell

that you're looking at the new watch.

It's very unlike Apple.

So I think there's a new pink color with the Series 9,

but other than that, it looks identical to the Series 8

and the Ultra 2 looks identical to the Ultra.

But instead, under the hood, there's a big process update

to this new S9 system on a chip,

which is more powerful and more efficient,

and that's allowing them to push the watches

to a higher max brightness

while keeping the same quoted battery life.

So the Series 9 is gonna get

up to 2,000 nits max brightness now

and the Ultra 2 is up to 3,000 nits,

which is actually now, it's the brightest display ever

on any Apple product.

And they've also moved all Siri requests on the watch now

to stay on device

instead of always having to do a round trip to the internet,

which I think could help,

'cause there's a lot of instances of Siri

where you, like, ask it, "What's the time in Cupertino?"

And it goes, "Hold on a second.

Wait for it. I'm thinking about it.

I don't know yet,"

and it's just frustrating and it doesn't work.

So that should be faster and more efficient.

It doesn't mean Siri's gonna be good.

It just means it'll be bad but faster.

But then there's also a new Ultra Wideband chip

that can talk to the iPhones

to make Find My iPhone way more precise

and actually point out a direction

to help you find your phone

instead of just playing a sound.

I think that's gonna be super useful for a lot of people.

But the most sneaky, interesting update here to the watch

is this new double tap gesture.

So, so, okay, you've got the new watch on

and, basically, it's always able to detect

if you do this double tap

of your thumb and your index finger together.

And so I got to try it a bunch of times at the event

with a demo watch in the hands-on area.

It actually seemed very accurate.

Like, you basically, you raise it to wake,

give it a split second,

and then double tap to press the primary button

of whatever app you're in

that's on your screen at the moment.

So it can accept or reject an incoming phone call

or stop a timer

or scroll through the Smart Stack of widgets

on the watch face.

And yeah, it was working really well for me very quickly.

This would clearly be super helpful if my other hand is busy

or I'm holding something

or I just wanna quickly do something.

Ordinarily, honestly, I would be trying to do that

with my nose.

So this is much better.

Now, the reason I say this is sneaky

is because I don't know if you remember,

just a few weeks ago or months ago,

this is the same gesture used to select things

while you're wearing Apple Vision Pro.

In the VR headset, selecting things is like this.

And so now on the watch, selecting things is like that.

Now, some of you have already pointed out on Twitter

this isn't exactly new completely.

If you've ever dug through the accessibility settings

on the Apple Watch before,

you've probably found by a slightly different name

basically the exact same feature

and you've been able to double tap

and do all kinds of other things.

Now, why isn't this new double tap

to select primary stuff feature

coming to other Apple watches,

you might be asking.

Apple says that basically this new S9 chip is much faster

at processing all the info from all those sensors

and so you'll be able to do it more readily.

And so that's why it's only coming

to the new S9-powered Apple watches.

It's convenient.

But let's talk about AirPods real quick

because this might actually be the ultimate sneaky update.

So the fact is these barely even got mentioned

during the keynote, right?

Like, they just casually dropped

that there would be a new USB-C case for the AirPods Pro 2

in, like, one fleeting slide

and that was basically it.

So you could be led to believe

that there's just nothing new with the AirPods themselves

and they're exactly the same.

But you'd be wrong.

So basically, for all intents and purposes,

AirPods Pro 2 with the wireless charging Lightning case

and AirPods Pro 2 with the wireless charging USB-C case

are the same product with a different port

unless you have Apple Vision Pro,

in which case, the USB-C version will be capable

of doing lossless audio with low latency

with this new codec

that Apple has created just for this purpose,

this awesome immersive experience.

So if you don't have Apple Vision Pro,

then they're basically the same product

with two different ports,

but there is actually new hardware and new architecture

to make this feature possible with the new USB-C version.

I don't think they wanna talk about that too much

to not make people who just bought them last week

feel too bad about it,

but they're actually different headphones.

So that's a sneaky update right there

from Apple behind the scenes

on one of their most popular products.

But that's a good transition

just to get to the last seemingly big pillar

of this announcement,

which was carbon neutrality and the environment.

So Apple couldn't stop talking about the environment

throughout this keynote,

including one huge overly self-congratulatory,

like, 10-minute skit

in the middle of the keynote video

with Tim Cook and Apple employees talking to Mother Nature

about how much progress they've made

with their products environmentally.

I just basically want to dig more into this later.

I would say I'm not an expert on this,

so there's no way that I can fully appreciate now

and fully understand now everything that was said.

There's a lot of specific language used.

Some of it is very clear,

like just straight up not using any leather anymore

in any Apple products,

using recycled materials instead of new virgin materials,

things like that,

having more sustainable energy sources.

But then there's other things that they,

I mean, there was a lot.

There was a lot going on

and some of it is not quite as simple.

But they have clearly made a lot of progress and change

and they eventually landed on this moment

where they were like, "The Apple Watch is the first

fully carbon neutral product

that Apple's actually shipping,"

on their way to ideally being fully carbon neutral

as a company by 2030.

And so there's a lot of progress

that they still need to make.

And as much as we've talked

about how much Apple still needs to do,

I kind of feel like I can't get mad at this.

Like, you know what it feels like,

you ever see those like YouTube videos

where a YouTuber on the street, they'll be micd up

and they'll, like, give a homeless person