Weekly Tech Recap: iPhone 16 launch date confirmed, Google Meet gets an AI powered notes taker and more

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Apple finally confirmed the launch date for its flagship iPhone 16 series, setting the event for September 9 this year, one day earlier than the September 10 date predicted by many reports. Apart from the four iPhone 16 variants, Apple is likely to launch AirPods 4 in two new versions, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch Series 10 and iPad Mini 7.A new leak by tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo revealed that OnePlus has advanced the timeline for its OnePlus 13 press conference to end of October or November.

If the rumor does hold to be true, it would mean that OnePlus 13 will be here way before its predecessor. For reference, OnePlus usually holds out its hardware launches till January but with Qualcomm likely to announce Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset in October, the Chinese smartphone maker may be looking to take advantage of that.Google Meet is getting a Gemini AI-powered feature called ‘take notes for me’ to take notes right from the video call.

The new update was first announced by the tech giant in September last and is now rolling out select Google Workspace users from today.Take notes for me is an AI powered feature that automatically captures meeting notes and provides an easy way to share it with the other participants in the meeting. The recorded notes are saved automatically to the meeting owner's Google Drive and shared with all the people on the calendar invite within the organization.