Apple's most famous chips are the A and M-series processors that feed its iPhones, iPads and Macs of electricity, but this year the efforts to build his own wireless chips is starting to make fruit. Earlier this spring, the iPhone 16th the C1 modem of Apple, which promoted Apple's ambitions to shed his dependence on Qualcomm, and the iPhone Air of today brought a faster Apple C1X variant, Plus something new: the Apple N1, a chip for all Wi-Fies from Bluetooth.
Apple did not dive deep into the possibilities of the N1, or why it had switched from the use of third-party suppliers (Historically, Apple usually leaned on Broadcom for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth). However, the company's press releases say that the continuity functions such as Personal Hotspot and AirDrop must make more reliable use these functions use Bluetooth for initial communication and then Wi-Fi to create a fast local link between two devices. Other functions that use a similar combination of wireless technologies, such as the use of an iPad as an extensive Mac -display, must also benefit.
These are not the first chips from Apple to integrate Wi-Fi or Bluetooth technology. The Apple watches rely on W-Series chips to offer their Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity; The Apple H1 and H2 chips also offer Bluetooth -Connectivity for many of the wireless headphones from Apple. But this is the first time that Apple has switched to its own WiFi and Bluetooth chip in one of his iPhones, which suggests that the chips are sufficiently aged to offer higher connectivity speeds for more demanding devices.
Apple will probably expand the use of the N1 (and other N-series chips) outside the iPhone quickly enough. Macs and iPads are obvious candidates, but the presence of thread support also suggests that we will see it in new Smart Home devices such as the Apple TV or HomePod.
