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Anthony Spadafora

Apple could make Wi-Fi 'just work' with a new AirPort router — and Apple Silicon could be the missing puzzle piece

A straight-on shot of an Apple AirPort Extreme base station on a table.

There’s nothing like a good Apple event to get you thinking about the company’s past and where it’s going next. Like many others that tuned into Cupertino’s “Awe Dropping” presentation this past week, I was hoping for a “one more thing” moment that never came to be. However, my wish wasn’t for a budget-friendly MacBook, a foldable iPhone, the rumored Apple Ring or even a HomePod with an iPad-like screen.

While we did get to see the new iPhone 17 series, the highly-anticipated iPhone Air, the AirPods Pro 3 and the Apple Watch Series 11, part of me was hoping that Apple would finally get back into a business it exited almost a decade ago. Although I never had an AirPort Wi-Fi router of my own, I know from those that did, they were some of the most beloved Apple products.

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