Mac shortages, Apple Glasses rumors

Welcome to 95Mac Daily for Monday, April 13, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We are supported this week by Cardpointers. Leading off today, John, Gianandria's time at Apple is officially coming to an end this week. Gianandria joined Apple in 2018 after eight years at Google to head the company's Machine Learning and AI strategy. In December last year, however, Apple announced that he was stepping down from his position and would serve as an advisor to the company before fully departing in the spring of 2026. Mark Gurman now reports that Gianandria's time as an advisor to Apple wraps up this week. The timing correlates to Apple's April 15th vesting date, meaning Gianandria remained on Apple's payroll until now to let his next round of stock awards fully vest. This is something referred to as resting and vesting in the industry. Gurman reports that Gianandria's plan post Apple is to join some company boards and do advising work in the startup world. He is unlikely to go out and join another tech company though. Apple has dramatically shaken up its AI teams and organization in the fallout of the Apple Intelligence debut. Alongside the announcement of Gianandria's departure in December, Apple also announced it had hired Amar Subramanya to serve as its VP of AI reporting to Craig Federighi. Subramanya spent 16 years at Google and 5 months at Microsoft before joining Apple. Gianandria had control of the Siri team stripped in March 2025 after Tim Cook reportedly lost confidence in his ability to execute on product development. As it stands right now, Siri is led by Mike Rockwell inside Apple. While Gianandria's other responsibilities have been taken over by a combination of Craig Federighi, Eddy Q, and Sabi Khan. Apple is set to announce major new AI and Siri features as part of iOS 27 at WWDC in just two months. These will mark the first major features since Federighi took charge and since Apple signed its deal with Google to use Gemini models to power new AI features. We are sponsored this week by Cardpointers, the best way to earn more from your credit cards every day. Cardpointers shows you in-depth details about rewards and offers for each of your cards. Most Cardpointers users save more than $750 per year with these recommendations. Cardpointers is available on all of Apple's platforms including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. 9-5 Mac daily listeners can exclusively save 30% and get a $100 savings card by hitting the link in the show notes. My thanks to Cardpointers for their support of the show. Next up today, the availability of higher-end models of the Mac Studio and Mac Mini continues to deplete amid worsening supply constraints and the possibility of an M5 refresh just around the corner. Just last week we talked about how select Mac Studio models with 256GB of RAM were back ordered to August or September. Over the weekend, Apple has updated its online store to now reflect that some of these models are just completely unavailable. This includes the M4 Mac Mini with 32GB of RAM and 64GB of RAM. All Mac Studio configurations with 128GB of RAM and 256GB of RAM are also currently unavailable. A status of currently unavailable on Apple's website usually means the product is about to be removed entirely from Apple's online configurator. If you want to be optimistic, this can be seen as a strong indicator that an M5 update for the Mac Mini and Mac Studio is imminent, but it's hard to tell if that is the case or whether the current situation is a result of Apple facing the same shortages for RAM and storage that the whole industry is currently grappling with. Hopefully Apple executives will be able to provide some color on these circumstances during its next quarterly earnings call set for April 30th. In other news today, according to Bloomberg, Apple is actively testing at least four different styles of frames for its upcoming Smart Glasses project. Apple is counting on its superior design taste to stand out from rivals like the Rayban Meta Glasses. The report indicates Apple is evaluating the designs and plans to launch several in multiple colors, somewhat similar to how it launched a range of different designs with the Apple Watch in 2015. As a reminder, these Smart Glasses are not augmented reality glasses. They are wearable glasses that feature integrated cameras, microphones, and sensors. They don't feature a screen in the glasses. They'll be able to relay notifications from your phone, capture photos and videos, play music, and enable interactions with AI features like Siri and visual intelligence. It's kind of like a combination of Apple Watch and AirPods in terms of functionality. The glasses will pair with your connected iPhone to power most of their features, making them an iPhone accessory even more than the Apple Watch is. Bloomberg says the four designs and testing for the Apple Glasses include a large rectangular frame reminiscent of Rayban Wayfarers, a slimmer rectangular design similar to the glasses worn by Apple CEO Tim Cook, larger oval or circular frames, and a smaller, more refined oval or circular option. Apple is reportedly exploring a range of finishes including black, ocean blue, and light brown. With the Apple Watch, the goal is to create a design that is instantly recognizable. Bloomberg says the front cameras on the glasses will all be arranged in an oval pattern surrounded by indicator lights. Apple is also planning to use a durable and luxurious material for the main body of the glasses instead of something like plastic. Finally, Bloomberg says the Glasses project is on track to be announced either later this year or early in 2027 with an actual release date sometime in spring or summer of next year. Apple is also still believed to be working on advanced augmented reality glasses with integrated displays, but the timeline for that is much further out. That wraps up another episode of 9 to 5 Mac Daily. As always, you can find all of the latest Apple news on 9to5mac.com, follow along with me on threads at Chance H. Miller, and we'll be back tomorrow for a new episode of 9 to 5 Mac Daily.