# 10 Apple products and features that transformed under Tim Cook’s leadership

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/10-apple-products-and-features-that-transformed-under-tim-cooks-leadership/
- Published: 2026-11-09T00:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T00:33:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2305273/apple-products-features-transformed-under-tim-cook-leadership/
- Topics: Business, Companies

## Key points

- Apple devices gained new health and fitness roles.
- The Mac moved from Intel to Apple silicon.
- Apple had 2.5 billion active devices.

## Summary

Under Tim Cook, Apple expanded familiar devices into new roles and introduced new product categories, while growing its services business and moving the Mac to its own chips. The changes show how the company has made more use of its existing ecosystem during Cook’s 15 years as chief executive.

The Apple Watch developed from an iPhone companion into a health and fitness monitor, with features including ECG, fall detection and sleep apnoea notifications. AirPods gained hearing health tools and heart rate sensing, while Apple began its transition from Intel to its own Mac processors in 2020; the article also notes Apple had more than 2.5 billion active devices and $416.2 billion in fiscal 2025 net sales.

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