Everything Apple announced at its March 2016 event

The Apple event is a wrap – if you missed the hour-long keynote, we’ve got everything Apple announced summarized in one place for you.

First things first…

Monday's keynote started with some very strong words about security from Apple CEO Tim Cook. He reiterated the fact that Apple takes customer privacy and security very seriously, and mentioned that he feels it's the company's responsibility to protect user data. Interesting timing, considering the keynote took place one day before Apple meets the US government in court to debate the issues surrounding the San Bernardino case.

iPhone SE

As rumored for months, Apple announced the iPhone SE — an iPhone that packs the power of the iPhone 6s into a smaller form factor more like the iPhones of yesteryear.

It’s got LTE, Wi-Fi Calling, 4k and 240 fps slo-mo video recording, live photo support, Apple Pay, all running on a 64-bit A9 chip.

The 16GB model will go for $399, the cheapest price an iPhone has ever launched at. A 64GB model will run $499. It goes up for pre-order on March 24th, with the first units shipping on March 31st.

 

Liam The Recycling Robot

 

After a quick summary of its environmental efforts, Apple showed the first footage of “Liam” — a robot they’d built specifically for disassembling iPhones down to their smallest components for recycling and refurbishing.

AppleTV is getting a software update

 

AppleTV’s tvOS will get a new update bringing support for folders, voice dictation support (including for typing usernames and passwords, generally a pain in the ass on AppleTV), and Live Photos.

Cool New Bands for Watch

Let me guess: The reason you've stopped wearing your Apple Watch is because you're totally bored with its wrist strap. Well good news! There are a selection of new bands for the Apple Watch, among them a few stylish and colorful woven nylon straps, and a Space Black version of the lovely Milanese Loop, complete with its fancy magnetic clasp.

New Smaller iPad Pro

 

Love the 12.9-inch iPad Pro but think it's Just Too Big? Get a load of the smaller iPad Pro with a 9.7-inch screen. This new addition to the high end of the iPad lineup goes on sale Thursday March 24, and costs $599 for the base configuration. It has all the pro features---support for Apple Pencil, matching keyboard cases, awesome camera, four speakers---but is the same size as the iPad Air tablets.

iOS 9.3 gets new updates

 

Apple announced some new updates to iOS 9.3, such as password protection on notes, a night shift sleep-friendly lighting mode, and app suggestions for Health apps.

Apple Watch Gets A Price Drop

 The base model of Apple Watch was previously $349; it’s now $299. No word yet if the higher-up models will drop in price accordingly.