Apple has evolved over the years into one of the largest companies on the planet, and along the way, it introduced innovations that changed the world. Here’s CNET’s ode to Apple in a montage encompassing 50 years of the tech behemoth.
Read more about how CNET is celebrating Apple’s 50th Anniversary on CNET.com
Apple’s 50-Year Legacy of Product Innovation, Through CNET’s Lens
0:00 Apple’s Early Innovations: Macintosh & iPhone
0:39 Apple’s Product Evolution & Steve Jobs
1:22 The Internet Era & App Store
2:21 Steve Jobs’ Legacy & Leadership Transition
3:45 Modern Apple: AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro
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@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 7:14 am
Read more about how CNET is celebrating Apple’s 50th Anniversary on CNET.com
Apple’s 50-Year Legacy of Product Innovation, Through CNET’s Lens
@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 7:14 am
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Apple’s 50-Year Legacy of Product Innovation, Through CNET’s Lens
@AlienSignal-314
April 2, 2026 at 5:22 am
From Macintosh to iPhone… insane evolution
@1peruvianguy
April 2, 2026 at 9:03 pm
I miss iPhones costing $200
@bhargavpk953
April 1, 2026 at 12:13 pm
Apple (even today) is Steve Jobs + vision goggles
Stagnated innovation = slow death
Hope they again start being what they say they stand for
@lupreztryson
April 1, 2026 at 12:32 pm
Bridget been doing this forever
@kk-linux-rocks7269
April 1, 2026 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Ronald Wayne, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
@richardwhaley7497
April 1, 2026 at 1:13 pm
Happy Birthday
@maxrobloxyoutube
April 1, 2026 at 1:26 pm
Happy 50th Anniversary, ! I love you so much and I’m surprisingly using my iPad 10th generation with a silver color! Thank you so much!
@MyHomeHasGoneSince2021
April 1, 2026 at 1:30 pm
It’s boring. I’ve had enough of all tech companies. I’m looking for something NEW !!
Let the era of displays & buttons come to an END !!
@LinuxFun4U
April 1, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Happy 50th Apple.
@Realzibee
April 1, 2026 at 1:37 pm
Happy birthday RIP Steve jobs😢
@TechBharatIN
April 1, 2026 at 1:48 pm
What a lovely video <3
@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 2:14 pm
Thanks for watching CNET!
@lkrewis
April 1, 2026 at 2:11 pm
This year Apple has to turn the car around. All of their innovative history demands this. It’s been too long doing nothing remarkable….make this 50th count!
@GoHomeStayHome
April 1, 2026 at 2:27 pm
Here’s to many more years of Apple magic
@ditz3ntech
April 1, 2026 at 4:22 pm
When dreaming about creation turns directly into just being about creating the highest growth rate possible. Steve Jobs would’ve been sad where Apple’s been headed these past years…
@artscinfo8307
April 1, 2026 at 4:35 pm
شكرا لك على معلومات مفيدة🫶
@brotherblue3340
April 1, 2026 at 4:48 pm
I just watched this on my Mac Mini. 1st Apple device I ever used was the Apple 2. Happy Birthday Apple!!
@GamerTech96-k9s
April 1, 2026 at 5:39 pm
Happy Birthday to Apple! I remember my first device being a iPod nano 7th generation (the 2015 revision in the color gold), it was a great device for listening to fm radio and listening to music. But the best product is simply the iPhone. Being able to do computational tasks on the iPhone is incredible. Yeah Android has multitasking but iPhone’s are fast and run well for years. Even the iPhone 6s which is a decade old is still a good iPhone. Thank you Steve Jobs.
@Matschbacke25
April 1, 2026 at 5:40 pm
Happy Birthday,
@ignacionevarez3254
April 1, 2026 at 5:51 pm
And he was not in the files
@BlazingNina
April 1, 2026 at 6:24 pm
Great Job Editing
@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 10:32 pm
Thank you for watching!
@briansalazar7818
April 1, 2026 at 6:31 pm
Ah snap! My man Brian Tong! I feel old seeing this even though I only started following tech around 2000
@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 10:33 pm
Thanks for being a CNET fan!
@VMS1313
April 1, 2026 at 6:32 pm
I love the Old CNET, Donald Bell, Cooley, Brian, time where the program so funny yet educating, time where the technology in its apex era…….
Did you remember CNET top 5? Price fight? Bring it back dude………
@CNET
April 1, 2026 at 10:33 pm
Thanks for being an old school CNET fan! Those were the days!
@LordVordermort
April 1, 2026 at 6:47 pm
I remember my sister buying an ipod and its amazing how much the company grew
@kheankimhong
April 1, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Amazing project
@D.u.d.e.r
April 1, 2026 at 7:48 pm
50 years old Apple wasn’t tasting better👍👏🎉🥳🍾
@asimmatin3507
April 1, 2026 at 8:49 pm
This is not really 50 years of Apple. The first 20 years: Apple I, Apple II, Woz, and years without Jobs are really given the short shrift.Woz was the real genius at the foundation of Apple.
@fahadkelantan
April 1, 2026 at 10:20 pm
Woz was not there. It’s not cannon.
@bigbaddms
April 2, 2026 at 2:51 am
First was the Apple II+ . Absolutely amazing machine, even to this day. Instant boot, never needed an update or new firmware. No fans, perfectly silent. Ran cool. Fully expandable. Used your home TV for a monitor. It was revolutionary.
@Infobisnis888
April 2, 2026 at 3:55 am
Miss you steve, scott & and johny
@thecapone45
April 2, 2026 at 4:47 am
3:18 Omg! She was a baby!!
@thecapone45
April 2, 2026 at 4:53 am
Not me getting emotional over a CNET Apple video 🥹
@AlienSignal-314
April 2, 2026 at 5:21 am
50 years later… and they’re still shaping how we think about tech.
@probablythatonecoolguy23
April 2, 2026 at 5:54 am
@gruivis
April 2, 2026 at 6:30 am
I miss Molly and Brian! 😭
@JustSomeDood_1
April 2, 2026 at 7:13 am
Android people watching this, how funny is it?! 😂
@NATHANNIZHAM-x8y
April 2, 2026 at 10:22 am
RIP For Steve Job With A His Digital Innovator Contribution Forever 😢🎉
@alee7027
April 2, 2026 at 11:07 am
AirPower 😂
@TEXelectronics
April 2, 2026 at 11:32 am
Happy birthday favorite
@ShalevLazarof
April 2, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Thank you Steve, for creating Apple on this earth.
@BELLEVERIC
April 2, 2026 at 6:24 pm
This video was all we needed tbh
@CNET
April 3, 2026 at 6:21 am
that so sweet!
@montellthewizard
April 2, 2026 at 7:06 pm
50 years of thinking different. Look at where they came from. WOW!
@1peruvianguy
April 2, 2026 at 9:02 pm
2:41 Brian Tong!!
@sekuxrious
April 3, 2026 at 5:20 am
In a world that glorifies ‘Jobs’, be a ‘Wozniak’: Brilliant AND kind. Innovative AND deeply human. Happy 50th birthday, Apple. 🍎
@everton-jjjjjjj
April 3, 2026 at 7:30 am
Apple is the best tech brand.
@KapilVijayvergiya
April 3, 2026 at 9:48 am
Steve’s death broke my ❤️
@imal25
April 3, 2026 at 10:28 am
HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY APPLE COMPUTERS AND MANY MORE TO COME!!!
@americas.dark.secrets1776
April 3, 2026 at 11:04 am
M
@danm700
April 4, 2026 at 12:10 am
To Steve Jobs. You truly made a dent in the universe. 🫡
@mannym7849
April 4, 2026 at 4:22 am
Happy 50th birthday Apple here’s to many more, I started my journey with Apple products back in 2002/03 with my iPod Classic 160Gb (which I still have) and now 23 years later I have owned numerous editions of the iPad and now the iPad Pro M4, I’ve gone through at least 6 or 7 iPhones and am currently at the iPhone 16 Pro, I’ve had the WATCH SE, S9 and now the lovely Jet Black S11 which I love and last Christmas I treated myself to a lovely M4 MacBook Air. Thank you Apple 💚💛🧡❤️💙🩵