In late October, Apple introduced an unspecified product in the Bluetooth SIG database with a name “B2002”, category “Personal computer” and model number “TBD”, and now the company has introduced its trio of Macs with the chip M1 under the same entry.
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The latest MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini with the M1 chip were added to the list on February 10, 2021.
Although these additions to the database exclude the possibility that the item “TBD” is an M1 Mac, the listing remains a mystery. Many other existing Apple products can also be excluded as there are separate Bluetooth database listings for the iPhone 12, Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE line, AirPods Max, HomePod mini, iPad 4th generation Air, iPad 8th generation, latest models of iPad Pro and more.
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Products that are supposed to be in Apple’s pipeline for launch in 2021 include its long-awaited AirTags item trackers, a new Apple TV, second generation AirPods Pro and more, but it’s just not clear what the “TBD” list stands for.
In addition to entire products, Apple occasionally archives components in the Bluetooth SIG database, such as the H1 chip in the second generation AirPods and the W2 chip in the Apple Watch Series 3. The “TBD” list has a “Controller + Host + subsystem Profile “description, then it is possible that it refers to the M1 chip or other component on M1 Macs and has simply not yet been updated to reflect this, but it is yet to be seen.