Today, Apple will announce its earnings for the second quarter of 2026. During this process, component shortages, the ongoing success of the iPhone 17 series, and low Mac availability are expected to play a significant role. Here are the live listening methods.

Component shortages and Mac performance will be in the spotlight

Half an hour after the closing time today, Apple will announce its earnings for the second fiscal quarter of 2026 and will then hold a conference call where CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh will discuss the results.

As in the previous quarter, the conversation is likely to revolve around ongoing memory shortages. Apple will explain how it dealt with these shortages last quarter and what path it will take in the future.

The Mac is also expected to play a significant role in this quarter's results. This period includes the launch of the MacBook Neo, and despite the memory shortages, an increase in demand for the Mac mini and Mac Studio models is being observed. Users are turning to these models to run AI agents like OpenClaw.

In the past few weeks, many analyst reports have highlighted Apple's sustainable strong performance in iPhone sales thanks to the success of the iPhone 17 series. Apple has managed the iPhone situation better amid memory shortages, as competitors have had to raise prices in some countries.

Apple's conference call will start at 14:00 PST / 17:00 EST, and after the executives deliver their prepared speeches, they will move on to analyst questions.

As always, the call will be streamed live, and you can listen to it via this link.

Make sure to follow 9to5Mac's coverage of Apple's 2026 Q2 today; it will include key points from the conference call.