Will the iPhone 6S feature Force Touch, and is a new Apple TV coming?

All the latest rumours out of everyone's favourite fruit company

There's a flurry of new rumours coming out of Cupertino as Apple gears up to launch new iPhones - reported to be called the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus - in San Francisco on 9 September 2015.

But what exactly might Apple - which Computing recently accused of displaying a lack of innovation - be planning to reveal?

One interesting revelation by iOS developer Hamza Sood this week suggests - from evidence he's found in existing iOS source code - that Force Touch will feature on the new devices.

"Some Force Touch code in iOS. Looks like they've tested kb [we're presuming this stands for "keyboard"] trackpad gestures on the 6S, activated via Force Touch," Sood tweeted earlier this week.

Apple has already mentioned the existence and planned rollout of Force Touch for iPhone, with "sources" inside the company confirming new iPhones for 2015 will sport the feature.

Force Touch, which debuted on the Apple Watch, is a pressure-sensitive touchscreen that allows a wider variety of touch inputs as the screen detects the force of a tap or push. The latest MacBook Pros also contain the technology.

An iPhone 6S (but don't dismiss the possibility of an iPhone 7 either) is also claimed to be built on a brand new A9 SoC (system on a chip) with an "7000 series" aluminium chassis, a better camera than the iPhone 6 and a faster modem from Qualcomm based on the 20-nanometer production process.

Rumours are also now surfacing that animated wallpapers may see the light of the day on the iPhone 6S - similar to the animated watch faces that adorn the Apple Watch.

Sources state that an animated koi pond and "colourful arrays of smoke" could pretty up the iPhone's screen.

On top of all this, whispers about an iPad Pro continue to emerge from Cupertino - will Apple have any more light to shed on a more enterprise-friendly iPad to take on the Microsoft Surface gap?

Meanwhile, and this is distinctly less likely to be discussed at the 9 September event, rumours of a newer, more adaptable Apple TV are currently rife.

With anything from a powerful A8 chip in the box to a fully-fledged gaming remote promised, there is growing speculation that Apple is about to make a serious attempt to win the "battle for the living room" with a product that goes way beyond its current streaming video and audio-based offering.

It's said that a native SDK for the device - Apple's first ever for Apple TV - could truly turn it into a platform in and of itself, allowing third party developers to code applications directly for it. And with reports strongly pointing to a remote, added use cases such as gaming and other forms of interactivity seem a no-brainer.

Home automation could also be a strong contender as the Internet of Things trend continues to gather momentum. Combining smart TV and smart home in one slick platform? It's a very Apple thing to do, but we'll believe it when we see it.