Join Clay, John and Vic as they discuss the Series 5 Apple Watch a little more, and then a little more. As well as a grab bag of mini topics including iOS 13 and the state of Apple Software releases, John’s shopping experiences, Vic’s Genius Bar disappointments, federated photo sharing, Siri Shortcuts and so much more!!!
TweetbackEmailSlackApple Watch Series 5 reported battery problems: Software vs Always On ScreeniFixIt Teardown display similarities between both S4 and S5Weights of each finally updated in the Apple Store app and there’s about 6g difference between the non-Aluminium models in 44mmTitanium is lighter than Stainless but only by 3g (40mm) and 6g (44mm) still much heavier than AluminiumiOS 13 News:Performance so far of iOS13WatchOS 6 performance also fine on S3Apple Watch:John visited an Apple Store and got hands on with all the models except Hermeshttps://techdistortion.com/articles/apple-watch-series-5/John walked into a Hermes store…John bought the SNES wireless controller for the Nintendo SwitchPixelFed vs Instagram:Partial federation support (Only missing WebFinger Name resolution)Really clean interfacePersonal instance vs future shared instanceJohn built a Shortcut/Workflow for iOS using the Things URL SchemeVic’s Blood Pressure Logging ShortcutJohn dug into BrusFri problems and found the cause and a work aroundJohn is going to HOUSTON!!!! 3rd to 8th of November this year (4 weeks at time of recording)If you’re within a 3 hour drive of Houston then we might be able to meet up - drop me a line and let me knowNo promises but will see what we can doThe staggering state of staggered software releasesiOS13.0 was released on September 19, 2019.13.1 was released on September 24, 2019.13.1.1 was released on September 27, 2019.13.1.2 was released on September 30, 2019, and iPadOS 13.1.2, as well as watchOS 6.0.1. All of the updates are focused on bug fixes.13.2 is now in betawatchOS6.0 Released for Series 3, 4 & 5 September 19, 2019.Series 1 and 2 will get 6.0 at an unknown future date6.0.1 Released ****September 30, 20196.1 is in it’s second beta release already.iPadOS ****13.1 originally announced for release on the 30th of september but has been releasing builds alongside iOS Since 13.1.macOSNo release dates announced yetthe word all summer long has been this won’t be a fun release and the betas are still horribly broken and buggy.tvOS13.0 released September 24, 201913.2 released in beta October 2, 2019A guy walks into the genius bar….Vic has yet another Watch Encounter with unsatisfying results at the Genius BarBubbleSort ShowsSome news about the empirePotential new shows in the worksTrying to breath some life into the slack and grow the BS communitySome new changes to the websiteThere is a new shows page that will list all the shows hosted on the network.Listeners can read descriptions and subscribe to the shows right from that page as well as send feedback via twitter or join the slack.They can click through for episode listings.In addition to the master list for BSTV there is a new TV Shows Page to list Browse and subscribe to the various shows covered on BSTVNew subscribe buttons for the major pod catchersVic has his new watch and very few first thoughts.That screen seems huge though the watch doesn’t seem much bigger really at all.He really likes the haptic scrolling on the crownThere are so many more watch faces to chose from now he could be paralyzed.The new Nike bands are even Nicer than the one he got with my series 3.
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