AppleInsider Podcast

Apple is surely laser-focused now on next week's WWDC, but it did take a moment for a rare swipe at a rival, and it seems to have made some harsh choices about Apple Vision Pro.

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• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
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Links from the Show:

• iPhone 18 color 'leak' from fake account appears to be camera protector, not component
• Short-sighted: John Ternus behind Apple Vision project refocuses
• Black Apple Vision Pro rumors stoked by even more photographs
• Longtime leaker joins others in saying Apple Glasses won't arrive until late 2027
• Slimmer & lighter Apple Vision Pro is at least two years away
• Like Apple Watch at start, Apple's smart glasses plan will challenge the entire industry
• The last visionOS 26 review: Apathy about Apple Vision Pro on display
• A naming hint for Apple's macOS 27 may be hiding in plain sight
• Latest Apple privacy on iPhone ad takes direct shots at Chrome
• Apple TV's 'Prehistoric Planet' brought extinct animals to life with custom instruments
• iPhone Fold's wide screen means iPad's Split View is a necessity
• Sketchy iPhone Fold production issue guesswork won't prevent a September launch
• Possible iPhone Fold prototype shown in new image
• 40 members of Congress take Towson union's side in letter to Apple's CEO
• Apple doubling-down on on-device AI at WWDC 2026

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• (00:00) - Intro

You thought the Apple Vision Pro was expensive, but now you could have to choose between buying 180 of the headset, or one Ferrari Luce designed by Jony Ive. Or you could just enjoy the good, the bad, and the sometimes silly iPhone rumors that came out this week, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• iPhone 18 color 'leak' from fake account appears to be camera protector, not component
• iPhone 18 clear cases could revert to old MagSafe design for some reason
• Manufacturers are taking a big chance on iPhone Fold case listings
• Rumored anti-snatch feature will automatically lock iPhones yanked out of a user's hand
• This is what the Siri redesign might look like in iOS 27
• 'GenAI' Apple subdomain surfaces weeks ahead of WWDC
• Apple's worst AI feature to get a 'big boost' with upgraded Apple Foundation Models
• Former Apple designer's take on Ferrari will upset fans of the vehicle brand
• Future iPhone might get real underwater photography features
• Apple Vision Pro & PlayStation 5 are the perfect combo with Portal Remote Play app

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Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

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Apple has shown off the new Accessibility features coming in iOS 27, which did nothing to stem the torrent of rumors about what we'll see in Apple Intelligence, but possibly did steal a little bit of thunder from Google's peculiar mishmash of an I/O conference, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• Owning an Apple Home: implementing smart pet solutions
• Vision Pro wheelchair control & more accessibility features detailed ahead of WWDC
• Hikawa Grip & Stand for iPhone launches globally at a new lower price
• Revamped Siri may launch in beta, despite two year delay
• Privacy & data security will remain central to Apple's 2026 AI push
• Genmoji in iOS 27 will use what you type and what's in Photos for suggestions
• Improved Writing Tools, generated wallpapers, & easier Shortcut creation rumored for iOS 27
• AI is making smartphones verifiably worse by design
• Don't expect new Macs at WWDC 2026
• Google I/O 2026 had nothing to say and said it badly ahead of Apple's WWDC
• Problematic hinge could delay the iPhone Fold
• Apple's iPhone Fold hinge design may become industry standard
• Latest Apple Immersive rollout exemplifies Apple Vision Pro's entire problem

Support the show:

Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts

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Tune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.

Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

There was no sign of the improved Apple Intelligence in this week's launch of iOS 26.5, which must've been a relief to Google as it talked up its apparently new but seemingly very familiar AI features in Android.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• No signs of upgraded Apple Intelligence as iOS 26.5 arrives for all users
• Large-scale testing of encrypted RCS texting starts in iOS 26.5
• How to save on annual Apple App Store subscriptions, with a catch
• RCS & encryption haven't fixed the green bubble problem
• iOS 26 review one year later: Liquid Glass complaints hide the real problem
• iPhone & Android interoperability enhancements highlighted at Google I/O preshow
• Safari 27 will use AI to automatically group your browser tabs
• Liquid Glass won't get killed in macOS 27, expect a tune-up instead
• Easy to predict changes rumored for iOS 27 apps like a customizable Camera
• Intel Inside and out: Apple's 40-year relationship
• Indigo for Bluesky & Mastodon

Support the show:

Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts

More AppleInsider podcasts

Tune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.

Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

Apple is having even greater success with the MacBook Neo than expected, and also startling success with its great but cancelled "Schmigadoon!" show, plus there are so many new iPhone rumors, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• Tim Cook's remarks strongly suggest that there are no new Macs or iPads before September
• MacBook Neo shortages force new A18 Pro run & doubled production to keep up
• Apple's 2026 Pride Collection includes 11-color weaved Sport Band
• Apple Wallet will let you make your own passes in iOS 27
• iPhone users will get to select a preferred AI model in iOS 27
• Samsung & Intel considered as alternatives to TSMC for Apple Silicon production
• Curved-glass 20th-anniversary iPhone may finally introduce solid-state buttons
• Smaller iPhone 18 Dynamic Island rumor surfaces again
• Spring iPhone 18 launch rumored since before iPhone 17 debut in spite of odd rumor
• Epic vs Apple fight could be put on hold again if Supreme Court sides with Apple
• Supreme Court denies Apple breathing space in Epic fight
• Delayed Siri class action suit ends with massive $250M settlement
• Owning an Apple Home: HomePods as a whole-home audio system
• 'Schmigadoon!' earns Apple's first-ever Tony nominations despite being cancelled on TV

Support the show:

Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts

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Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

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An odd rumor led to premature calls of Apple Vision Pro's death, rumors of AI and Home Hubs abound, and Apple's App Store troubles continue on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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• Mike Wuerthele on AppleInsider 
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on AppleInsider
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• Apple Maps was Tim Cook's biggest mistake
• App Store annual subscriptions get new discounted monthly option
• Apple faces two-front battle, Epic forces a return to circuit courts
• Rumored Apple Vision Pro team break-up isn't a death knell
• Apple Vision Pro used for hundreds of cataract surgeries in the last year
• Apple smart glasses again rumored to support gesture recognition via built-in cameras
• Apple's AI push alone will generate three new hardware categories
• Visual Intelligence to be added to iOS 27 camera app as 'Siri Mode'
• Apple is gearing up to overhaul the Photos app with AI tools in iOS 27
• iOS 27 will offer a range of AI features that can still be ignored

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Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

• (00:00) - Intro & Ternus talk

You didn't see that coming, at least not now, but Tim Cook's successor is John Ternus and there's so much news about both men. Plus what Apple had to update because of the FBI, how "Star Wars" benefits from the Apple Vision Pro, and more, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• John Ternus in as Apple CEO, Cook becoming Apple Executive Chairman
• Apple leadership shakeup places Johny Srouji as new hardware chief
• Tim Cook thanks users & Apple employees after 15 years of being CEO
• How Tim Cook started at Apple in 1998, and how 15 years of being the CEO ends
• Don't expect changes from Apple anytime soon, even with new leadership
• New Apple hardware chief wastes little time in introducing five underlings
• Ternus will be more decisive than Tim Cook, claims one insider
• A long-planned Apple CEO transition meets an analyst-driven AI hype cycle
• 'Healthy' Cook plans for a long stay at Apple as chairman
• Report: New Apple CEO's biggest challenge will be retiring leadership & regular churn
• When he was hired, Ternus wasn't sure he even belonged at Apple
• Let John Ternus be John Ternus, and not Cook or Jobs
• Notification bug that let FBI access messages patched with iOS 26.4.2
• High-resolution 200MP camera now expected in 2028 iPhone
• Latest 'Star Wars' movie cut unnecessary costs by using Apple Vision Pro

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Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

• (00:00) - Intro

More rumors of the iPhone Fold, speculation about a Mac Neo, and why you shouldn't be concerned at claims people can steal money from your iPhone, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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• CleanMyMac by MacPaw: Get Tidy Today! Try 7 days free and use  code APPLEINSIDER20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/APPLEINSIDER

Links from the Show:

• Mac Neo should follow the huge success of the MacBook Neo
• Folding iPhone unveiling & shipment date rumors are all over the place
• iPhone Fold limbo: both delayed & still coming in 2026
• Jon Prosser's silence stalls Apple's leak lawsuit as discovery drags on
• Jon Prosser's last-ditch effort against Apple's lawsuit is the First Amendment
• Freecash app scammed users and the App Store for months before removal
• Bogus crypto wallet on App Store steals $9.5M
• Deepfake nonconsensual porn apps are advertising in the App Store
• Grok's monetized porn generation almost got it kicked off the App Store
• Apple at 50: Spatial computing is the future, but when is the question
• Improbable Visa & iPhone loophole leads to Apple Pay heist that'll never happen to you
• Owning an Apple Home: Packing, moving out, moving in, and setting up

Support the show:

Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts

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Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

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Say it with us: iPhones in Spaaaaaace. Plus there is a huge amount to say about the latest iPhone Fold rumors, and a lesson for Apple in how the MacBook Neo could even be too successful, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

Sponsored by:

• Claude by Anthropic: Check out Claude and Claude Pro at Claude.ai/appleinsider

Links from the Show:

• iPhone Fold doesn't need to exist, but Apple will release it anyway
• iPhone Fold screens will be made exclusively by Samsung because Apple has no choice
• Leaker battle: September folding iPhone launch still on the cards
• Folding iPhone will be named iPhone Ultra, says another leaker
• First iPhone Fold dummy images show no MagSafe
• iPhone Fold delays appear possible as early testing hits snags
• iPhone Fold enters manufacturing test phase right on schedule
• How NASA approved the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the Artemis II space mission
• NASA shares Artemis II crew's iPhone shots from space
• From Apple II to iPhone 17 Pro, Apple's space story comes full circle
• Incredible MacBook Neo demand may finish off A18 Pro chip stock
• Elgato Stream Deck+ review: completely unnecessary but totally compelling

Support the show:

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Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

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Apple has marked its 50th anniversary, although arguably a year too soon but we'll get into that, plus there's good news for users of the Apple Vision Pro, hopeful news about Siri, and bad news for certain vibe coders, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Contact your hosts:

• @williamgallagher_ on Threads
• @WGallagher on Twitter
• William's 58keys on YouTube
• William Gallagher on email
• Wes on Bluesky
• Wes Hilliard on email
• Wes's blog Hillitech

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Links from the Show:

• Apple wants you to take a walk through 50 years, Picasso style
• Tim Cook celebrates Apple's 50th in a heartfelt letter to staff
• Eddy Cue talks Jobs, iTunes, & F1 in 50th anniversary interview
• Tim Cook checks out Apple's archive, containing items he's not seen before
• It's still Steve Jobs's company and Apple will never change, says Cook
• Woz on Apple's 50th: We didn't predict the computing future, but took the first step
• Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered speech & rung Nasdaq Opening Bell Tuesday
• Paul McCartney headlines as Apple celebrates 50 years with an Apple Park fireworks display
• NASA Artemis II launch getting the Apple Vision Pro immersive video treatment
• GeForce Now streams Apple Vision Pro faster & better than to Meta headsets
• Improved Siri will understand multiple commands in a single sentence
• Apple is more aggressively booting vibe coding apps from the App Store
• Apple Intelligence rolled out in China accidentally, without government approval
• Anime streaming service Crunchyroll is now available in Apple TV channels

Support the show:

Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts

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Tune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.

Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]

• (00:00) - Intro