In their end of year edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnak, and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news; look back at the past year, and share what they are hoping to find under the Christmas tree. Topics featured in this podcast include:

News

• Apple Music coming to Echo smart speakers next month
• Apple Watch sees year-over-year growth of 54%
• Apple Releases iOS 12.1.2 with eSim and Other Bug Fixes

Highlights of 2018

• New USB Standard Aims to Make it Easier to Use Braille Displays Across Different Operating Systems and Hardware
• Introducing Club AppleVis; Offering Members and Friends of our Community a Means of Directly Supporting the Work of AppleVis
• AAPL hits $1 trillion market cap, Apple first publicly traded company to reach 13 digit valuation
• Apple Proposes New Accessibility Emojis; Including a Guide Dog, a Hearing Aid and People Using White Canes
• The AppleVis Community Inducts Seeing AI and Weather Gods into its iOS App Hall of Fame
• Upcoming Twitter Changes to Disable Key Features in Third-Party Apps
• Apple Releases iOS 12; Bringing New and Enhanced Features and Performance Improvements
• Apple HomePod to Launch in United States, UK and Australia on February 9, Available to Pre-Order this Friday
• Everything Apple announced at its September 12 'Gather Round' event
• All About the New Macs and iPads from Apple's October 30th Event
• How Apple is transforming from a hardware company to a services and media company
• …