After a short discussion about Apple's stance on privacy and end-to-end encryption, Cody and Sebastien chat about their favorite non-Apple products, with side talks about coffee, snobbism, and destroying the environment.

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After a long hiatus, the guys are back for a one-off episode where they catch up, talk about Cody's long fight with Covid, crypto, NFT, and just about anything not related to Apple. Links:   WTF did Covid do to my body? Coinbase NELK Boys SteveWillDoIt Metacard Joe Rogan podcast Apple TV+ shows  Send us questions, comments, and feedback:  Follow @SebastienPage and @melvco on Twitter Send a tweet to @Downtime_cast Send an email to podcast@idownloadblog.com  Send an audio message 

401: A peaceful harbor

After a few months hiatus, Cody and Sebastien got the old band back together for a special episode. After sharing what happened to Cody and discussing the future of the podcast, Cody and Sebastien talk about Apple's September 2021 event where the company unveiled a new  10.2-inch iPad, a new iPad mini,  Apple Watch Series 7,  iPhone 13 and  iPhone 13 Pro. Send us questions, comments, and feedback:  Follow @SebastienPage and @melvco on Twitter Send a tweet to @Downtime_cast Send an email to podcast@idownloadblog.com  Send an audio message 

400: 'California Streaming' event debriefing

Sebastien goes over his favorite features announced at WWDC 21. He also addresses a few concerns he has about some questionable features. Voice isolation in FaceTime Grid view in FaceTime FaceTime in the browser SharePlay: Share your screen Live Text ID card coming to wallet Maps direction / lane AR in maps directions On-device Siri requests Siri coming to third party devices Legacy contacts Questionable features:  Safari Multitasking on iPad Universal Control Focus is great but maybe too granular  Sherlocked app of the week: EXIF Metadata Send us questions, comments, and feedback:  Follow @SebastienPage and @melvco on Twitter Send a tweet to @Downtime_cast Send an email to podcast@idownloadblog.com  Send an audio message 

399: Favorite WWDC 2021 feature announcements

After carrying out an informal survey of Downtime listeners and iDB readers, Sebastien reveals some of the announcements that YOU want to see at WWDC this year. Terrence want a new Control Center. Master Bluspark dreams of 3D Touch returning to iOS. Gianni is all about Siri. Nura would like to be able to sideload apps. Faber has a laundry list of items:  Better iPadOS support for external monitors Improvements to the iPadOS Home screen (I want a desktop) Enhancements to HomeKit  Cookie Monster wants Logic Pro (or real Pro apps) on iPadOS and better multitasking on iPad. Vinz wants to see Xcode for iPad. Jordan uses an iPad as his primary device and has big hopes for it:  Widgets on the iPad Home screen External monitor support Let iPad apps use more RAM (5GB cap vs 16GB capacity)  Prateek and Patrick want a redesigned MacBook Pro with M1X or M2. Thomas would like a Cinema Display. Send us questions, comments, and feedback:  Follow @SebastienPage and @melvco on Twitter Send a tweet to @Downtime_cast Send an email to podcast@idownloadblog.com  Send an audio message 

398: What YOU want to see at WWDC 2021

After introducing iDB's new site design, Sebastien reviews the new Apple TV remote, and AirTag's one and only alternative, the Chipolo ONE Spot. Finally Sebastien plugs one of his apps and answers a few questions from listeners.  

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