iOS Today (Audio)

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• A first look at a few of the games available on Apple Arcade.
• News: iPhone 11 and 11 Pro reviews are in and people love the camera, an iPad Pro design mockup shows an iPhone-11-style camera bump, magnetic bands will interfere with the compass on Apple Watch 5, the U1 chip in the new iPhones will enable all sorts of new features, and Snapchat introduces a 3D selfie feature for iPhone X devices and newer.
• Viewer Feedback: Whether we'll see an updated Apple TV, if it makes more sense to fresh install your iOS devices or restore them, and using the Find My app with different account logins.
• Leo's App Cap: Locast
• Mikah's App Cap: Glo

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Apple iPhone 11 event: Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, the seventh-generation iPad, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
• Viewer Feedback: Background App Refresh and the benefits/downfalls of Face ID.
• Leo's App Cap: FiLMiC
• Mikah's App Cap: Revry

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• iMessage Apps & Games worth checking out: GamePigeon, Moji Bowling, Bitmoji, Ditty, GIPHY, JibJab, and Trash Doves.
• News: Apple's event will take place on Tuesday, September 10; how much titanium you'll find in the Apple Card, Apple isn't getting rid of iMessage games, the Apple Watch will probably get sleep tracking features, and Apple is working on a Tile competitor.
• Viewer Feedback: More color on Apple's WiFi and GPS location database and syncing your iOS notes via email accounts.
• Leo's App Cap: OXENFREE
• Mikah's App Cap: Forest

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Getting creative with apps for iOS: Procreate, Prisma, Brushstroke, Tangled FX, and ComicBook!.
• News: Siri's search queries are getting smarter, Apple has patched the jailbreak vulnerability, there's a new version of iCloud.com, Apple is no longer testing "walkie talkie" for the iPhone, and Mario Kart Tour for iOS will soon be available for pre-order.
• Viewer Feedback: Keeping iOS devices from automatically connecting to WiFi networks, GPS issues with iOS 12.4, and iPad purchasing decisions.
• Leo's App Cap: OWC Dock
• Mikah's App Cap: Mophie 3-in-1 wireless charging pad

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Apps for travel and finding your way around: Google Maps, Waze, GasBuddy, MAPS.ME, Zillow, and Citymapper.
• News: The ESA's Luca Parmitano streams a live DJ set from space, new Apple Watches may come with titanium and ceramic cases, Apple Arcade may cost $4.99 a month, Apple TV+ may cost $9.99 a month, and Apple celebrates America's national parks with deals and donations.
• Viewer Feedback: Managing contact groups on iOS and discovering Mikah's photo being used in an advertisement on Facebook.
• Leo's App Cap: Joplin
• Mikah's App Cap: Vuforia Chalk

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Mikah Sargent and guest Megan Morrone:

• Learn new skills with these apps: LinkedIn Learning, Sing bot, How to Draw, Memrise, Swift Playgrounds, and Primer.
• News: Megan Morrone shows off her new Apple Card; Apple's new Apple TV+ show, "The Morning Show" gets a trailer; scuba divers find a working iPhone X at the bottom of a lake; Goldman Sachs is dabbling with subprime lending via the Apple Card, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hires an Apple Health researcher.
• Viewer Feedback: Using text-to-speech with iOS 13's new and improved Siri, location and sync issues on iOS 13, and improving battery life on the Apple Watch after overnight wearing.
• Megan's App Cap: The Medium App
• Mikah's App Cap: Shiba Force

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Megan Morrone

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Shopping smart and saving money: CamelCamelCamel, Wish, Jet, The NTWRK, Down to Shop, Honey, and Leo & Mikah's thoughts on Groupon.
• News:
  • Apple rolls out the Apple Card to some users;
  • the FTC is investigating Apple and Amazon's recent deal;
  • Apple suspends human grading of Siri requests
• Leo & Mikah tell you everything you never wanted to know about VELCRO and hook & loop fasteners.
• Viewer Feedback: Scanning documents with a physical scanner and app, using multiple password managers, dispelling the myths surrounding cookies.
• Leo's App Cap: DJI RoboMaster S1
• Mikah's App Cap: Endel

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Meditation, focus and sleep: Buddhify meditation, the Beautyrest Sleeptracker, Welltory heart rate variability, white noise apps, and Pillow automatic sleep tracker.
• News: Sony is crowdfunding a wearable air conditioner, there's a Pokémon GO invitational tournament coming up, Siri requests are sometimes 'graded' by humans, and the 2019 iPhone Photography Awards have been announced.
• Viewer Feedback: Sending GIFs to Android users, fixing FaceTime calling errors, and our predictions on when Photoshop is coming to the iPad Pro.
• Leo's App Cap: Sky: Children of the Light
• Mikah's App Cap: Serato Pyro

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Privacy Tools & Tips: iOS' Privacy settings, Signal Messenger, EFF's security guide, Startpage.com, Tiny Hardware Firewall VPN Client, Keybase
• News: How a spyware tool could harvest iCloud data, a Bluetooth exploit that can track iOS devices, and the new emoji coming to iPhone this fall.
• Viewer Feedback: What to do with a used iPad that is iCloud locked, why Walkie Talkie app can't connect on Apple Watch, and velcro vs Hook & Loop.
• Leo & Mikah's App Caps: Firefox Focus & GIF Maker by Momento.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent talk about their favorite food apps from sharing recipes to tracking calories, Leo turns his iPad into a second screen for his Macbook Air with macOS Catalina's Sidecar, Mikah tries out a new hairstyle with the AI photo-editor FaceApp, and Picstructions founder demo's their app for creating and sharing step-by-step instructions. Plus, Mikah has an app for getting a cellular data plan that uses the iPhone's eSIM and Leo shows how to create the perfect Instagram Story with Unfold.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dave Smith

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