Myke and Dan share some thoughts on the new iPhone lineup, then Tom joins the show to chat about the new Studio Neat Patch Club design. Then, Dan proposes a new old camera design for iPhones.

This episode's title does not refer to the Pixel Watch 4. Google Photo's conversational edits are finally rolling out.

We have TITAN follow-up this week! We also have Brad’s new Top 5 Fountain Pen for Beginners list, and Myke’s early review of the ReMarkable Paper Pro Move.

Apple's M5 updates and whether we use AI locally, media that's brought us joy recently, whether the Vision Pro update changes our minds, and the Apple services and products we would rename.

Joe Rosensteel and Casey Liss

It's a new and vibrant era for Upgrade, as we discuss Apple TV changes, iPad software updates, and immersive NBA games. Myke reviews Apple's F1 TV strategy, while Jason comes up with a winning TV series idea and reviews the iPhone Air.

Successes and struggles with taking breaks from work.

Everyone's favorite engineer-turned-blogger returns to the show to discuss the state of iPhone cases, the argument for LLMs, and his go-to automation tools — and why Shortcuts on the Mac isn't one of them.

Dr. Drang

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Google's new Pixel Buds 2a are impressive. The company invokes the Play Store rules to remove an app. A revolution is coming.

Main topic is the various voices in our heads. If the technology existed to expose the workings of our interior world, what do we imagine it might look like?

John has Follow-Up on naked swimming as well as an update on his mystery beep. Merlin is increasingly concerned about his Lead, but it's a little late for that now.

The main topic is the various voices in our heads. If the technology existed to expose the workings of our interior world, what do we imagine it might look like?

(Recorded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025)

This episode includes our members-only aftershow, free for everyone.

This is the "lead in baby teeth" video.

New College professor and Klingon language specialist from whom Merlin took a Mnemonics class.

Merlin thinks this is how electric cars sound.

Source of the sample used by New Order.

one is a bun, two is a shoe, three is a tree, four is a door, five is a hive, six is sticks, seven is heaven, eight is a gate, nine is wine, ten is a hen.

Merlin couldn't remember the author of this book, and that's just funny.

Federico and Myke talk about the new features in the iPadOS 26.1 beta, then consider the potential impact of apps in ChatGPT.