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Tired of the current slate of fonts on your iPhone? Here's how you add new ones!

The process is a little convoluted but it is possible to add custom fonts to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Mikah recommends an app and walks you through the process of installing new fonts on your iOS devices.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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What you can expect from Apple when iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS ship this fall and the current state of facial recognition technology.

First, Jason Snell of Six Colors joins Mikah to provide a summary of Apple's WWDC announcements — this is what you can actually expect when the software ships this fall.

Then, Dave Gershgorn of OneZero discusses facial recognition technology used in China that's both banned and praised by US organizations, and the Coalition for Critical Technology.

Lastly, Mikah shares an article from Kashmir Hill of The New York Times about how facial recognition tech was used to wrongfully arrest and accuse a man of larceny.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Jason Snell and Dave Gershgorn

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Leo and Mikah unpack all the news for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and more from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference 2020.

On this week's iOS Today:
- iOS 14 & iPadOS 14: Widgets on the Home Screen, App Library, App Clips, Pinned conversations and inline replies in Messages, voice translation, new Search, unlock a car with CarKey, and more.
- Other News: iWoo and WWDC 2020 Watch Party & Group Get Togethers
- Listener feedback: Free digital media apps and Apple TV+ show recommendations 'Central Park' & 'Dad'
- Mikah's App Cap: Fontcase
- Leo's App Cap: Sky Dancer: Free Falling

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today.

You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].

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The Google Assistant adds Podcasts and recipes to its Snapshot feature, the NBA is using the Oura smart ring to detect COVID-19 symptoms in players, and Apple has a whole host of updates for the smart home.

SMART TECH

• Google adds Podcasts, recipe cards to Assistant Snapshot | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/2YqNdfi
• Google Maps Platform gaming solution now available to everyone | Google Cloud Blog: https://bit.ly/3er9q2v
• Uber to Sell Software, Starting With Four-Van Transit Service | Bloomberg: https://bloom.bg/2Nk0n7w
• Here's the 'Smart Ring' NBA Players Will Wear to Monitor COVID-19 Symptoms While in Orlando | Complex: https://bit.ly/3er9qj1

WWDC 2020

• Apple's Home updates announced at WWDC 2020 | Apple: https://apple.co/3doZ41X
• Everything new for HomeKit and the Home app in iOS 14 | iMore: https://bit.ly/2V6pkYo
• Reminders improvements | Twitter: https://bit.ly/2CwRNAq

PICKS OF THE WEEK

• Mikah: HomeDash | Apple App Store: https://apple.co/3hYLrKv
• Matthew: Switchable film for door | Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Niaqdo

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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Show notes and links for this episode are available here: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/34

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Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Kevin Lynch, and others deliver the World Wide Developers Conference 2020 keynote.

Highlights:

• iOS 14 will include App Library, Widgets, Picture-in-picture video, and improvements to Siri, Messages, and Apple Maps.
• Starting with new BMWs, you can use your iPhone as a car key.
• Emily Schubert talks about how you will be able to use your iPhone as a car key. App Clips will let you use parts of apps without downloading the whole app.
• iPadOS 14 adds Sidebar and new Apple Pencil features.
• watchOS 7 gets customizable complications and professionally designed watch faces. Other new features include sleep tracking, a handwashing timer that automatically senses when you are using soap, and new dance workouts.
• HomeKit will be further integrated with Google Home and Amazon Alexa.
• Foundation comes to Apple TV+ in 2021.
• macOS Big Sur has all-new design that looks very similar to iPadOS 14.

And the big finish: In their secret underground lab, Tim Cook, Johny Srouji, and Andreas Wendker show off the new Apple Silicon chips for Mac.

• Apple apps like Final Cut Pro and Xcode are already ready for the transition.
• Universal 2 will let apps run on Intel and Apple Silicon.
• Microsoft Office and Adobe apps like Lightroom and Photoshop already work on Apple Silicon.
• Rosetta 2 will automatically translate Intel-based apps to work on Apple Silicon.
• Virtualization will let you use Linux on Macs.
• iOS apps will work natively on Mac.
• The Quick Start program will help developers with the transition, and the Developer Transition Kit, a Mac Mini with an A12z Bionic chip, is available now.
• Apple Silicon Macs will be available by the end of the year, and the whole transition will take two years.
• Developer betas of all OS's are available now; public betas will be available in July.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Looking for an alternative to the canceled Apple AirPower Mat to keep your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch simultaneously charged wirelessly from one device? The Satechi Trio Wireless Charging Pad does just that and features nightstand mode for Apple Watch and 24W PD USB-C power adapter. Mikah Sargent gives his review.

Get the Satechi Trio Wireless Charging Pad: http://twit.to/hot95
Find the right wireless charging hub for you: https://my.lustre.ai/WE9NI

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Tired of getting those annoying robocalls? Here's how you can silence and stop them on your iPhone.

Your iPhone has an easy-to-use feature for silencing unknown calls. Mikah walks you through the process of setting up the feature and explains what calls it does and does not stop.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Twitter's new audio tweet feature might be ripe for abuse, we get a preview of Apple's WWDC, there's a new prescription for ADHD: a video game, and a Google team has created Pinterest but automated.

• Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler joins us to ask and help answer the question: How is Twitter going to moderate its new voice recordings?
• Zac Hall of 9to5Mac stops by to give us a preview of what we can expect at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference.
• Jason talks about a new FDA-approved treatment for ADHD and it's a video game.
• Mikah shares "Keen," an experiment from Google that's like Pinterest, but automated.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Jason Koebler and Zac Hall

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Leo and Mikah show you their favorite ways to read, listen to, and consume magazines, newspapers, comic books, audiobooks, articles, and podcasts.

• Digital media: comiXology, Marvel Unlimited, Audible, The New Yorker Today, Apple News+, Inoreader, Pocket Casts, TuneIn Pro, Medium, Goodreads
• News: Apple shares its WWDC lineup, Apple launches zero-percent-interest payment plans for iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more, and Apple announces it's discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U.
• Listener feedback: Mounting an iPhone for conference calls and follow-up on contact syncing issues in iOS.
• Mikah's App Cap: Anonymous Camera
• Leo's App Cap: Photoshop Camera

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today.

You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].

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• We follow up on smart grills and grilling in general, talk about smart assistants explaining Black Lives Matter, and discuss our favorite topic: Smart Blinds!
• FOLLOW-UP
• @robmille explains grilling | Twitter: https://bit.ly/37xhV9H
• Anonymous Camera | Apple App Store: https://apple.co/30LZWes
• BLACK LIVES MATTER
• Siri and Google get 'Black Lives Matter' right. Alexa, not so much | Fast Company: https://bit.ly/2UHDmQf
• Yelp is adding a new tool to easily search for black-owned businesses | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2N4Ncao
• SMART HOME
• The new Sonos app and S2 update are available now | The Verge: https://bit.ly/37A77aE
• Review: Belkin's New SoundForm Elite Smart Speaker Offers Devialet Audio and Built-In Wireless Charging | Macrumors: https://bit.ly/37vb1lp
• Now all Google Assistant devices will be able to tell who's talking to them | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2YHp6Z3
• Lutron's Smart Blinds Automatically Open and Close All Day Long To Stop Direct Sunlight From Baking Your Home | Gizmodo: https://bit.ly/3e69uo5
• AUTOMATION
• The Pandemic Is Propelling a New Wave of Automation | Wired: https://bit.ly/37zZZuV
• Apple's attempts to use robots in product assembly haven't gone well ... | iMore: https://bit.ly/2Cch6Yn
• Matthew's WWDC predictions | Twitter: https://bit.ly/2N33yk8
• PICKS OF THE WEEK
• Mikah: Elgato Stream Deck | Amazon: https://amzn.to/2N4wjww
• Matthew: Stream Deck Plugins: https://streamdeck-plugins.com

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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Show notes and links for this episode are available here: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/33

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