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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback 🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube One week with Apple Watch Series 12 (and just getting started) – Six Colors Here’s what’s really going on with GM’s CarPlay strategy (or lack thereof) - 9to5Mac Apple Developing New Fitness Tracker Aimed at Rivaling Whoop - Bloomberg Meta’s VR Glasses Are Exactly What the Apple Vision Pro Should Have Been - Bloomberg Imagining the next MacBook Neo – Six Colors

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Subtitle: iPhone Duo Is the Marshmallow

The 27 OS releases have dropped. Jason has a review of macOS Golden Gate and Myke acts as the ambassador for Siri AI. And we've also got more reactions to just what makes the iPhone Duo so interesting.

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Subtitle: I Want Tim Cook to Have a Pool Party

It's time for another Apple event draft! But before we predict what Apple will introduce next week, we need to send off the Tim Cook Era and discuss a somewhat surprising announcement of new chips and new Macs!

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