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November 03644: You Can Put a Few Fingers on It
Jason gets some hands-on time with the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, reviews the new iPad mini, and brings all the details of Apple's latest financial results. But other than that it's been a quiet week.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback The Upgrade October 2026 Experience Draft Scorecard Quick thoughts about the new MacBook Pro – Six Colors Ternus introduces the 'logo' – Instagram MacBreak Weekly 1048: The Cupertino Coffin Fineliner OLED iPad mini review: A modern multitasker – Six Colors Inside the iPad mini: OLED at the center, versatility all around, and a… vibrating display? – Six Colors iPad mini (2026) Review: Pushing the Boundaries with Apple’s Smallest iPad - MacStories Imagining the next MacBook Neo – Six Colors Apple announces record $114.5B fourth-quarter results – Six Colors He admit it!: Notes from another record Apple quarter – Six Colors Hello, everyone, it’s John: Apple’s Q4 2026 earnings call transcript – Six Colors
1 hr 46 min
October 26643: The iPhone Duo Review
Subtitle: October Experience Draft
Jason and Myke have spent the last few days using the iPhone Duo, and they're ready to report back. And, oh yeah, there's also a new iPad mini and a draft of Apple's forthcoming announcements this week!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback iPhone Duo: 24 hours in the Splash Zone – Six Colors iPhone Duo review: Apple’s folding phone is a messy, expensive good time | The Verge iPhone Duo review (emotional) - The Verge - YouTube Magnetic Wallet with Stand for iPhone Duo | Belkin iPhone Duo: A Photographer's Review - Tyler Stalman - YouTube Daring Fireball: The iPhone Duo Fineliner (Marco's Upcoming App) Some iPhone Duo displays are cracking, seemingly all in the same way - 9to5Mac iFixit iPhone Duo Teardown Points to Possible Cause of Screen Cracks - MacRumors iPhone Duo Teardown: The Most Repairable Foldable Has a Huge Screen Problem - iFixit Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Draws Early Complaints of the Screen Cracking - Bloomberg Apple gives iPad mini its biggest update ever - Apple Is the beloved iPad mini the best iPad? – Six Colors The October 2026 Experience Draft Scorecard
2 hr 26 min
October 19642: iOS is Weird Now
Just as we're busy pondering the HomeView and preparing for the iPhone Duo launch, word arrives of another Apple event on the horizon! Plus, Apple and Meta bond over local AI.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback A $299 Apple TV: Is that all there is? – Six Colors Apple TV Price History — Glenn Fleishman Apple Expected to Release New Products on Next Four Fridays - MacRumors Meta Releases Muse Spark Open, an Over 800 Billion Parameter Model That Can Run Locally on Multiple M5 Ultra Mac Studios - MacStories Daring Fireball: Strange Times Make for Strange Bedfellows The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity | The Verge Apple’s HomeView has an app problem | The Verge Home Assistant Green HomeView versus Recipe Blog SEO – Six Colors Apple’s HomeView is just the latest threat to online recipe writers | The Verge Widgets | Apple Developer Documentation Apple HomeView With Robotic Arm; New Mac, iPad Mini Nov. 6 Release; iPhone Duo - Bloomberg Fun! With! Preorders! – Six Colors Apple iPhone Duo Shipping Dates Stretch Into 2027 After Preorder Surge - Bloomberg Apple Retail Staff Told to Warn Against iPhone Duo Walk-In Purchases - MacRumors
1 hr 35 min
October 13641: A Fashion Chimney
We break down Apple's big home announcements, including the new HomeView, a collection of smart home products, a new HomePod Mini, and the new (and surprisingly expensive) Apple TV 4K.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback The Trend Forecast - 99% Invisible Pattern Recognition (novel) - Wikipedia Apple, The King’s Trust launch initiative to empower young creatives - Apple Apple’s Tim Cook reveals one of his major new projects: ‘You want to give part of yourself’ | The Independent Apple sets Q4 2026 earnings release for November 2 - 9to5Mac Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home - Apple Apple HomeView - Apple Welcome Apple HomeView: Designed for life at home. - YouTube First look at Apple’s HomeView, its first smart display for the home | The Verge The Apple HomeView Is Like a Giant Apple Watch for the Home | WIRED Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories - Apple New Home Collection banner offers Apple-influenced accessories – Six Colors Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K, supercharged by Siri AI - Apple Siri AI coming to older Apple TV 4K models, here’s what’s compatible - 9to5Mac Apple announces the next generation of HomePod mini - Apple New HomePod mini 2 offers Siri AI–but not yet – Six Colors 'Make Yourself at Home' – helloapple – Instagram Designed in California - Relay Let's Mod an iPod (Livestream) - Designed in California - YouTube Six Color Embroidery – hello apple – Instagram Apple Logo Standards 1987 | PDF | Scribd
1 hr 41 min
October 05640: Moving Through Space
Together in Memphis, Myke and Jason discuss John Ternus prodding Apple to move faster, Apple's regret about giving apps Full Disk Access, and the impending release of Apple's long-rumored home hub product.
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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 ‘Shop Different’ by Ron Johnson with Zander Nethercutt | Book Review - WSJ Apple News Link for Jason's Book Review What Is Ternus’ Strategy for Apple? Running Faster and Leaner - Bloomberg Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS - Latest News - Apple Developer Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers - MacStories Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To Daring Fireball: Apple Is Going to Further Tighten the Screws on Full Disk Access on MacOS, in Response to Agentic AI Apps Running Amok Designed in California - Relay Designed in California - YouTube Apple II Smoke Timestamp – Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube
1 hr 32 min
September 28639: I Know How to Go to Sleep
Apple's slow move toward a fitness band makes us wonder if the company has lost its ability to execute quickly. Also, it's time for a MacBook Neo check-in, and Myke questions Jason's Apple Watch use.
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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
1 hr 31 min
September 21638: I Stared Directly into the M6
The new products are here! Jason reviews the M6 Mac mini, and then Jason and Myke both talk about their hands-on experiences with the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch series 12. This is apparently just the beginning of a busy season!
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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 CarPlay on GM cars: Not dead yet? – Six Colors General Motors hates your iPhone – Six Colors GM revamps 2027 Silverado and Sierra infotainment system – Yahoo News The Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesign | The Verge Boox’s tiny Picco e-reader is now available. | The Verge Xteink X4 Pro Pocket eReader M6 Mac mini review: Tiny, pricey, and powerful – Six Colors M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents - MacStories A new Mac mini: I want to believe – Six Colors Daring Fireball: The iPhones 18 Pro Widow’s Bay triumphs as most decorated freshman comedy in Emmy history - Apple HBO's Casey Bloys On Emmys, 'Last Of Us, 'Heated Rivalry', 'BLL', More Ternus Shows off the Duo – Instagram Daring Fireball: Hollywood Wants the Duo In select countries, iCloud+ now includes Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no extra charge - 9to5Mac Upcoming Apple Products: What to Expect in Late 2026 and Early 2027 - Bloomberg Apple’s Home AI Hub Details; Apple Fitness+ Layoffs and iPhone Duo Apple Pencil - Bloomberg Everything new in iOS 27.2 beta 1 so far - 9to5Mac iOS 27.2 introduces Apple Health app overhaul, here’s what’s new - 9to5Mac Build for iPhone Duo with new resources - Latest News - Apple Developer
1 hr 52 min
September 14637: My Job Is to Eat the Marshmallow
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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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback 🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude Apple Still Has 8 More Products to Announce Later This Year - MacRumors Apple’s iPhone Duo Will Make Foldable Phones the New Normal; Apple Store Revamp - Bloomberg Shop Different – HarperCollins Design for iPhone Duo - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer Introducing the new iPhone Duo - YouTube John Ternus enters, with folding phones and AI watches – Six Colors How Apple Fixed the Foldable Crease: iPhone Duo Interview with John Ternus & Joz! - YouTube New Apple CEO John Ternus says the company is “in his blood” – and what that means for the future - YouTube Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia macOS 27 Golden Gate Review: Bridging the Tahoe gap – Six Colors David Smith's iPhone 17 Stats
1 hr 39 min
September 09636: Opening a Book Backward
We break down Apple's September 9 event, including the foldable iPhone Duo, the non-foldable iPhone 18 Pro, the surprising new Apple Watches that double as AI wearables, and the event debut of John Ternus as Apple's CEO. And who won the draft?!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback 🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude The Upgrade September 2026 Event Draft Scorecard Designed in California - Relay Designed in California - YouTube Designed in California – Instagram
1 hr 52 min
August 31635: The 2026 September Event Draft
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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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Designed in California - Relay 🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude Read Tim Cook's full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO - 9to5Mac Pikachu Visits Apple Park, Meets Tim Cook and John Ternus - MacRumors Apple’s Phil Schiller Steps Down from Running App Store and Product Events - Bloomberg Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs – Six Colors Draft Scorecards
1 hr 54 min

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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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