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February 23604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass
Subtitle: The 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card
We discuss the results of the Six Colors Apple Report Card for 2025 in depth, with our added opinions on every category. Jason chooses to be a rascal, and Myke tries to give ten out of five.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple’s AI Wearables Push; What to Expect From March 4 Low-End MacBook Launch - Bloomberg Daring Fireball: One More Spitball Idea for Apple's March 4 Media Event 'Experience': Immersive F1 on Vision Pro? Apple TV partners with IMAX to show Formula 1 races live in theaters - 9to5Mac One Year with Sophia – The Enthusiast Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Apple will kill iPadOS – Birtchtree Who’s the laggard? Comparing TV streamer boxes – Six Colors
1 hr 51 min
February 16603: Recalibrate the Quality Bar
Subtitle: We Will Be Talking about Curling
We discuss Apple's struggles to ship an upgraded Apple Intelligence, prepare for a March 4 product announcement, and explain Apple TV going all in on "Severance." Also, Jason answers your (many!) curling questions!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback YouTube launches native app for Apple Vision Pro - 9to5Mac Apple Reveals How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 26 - MacRumors Apple special event announced for March 4 - 9to5Mac Tesla CarPlay Delays Related to iOS 26 and FSD; Apple’s New Siri Delays, iOS 27 - Bloomberg These rumored iPhone 18 Pro features might tempt you to upgrade later this year - 9to5Mac Apple Acquires 'Severance', Eyes Season 3 Start & Season 4 – Deadline Apple is officially working on a sequel to F1: The Movie - 9to5Mac Shrinking (TV series) - Wikipedia Apple hosted Apple TV media event, here’s everything it announced - 9to5Mac Apple introduces a new video podcast experience on Apple Podcasts - Apple Winter Olympic 2026: Cheating, swearing & illicit filming - what next in curling row? - BBC Sport
1 hr 43 min
February 09602: Get Our Necks Limber
Eddy Cue comes down hard on a would-be Apple service; we try to figure out what the new low-end Mac laptop might be, Tim Cook calls an important meeting to say a lot of words, and we tackle all aspects of the Super Bowl plus some curling!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Wedding in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show was the real thing | Bad Bunny | The Guardian STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Official Super Bowl Trailer (2026) - YouTube Hoppers - Official Big Game Spot (2026) Piper Curda, Jon Hamm, Meryl Streep, Dave Franco - YouTube Project Hail Mary | Final Trailer - YouTube EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Official Trailer (2026) - YouTube Ben Affleck & Jennifer Aniston Star In 'Good Will Dunkin’ Super Bowl Ad - YouTube Jurassic Park … Works (Extended) | Big Game Commercial 2026 | Xfinity - YouTube Apple’s big Super Bowl ad might not actually come from Apple - 9to5Mac The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads of 2026 – Adweek Google is expanding AirDrop support to more Android devices ‘very soon’ | The Verge Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for 'Deescalation' After ICE Killing of Alex Pretti - Bloomberg Apple Readies iPhone 17e, New Siri, Entry-Level iPad, iPad Air and MacBook Pro - Bloomberg Steve Jobs on the Mac's 20th Anniversary | Macworld Apple's Studio Display 2 Rumored to Have Up to 90Hz Refresh Rate Instead of 120Hz - MacRumors Apple Readies iPhone 17e, New Siri, Entry-Level iPad, iPad Air and MacBook Pro - Bloomberg Two e-readers that made me reconsider why I use e-readers – Six Colors Apple Is Scaling Back Plans for AI-Based Health Coach Service - Bloomberg
1 hr 39 min
February 02601: Spreadsheet for Creators
Subtitle: Bright and Boring: Cupertino Drift
We break down Apple's latest financial results (including the potential supply-chain storm brewing on the horizon) and then discuss the difficult roll-out of Apple's new Creator Studio bundle.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Ted Lasso Season 4 Imagery – Instagram Apple Signs Deal for Brandon Sanderson's 'Cosmere' Universe Movies and TV Shows - MacRumors Update From Brandon : r/Cosmere Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats - MacRumors What made Q.ai worth $1.5 billion to Apple | Ctech “We sped research that should have taken 20 years”: Inside Q.ai’s Apple exit | Ctech Apple announces all-time record in revenue, iPhone sales – Six Colors This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q1 2026 financial call – Six Colors Apple’s record quarter: Is this what a hit iPhone looks like? – Six Colors Apple ‘looking at a range of options’ to offset rising memory prices - 9to5Mac TSMC Risk – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Hands on with Apple Creator Studio: A bittersweet bundle – Six Colors Apple’s Creator Studio has a rough App Store roll-out – Six Colors Picking up the missing pieces of Apple’s Creator Studio – Six Colors
1 hr 42 min
January 26600: Based on Hopes and Dreams
Subtitle: DC: Break Room Bananas
Episode 600 prompts us to revisit predictions from episode 500 and make some new ones for episode 700. We also cover new AirTags and Apple's plans to fix Apple Intelligence.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Upgrade #539: 98 Yards with My Boys - Relay Apple TV earns Best Picture nomination for 'F1: The Movie' in 2026 Oscars - 9to5Mac Apple TV drops For All Mankind season 5 teaser and premiere date - 9to5Mac Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability - Apple Apple Hardware Chief John Ternus Now Overseeing Design; Tim Cook CEO Succession - Bloomberg iOS 27: Apple to Revamp Siri as Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot - Bloomberg Private AI Compute advances AI privacy – Google Blog Daring Fireball: The Information: 'With Google Deal, Apple’s Craig Federighi Plots a Cautious Course in AI' Inside Apple’s AI Shake-Up, AI Safari and Plans for New Siri in iOS 26.4, iOS 27 - Bloomberg The Upgrade Episode 600 Draft of the Ages Scorecard Upgrade #500: Core Face/Peripheral Face - Relay
1 hr 33 min
January 19599: Free... Although
This week we're following up on what the Apple-Google AI hookup means and reacting to Apple's announcement of an oddly shaped creative apps bundle.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Incomparable How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers — The Information Apple to fine-tune Gemini independently, no Google branding on Siri, more - 9to5Mac Connected #586: Dashboard Confessions - Relay Pop-Tarts Bowl - Wikipedia MIT Mystery Hunt Daring Fireball: OpenAI Releases GPT-5.1, Along With Renamed and New Personalities Apple will pay billions for Gemini after OpenAI declined – 9to5mac Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps - Apple Apple’s pro bundle makes sense, but making iWork freemium doesn’t – Six Colors Apple Creative Studio icons are 'unique' and not for all standalone purchase apps - 9to5Mac
1 hr 36 min
January 12598: Transparent Man of the People
Google and Apple join forces to corner the market on smartphone AI models, John Ternus gets a profile in the New York Times, live NBA basketball comes to the Vision Pro, and Apple inconsistently refuses to stop bad App Store behavior.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback 20 Macs - Relay Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card - Apple Will the iPhone Fold be a phone you open, or an iPad you close? – Six Colors Is this the folding iPhone’s creaseless display? | The Verge Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year Joint statement from Google and Apple – Google Blog Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade | The Verge Apple’s John Ternus Could Be Tim Cook’s Successor as CEO - The New York Times More reports about Apple succession planning – Six Colors Apple announces annual shareholders meeting for next month - 9to5Mac Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards | The Verge Tumblr removed from Apple app store over abuse images - BBC News Uber tried to fool Apple and got caught | The Verge Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps | The Verge Some first thoughts about live immersive basketball – Six Colors Apple: You (Still) Don’t Understand the Vision Pro – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
1 hr 44 min
January 05597: Our 2026 Wish List
Subtitle: The Room at the Airport Where You Can Get a Hug
Happy New Year! In this episode, we share some of the things we hope we'll see from Apple in 2026. Also, Jason attacks an emoji.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Jason's Goodreads List Happy Mac | Apple Wiki | Fandom 🫂 People Hugging Emoji | Emojipedia Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Recipe | Alton Brown GitHub - daveallie/crosspoint-reader Apple announces sweeping App Store and iPhone changes in Japan - 9to5Mac Daring Fireball: Apple Announces Changes to iOS in Japan for Compliance With the Mobile Software Competition Act Apple settles Brazilian antitrust case with App Store policy overhaul - 9to5Mac Hands-On With a Rough iPhone Fold Mockup - MacRumors Samsung Developing 'Wide Fold' With iPhone Fold-Like Design Ahead of Apple's 2026 Launch - MacRumors Kuo: iPhone Fold Production Challenges Could Limit Supply Next Year - MacRumors Low-Price 12.9-Inch MacBook With A18 Pro Chip Reportedly Launching Early This Year - MacRumors Another AirPods Pro 3 model is coming, with one rumored upgrade - 9to5Mac Wish List: A more flexible Apple display strategy – Six Colors I Turned a $200 iMac Into a $1,600 Studio Display! - Snazzy Labs - YouTube The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model – Six Colors
2 hr 1 min
December 29, 2025596: The 2025 Upgradies
It's time for the 12th Annual Upgradies! Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2025, take the input of many Upgradians, and hand out awards in numerous categories! Only the finest will walk away with the most coveted of titles: Upgradies Winner.
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Links and Show Notes: List of Nominees (Spoilers Below)
Best Overall iOS App
Final Cut Camera
Mango Baby
Carrot Weather
Ivory
Callsheet
Best Newcomer iOS App
Tapestry
Focus Friend
Athlytic
Cassette
Best Overall Mac App
Numbers
Mimestream
ChatGPT
Claude
Ice
ChatGPT
Mimestream
Obsidian
Things
Best Newcomer Mac App
Longplay
Superwhisper
Claude
Ice
ChatGPT
Festivitas
Affinity
Hyperspace
ChatGPT
Ghostty
Tapestry
Best Feature: Best Implementation of a ’26 OS Feature**
iPad Multitasking
Clipboard History for Mac
Private Cloud Compute in Shortcuts
Athlytic
Liquid Glass
iPad Multitasking
Call Screening
Game of the Year
Herdling
Donkey Kong Bananza
Balatro
Clair Obscure Expedition 33
Favourite Movie
Thunderbolts*
Superman
Flow
My Old Ass
Sinners
F1
One Battle After Another
Favourite TV Show
The Pitt
Ludwig
Murderbot
Pluribus
Severance
The Studio
Favourite Book
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Apple in China, by Patrick McGee
Ensh*ttification, by Cory Doctorow
Everything is Tuberculosis, by John Green
Favourite Podcast
Connected
Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Wavefrm
The Town
Kinda Funny Gamescast
The Rest is History
Connected
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Favourite Apple Product
iPhone 17 Pro
AirPods Pro 3
iPhone Air
iPad Pro M5
MacBook Air M4
Favourite Non-Apple Product
RoboRock vacuum
Combustion thermal probe
Traeger pellet grill
Nintendo Switch 2
Bambu Labs P2S 3D Printer
Trmnl E-Ink Display
Worst Gadget / Most Disappointing Tech
“Sky Blue” MacBook Air
XTEINK X4
Cord Cutting Drama
AI
Liquid Glass
Apple Intelligence
Most Life-Changing Hardware
RoboRock vacuum
Combustion thermal probe
M4 MacBook Pro and Second Desk
Lutron Shades
Vtech RM7767HD
iPad mini in the Nursery
AirPods Pro 3
Apple Watch
Nintendo Switch 2
Favourite Tech Story
“Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son” - Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge
“Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed” Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge
Something is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Apple Succession
Alan Dye Leaves Apple
AI Arms Race
Announcement of the Steam Machine
Favourite Tech Screw Up
Apple gives up on personalized Siri until “the coming year”
Jony Ive and Sam Altman share a coffee in SF
Apple, Epic, Judge Gonzalez Rogers — Apple losing ability to charge 30%, being held in contempt, etc
Apple Intelligence
AWS / Cloudflare Outages
Liquid Glass
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2 hr 39 min
December 22, 2025595: Contrast in the Horse
Subtitle: The 2025 Upgrade Holiday Special
After whipping through a bunch of segments in order to play as many jingles as possible, Myke and Jason celebrate the festive season by aesthetically judging the new icons of macOS Tahoe. Happy holidays to all who celebrate!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Lex's Games by Lex Friedman Adam C. Thomas: Gaming Apple Podcasts - Mastodon Is the iMac Pro coming back? – Six Colors Apple Developing iMac Pro With M5 Max Chip - MacRumors Inside Apple’s iPhone Road Map, From Foldable Screens to Curved Glass Cases — The Information New report claims Apple's 2026-27 iPhone roadmap includes 7 new models | Macworld Samsung Galaxy Z Tri Fold Impressions: NOW It Makes Sense! - MKBHD - YouTube iOS 26.3 Makes It Easier to Switch From iPhone to Android - MacRumors iOS 26.3 Adds Notification Forwarding Option for Third-Party Wearables - MacRumors Apple is forcing iPhones to update to iOS 26 to patch security holes – Six Colors The Twelfth Annual Upgradies Nomination Form Upgrade #526: Journal and Learnal - Relay The Icons We're Judging Daring Fireball: MacOS 26 Tahoe’s Dead-Canary Utility App Icons QuickTime turns 34! Yes, Apple's big bet on 'multimedia' still matters | Macworld Our Final Tier List (Spoilers!)
2 hr 13 min

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