Episode Details

We could finally see Apple launch new smart home products this month. iPhone Duo apparently has a 'replaceable' folding display layer to help minimize crease visibility. Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS. And Apple's latest AirPods, AirPods 5, get a better reparability score from iFixit!... from 0 to 2.

• Apple is finally ready to enter its next big category: the smart home.
• 'Get Ready' to pre-order the iPhone Duo starting October 12.
• Apple says iPhone Duo has 'replaceable' folding display layer to minimize crease.
• iPhone Duo inner display has a replaceable $19 top layer.
• Apple's reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn't record video.
• iCup Supply Specialist.
• iOS 27.2 adds new Messages feature that's already a favorite.
• iPhone 18 Pro Max cameras are Apple's best yet, but only when you squint.
• Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS.
• iFixit teardown of the new AirPods 5 reveals first real repairability improvement.
• Apple & American Academy of Pediatrics team up for new Screen Time guide.
• Watch Elton John give the first-ever performance at Apple Music Hall.
• Apple's $634 million Apple Watch patent bill just got even bigger.
• Don't change the subject, Apple tells OpenAI over its lawsuit.
• Apple Music is getting a new logo.
• Ron Johnson "Shop Different" review.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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