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Apple's massive pre-event product dump, Apple News+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, and more on this week's episode of The iOS Show! Show notes can be found at theiOSshow.com. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send an email to feedback at theiosshow.com!
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Cast:
Michael Johnston - Applr and Twitter
Adam Christianson - The MacCast and Twitter
Jeff Gamet - The Mac Observer and Twitter
Stuff mentioned:
- Apple Announces New Fifth-Generation iPad Mini
- 1st gen Apple Pencil Support
- Revamped Retina display - True Tone and 25% brighter
- A12 Bionic
- $399
- Better cameras
- No smart keyboard compatibility
- Apple Launches New 10.5-Inch iPad Air With A12 Bionic Chip and Apple Pencil Support, Starts at $499
- ...replacing 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- $499, down from $649
- 10.5 inch
- A12 Bionic
- 1st gen Apple Pencil Support
- Only two speakers
- No pro-motion
- Lower-end camera, no flash, no bump
- New AirPods Launch
- H1 Chip
- Hey Siri
- Up to 50% more talk time
- Optional wireless charging case
- AirPower Pictured on Retail Box for AirPods Wireless Charging Case
- AirPods 2 Teardown: H1 Chip With Bluetooth 5.0, Same Batteries, and Water-Repellent Coating on Charging Case Board
- Apple Officially Cancels AirPower
- SPONSOR - SimpliSafe
- Apple News+ - Apple Announces Apple News+
- $9.99 per month
- Access to over 300 magazines
- Magazines with rich layouts
- News sources including The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Toronto Star and more
- 1 month free trial
- Apple Card - Apple Announces 'Apple Card' Credit Card
- Daily Cash
- Simplified statements
- No fees
- Coming in Summer
- Apple Card: All the Details on Apple's Upcoming Credit Card
- Apple Card Won’t Support Multiple Users, No Cost Associated With Physical Card
- Apple Arcade - Apple Announces 'Apple Arcade'
- Subscription Games Service
- Access to Over 100 Titles, hand-picked by Apple
- No ads
- No existing games
- No price announced
- Unknown if games can be purchased
- Can be played offline
- Should work on all Apple devices, lots of MFI controller support
- Family sharing enabled
- Coming fall 2019
- New TV App - Apple Reveals Redesigned Apple TV App With 'Apple TV Channels' Subscription Feature
- "For You" section - Recommended TV shows based on what you watch
- Apple TV channels - Prime Video style subscriptions within the TV app (no app bouncing)
- CBS All Access, Starz, Showtime, HBO, Nickelodeon, Mubi, The History Channel Vault, Comedy Central Now, and more
- TV App coming to Mac this fall
- Also on select smart TVs, Roku, and Amazon devices (like Mac clones?)
- Apple TV+ - Apple Announces Original TV Streaming Service 'Apple TV+'
- New service which will host Apple-produced TV shows and films
- Launching in fall 2019
- Pricing to be announced later
- Thought I had watching - "It’s clear from this that Apple is just as creative as it’s always been, it’s just been confounded by a lack of problems to be solved in hardware. Unleashing the team on services might usher in the next great period in Apple innovation. "
- All of Apple's Original TV Shows and Movies
- The Morning Show
- For All Mankind (duh)
- See
- Many More
- Apple Releases iOS 12.2 With Apple News+ Service, New Animoji, HomeKit and AirPlay 2 Support for TVs, Safari Changes and More
- Apple News+
- AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support on third-party TVs
- Improved Wallet UI
- Safari search arrows
- Apple Releases tvOS 12.2 for Fourth and Fifth-Generation Apple TV
- Allows users to ask Siri to play specific media on an Apple TV from an iOS device
- tvOS 12.3 Beta - Apple Seeds First Beta of Upcoming tvOS 12.3 Update to Developers [Updated]
- includes new TV app
- Apple Releases First Public Beta of tvOS 12.3
- iOS 12.3 Beta - Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 12.3 to Developers
- Includes new TV app
- Apple Seeds First Public Beta of iOS 12.3 With New TV App
- The first iPhone prototype: an exclusive look at Apple’s red M68 - The Verge
iDevice Picks:
Jeff - Cardhop for iOS $3.99
Adam - Fez Pocket Edition $4.99
Michael - Star Trek Discovery