Is Thread a Smart Home Device Backhaul?

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro.

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Links:

• Jason’s review of the new iPads.
• Jason’s take on the iPad announcements: “The iPad’s Erratic Odyssey Continues”.
• Yours truly’s take on the announcements last week: “The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now, but Apple TV Has Been Going to the Gym and Looks Great”.
• New $70 Logitech Crayon.
• Apple’s $9 USB-C to Apple Pencil Adapter.
• Apple’s growing array of iPad keyboards.
• Apple’s eMac — an iMac-like Mac with a CRT display for education that was introduced in 2002.
• Joe Rosensteel on the new Apple TV 4K hardware.
• Good explainer on Matter from The Verge.
• Steven Troughton-Smith’s ideas for improving Stage Manager on iPadOS.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.