iOS 26 is Rough, Meta’s New AR Glasses, is iPhone Air the new MacBook Air?
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iOS 26 Liquid Glass: Design vs. Function
A heated debate over iOS 26's Liquid Glass UI—animations, transparency, accessibility trade‑offs, and when visual refreshes hinder usability.
Meta releases AI Ray-Ban glasses with built-in display giving us true augmented reality, iOS 26 Liquid Glass may be more cumbersome than its worth, AirPods Pro 3 are the stand out upgrade, and we debate Apple's trade-offs with the ultra-thin iPhone Air.
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Links from the show
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- New Meta Ray-Ban AI-Powered Display Glasses and Neural Band | Meta Store
- Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on: the best smart glasses I’ve ever tried | The Verge
- iOS 26 Review: Form vs Function
- AirPods Pro 3 Review: I Understand It Now! - YouTube
- AirPods Pro 3 review: tripling down on a good thing | The Verge
- iPhone Air review: The thinnest iPhone ever, but at what cost? - 9to5Mac
- iPhone Air Review: I Can't Put This Down! - YouTube
- The iPhone Air makes a strong statement | The Verge
- There's Only 1 iPhone 17 Model You Should Even Think About Buying and It's Not What You Think
- iPhone 17: A Photographer's Review - YouTube
- iPhone 17 Pro review: How pro can you go? - 9to5Mac
- iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max Review - Apple Made It Even MOAR Pro! - YouTube
- Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery - 9to5Mac
- Apple Watch Series 11 review: stuck in the middle | The Verge
- YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts | TechCrunch
- OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI | WIRED
- Here’s what we learned from OpenAI’s big report on how people use ChatGPT | The Verge
- Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads | The Verge
- Nvidia Invests $5 Billion in Intel With Plans to Co-Design Chips - Bloomberg
- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:14) - Old iPhones
- (08:16) - Meta's New AR Glasses
- (15:43) - iOS 26 in Real Life
- (32:28) - AirPods Pro 3 Review
- (36:04) - Sponsor: MasterClass
- (38:41) - Sponsor: CleanMyMac
- (41:28) - iPhone Air Reviews
- (51:05) - iPhone 17 Pro vs Air <...
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