This week we're picking up the pieces on last week's October Apple event. What have we learned about the HomePod and iPhone 12? There's a lot to unpack here. And in other news, Apple has decided that 2020 is the right time to become MTV. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Take back your time with the power of TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. PopSockets is working on MagSafe-compatible iPhone accessories | TechCrunch Jason Snell on Twitter: "The four major carriers have now equalized prices." GMA shows first hands-on with iPhone 12, talks about charger removal with Apple VP - 9to5Mac Apple TV+ news: New Bruce Springsteen doc coming this month, ‘The Morning Show’ season 2 update - 9to5Mac Apple Launches 'Apple Music TV,' a 24-Hour Music Video Livestream - Variety Apple TV+ announces second season of 'Dickinson' to debut January 8, third season in development - 9to5Mac Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends land at Apple TV+ for new original shows - Apple TV+ Press HomePod, HomePod mini pairing, new Home Theater support coming You can now set your HomePod as a permanent speaker output for the Apple TV - 9to5Mac HomePod Mini Cable is Non-Detachable, Ends With USB-C Connector for Use With Included 20W Power Adapter - MacRumors XR no longer has an adaptor – @fredflint Apple Customers in France Still Get EarPods in the Box With Every New iPhone - MacRumors iPhone 12 Pro features upgraded 6GB of RAM, iPhone 12 and 12 mini stay at 4GB - 9to5Mac Apple's New MagSafe Charger and Cases Begin Arriving to Customers - MacRumors iPhone 12 Pro Models Around 20-25% Faster Than iPhone 11 Pro Models in Early Benchmark Results - MacRumors Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s ‘Hi, Speed’ iPhone 12 Event Size matters: Choosing between the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro | Macworld 5G: ‘It’s not good yet.’ – Six Colors

Jason and Myke break down Apple's iPhone 12 and HomePod mini launch event. Having four new iPhones with different pricing structures and camera options is a bit overwhelming, but they do their best to process it all and provide initial reactions. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Teamistry: The stories of unsung teams who pioneered new ways of working to achieve the unexpected. Listen now. Bombas: Super comfortable socks for you and someone in need. Use this link for 20% off. Mailroute: Protect your email today. Get 10% off the lifetime of your account. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. The Upgrade October 2020 Event Draft Scorecard Apple Now Selling 20W USB-C Power Adapter for $19 - MacRumors iPhone 12 actually costs $829, advertised $799 price includes 'carrier special offers' - 9to5Mac

Bonus episode! Jason and Myke interview Apple's Tim Millet and Tom Boger about the new iPad Air and Apple silicon. Afterward, it's time to fearlessly predict what will happen at Tuesday's Apple media event in the only way Upgrade knows how--via a competitive draft. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Guest Starring: Tom Boger and Tim Millet Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Full iPhone 12 lineup leaks: Camera upgrades, pricing, release dates, colors, and more - 9to5Mac Apple rumored to announce HomePod mini next week, available in November for $99 - 9to5Mac Prosser: AirPods Studio to Start at $350 But Won't Feature at Next Week's Apple Event, AirTags Delayed Until March 2021 - MacRumors Apple 5G iPhones to Be Announced Oct. 13 - Bloomberg Apple’s AirTag item trackers reportedly delayed until March of 2021 - 9to5Mac Apple to Allegedly Rekindle 'MagSafe' Brand for Magnetic iPhone Case and Wireless Charging Accessories - MacRumors Connected #315: The Rickies (October 2020) - Relay FM October 2020 Keynote Draft Scorecard

It's all about what's next at Apple this week, as we discuss the ramifications of some early A14 speed tests and ponder the challenges of succession planning at Apple. And what's next for us is an interview with two Apple executives, so it's time to get in your #askupgrade questions. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Sanebox: Clean up your inbox in minutes. Sign up for a two-week free trial and a $25 credit. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Microsoft Begins Beta Testing Trackpad Support in Word and Excel Apps for iPad - MacRumors Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Build for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer [Update: PlayStation too] Report: Apple working with Microsoft to bring Apple TV app to Xbox consoles - 9to5Mac First A14 Benchmarks from iPad Air 4 Appear Online - MacRumors Fun With Charts: Entirely speculative charts about Apple Silicon – Six Colors Steve Troughton-Smith's Twitter Thread Apple's Successors for CEO Tim Cook, Other Top Executives - Bloomberg The Death of Stalin - Wikipedia Greg Joswiak Added to Apple's Exec Site as Phil Schiller Transitions to 'Apple Fellow' - MacRumors Hollywood Reporter Variety Natalie Jarvey (@natjarv) / Twitter Lucas Shaw (@Lucas_Shaw) / Twitter Todd Spangler (@xpangler) / Twitter PMC to Operate Billboard, Hollywood Reporter and Vibe With MRC - Variety STAR WARS: Squadrons

This week widget mania sweeps the nation, Jason goes to an Apple Store to buy a Solo Loop, and Tim Cook ponders Apple's work-from-home culture. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. eero: The WiFi every home deserves. Get your eero delivered with free next day shipping. Upgrade+: More content, no ads. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 GitHub - jasonsnell/PurpleAir-AQI-Scriptable-Widget Fantastical 3.2 is Here With 12 All-New Widgets, Scribble for iPad, and More! | Flexibits ‎CARROT Weather ‎Weather Line Apple Group and Epic Games: How Will Battle Affect App Store Prices in America? - Bloomberg Epic Games, Spotify, and Tile Form 'Coalition for App Fairness' to 'Fight Back' Against Apple - MacRumors Coalition for App Fairness Apple Publishes New Webpages Explaining the Benefits of the App Store and the Company's Developer Program - MacStories ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’: Cherry Jones And Jason Segel Join Apple & A24 Movie – Deadline Apple TV+ orders new series “High Desert,” starring Patricia Arquette and directed by Ben Stiller - Apple TV+ Press Apple Joe & Anthony Russo Cherry Tom Holland & Ciara Bravo Oscar Entry – Deadline Apple Buys Startup That Creates Radio-Like Stations for Podcasts - Bloomberg NHS launches COVID-19 app, Exposure Notifications now supported in England and Wales - 9to5Mac Apple CEO Impressed by Remote Work, Sees Permanent Changes - Bloomberg Notes on buying an Apple Watch Solo Loop – Six Colors Daring Fireball: More Adventures in Solo Loop Sizing Apple Stores offer personalized sizing for Solo Loop Watch bands - 9to5Mac 'Transparent Widgets' in Scriptable

Has Apple set off an iPhone home screen aesthetics revolution with iOS 14? We talk about our favorite widgets, Widgetsmith's journey to the top of the App Store charts, home-screen customization, and what this might mean for Apple's iOS feature priorities. Also, Myke evaluates new watchOS faces, Jason seeks home remedies to fix his terrible Apple Watch battery life, and we both speculate about whether Apple might sneak a Touch ID sensor into the iPhone 12 after all. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 – Donate Today! Relay FM Podcastathon for St Jude 2020 - YouTube Departures #4: Relay FM Podcastathon for St. Jude (2020) - Relay FM Hands-on: iOS 14.2 beta 1 changes and features [Video] - 9to5Mac Apple TV+ picks up its first Emmy, Billy Crudup awarded outstanding supporting actor for his role in The Morning Show - 9to5Mac Apple TV+ picks up its first Emmy, Billy Crudup awarded outstanding supporting actor for his role in The Morning Show - 9to5Mac How to customize your iPhone’s home screen with widgets and app icons - The Verge Under the Radar - Relay FM ‎Widgetsmith on the App Store ‎Fantastical - Calendar & Tasks on the App Store ‎CARROT Weather on the App Store ‎Timery for Toggl on the App Store ‎Scriptable on the App Store How bad is the air out there? – Six Colors Widget Examples - Scriptable - Automators Talk The reluctant debut of the A14 processor – Six Colors ATP 396: The World of Moving — Accidental Tech Podcast The difference between medicine and wellness – Six Colors Chris Espinosa on Apple One watchOS 7: The MacStories Review - MacStories Apple Watch faces and their features - Apple Support Air Lookout — Monitor air pollution near you Jason's Scriptable widget

Apple announced new Apple Watches and iPads on Tuesday, and here's our quick reaction to the news. Shockingly, we walk away feeling pretty good about… Apple's services? Plus: Surprise! Those operating system updates are coming sooner than anyone suspected! This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Mint Mobile: Cut your unlimited wireless bill to $30 a month. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Matias: The Macintosh Keyboard Experts. Get 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Myke's Balloon Room Upgrade Keynote Draft What was new at the Apple Sept. 15 event – Six Colors ‎Dice by PCalc on the App Store Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Relay FM Podcastathon for St Jude 2020 - YouTube

In the first of two episodes of Upgrade this week, Jason and Myke predict what will happen at September 15's Apple event in the traditional form of a draft! We'll be back on Tuesday for post-event reaction and the scoring of our picks. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Connected #311: The Rickies (September 2020) - Relay FM The Upgrade September 2020 Event Draft – Interactive Scorecard Relay FM for St. Jude 2020

Jason dives into macOS Big Sur and has to podcast from exile, Apple gets excited about Emmy nominations while prepping for fall product launches, and the release of "Mulan" leads us to discuss which movie theaters are worth saving. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Domikey SA Dolch Orange Doubleshot Keycaps (159 key set) | Flashquark Keychron K6 Mechanical Keyboard Apple lands “Five Days At Memorial,” from Academy Award winner John Ridley and Emmy Award winner Carlton Cuse - Apple TV+ Press Apple TV+ and accolades take over Apple․com homepage - 9to5Mac UK carrier EE launches 'first of its kind' iPhone cell plan bundling Apple Music, TV+ and Arcade - 9to5Mac Mulan Available to All Disney+ Subscribers in December, No Extra Fee - Variety Downlink macOS Big Sur Beta Update | Bartender 3 Rogue Amoeba | Current Software Status Prosser: iPad and Apple Watch Series 6 Press Release Planned for September 8 [Updated] - MacRumors The Test Drivers #9: Samsung's Laptop "Replacement" - Relay FM GMK Bento R2 (Traditional Base Kit) | Candykeys

Jason and Myke try to piece together conflicting rumors about Macs with Apple silicon, Apple TV+ embraces the UK and Mariah Carey, and Apple and Epic take it to the courts, and #askupgrade reaches its final form as #keyboardtalk. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. Fully: Workplace furniture designed for health, flow and balance. Take $30 off when you spend a minimum of $300. Things: The award-winning to-do app. Try it free. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Sunit Bhalla – Original Upgradian Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 13.7 to Developers With New Exposure Notification Opt-In [Update: Public Beta Available] - MacRumors Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Relay FM - Twitch Keira Knightley To Lead ‘The Essex Serpent’ Adaptation For Apple TV+ – Deadline Apple TV Plus to Debut Docuseries 'Tiny World,' 'Becoming You,' 'Earth at Night in Color' - Variety Apple (AAPL) Plans Augmented Reality Content to Boost TV+ Video Service - Bloomberg Apple and global superstar Mariah Carey team up for “Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special” - Apple TV+ Press Apple picks up ‘A Christmas Carol’ musical with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds - 9to5Mac Epic judge will protect Unreal Engine — but not Fortnite - The Verge Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account - MacRumors Epic versus Apple? I’m rooting for the users | Macworld Scriptable Apple Accidentally Approved Malware to Run on MacOS | WIRED Report: Apple Silicon iMac With Custom GPU to Launch in Second Half of 2021 - MacRumors Report: Super-Lightweight 12-inch MacBook Powered By Apple Silicon to Launch This Year - MacRumors Alleged iPad Air 4 pamphlet shows new full-screen design, Touch ID power button, USB-C - 9to5Mac Alleged 10.8-Inch iPad Design Schematics Emerge - MacRumors Relay FM Crossover feed – for Relay FM Members Memento Mori Theatricks Upgrade #280: De Niro Can’t Bend - Relay FM Dygma Raise Keychron K6 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Vortex Race 3 GMK Future Funk – TheKey.Company WASD Cherry MX Switch Tester - WASD Keyboards