Show Notes
Benjamin and Chance discuss all the new features in iOS 26.2, including some fancy Podcast AI updates and a puzzling decision to remove Apple Watch Wi-Fi syncing in the EU. Also, Apple launches a browsable App Store on the web, and is set to pay $1bn annually to Google to use Gemini models as the underpinning of new Siri.
And in Happy Hour Plus, the pair react to the new Apple TV intro, and get hyped for the premiere of Vince Gilligan’s new series, Pluribus.
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Apple releases iOS 26.1 for iPhone with these changes
iOS 26.1: Here are Apple's official release notes
Everything new in iOS 26.2 beta 1
AirPods Live Translation feature coming to the EU next month
iOS 26.2 will remove a key iPhone and Apple Watch feature in EU, per report
iOS 26.2 includes three helpful upgrades to Apple Podcasts app
iOS 26.2’s Apple News app has a new and improved design
iOS 26.2 brings a small but great Apple Music upgrade
watchOS 26.2 makes a big change to Sleep Score, here’s what’s different
Apple launches rich new web interface for the App Store
Apple's new Siri will secretly use Google Gemini models behind the scenes
Apple nears $1 billion Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri
Apple reports Q4 2025 earnings, here are the numbers [charts]
Apple says holiday quarter will be biggest ever in company history
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