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The results of the draft are in! Join Jason, Mike, and special guest Karen as we bask in the afterglow of the WWDC keynote.

WWDC announcements

• tvOS
  • Amazon Prime App. That’s about it.
• watchOS
  • New vertical scrolling dock
  • Siri proactive watch face
  • Kaleidoscope watch face
  • Toy Story watch faces
  • Music app automatically syncs some music/playlists
  • Ability to auto-play a playlist when starting a workout
• macOS High Sierra
  • Faster Safari with auto-play video blocking and auto-blocking cross-privacy
  • Metadata synced across devices for photos
• iMac, MacBook updates, sneak peak at iMac Pro
• iOS 11
  • New app drawer for messages, iCloud sync
  • Person-to-person Apple Pay
  • New Siri voice and translation, syncing between devices
  • Control Center redesigned
  • Lane guidance for Maps, indoor maps at malls/airports
  • Do not disturb while driving mode
• iPad Pro
  • New 10.5″ and 12.9″ models
  • Starting at $650, available next week!
• iOS 11 for iPad Pro
  • HomePod
    • 7 tweeters and 4″ sub
    • A8 Processor and six microphones
    • Siri and acts as HomeKit Hub
    • Ships in December for $349

WWDC is less than a week away. What’s Apple going to announce? We have some horrible guesses predictions.

• Jason’s guesses predictions:
  1. Siri Speaker
  2. 10.5″ iPad
  3. iPad gets revamped pro features
  4. Significantly improved Siri
  5. PIP for tvOS
  6. Dark mode
  7. 4K content on iTunes
  8. Podcast editing app
  9. Refreshed look in iOS 11
  10. iTunes broken out into separate apps
• Mike’s guesses predictions:
  1. Refreshed MBP
  2. Amazon video app for tvOS
  3. HomeKit for Mac
  4. Sleep tracking on Apple Watch
  5. Ability to type to Siri
  6. Cheaper iCloud storage pricing
  7. Multi-user support for iPad
  8. macOS 11
  9. Machine learning data can sync between devices
  10. Person-to-person Apple Pay

The three amigos are back at full strength and Will is angrier than ever.

• F/U
  • Jason tried Juicero
    • No Juicero or cup needed:
    • The Juicero murdering fruit:
  • Zwift
    • Friend of the show Dave’s setup:
      
• Microsoft Build keynote
  • Windows 10 S
    • Windows Store lockdown: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/05/03/windows-10-s-browser
  • Surface Laptop
    • $999 with i5 processor, 128gb SSD, 4gb RAM
    • Premium cloth keyboard
    • One USB A port
    • $50 upgrade to normal Windows (can’t downgrade)
• Siri speaker
  • Background
    • KGI: Apple may announce Siri speaker at WWDC. Focus on premium audio with price tag higher than Amazon Echo.
    • https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/amazon-echo-homebrew-version/  – how Will got a budget echo going.
    • Sonny Dickson: Shaped like a Mac Pro and is similar to the UE Megaboom. “Apple has been working to majorly overhaul Siri and it’s capabilities, for all devices, but most notably their upcoming smarthome device.”
    • Mark Gurman: Siri speaker will differentiate by using advanced microphone and speaker technology
  • Will voice ever become the default interface? 
  • How important is the ability to shop using your voice?
• The state of “Cutting the cord”
  • YouTube TV
  • Hulu
  • Tablo
  • TiVo
  • Sling
  • TL;DL:
    • Jason: Has cut the cord
    • Mike: Would like to cut the cord
    • Will: HELL NO

We’re Missing William Simmons this week (don’t worry, he told us to tell everyone that he’s fine and he’ll be back next week, trust us!) but still managed to cobble together a juicy episode:

• Juicero
  • Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling The Squeeze [Bloomberg]
  • Here’s Why Juicero’s Press is So Expensive [bolt.io]
  • A Note From Juicero’s New CEO [Medium]
  • Grab A Glass of Juicero at a Whole Foods Near You [Juicero]
• Amazon Echo Look
  • Echo Look Product Page [Amazon]
  • Marco Arment’s tweet [Twitter]
• NES Classic, we hardly knew ye
  • Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition [IGN]
• Fresh Patch
• June Intelligent Oven
  • June Reviews [CNET] [TechCrunch] [PCMag]
• Peloton

Took a week off and a little longer to edit and post, but we’re back! We blame bear since he forgot to record his track (and can’t defend himself). On this week’s episode:

• Follow-up
  • Are we still playing Zelda and Horizon Zero Dawn?
    • Treasure Chest Minigame
  • Destiny Age of Triumph
• Persona 5
  • Persona 5 Review [Polygon]
  • What you need to know about Persona 5 if you’ve never played a Persona game [Polygon]
• New Mac Pro!!! (someday)
  • The Mac Pro Lives [Daring Fireball]
  • Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro [TechCrunch]
  • Apple out of the standalone display business [Twitter @reckless]
  • ATP Tipster on the Apple/LG display? [Twitter @ATP_Tipster1]
  • Corsair One review: The best small form factor PC we’ve ever tested [ArsTechnica]
• Apple to stop using Imagination Tech graphics tech
  • Android state-of-the-art [Twitter @codinghorror]