For The Podcast

One year’s worth of episodes only took us 2.5 years!

• SNES Classic
  • Japan and Europe’s SNES Classic is Better
    • Echo Show – amazon.com
  • Wired Review
  • Jason Snell’s Review
• Chromecast works with your TV’s remote
• iOS 11 Beta 2
• Reviewers hating on Mike’s favorite iPad Pro case

On this week’s episode:

• NBA Draft
  • ESPN’s Brian Windhorst updating his phone during the  NBA draft
  • Phil Jackson falling asleep during draft prospect workout
• iOS 11
  • Jason’s upgrade woes and impressions
  • Mike’s upgrade woes and impressions
• iPad Pro 10.5 inch
  • iPad Smart Keyboard
  • Logitech Slim Combo Keyboard
  • ProMotion
  • Jason justifying buying/not buying the iPad Pro
• Tesla
  • Tesla talking to labels about launching a music streaming service?
  • Head of software Chris Lattner leaves Tesla

The three amiibros discuss E3 2017.

• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
• Anthem
• Far Cry 5
• Assassin’s Creed Origins
• Beyond Good and Evil 2
• Xbox One X
  • Can you build a PC equivalent of the Xbox One X for the same price? [PC World]
• Metroid: Samus Returns
• Metroid Prime 4
• Super Mario Odyssey
  • Best song ever: I’ll Be Your 1-Up Girl
• Rocket League for Switch
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
• Kirby
• A Way Out
• Game of Show:
  • Will: Wolfenstein II or Mario + Rabbids
  • Mike: Super Mario Odyssey
  • Jason: God of War

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