Ah, the heady days after Google I/O but before WWDC. It’s a fun time of looking over what Google announced, wondering what Apple will unveil, and trying to connect the dots to understand what it all means. And we’re here to help unpack it all, starting with an excellent essay by Marco Arment about what happens to Apple if we go from mobile-first to AI-first.
Elsewhere, Google wants to learn how we talk to our friends, which is going to stink when brands start mimicking us in ads. iPhone 7 rumors are flying fast, along with rumors for next year’s iPhone, yes, already. Glenn uncovered the reason your iPhone and iPad ask for your passcode in the morning. And Apple got a new store in Macworld’s hometown, with a public plaza and a really cool fountain from the 70s that matches the messy, complicated, intricate, patchwork aesthetic of San Francisco far more than it resembles anything Jony Ive would choose.
Show notes
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Apple working on a fix for iPad Pros bricked by iOS 9.3.2 by Susie Ochs
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6 Google I/O announcements Apple fans should care about by Susie Ochs
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7 Android features from Google I/O that Apple should borrow by Oscar Raymundo
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The problem with Google’s Allo: Who’s it really for? by David Meyer for Fortune.com
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Google wants to learn how you speak. What then? by Brian Feldman for Select/All at NYmag.com
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Farewell to Allo? Why Snowden and others don’t trust Google’s new AI-backed messaging app by Seung Lee for Newsweek
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Report: Apple is developing a ‘Siri Speaker’ to rival Amazon Echo and Google Home by Oscar Raymundo
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If Google’s right about AI, that’s a problem for Apple by Marco Arment at Marco.org
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Apple R&D Reveals a Pivot Is Coming by Neil Cybart at Above Avalon
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iPhone 7 rumors: Redesigned antenna lines but no OLED until 2017 by Caitlin McGarry and Oscar Raymundo
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Apple’s new store has a tree-lined ‘Genius Grove’ and a fitting room for iPhone cases by Susie Ochs
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New Touch ID rules: Why you have to enter your passcode when you wake up by Glenn Fleishman
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Apple’s Touch ID rules may be designed to protect human rights by Glenn Fleishman
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OS X 10.12 may let you unlock a Mac using Touch ID on an iPhone by Roman Loyola
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Private I: Knock twice to see the future of the Apple Watch as a security device by Glenn Fleishman
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The best Apple TV gamepads available today—and the rest, too by Andrew Hayward
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Author: Susie Ochs, Contributor
Susie has been covering Apple since 2006, and when she isn't glued to her MacBook Air and iPhone, you can find her building sand castles at the beach or snowboarding in the mountains.