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Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

Apple's Smart Home Hub, AirTags 2 & Studio Display 2 Leak! Plus, Apple's Talent Exodus - Update! (Apple Bitz XL, Ep. 363)

Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

Apple Bitz XL Podcast w/ Brian Tong

Tech News, Technology, News

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Apple releases iOS 26.2 and the latest software updates for its entire lineup. Three new Apple products and a mystery fourth one get leaked by internal code and show us what's coming in 2026. Plus, the major shake-up with leadership and talent leaving Apple puts them at a crossroads. Where do they go from here? Is it a good thing? Or is Apple in trouble? You can help support this show and my independent work at www.patreon.com/briantong THANK YOU! Call into the show by recording a Voice Memo and sending it to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, everybody, yes, it's been a couple weeks because we had the holiday break then.

0:05.3

I went traveling. I just got back from the barrier. I did some coverage around Rivian's new

0:09.9

announcements, but we are back here locked in for all things Apple. We're going to talk about some

0:15.7

new leaks from iOS code that reveals three new products, actually even more than that, from Apple coming

0:22.4

very soon. Plus, we will talk about that whole management shakeout and what else is going

0:27.1

on inside the world of Apple. So hold on your butts. You know what time it is. Let's get to the show.

0:54.5

What's up everybody? Welcome to the show. It's the Apple Bits XL. Brian Tung here, your host. Doing the most for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple. Welcome everybody. If you're new here, hey, we're talking about all things in this Apple ecosystem, the greater world of tech as a whole as well, and all the impact it

1:00.9

has. But yeah, we're going to focus on the Apple stories. That's why it's called the Apple Bits Excel.

1:06.0

Now, we are on episode 363, which is incredible for all of your support.

1:12.7

So thank you.

1:13.5

Thank you so much.

1:14.4

But let's just jump right into it because we want to talk about some of the latest news.

1:19.6

And earlier during this week, Apple, you know, we always have new builds of iOS 26 and code that comes out.

1:28.8

And you sometimes have people that go digging in the code to find indications of what's coming next.

1:35.2

And we have three and I guess I could maybe say four products that have been revealed from that.

1:40.8

So this is work from Apple code that reportedly has been seen by Macworld.

1:46.6

That is internal code. So, right, this is what we would, I guess, define as a leak. And this first one

1:54.5

hints at a new Apple Studio Display 2, which is expected to arrive early next year.

2:02.0

Now, this is not the Pro Display XDR, which is the large format, really their high-end

2:07.6

pro display that is still not mini LED.

2:10.6

It is still not OLED.

2:12.6

This would be for that Apple Studio display that's a little smaller in size, I believe, is it 24 or 27 inches,

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