Apple Vision Pro anniversary, Gemini confusion, and iPhone Flip on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 6 February 2026
β±οΈ 67 minutes
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Summary
How the Apple Vision Pro has and has not moved forward in two years, plus what's going on with Gemini and Siri, and what comes after the iPhone Fold, on the AppleInsider Podcast.
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- The best gear and gadgets from CES Unveiled 2026
- iPhone in space: NASA gives approval for personal iPhones to Artemis astronauts
- How to watch Super Bowl LX on iPhone, Mac, and iPad
- Bad Bunny wins Grammy album of the year ahead of Super Bowl halftime show
- Tim Cook: Apple won't change privacy rules with Google Gemini partnership
- Google & Apple CEOs offer seemingly contradictory statements regarding AI partnership
- Two years after release, Apple still hasn't decided what to do with Apple Vision Pro
- Clamshell iPhone could be Apple's second foldable
- How terrible - the insanely wealthy are confounded by Call Screening
- Apple TV Press Day event reveals star-studded lineup of new original content coming soon
- Formula 1 CEO hints toward a possible 'F1' movie sequel on Apple TV
- Boc ost your vibe coding with AI agents in Apple's new Xcode 26.3
- New & native AI agent coding in Xcode 26.3 is pretty good
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:51) - Super Bowl
- (10:14) - Apple TV slate for 2026
- (26:48) - Apple Vision Pro anniversary
- (32:55) - Folding iPhone Flip
- (41:22) - Call Screening screens calls
- (46:18) - Google and Apple
- (58:44) - Xcode AI
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Apple's by the podcast. |
| 0:11.1 | Sorry, exactly as for saying that. |
| 0:14.2 | Notification popped up on my Mac. |
| 0:15.8 | Apple has emailed me back about an Apple creator studio problem I've been having. |
| 0:20.5 | And now I am, of course, |
| 0:21.2 | dying to know whether it means they've solved it, but that will wait. You are more important. |
| 0:26.9 | So, anyway, hello, I'm William Gallagher. I sponsors this week on Masterclass, Nord Stiller, |
| 0:33.1 | about them later. And I am joined, as always, by Wesley Hilliota. I think by now has kind of grown |
| 0:39.1 | use to the fact that frankly I just use him. I use this podcast to ask him about Apple issues. |
| 0:44.3 | I know he knows better than I do. And this time, not to tip him off too soon, it might be about |
| 0:51.9 | Gemini. Who do you believe with that? But first, Wes, |
| 0:56.0 | I trust you are brilliantly well. And I trust that you're wearing your Applevision Pro on its two-year |
| 1:02.2 | anniversary. But what is this iPhone in space thing I keep hearing about? So NASA is letting astronauts take their phones with them for the first time in history. So, NASA is letting astronauts take their phones with them for the first time in history. |
| 1:14.8 | So maybe we'll finally get the real live footage of we'll send the Rock to space with an iPhone for an actual ad instead of faking it. |
| 1:26.5 | Right. okay. |
| 1:28.5 | I went down a Muppet line with that, but you went serious. |
| 1:32.5 | I thought you were going to take a left turn into conspiracy. |
| 1:34.8 | We'll be able to see if it's really the moon they land on. |
| 1:38.8 | The flatters. |
| 1:40.0 | Details of the story are on Apple'sider.com. |
| 1:45.2 | Of course, there'll be links in the description. |
| 1:47.3 | But then also... |
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