Apple Vision Pro, WWDC, and Apple takes on Chrome, on the AppleInsider Podcast
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🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Apple is surely laser-focused now on next week's WWDC, but it did take a moment for a rare swipe at a rival, and it seems to have made some harsh choices about Apple Vision Pro.
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- Black Apple Vision Pro rumors stoked by even more photographs
- Longtime leaker joins others in saying Apple Glasses won't arrive until late 2027
- Slimmer & lighter Apple Vision Pro is at least two years away
- Like Apple Watch at start, Apple's smart glasses plan will challenge the entire industry
- The last visionOS 26 review: Apathy about Apple Vision Pro on display
- A naming hint for Apple's macOS 27 may be hiding in plain sight
- Latest Apple privacy on iPhone ad takes direct shots at Chrome
- Apple TV's 'Prehistoric Planet' brought extinct animals to life with custom instruments
- iPhone Fold's wide screen means iPad's Split View is a necessity
- Sketchy iPhone Fold production issue guesswork won't prevent a September launch
- Possible iPhone Fold prototype shown in new image
- 40 members of Congress take Towson union's side in letter to Apple's CEO
- Apple doubling-down on on-device AI at WWDC 2026
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:42) - macOS Big Bear
- (03:43) - Apple Vision Pro
- (18:27) - iPhone Fold
- (37:32) - Apple Music
- (42:37) - Privacy and Chrome
- (48:48) - Apple Towson Town Center
- (01:02:47) - On-device AI
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Apple's side of podcast. I'm William Gallagher. A sponsor this week |
| 0:08.1 | are clawed by Anthropic and Nord Stella. More about them later. And I'm joined on this most |
| 0:13.8 | significant weeks. It's not quite the night before Christmas, but it's so close. WWDC seconds away. |
| 0:21.1 | I mean, quite a few seconds, but, you know, |
| 0:22.9 | I'm joined by Wes Hiliard, |
| 0:24.6 | who is as thrilled as I am, |
| 0:27.0 | aren't you? Yes? |
| 0:28.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:29.1 | I mean, everything is seconds away if you do the math, |
| 0:31.9 | so it just depends on how many seconds you want to talk about. |
| 0:35.7 | Right, that got suddenly deep and profound. |
| 0:38.6 | Yeah, mortality came to mind. |
| 0:41.0 | Anyway, I want to go straight in on something that we got wrong. |
| 0:46.5 | Well, we think we've got wrong because last week, I think it was last week, |
| 0:49.3 | before we were discussing all the possible names for macOS 27. |
| 0:59.3 | You suggested it shouldn't be MacOS Death Valley, and I thought you were right. |
| 1:05.8 | Since we spoke, someone has suggested the odds are it'll be MacOS Trump, and that was distressing enough. |
| 1:09.4 | But then, is it a leak? Is it a clue? |
| 1:10.0 | I don't know. |
| 1:18.4 | The news came out that it would be, possibly be, might be, MacOS Big Bear. |
| 1:27.5 | So Apple gave money to the social media platform called X to have a hash moji. |
| 1:29.2 | They do this every year. |
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