Apple Watch, iPhone 17, and the M6 MacBook Pro on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 14 August 2025
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Summary
Apple is bringing back the blood oxygen sensor to the Apple Watch, the iPhone 17 will be costlier but have more storage, and there's a hint of what's coming next with the MacBook Pro, on the AppleInsider Podcast.
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Links from the Show:
- To no one's surprise, politicians are wrong about iOS 26 message filtering
- Nobody is going to send you unsolicited messages for remote work
- iPhone Fold rumors and renders: What to expect after years of leaks and speculation
- Apple's iPhone 17 Pro $50 pricing increase strategy won't matter to half of buyers
- iPhone 17 Pro price rise might get masked by increased storage
- New Siri will bring voice control to just about all apps β but maybe not banking
- New Siri's App Intents will make or break Apple's Home Hub
- Siri's biggest upgrade yet takes shape with 'Linwood' & 'Glenwood'
- Apple said to be working on Ring-like doorbell and smart cameras
- Apple's Siri-enabled robots are running behind, but still coming
- M6 OLED MacBook Pro redesign in 2026 to entice upgraders holding onto older Macs
- Don't put camera guards, screen protectors, or keyboard covers on a MacBook Pro
- Apple puts out its sixth developer betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26
- New ringtones and app launch speed-up: What's new in iOS 26 beta 6
- Elon Musk cries antitrust as X & Grok can't compete with OpenAI on Apple's App Store
- Elon Musk's antitrust claims refuted by Apple citing curation for safe discovery
- Musk is wrong and has only influence on his side in a childish App Store spat
- Over 150% China tariff rate delayed by 90 days, 30% still in effect for iPhone season
- Apple Cinemas name 'reflects geographic roots,' not the tech company
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (02:25) - Apple Watch Bllody Oxygen
- (05:06) - Messaging, spam and categorization
- (20:02) - iPhone Fold
- (21:10) - iPhone price rises
- (28:11) - iPhone 17
- (34:27) - Corner of Linwood and Glenwood
- (46:43) - App Intents, tvOS and more
- (50:36) - M6 MacBook Pro
- (53:58) - Breaking MacBook Pro
- (57:05) - Controversy Corner
- (01:06:30) - Apple Cinemas
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Apple Insider podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | This is your host, Wesley Hilliard speaking. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm joined once again by William Gallagher, and today's sponsor is Clean My Mac by MacPaw. |
| 0:17.7 | If you're a paid subscriber, you're not going to hear anything about sponsors. |
| 0:25.4 | You're going to hear about William talking about what, what do you have for us today? |
| 0:32.1 | Oh, it's like the olden days when I used to be back in archives and my hands were dirty with things. |
| 0:38.7 | We got the iPhone launch coming up so soon now that I went back and looked at all of the iPhone launches and And, you know, I had a nice laugh at how many times they say, this is the best iPhone we've ever made, |
| 0:43.7 | which, by the way, is almost every single time, not quite but almost. And there are such funny |
| 0:49.1 | moments in it, such famous moments as well. Obviously, we all remember Steve Jobs' details for it, but then |
| 0:56.2 | later Steve Jobs being a bit ratty with people over there, taking over the Wi-Fi during the |
| 1:02.1 | presentation. Phil Schiller talking about the courage to change things. There's so many golden |
| 1:08.6 | moments, and I've picked out about half a dozen or so to just |
| 1:12.2 | have a good time listening to as we prepare ourselves for the new show. |
| 1:16.8 | Just one time I want Tim Cook to come out and say, well, guys, we really tried, but we flubbed it up |
| 1:21.3 | this time, and it's not as good as last years, but you'll still buy it anyway. |
| 1:25.2 | Here's the new iPhone. |
| 1:27.2 | Seriously, the thing that bothers me is, you know when he says, this is the best, |
| 1:31.7 | that he already knows that next year's going to be so much better. So it's not like he's lying |
| 1:35.7 | to us and things. But there's a point about that actually in Appetida Plus, a point where |
| 1:40.4 | they did that kind of thing a bit too publicly giving away what was next. |
| 1:45.5 | It brings to mind, we're not quite to that season yet, but I'll say it anyway. It brings to |
| 1:50.0 | mind the movie Elf with Wilf Farrell. Is that what it's called? Yeah. So he's an elf who |
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