Cutting to the Core of Apple

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Apple held its annual WWDC event this week, where it announced a whole bunch of new software features for its mobile and desktop platforms. It was also yet another opportunity for Apple to insist that all you need to do to simplify your life is buy more Apple products.

This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED senior associate reviews editor Adrienne So and WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu join us to talk about WWDC and the pros and cons of assimilating into Apple's ecosystem.

Show Notes:

Read Lauren’s story about Apple’s walled garden of products. Read Julian’s story about the biggest features coming to your iPhone this fall. Check out everything Apple announced at WWDC here.

Recommendations:

Adrienne recommends Anve Swimwear for this post-pandemic hot mess summer. Julian recommends the Secretlab Magnus Desk. Lauren recommends Tom Simonite’s WIRED profile of ousted Google researcher Timnit Gebru. Mike recommends the browser extension Minimal Twitter built by Thomas Wang.

Adrienne So can be found on Twitter @adriennemso. Julian Chokkattu is @JulianChokkattu. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.

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0:00.0	Lauren.
0:01.0	Mike.
0:02.0	Lauren, what happens when you're sitting at home and your phone rings?
0:05.0	Well, I hear about seven different instances of this sound.
0:09.0	Well, welcome to Apple World.
0:14.0	Indeed.
0:19.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Gadget Lab. I am Michael Collory, a senior editor at Wired.
0:26.4	And I'm Lauren Good. I'm a senior writer at Wired. We're also joined this week by Wired Senior Associate Reviews editor, Adrian. So welcome back to the show, Adrian.
0:35.1	Hi, guys. And Reviews Editor Julian Chokatu, Julian, welcome back. Thank show, Adrian. Hi, guys. And reviews editor Julian Chokatu.
0:39.6	Julian, welcome back.
0:40.9	Thank you for having me.
0:42.3	You both have fancy new titles.
0:43.9	Congratulations on those.
0:45.7	We've asked the two of you on the show this week because it is Apple Week.
0:49.7	Apple just held its annual worldwide developers conference.
0:53.6	We call it WWDC, or if you want to be like
0:56.7	Lauren and be extra cool, you can just say dub-dub. As per usual. No one has ever described me as
1:01.7	extra cool. I just did. I just did. I just did. That counts. Per usual, during the keynote address
1:08.2	on Monday, the company announced a bunch of new software updates
1:11.2	for all of its key products. This is the mid-year announcement that promises to make your
1:15.8	iPhone feel fresh or your iPad to feel more like a computer, all without having to buy new
1:20.7	hardware. Though, of course, Apple still wants you to buy new hardware in the fall when it comes
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