Gemini, privacy, and the new Apple Creator Studio on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 16 January 2026
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Summary
They weren't unexpected, but they were still surprises -- and they both leave us with so many questions: Google Gemini is coming to Apple Intelligence, and Apple Creator Studio is bring brilliant apps at a price.
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Links from the Show:
- Setapp Mobile EU app store, CleanMyMac Business both close down for good
- Google Gemini tech will be used in the all-new Siri after major Apple AI deal
- Google confirms that it won't get Apple user data in new Siri deal
- Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report
- Don't give Gemini your personal data, wait for Apple Intelligence-powered Siri
- Apple Creator Studio brings new apps, features, and subscription pricing to Mac and iPad
- Pixelmator Pro isn't dead, and is coming to iPad
- Pixelmator is dead, long live Pixelmator Pro
- Apple Creator Studio is a boon and a bargain β but is far from being for everyone
- Apple Creator Studio takes one more step to an app subscription future
- Compared: Apple Creator Studio vs Adobe Creative Cloud Pro
- Google will not be taking over your iPhone, Apple Intelligence, or Siri with Gemini
- iWork is still (mostly) free, but we don't like the trend
- First Apple Immersive NBA Lakers game available for free viewing on Apple Vision Pro
- Apple Vision Pro owners will get a great assortment of classic arcade games in VR soon
- Level up your manicure with the Apple Watch charger
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:33) - Setapp Mobile
- (04:30) - Google Gemini and Siri
- (18:16) - Don't give Google Gemini your data
- (30:53) - Apple Creator Studio
- (56:16) - Apple Creator Studio icons
- (59:28) - Apple Vision Pro nails it
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Apple Insider podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | This is your host, Wesley Hilliard speaking. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm joined once again by William Gallagher. |
| 0:16.6 | Our sponsors this week are co-pilot money, Squarespace, and Masterclass. |
| 0:20.3 | This might be a bit of a more abbreviated show this week. We got a time crunch to get through. But luckily, there's two giant topics to talk about. But before we get to that, I want to mention Apple Insider Plus. We're going to be talking about how Apple Creator Studio is going to be affecting our workflows, if it's going to affect us at all. At the same time, |
| 0:39.6 | if you are not an Apple Insider plus subscriber, you can be by subscribing through Apple Podcasts or Patreon, |
| 0:45.4 | and you get an ad-free show and the bonus content every week. So, William, how are you doing today? |
| 0:50.5 | I'm just confused. The Creator Studio thing, it's like the deal gets worse and worse than more looking to it. |
| 0:57.4 | And I so want it because I so want Pixelmaid pro on the iPad. |
| 1:01.5 | But, you know, other than that, I'm fine. |
| 1:04.2 | You know. |
| 1:04.8 | If you bought every app individually, it would cost the same as five years of the Apple Creator Studio subscription. |
| 1:15.6 | Yes. And if you already have Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the Mac and compressor and motion, |
| 1:22.4 | deal gets worse, doesn't it? So... |
| 1:25.3 | Kind of. So getting into it, this... well, before we get to it, actually, we have a little bit of news |
| 1:32.6 | up here at the top. |
| 1:34.1 | So you wrote a story this morning about Setap and Clean My Mac in the EU shutting down. |
| 1:41.8 | It's third-party app store and mobile business unit service, basically. |
| 1:49.3 | Yeah, I should explain it because it's just confusing this. |
| 1:53.0 | Set-up mobile is EU-only. |
| 1:54.9 | It was MacPoor, the maker of setups, their attempt to do a third-party app store the way Europe is forcing Apple to allow, |
| 2:03.5 | and that is just going away. |
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