iOS 798: Stay Secure on Your Devices - Offline Maps, Wi-Fi Assist, bSafe, & More
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Whether you're lending your phone to a kid or relying on maps off the grid, what you don't know about your device's security could come back to bite you. This episode shows why a few simple settings make all the difference when it counts.
- Setting up Medical ID and emergency contacts for safety
- Using Face ID and Guided Access to lock and protect apps
- Offline maps: how and why to download before you travel
- Find My and Life360 for tracking people and devices, with privacy tips
- Apple Messages' Check In and third-party safety apps like bSafe
- WiFi Assist and WiFi Calling: improving the reliability of calls and data
- News: Apple removes outdated Pages, Keynote, and Numbers from App Store
- Feedback: Free access to the Calm app via insurance and company perks
- Picks of the Week: Pokemon Go auto-catch gadget and Picsew screenshot tool
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 0:00.0 | This is not the future we were promised. |
| 0:03.0 | Like, how about that for a tagline for the show? |
| 0:06.0 | From the BBC, this is The Interface, the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world. |
| 0:13.0 | This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews. |
| 0:17.0 | It's about what technology is actually doing to your work and your politics, your everyday life. |
| 0:23.7 | And all the bizarre ways people are using the internet. |
| 0:26.9 | Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.9 | Coming up on iOS today, Rosemary Orchard and I, Micah Sargent, |
| 0:36.0 | talk about how you can stay secure on your Apple devices. |
| 0:41.6 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:45.3 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:47.0 | From people you trust. |
| 0:49.6 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:53.2 | This is iOS Today, episode 798, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent. |
| 1:00.9 | Recorded Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 for Thursday, April 16th, 26. |
| 1:07.4 | Stay secure on your devices. |
| 1:10.3 | Hello and welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things iOS, iPad OS, watchOS, home pod OS, and so many other OSs. |
| 1:19.9 | And it's what we love to talk about here on the show. |
| 1:22.0 | Help you make the most of those wonderful Apple devices you have. |
| 1:26.4 | I am one of your hosts. My name is Micah Sargent. |
| 1:31.2 | And my name is Rosemary Ochoid, and I hope that we can help you keep all of those things locked up that you would like to. |
| 1:38.2 | Yes, indeed. This is a wonderful time where Rosemary and I sort of gather together in our message chats, |
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