Live translation on AirPods, encrypted RCS, EU enforces interoperability for iOS 19
9to5Mac Happy Hour
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4.4 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Benjamin and Chance react to the biggest stories of the week, including Apple's commitment to support encrypted RCS, the rumored launch of a new live translation feature for AirPods, and the ongoing fallout of the Siri feature delays. Apple is also forced to add a variety of APIs to let third-party devices access iOS notifications and other system features, thanks to the latest EU decree.
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Chance Miller
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Benjamin Mayo
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Links
- End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update
- Apple will introduce a number of texting upgrades in iOS 19, here's what's coming
- Apple says EU interoperability requirements enable unfettered access to the iPhone, risks customer security and privacy
- EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow alternatives to AirDrop and AirPlay on the iPhone
- Apple working on live translation feature for AirPods with iOS 19
- Apple exec slams ‘ugly and embarrassing’ Siri delays in all-hands meeting
- Apple announces new immersive concert experience for Apple Vision Pro
- Report: Apple considered removing USB-C port from iPhone 17 Air, more
- EU confirms Apple can make a portless iPhone without USB-C
- Apple officially announces Ted Lasso season 4
- Poll: Do you want a thinner iPhone 7 at the expense of the 3.5mm headphone jack?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Mayo, how often have you used RCS messaging since it shipped with iOS 18? |
| 0:07.3 | I think never. |
| 0:08.8 | Never. |
| 0:09.5 | Okay. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm not even sure my carrier supports it. |
| 0:11.7 | You have a weird carrier, don't you? |
| 0:13.0 | But it's like super cheap. |
| 0:14.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:15.3 | It's actually less weird than it used to. |
| 0:16.7 | It's EE. |
| 0:17.5 | That's pretty normal headline carrier. |
| 0:19.9 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:20.5 | We went through that whole saga where you switched to carriers or something. |
| 0:24.3 | Yeah, I remember that. |
| 0:26.0 | Okay, RCS messaging is on. Okay, so I guess I do have it. |
| 0:29.8 | You just, well, you probably just use I message and WhatsApp, don't you? |
| 0:32.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.0 | See, so I've used RCS a decent amount of time. |
| 0:37.1 | We have a group chat that has like my sisters and my grandma and my grandma is an Android user. |
| 0:41.4 | And I think I told this story on the show once, but she had, she got told by like Verizon or Samsung or somebody that she had to switch messaging apps. |
| 0:50.1 | This was in December of last year. |
| 0:52.2 | And she was like, why do I have to switch messaging apps? |
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