MBW 1020: AirPods for Your Face - Is the MacBook Neo a Hit?
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
There's strong demand for the MacBook Neo as Apple ramps up production on the budget-friendly laptop. A fake crypto wallet app was recently removed from Apple's App Store. And Apple is testing AI glasses that could come out sometime next year.
- Apple ramps up MacBook Neo production to 10 million units amid strong demand.
- Apple removes fake crypto wallet app that stole $9.5 million from Mac users.
- Why you can't trust Privacy & Security.
- Apple AI glasses will rival Meta's with several styles, oval cameras.
- How the "AI Loser" may end up winning.
- Blackmagic's camera for Apple Vision Pro content is now available for $30K.
- The space between by C&S app.
- A fake Ledger App on the Appl App Store drained $9.5 million in crypto.
- Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: PureMac
- Christina's Picks: DaVinci Resolve Photo & Glider
- Andy's Pick: Google AI Edge Eloquent
- Jason's Pick: Strawpoll
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly. Jason's here. And he's here. Christine is here. We'll talk about the MacBook Neo. |
| 0:06.0 | Turns out sold a lot better than Apple expected. What's next for the Neo? We'll talk about Apple's AI |
| 0:12.4 | glasses. Mark German says they're on their way and some great picks, including a classic Apple game |
| 0:20.3 | that's back. |
| 0:21.4 | Mac Break Weekly is next. |
| 0:25.6 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:27.3 | From people you trust. |
| 0:29.9 | This is Twit. |
| 0:34.4 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 120, recorded Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. |
| 0:41.5 | AirPods for your face. |
| 0:44.4 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News, Apple News, of which there is very little. |
| 0:53.4 | Hello, Christina Warren. How is it going back to work? It's been good. I mean, look, it's been a day and a half, so. Did everybody, did you have a cake to give you a cake? They did not give me a cake. They did not give me a cake, but, but now everyone's very, very, I'm sure that's thrilled to see. Yeah, and I'm excited to be back so yay yay and exactly to be here |
| 1:12.5 | yay we're glad to have you sorry to keep you waiting i had a little network snafoo we'll get |
| 1:17.7 | i'll explain that in a bit because we've got very little news jason snell is also here from six |
| 1:22.9 | dollars dot com so three hour long show guaranteed now because you said we don't have much to talk |
| 1:27.0 | about we'll fill it makes it long challenge. It's good to be here. Networking comes for us all. |
| 1:32.3 | Yeah. And Andrew and not co. He doesn't have to worry about the network because he's using civic property. |
| 1:40.3 | Exactly. It's nice to, it's nice to have one gigabyte up and down that's more reliable than what I get at my house. Also nice not to have, now that the weather is really, really nice, it's like I can't, in the middle of the day, I'm wondering, it's Tuesday afternoon. Why are you tootling about in your muscle cars and your motorcycles? Shouldn't you be at work? Shouldn't you be at school? I saw that it was going to be |
| 2:04.6 | 88. Is this possible 88 degrees tomorrow in New York City? Is that possible? Is it that warm? |
| 2:10.1 | Anything's possible. It was cold last week. It's very strange. The planet's in a death spiral. |
| 2:16.4 | Okay, let's just accept that and move on. |
| 2:21.3 | Let's talk Apple News. |
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