New CarPlay feature coming soon, iOS 26.4 rumors
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Report: M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro could launch 'as early as' March 2nd
- iOS 26.4: Here's when Apple will release the first beta
- Apple's cheapest iPad to get Apple Intelligence support at just the right time
- Apple reportedly bringing third-party AI chatbots to CarPlay
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Monday, February 9th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.1 | We are sponsored this week by Stuff, the clean and powerful to-do list application. |
| 0:14.4 | Leading off today, alongside the upcoming iPhone 17E, Apple also has a refreshed base model iPad in the works. A new report from Maco |
| 0:23.1 | Takara highlighted what we can expect from Apple's update of its cheapest iPad. Apple released the |
| 0:29.2 | iPad 11 last March, powered by the A16 chip. While that chip represented a notable upgrade from |
| 0:35.3 | the previous model's A14 chip, it wasn't enough for Apple |
| 0:38.8 | to offer Apple intelligence support. That is set to change this year, as Maco Takara reports that |
| 0:45.2 | this year's iPad 12 will be powered by the A18 chip. This will also come with 8 gigabytes of RAM, |
| 0:52.0 | up from the current model's 6 gigabytes of RAM. This also means that |
| 0:56.4 | the iPad 12 will have full support for Apple Intelligence. Other than the boost in RAM and performance, |
| 1:02.7 | the iPad 12 is expected to be the same as the iPad 11 with the same overall design and form factor. |
| 1:10.1 | In other news today, speaking of Apple Intelligence, |
| 1:13.2 | iOS 26.4 is set to be one of the most important updates ever for the iPhone, with its new |
| 1:19.3 | suite of AI and Siri features. These new Siri features were first announced to WWDC 2024, |
| 1:26.7 | with the expectation |
| 1:27.5 | they would launch as part of the iOS 18 cycle. |
| 1:30.6 | As we've talked about before, Apple delayed those features |
| 1:33.5 | and last month it announced a new partnership with Google |
| 1:36.3 | to use Gemini models to power the Siri and AI features. |
| 1:40.7 | Now we're getting very close to actually being able to try |
| 1:43.5 | these new features for which we've been waiting 18 months. |
| 1:47.4 | In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark German reports that Apple expects to release the first developer beta of iOS 26.4 the week of February 23rd. |
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