New HomeKit architecture paused, 2023 Apple rumors, AR headset details
9to5Mac Happy Hour
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🗓️ 7 January 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Benjamin and Zac start the new year off with Jeff Pu reporting on Apple’s upcoming product roadmap, from iPhone 15 to Apple Watch to AirPods. The Information has a big story about the latest tech specs of the Apple AR/VR headset. Plus, Apple announces price increases for iPhone battery replacement and the new HomeKit architecture rollout is paused, for now.
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- Apple raising prices of its battery replacement service for older iPhone models
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| 0:00.0 | Happy New Year to you, Benjamin Mayo. |
| 0:07.0 | Happy New Year to you, Benjamin Mayo. |
| 0:10.0 | Happy New Year to you, Zachary Home. |
| 0:12.0 | 2023. |
| 0:15.0 | You had a nice holiday? |
| 0:17.0 | I did. |
| 0:18.0 | I watched a lot of TV shows, movies, spend time with Family, Friends. |
| 0:23.0 | Went to my first NBA game last night. |
| 0:27.0 | It was New Orleans Pelicans against the Houston Rockets |
| 0:32.0 | and at no point were the pelicans behind and they won. |
| 0:36.2 | That was a good experience. Very nice. I need next, what is it called next VR? |
| 0:42.0 | Yes. Appacoo acquisition to have more. next what is it called next VR? Yes |
| 0:43.2 | acquisition to have more of those experiences. |
| 0:46.0 | Is this the year of the headset? |
| 0:48.0 | This might be the year exactly. |
| 0:50.0 | Next VR is about to about to you. |
| 0:52.0 | You reported on that right? That was what? I was about to about to you you reported that right that was what I was first |
| 0:55.4 | January 20 sounds right yeah yeah and so before pandemic here you are all over that story and we're now three years on and you might actually |
| 1:06.0 | see the fruits of the labour in a product this year. |
| 1:10.3 | This is the year, this is it. |
| 1:12.1 | Yeah, so more on the headset later today. |
| 1:14.0 | Not like this year. |
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