iOS 17.2 beta release candidate is here with a few surprise changes in store, while Apple formally retires the iTunes TV Shows and Movies apps in tvOS. An impressive new app called Beeper brings iMessage to Android in the right way. There’s also talk of an Apple-Paramount streaming bundle, and the M3 MacBook Air might be released sooner than we thought. Benjamin and Chance discuss it all.
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- Review: Eve Outdoor Cam is a great HomeKit camera with floodlight, Home app needs more notification controls
- Chance’s now $29 camera with HomeKit Secure Video
- Here’s what’s actually going on in that viral ‘glitch in the matrix’ iPhone mirror picture
- iOS 17.2 release notes: Every new feature and change
- iTunes Movies and TV Shows app discontinued with new Apple TV update
- tvOS 17.2 changes the behavior of the Siri button
- Rumor: New Action button coming to the entire iPhone 16 lineup
- Beeper Mini will add SMS, Facetime in ‘near future’
- Beeper Mini is even better than a real iMessage app for Android
- Beeper Mini brings native iMessage to Android
- New iPad Air, iPad Pro, and MacBook Air coming soon: report
- Report: Apple in talks to offer combined streaming bundle of Apple TV+ and Paramount+
- Apple original film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ will be available to buy/rent from tomorrow
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