This is a smart take from Dan Moren at Macworld, reading between the WWDC lines — StandBy, widgets, DockKit, Siri — and wondering if we’re about to see Apple invest in in-home gear in a big way. I think he’s right, but I also think the HomePod is the future of exactly nothing. Super curious about all these docks, though!
The Reddit blackout rages on, so we spent some time with Apollo developer Christian Selig figuring out why. Plus, is Threads the future of Instagram? And is a 15-inch MacBook Air the one we’ve all been waiting for?
‘Reddit has plugged its ears and refuses to listen to anybody but themselves. And I think there’s some very minor concessions that they can make to make people a lot happier.’
So you’re telling me I now can leave you a voicemail through the Phone app, or a voicemail through FaceTime, or a voice message in Messages, and those are all different things? Great job, Apple. I’m still mad about this, even though I think Nilay just funded my startup named Call. All that and much more, this week on The Vergecast’s YouTube channel! Like and subscribe.
It’s the mid-2000’s again, apparently, because widgets are back and everybody’s bumping their phones to share contact information. So we spent the show debating which of Apple’s new-old ideas might stick around this time — plus where the new set of crypto scandals might lead the industry.
Plus, we grabbed Marques Brownlee and our friends from the Waveform podcast to talk about all their favorite stuff, too. Grocery lists came up too often, and we’re very sorry about that. Plus, a long debate about whether the Vision Pro is any good — and how much it matters.
