This week’s episode of the In the News podcast is a lot of fun, and I think you will enjoy it. We begin by discussing the process of acquiring our new Apple devices. Brett is traveling, so he needs to wait a little bit before the new devices that arrived at his house are in his hands. But I went to my local Apple Store first thing Friday morning and got an iPhone 17 Pro Max (1TB, Deep Blue) and the AirPods Pro 3. And even though I had only had those two new devices for a few hours before we started recording this episode, I was already very impressed—especially with the much-improved fit of the AirPods Pro 3 and the impressive 8x zoom on the new iPhone. We also discuss the new Live Translation feature for AirPods (which works exceptionally well!), iOS 26 and iPad OS 26, improvements to CarPlay, and much more.
In our In the Know segment, Brett discusses a new feature of the iPhone lock screen that shows you how much time it will take to recharge your iPhone. I discuss the best way to take advantage of the new Widowed Apps mode in iPadOS 26: using it in conjunction with the button in the iPad’s Control Center.
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