AppleInsider podcast talks Apple in education, OTT Apple TV service plans, Smart Battery Case, more

This week's AppleInsider podcast discusses Apple's battle with Google over the education market, a rumored suspension of negotiations toward an over-the-top TV service and the next-generation Apple Watch, among other topics.

This week Mikey Campbell and Victor Marks go one-on-one to talk about:

• Apple TV App Store gains over 400 apps each week, half are games
• Remote app now compatible with Apple TV
• Walmart Pay to rival Apple Pay
• Cook calls out Google Chromebooks in fight over education market
• Apple puts brakes on rumored over-the-top streaming TV service
• Cook says iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case design is easy to use, not a hump
• Current Apple Watch owners plan to gift the device to others
• Best Buy drops Apple Watch pricing to as low as $249
• iOS 9.2 update fixes iPad Pro blackout issue

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Show note links:

• Apple TV App Store gains over 400 apps each week, nearly half of all apps are games, data shows
• Apple Remote app for Apple Watch, iOS now compatible with Apple TV tvOS 9.1
• Apple TV App Store gains over 400 apps each week, nearly half of all apps are games, data shows
• Walmart launches QR code mobile payment system to rival Apple Pay
• Cook says Apple won't race Google to bottom of education market, calls Chromebooks 'test machines'
• Apple's streaming TV talks fell apart on push for 'skinny' channel bundle priced under $30/month - report
• Apple's over-the-top television service put on hold, says Les Moonves [u]
• Tim Cook lauds new iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case design as easy to use
• 62 percent of current owners planning to gift Apple Watch to others, poll says
• Best Buy drops Apple Watch pricing to as low as $249 with new wave of $100 discounts
• iOS 9.2 update should fix iPad Pro blackouts, Apple says

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Special thanks for Borja Rojano for production help with this episode.