Apple earnings, Apple Intelligence, and you've got a Friend, on the AppleInsider Podcast

There's always a lot of attention and fuss when Apple announces its latest billions in earnings, but this time guest Mike Wuerthele breaks down exactly what matters and what truly does not. Even if Apple had not done as well as it did, Mike is going to tell you the startling figure of how long the company would keep going if it never sold another device ever.

Plus speaking of devices, we now have — or at least supposedly soon will have — a Friend. It's a new AI-powered pendant that is meant to be your constant companion, encouraging you in all your beliefs, and yet apparently also ready to mock you. It could be silly, it could be a hit, but Friend's lavish advertising fails to answer an enormously important question.

Also this week, we have finally got to try out Apple Intelligence as it enters beta testing. It's extremely early days, but already we can learn a lot about how Apple's approach to AI is going to work for us.

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• iPhone 16 Pro lineup rumored to get Wi-Fi 7, just one year after the last upgrade
• Ohio residents can now add driver's license, state ID to the iPhone Wallet app
• MacBook Air M3 review three months later: The best Mac for nearly everyone
• Apple Arcade developers say working with Apple is like being in an 'abusive relationship'
• Twitter for Mac leaves the Mac App Store, but iPad X is still usable
• Google Maps and Waze get new route guidance and alerts
• Epic's Tim Sweeney ludicrously calls Apple's 'Find My' a privacy hazard for thieves
• Friend is the creepy and dystopian iPhone accessory that might just work
• Apple Vision Pro gestures may spread to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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