Apple's WWDC 25 may change not just the numbering but also absolutely everything about how macOS, iOS, and iPadOS feel, Nothing's CEO says Apple has lost all creativity, and yet more tariff drama, all on this' week's episode of the AppleInsider Podcast.
We're so close now to WWDC that more details appear to be leaking out, including the surprise news that Apple may renumber all of its operating systems so that they have the same, consistent branding. It turns out that it's 12 years since Apple started naming macOS with Californian placenames — and for about 11 years before that, it was using cat names. So maybe it's time.
It definitely is not the time for Nothing CEO's vision of the future, but he insists that in less than a decade, all apps will be gone, replaced by a single AI on a (presumably) Nothing phone. And back somewhere closer to the real world, future iPhones are now rumored to feature 200 megapixel cameras, but we break down why that's not something to get excited about just yet.
That's all in the future, but this week also saw major developments regarding Trump's tariffs against Apple and other US firms. We explain much of the turmoil in the podcast's Controversy Corner, but note that even since the recording late Thursday afternoon, the situation has changed still further.
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Links from the Show
- Apple rumored to release iOS 26 at WWDC, instead of iOS 19
- Apple prepares iOS 19, macOS 16 'Solarium' UI overhaul for WWDC
- Switching from iPhone to Android to get easier in iOS 19 with eSIM transfer
- Nothing CEO takes shots at Apple, ludicrously says that apps are going away
- A future iPhone may get a 200MP camera — eventually
- Dedicated Apple Games app could be revealed during WWDC 2025
- Apple acquires tiny two-person 'Sneaky Sasquatch' developer RAC7
- T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful
- Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
- It's still cheaper to import iPhones with 25% tariffs, than assemble in the US
- Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17
- California Attorney General threatens lawsuit over potential 25% iPhone tariff
- Trump may have added 25% iPhone tariff specifically to punish Tim Cook
- iPhone buyers worldwide may see higher prices because of Trump's tariffs
- Trump 'Liberation Day' tariffs blocked by U.S. trade court
- Tim Cook tried to kill Texas App Store age verification bill by calling the governor
- Texas passes App Store age verification law, despite Tim Cook's concerns
- Apple Invites now lets you share content & sites with a new Link tile
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