On this week's AppleInsider Podcast, your hosts discuss the privacy implications of smart glasses, the spiritual successor to the iPod Sock, the misreported death of iPhone Air 2, watching jets take off in Apple Vision Pro, and more!
Apple has launched its new digital passport feature for Apple Wallet, so the hosts discuss what else they'd like to see go digital in AppleInsider+. Though, one thing that won't be joining their EDC is Apple's new and expensive iPhone socks.
Rumors about the iPhone Air being canceled have been withdrawn and replaced with one about a delay. Of course, no one knows how the iPhone Air is really selling, but there's little chance this is the only edition, and the next one could have two cameras.
Also, Apple Vision Pro has had a good week of news, especially if you're in the market for a set of $250 PSVR controllers. Wes explains how the latest Apple Immersive Video aboard the USS Nimitz captures what it's actually like to be there for jet launches.
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Links from the show:
- Passports on iPhone arrive with new Digital ID feature
- Limited edition knitted iPhone Pocket launched by Apple and Japanese fashion house
- Why camera-equipped smart glasses are already a privacy disaster
- Moving Apple Fitness+ over to Health is part of Apple's 2026 AI plan
- iPhone Air 2 won't be out in 2026, claims questionable report
- Leaker backtracks: iPhone Air not canceled, is getting two cameras instead
- You can now buy Sony's VR controllers for the Apple Vision Pro
- Streaming live sports to Apple Vision Pro is a pipe dream a startup cannot easily solve
- Launch in an F-18 from the USS Nimitz in the new Apple Vision Pro immersive experience
- Nik Bentel Studio - Untitled Folder Wallet
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