News that the improved Siri is delayed don't fully ring true, but tales of Apple Health+ being at least trimmed down do. Plus one in four smartphones is now an iPhone, and Apple Creator Studio continues to have surprises, all on the AppleInsider+ podcast.
Sometimes news can be too bad to be true. While there is a report that all of the key new Siri features have been delayed, it doesn't quite hold water.
Whereas longer-term reports of Apple cutting back on its plans for a Health+ subscription service seem more likely. Or at least Apple Health+ is sufficiently far off that nobody will remember these claims when it finally launches.
But then speaking of launches, Apple's most recent one has had some ups and downs. Apple Creator Studio's launch on the App Store was rocky, the apps have had issues, and now there's a question over how much users can actually use its AI features.
Where there's a question, there's often also an answer and in this case, it's that we can't use the AI features remotely as much as Apple promises.
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Links from the show:
- Wes Hilliard on iPad Pros about Pixelmator Pro
- Siri testing isn't going well, new features probably won't ship in iOS 26.4
- Apple Health+ scaled back internally, new focus on incremental improvement
- Apple Creator Studio users are hitting generative AI usage limits far too soon
- 600 Japanese companies want a free ride in Apple's ecosystem
- UK gets Apple and Google to agree to easy App Store changes
- One song can ruin your entire Apple Music algorithm & there needs to be a fix
- How to get your 2026 Apple Music Replay playlist
- Discord age verification not a requirement for every user, but still bad
- Discord's upcoming safety update makes age verification hard to avoid
- FTC uses selective Apple News study to ask Apple to stop promoting 'leftist outlets'
- After angry staff complaints, Tim Cook says he will push lawmakers on immigration policy
- 2025 sales surge means one in four smartphones on Earth is an iPhone
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