iPhone Air and 17 review + Meta's Ray-Ban Display smart glasses
We're still in iPhone mode this week, as all of our reviews of Apple's new hardware are rolling out. In this episode, Senior Writer Sam Rutherford joins us to chat about his experience with the iPhone Air and our final thoughts on the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup. Also, we dive into all of the news from Meta Connect 2025, including the Ray-Ban Display smart glasses. Is Meta actually on to something with these smart glasses? Or is Zuck just desperate to get people away from phones?iPhone 17 Air review: Thinness with a purpose – 1:21What’s the iPhone 17 Air’s battery life like? – 14:47iPhone 17 Pro: a more substantive update than meets the eye – 24:54The base iPhone 17 is a great phone for pretty much everyone – 35:26Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses during his Connect keynote – 39:35Other News: The ‘framework’ of a TikTok deal is in place, U.S. may license ByteDance’s original algorithm – 1:09:08New rumors about a touchscreen MacBook Pro – 1:10:41Working on – 1:14:32Pop culture picks – 1:15:02
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A deeper dive into the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air
This week, managing editor Cherlynn Low and senior reporter Karissa Bell are joined by The Verge's Allison Johnson to talk all about the new iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17s. We also answered some questions from Threads and talk about our hopes and dreams from the next Apple event. Also, Devindra and Ben chat about some recent news, including a truly awful AI podcasting company.Cherlynn, Karissa, and a special guest break down the iPhone 17 news from Apple headquarters – 1:04Notes from the iPhone Air hands on – 14:59Once again, a big Apple event with no mention of Apple Intelligence – 40:27Animated movie Critterz will use OpenAI’s tech to try to make a CGI movie on a shoestring budget – 59:24 Inception Point AI wants to use virtual hosts to make 5,000 new podcast episodes a week – 1:04:26David Zaslav thinks HBO Max should be more expensive, because of course he does – 1:23:27Working on – 1:25:41Pop culture picks – 1:28:29
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Breaking down Apple's iPhone 17 event
We've survived Apple's iPhone 17 event and we're here to dive into all of the news. In this bonus episode, Devindra and Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham recap all of Apple's new hardware and try to determine if the iPhone Air has any substance behind all that style.
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The curious calm before the iPhone 17 storm
We're just days away from Apple's September 9th iPhone 17 event, and the hype seems practically nonexistent. Did the many (many) leaks splash cold water on an enthusiasm, or are we just tired of annual iPhone events? In this episode, Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham joins Devindra to discuss why even the rumored iPhone Air isn't really tingling our gadget geek senses. Also, we dive into the final repercussions of the US. v. Google antitrust trial: Turns out Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome, or give up much of anything else. The iPhone 17 is almost here, does anyone care? – 1:36U.S. antitrust judge rules that Google won’t have to sell Chrome – 23:24More Gemini-powered smart home products will be revealed on October 1 – 30:02The Browser Company’s sale to Jira parent company Atlassian shows how hard upstart browsers have it – 33:15After 15 years Instagram is finally getting an iPad app – 40:41Dolby announces Dolby Vision 2 with a bunch of AI features that seem useful – 44:25There’s AI in your pizza oven: Ooni’s Volt V2 will cook a pie in 90 seconds using machine learning – 49:02Around Engadget: Remarkable Paper Pro Move, Acer Chromebook 14 Spin Plus, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 – 52:51Working on – 56:55Pop culture picks – 57:20
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iPhone 17 (and iPhone Air) preview with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman
Now that Apple has scheduled its iPhone 17 event for September 9th, it's time to dive into everything we’re expecting. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonifacic chat with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman about his latest Apple scoops. We're expecting an ultra-thin iPhone Air (which may turn out to be a dud), but when will we hear more about Apple's rumored move into robotics and that darned foldable iPhone?iPhone 17 event preview with Mark Gurman: Apple’s rumored iPhone Air will be rough around the edges at first – 1:03What to expect from the main iPhone 17 line: more of the same, for better or worse – 10:24OpenAI faces first known Artificial Intelligence wrongful death lawsuit – 26:32U.S. government converts Intel’s CHIPS act grant into 9.9% equity – 32:28Working on – 37:15Pop culture picks – 39:01
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