This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: After a lightning-fast WWDC24 keynote, we’re left to ponder Apple Intelligence, a (potentially) smarter Siri and a ton of whiz-bang features coming to iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and visionOS 2.
Also on The CultCast:
- The skydiving intro to the WWDC24 keynote blew our minds. A clever concept, high-energy performances, a Mötley Crüe soundtrack … talk about something only Apple can do!
- Apple Intelligence looks like AI done right. Apple’s distinctive approach means serving up AI features in an easy-to-understand and incredibly useful way. While protecting user privacy, of course.
- That iPhone-mirroring feature in macOS Sequoia looks cool. But what’s it for?
- We have the winners in our traditional predictions game. Some listeners nailed the wild card by guessing that the next version of macOS would be called “Sequoia.” Congrats!
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The CultCast live stream archive: WWDC24 wrap
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- AI-powered Siri is the new face of Apple Intelligence
- Why you shouldn’t fear Apple Intelligence
- Image Playground and Genmoji bring AI images to iMessage and more
- Major iOS 18 update packs cool iPhone customization features
- Customizing iPhone and iPad Home Screen just got much easier
- Messages app gets satellite connectivity in iOS 18, plus emoji Tapbacks
- iOS 18, iPadOS 18 Control Center gets a lot more customizable and powerful
- Safari surfaces web page highlights, summaries and video control
- AirPods Pro will let you answer calls by nodding your head
- watchOS 11 adds long-awaited fitness features
- Passwords app turns iCloud Keychain into a full-fledged password manager
- Apple’s Calculator app finally comes to iPad
- macOS Sequoia brings iPhone and Mac closer than ever
- visionOS 2 brings Spatial Photos, bigger Mac Virtual Display and other niceties
WWDC24 Predictions Game
- It was a close competition … sorta. We have a predictable winner among the three CultCast show hosts, but wild card answers boost listeners over the top! Here’s how The CultCast’s three hosts fared.
- Congratulations to listeners Ryan Peterson and AL for their top audience scores of 17.
