Bad news for Apple Watch, good news for iPhone/HomePod [The CultCast]

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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: We dissect the latest Apple rumors, which go from incredible bummer (Apple Watch) to potential breakthroughs (iPhone and HomePod).

Also on The CultCast:

  • The latest iOS 18 beta brings some welcome new changes.
  • A teaser trailer and a release date get us psyched for season two of Severance.
  • Griffin tells us all about a keyboard with a peculiar name in a new Under Review segment.

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.

The CultCast live stream: Apple Watch, HomePod and iPhone rumors

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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:

Under Review

Griffin: Wombat Willow Pro is a low-profile backlit mechanical keyboard that packs a full set of keys in a compact layout. It’s a keen competitor to Griffin’s fave Model F keyboard.

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