{"id":3964,"date":"2020-09-20T11:40:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T21:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2020-09-20T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T21:40:47","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-332-sept-2020-apple-ipad-watch-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/20\/mobileviews-podcast-332-sept-2020-apple-ipad-watch-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 332: Sept. 2020 Apple iPad &#038; Watch announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MobileViews Podcast 332: Sept. 2020 Apple iPad &#038; Watch announcements\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/6tb36-ec6158?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re back after nearly three months when we talked about the WWDC event. Jon Westfall and I  actually recorded an episode in early July with Chris Spera. However, we had a lot of audio problems and I need to spend some time trying to fix the audio (echoes) for podcast 331 one of these days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple Watch Series 6<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat the tech reviewers don&#8217;t understand: Most people don&#8217;t buy a new Apple Watch every year\/release. As a Series 3 owner, the 6 is a huge leap forward features-wise: I don&#8217;t have fall detection, ECG, always-on display, altimeter which appeared before the 6 but after the 3<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t ship with a power adapter (does include charging cable)<br \/>\nBrighter always-on display (my Series 3 doesn&#8217;t have always on)<br \/>\nSP02<br \/>\nCool Feature alert &#8211; Siri Shortcuts can now automate some watch functions &#8211; so have it auto switch faces at different times of the day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple Watch SE<\/strong><br \/>\nGeneration older processor<br \/>\nNo U2 Ultrawide Band<br \/>\nNo ECG<br \/>\nNo SP02<br \/>\nApple takes a swipe at a few niche industries with Apple Watch Family setup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iPad Air is like an iPad Pro spec-wise<\/strong><br \/>\nTouch sensor on power button for ID instead of front button or Face ID. I think they got this backwards in a time when many of us are wearing face masks. It is ok to have Face ID for the mostly solitary\/indoor iPad. The iPhone, on the other hand, would benefit from getting Touch ID restored.<\/p>\n<p>The only Pro features missing from the new Air are:<br \/>\nLIDAR (I&#8217;ve never found a use for it yet)<br \/>\nWide angle camera<br \/>\nFace ID<br \/>\nQuad-speakers<\/p>\n<p><strong>iPad 8th-generation<\/strong><br \/>\nSupports only 1st gen Apple Pencil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple One bundle<\/strong><br \/>\nThree price tiers. Not worth it unless you are already invested in Apple&#8217;s cloud services<br \/>\nIndividual\/family plans: Music, TV+, Arcade, 50GB iCloud<br \/>\nPremier: above + News &#038; Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>What wasn&#8217;t announced:<\/strong><br \/>\nNew iPhone<br \/>\nApple Silicon based Mac or Macbook<br \/>\nNo &#8220;one more thing&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>iOS\/iPadOS 14<\/strong><br \/>\nEmpty widget windows in sidebar &#8211; solved by Jon<br \/>\nAirPod Pro sometimes doesn&#8217;t disconnect when in charging case. Drains battery (oddly just the right side)<br \/>\nProbably due to new auto-device-switching feature<br \/>\nAirPod Spatial Audio<br \/>\nScribble<br \/>\nCaptions for photos &#038; videos<br \/>\nMirror selfies?<br \/>\nApp Library on phone but not iPad<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipados\/ipados-14\/features\/<\/p>\n<p>Jon backed a Workstation bag (https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1149741805\/moose-designs-multi-functional-workstation-bag?ref=user_menu) on Kickstarter, and bought a PiBoy DMG (https:\/\/www.experimentalpi.com\/PiBoy-DMG&#8211;Assembled_p_16.html)<br \/>\nAnd a bamboo skin from dBrand for his Macbook Pro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back after nearly three months when we talked about the WWDC event. Jon Westfall and I actually recorded an episode in early July with Chris Spera. However, we had a lot of audio problems and I need to spend some time trying to fix the audio (echoes) for podcast 331 one of these days. 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