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After a long hiatus, the guys are back for a one-off episode where they catch up, talk about Cody's long fight with Covid, crypto, NFT, and just about anything not related to Apple.
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After a few months hiatus, Cody and Sebastien got the old band back together for a special episode. After sharing what happened to Cody and discussing the future of the podcast, Cody and Sebastien talk about Apple's September 2021 event where the company unveiled a new 10.2-inch iPad, a new iPad mini, Apple Watch Series 7, iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro.
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Sebastien goes over his favorite features announced at WWDC 21. He also addresses a few concerns he has about some questionable features.
Voice isolation in FaceTime
Grid view in FaceTime
FaceTime in the browser
SharePlay: Share your screen
Live Text
ID card coming to wallet
Maps direction / lane
AR in maps directions
On-device Siri requests
Siri coming to third party devices
Legacy contacts
Questionable features:
Safari Multitasking on iPad Universal Control Focus is great but maybe too granular Sherlocked app of the week: EXIF Metadata
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After carrying out an informal survey of Downtime listeners and iDB readers, Sebastien reveals some of the announcements that YOU want to see at WWDC this year.
Terrence want a new Control Center.
Master Bluspark dreams of 3D Touch returning to iOS.
Gianni is all about Siri.
Nura would like to be able to sideload apps.
Faber has a laundry list of items:
Better iPadOS support for external monitors Improvements to the iPadOS Home screen (I want a desktop) Enhancements to HomeKit Cookie Monster wants Logic Pro (or real Pro apps) on iPadOS and better multitasking on iPad.
Vinz wants to see Xcode for iPad.
Jordan uses an iPad as his primary device and has big hopes for it:
Widgets on the iPad Home screen External monitor support Let iPad apps use more RAM (5GB cap vs 16GB capacity) Prateek and Patrick want a redesigned MacBook Pro with M1X or M2.
Thomas would like a Cinema Display.
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After introducing iDB's new site design, Sebastien reviews the new Apple TV remote, and AirTag's one and only alternative, the Chipolo ONE Spot. Finally Sebastien plugs one of his apps and answers a few questions from listeners.  

Sebastien goes solo again in this monologue about Apple Music, and being stalked by an AirTag. He also talks about his Birthday Reminder app, cocktail habits, and his decision to not use an Apple Watch anymore.
Apple Music gains spatial audio support with Dolby Atmos, lossless audio coming to the entire catalog
What it looks like when an AirTag is stalking you
App of the week: Birthday Reminder
What we’ve been drinking: Negroni
Q&A
Coin Daddy asks on Twitter: Does the Apple Music lossless audio announcement really make a difference to you guys since I assume your main headphones are probably AirPods and what case do you use on your phones if any?
Rob asks by email: why did Sebastien decide to stop using an Apple Watch?
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