Apple’s beta versions of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 were released to the public this week, and The Verge’s Dieter Bohn was able to preview the new features, which you can now try for yourself.
This week on The Vergecast, co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn welcome back deputy editor Dan Seifert to examine what’s new in the updated iPhone operating system. From home screen widgets to default browser apps to putting captions of photos, the crew covers everything they experienced from using the software themselves.
In the second half of the show, they discuss the news of Google discontinuing its budget smartphone, the Pixel 3A, before any announcement of releasing the next-generation Pixel 4A. What does this mean for the future of Google’s hardware ambitions? The Vergecast theorizes.
There’s a whole lot more in between all of that — like Apple’s commitment to support Thunderbolt on its upcoming ARM-based Macs, the rumors about what will be announced at Samsung’s upcoming hardware event, and a grab-bag of gadget news to get you through the week — so listen through to hear it all.
Stories discussed this week:
- This isn’t a COVID-19 wave — it’s a tsunami
- Tracing the link between your phone and the next pandemic
- Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March
- After the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay
- Facebook and Instagram will remind people to wear face masks
- White YouTube creators struggle to address past use of racist characters
- iOS 14’s public beta is rolling out today
- iOS and iPadOS 14 public beta preview: something for everybody
- Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents
- LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard
- Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs
- Intel’s Thunderbolt 4 standard looks to raise the bar for USB-C devices
- Google’s Pixel 3A is discontinued, but these retailers are still selling it
- Samsung reportedly won’t include chargers with some phones starting next year
- Samsung needs a splashy product for its splashy product launch
- Mysterious new Samsung wearable revealed in FCC filings
- Logitech is already giving up on its Alexa-powered Harmony remote control
- Google’s upcoming Nest speaker revealed in regulatory filing
- BMW is going all-in on in-car microtransactions
- A weakened version of the EARN IT Act advances out of committee
- Fading Light: the story of Magic Leap’s lost mixed reality magnum opus
- I built my own camera with a Raspberry Pi 4
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