TEH 230: Apple buttons. Are AirPods hearing aids now? Windows force-upgrade.

TEH Podcast

In This Episode: Apple buttons, Are AirPods hearing aids now? Windows force-upgrade.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

Top Stories

• 1:30 GR: New Apple Stuff
  • 3:30 New Camera Control button – Apple suddenly likes more buttons
  • Physical slide button
  • 12:40 AirPods Pro – Apple is trying to disrupt a new industry and everyone can get behind it
  • 15:00 Hearing aids
  • 31:00 Buy now, new features later – this is becoming the standard as hardware/software out of sync
    • Difference between old way (Apple Vision Pro) and new way (iPhone 16)
  • 35:00 LN Then there’s Tesla… what if the promise never comes?
• 38:40 LN: Windows world is boring. Most “exciting” news is that users of Win 11 22H2 will, apparently, be force-upgraded to 23H2 (or 24H2?) when 22H2 reaches end of support next month.
  • Much wailing and gnashing of teeth is expected.

Ain’t it Cool

• 43:00 LN: https://11foot8.com/ – Guilty pleasure.
• 48:00 GR: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Book) by Jason Pargin

BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion

• 49:30 LN: OneDrive Is Not Backup – askleo.com/173547
• 51:00 GR: How To Find Out What’s New After a macOS Or App Update