iPhone roadmap rumors, iOS 26.2 released, Apple Music in ChatGPT
· 51 min · S1 E569
Episode iPhone roadmap rumors, iOS 26.2 released, Apple Music in ChatGPT
Benjamin and Chance discuss the late-in-the-year public launch of iOS 26.2, and the beginning of the 26.3 beta cycle. The Information has some juicy new details about the forthcoming iPhone roadmap, ChatGPT adds a clever Apple Music integration, and Chance tried using the PSVR2 spatial controllers with his Vision Pro.
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• iOS 26.2 adds these new features to your iPhone • iOS 26.3: New features for your iPhone • Apple Music is coming to ChatGPT, OpenAI announces • Apple Music app now available on ChatGPT, here’s how to use it • Eight new iPhones in the works, here's what we know • New M5 iMac model aimed at pro users might be coming, per leak
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