Sora iPhone Video App is Terrifying, iPhone 17 Selfie Cam, Amazon and Google AI Smart Home
Download MP3Amazon unveils major 2025 hardware updates, Google introduces Gemini for Home with a revamped Home app, iPhone 17’s front-facing camera is a huge win, and OpenAI’s Sora app hits iPhone and it may be the beginning of the end.
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Links from the show
- Let’s check in with HP employee Imran Chaudhri. | The Verge
- Amazon’s 2025 hardware event: the 8 biggest announcements | The Verge
- This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app
- The new Google Home Speaker is built for Gemini | The Verge
- The New iPhone 17 Selfie Cam Is Totally Unnecessary and the Perfect Example of Apple at Its Very Best
- Becca Farsace iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review
- iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review: Rule of Three
- Instagram tests opening right onto Reels | The Verge
- Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions | The Verge
- Sora launches on App Store for iPhone video creation from ChatGPT maker - 9to5Mac
- Sora Soars
- You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why. - YouTube
- Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy | The Verge
- Microsoft Promotes Sales Chief Althoff to Help Free Up Nadella - Bloomberg
- Leaked unboxing video reveals unannounced M5 iPad Pro in full - 9to5Mac
- Adobe Premiere for iPhone now available – free with catches - 9to5Mac
- Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Smart Glasses - Bloomberg
- Unpopular opinion: I don’t like windowing on iPadOS 26…I’d take back traditional Split View any day.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:59) - Case vs Caseless
- (11:16) - HP's New Spokesperson
- (13:48) - Amazon Hardware Event
- (25:17) - Gemini for Home
- (30:19) - Sponsor: Shopify
- (32:19) - Sponsor: Interconnected
- (33:40) - iPhone 17 Selfie Cam
- (40:41) - Reels By Default
- (44:49) - Sora Video App
- (01:09:28) - Sponsor: Skylight
- (01:11:16) - Sponsor: Insta360 Go Ultra
- (01:12:51) - Claude Sonnet 4.5
- (01:14:43) - M5 iPad Pro Leak
- (01:20:42) - iPadOS 26 Windowing
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