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Jon Westfall and I are joined by Sven Johannsen for this post-May Apple 7 product announcements discussion.

• SimCity inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
• Email from Google saying Find My Device network will be fully launched on May 13
• Products that we hoped Apple would announce but did not: iPad Mini, iPad speaker dock (similar to Pixel Tablet dock), AirPods Pro 3 with more biometrics, Colorimeter built into the new Apple Pencil Pro
• Apple surprises: iPad Pro lost the wide angle camera lens, the iPad Pro is too thin – would have preferrred large battery with longer battery life
• Things we’re looking forward to at the June Apple WWDC event: A “smarter” Siri; iPad OS 18 gaining a “real” file system
• Google I/O will be on May 14. No new hardware products expected (or already announced). So, will this be an all-AI/only-AI event?
• Sven’s new gadgets: OSMO Pocket 3 Desktop Stand, Pocket 3 Microphone Stick; Belkin iPhone MagSafe Mounts for MacBooks, Desktop/Displays, and Apple TV 4K; USB Conference Speakerphone

Available via Apple iTunes.
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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Google Meet recording mode works when using a Chromebook
• The wild world of researching which vlogging/action camera to buy
• Open ear earbuds: Rethinking what I want from noise cancellation
• Apple’s May 7 “Let Loose” event
• Monarch Money
• Products/services that were not on our radar but turned out to be useful/satisfying
• Recent product misses

Available via Apple iTunes.
MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel
MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com

Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen for this podcast. We discussed:

• Using Google Meet to record a three-person podcast
• Upcoming changes to the Google One subscription package
• Google Magic Editor will be available to more Pixel devices soon
• The end of the line for the Z80 microprocessor: 1976 – 2024
• Discussion: The AI Divide?
• Sven’s gadget picks:
  • DJI OSMO Pocket 3 Combo
  • MOVO Mic Handle

Available via Apple iTunes.
MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel
MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Day 430 since the release of the most recent iPad Pro model. Still no new iPads
• More on recording podcasts using Google Meet
• Google discontinuing Google One VPN service
• Google Photos AI tools will be available to more than Google Pixel uses and Google One subscribers
• Thoughts about the Google Pixel Tablet 9 months after its release
• Microsoft testing shows advertisements in the Windows 11 Start Menu

Available via Apple iTunes.
MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel
MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com