Instagram’s Terrible iPad App, ChatGPT Saved Google Chrome, iPhone 17 Event Hopes

iPad finally got an Instagram app, and it’s terrible, Pixel 10 Pro 100x camera, Apple's AI plans for Siri may be powered by Gemini, AI search and ChatGPT saved Google from selling Chrome, and we play listener voicemail with expectations for the iPhone 17 event!

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Links from the show

• Instagram Finally Gave Us an iPad App. It's Not What Anyone Asked For
• AI Couldn’t Build My iPhone Podcast App
• Anthropic is now valued at $183 billion | The Verge
• Buy Insta360 GO Ultra - New Tiny Hands-Free 4K Pocket Camera
• ReMarkable Paper Pro Move Review: A Small Yet Mighty Digital Notebook | WIRED
• Apple’s rumored AI search tool for Siri could rely on Google | The Verge
• Google stock jumps as judge rules it can keep Chrome in antitrust case
• ChatGPT Just Saved Google From Having to Sell Chrome
• Perplexity's $34.5 Billion Dream of Buying Chrome Is Never Going to Happen. It's Also Kind of Brilliant
• Why Google Is Really Warning 2.5 Billion Gmail Users to Stop Using Their Passwords
• Amazon ends shared Prime free shipping outside your home | The Verge
• Elon Musk Thinks X Ads Will Be So Good You’ll Look Forward to Them

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:48) - Still Excited for Apple Events?
• (07:52) - Apple vs Google Maps
• (09:48) - iOS 26 Glass Thoughts
• (15:20) - Pixel 10 Pro Impressions
• (20:37) - Instagram iPad App Sucks
• (29:09) - Juggling AI Apps
• (33:24) - My Second Failed iPhone App
• (41:51) - Sponsor: Insta360
• (43:55) - ReMarkable Move
• (45:43) - Apple Ai Gemini Search
• (48:24) - ChatGPT Saved Chrome
• (54:03) - Jason Corrects the Internet
• (58:49) - Amazon Ends Family Sharing
• (01:01:50) - YOUR Hopes for iPhone 17

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