iOS 26 is Rough, Meta’s New AR Glasses, is iPhone Air the new MacBook Air?

Meta releases AI Ray-Ban glasses with built-in display giving us true augmented reality, iOS 26 Liquid Glass may be more cumbersome than its worth, AirPods Pro 3 are the stand out upgrade, and we debate Apple's trade-offs with the ultra-thin iPhone Air.

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Links from the show

• Brother-in-law STILL rocking iPhone X…battery health is wild
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• New Meta Ray-Ban AI-Powered Display Glasses and Neural Band | Meta Store
• Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on: the best smart glasses I’ve ever tried | The Verge
• iOS 26 Review: Form vs Function
• AirPods Pro 3 Review: I Understand It Now! - YouTube
• AirPods Pro 3 review: tripling down on a good thing | The Verge
• iPhone Air review: The thinnest iPhone ever, but at what cost? - 9to5Mac
• iPhone Air Review: I Can't Put This Down! - YouTube
• The iPhone Air makes a strong statement | The Verge
• There's Only 1 iPhone 17 Model You Should Even Think About Buying and It's Not What You Think
• iPhone 17: A Photographer's Review - YouTube
• iPhone 17 Pro review: How pro can you go? - 9to5Mac
• iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max Review - Apple Made It Even MOAR Pro! - YouTube
• Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery - 9to5Mac
• Apple Watch Series 11 review: stuck in the middle | The Verge
• YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts | TechCrunch
• OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI | WIRED
• Here’s what we learned from OpenAI’s big report on how people use ChatGPT | The Verge
• Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads | The Verge