iOS 14.5 Maps, Apple Glasses rumors, first TV+ AR app
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This week Zac and Benjamin discuss Apple’s updated offer on the Developer Transition Kit, the stalled state of Apple Car talks, new features coming in iOS 14.5, Dan Riccio’s not so secret project at Apple, Apple’s first AR app for Apple TV+ shows, and more. Sponsored by TextExpander: Visit textexpander.com/podcast and select 9to5Mac Happy Hour to save 20% off your first year! Sponsored by ExpressVPN: Take back your Internet privacy today and get 3 months free with a 1-year package at ExpressVPN.com/HappyHour. Sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs: Go to LinkedIn.com/HAPPYHOUR and get $50 OFF toward your first job post! Follow Zac Hall @apollozac Benjamin Mayo @bzamayo Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Read More Default music player can be set to Spotify in iOS 14.5 beta Bloomberg: Dan Riccio's secret 'new project' is AR/VR headsets, Srouji expands role iPhone 12 mini sales continue to lag in early 2021, new data suggests Older Apple TV losing CBS All Access channel next month, AirPlay suggested CBS and Showtime bundle no longer available through Apple TV app, ahead of Paramount+ launch Apple offering free battery replacement for 2016/2017 MacBook Pro that won't charge past 1% Apple Glasses displays to use micro OLED; in trial production Apple Maps adding new Waze-like features for speed traps, accidents, and other road hazards Apple TV+ acquires movie rights to 'Dolly' starring Florence Pugh Fraudulent Website Warning gets privacy boost in iOS 14.5 Apple increases Apple Silicon DTK return credit from $200 to $500 For All Mankind S2: Come for the alternative space timeline, stay for the character drama [Interview] Hyundai and Kia confirm they are no longer in talks with Apple regarding Apple Car production https://youtu.be/j_OtJ41PIcE 9to5Mac Happy Hour is live streamed on our YouTube and Facebook pages every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT! Transcription Zac Hall: [00:00:00] This week on 9to5Mac Happy Hour. We're going to talk a little bit about Apple car. A lot about IO is 14.5 features and some Apple glasses streamers. And then some Apple TV plus stuff has come up this week. So let's start out with the developer transition kit update. We spoke last time. Yeah. I mean, I broke the news to you about how like, you know, halfhearted the deal was, and, and then you broke the story to me on, on how they fixed it. So what, what, what are the details there? Yeah.  Ben Mayo: [00:00:47] Like. There was a very muted response, I think, to DTK thing. And, and look, we, you know, we're privileged people to even get the development of first place, so to be able to afford it right. But everyone was based on the precedent of what they did for the Intel to for the past PC to Intel position where, when the DTK went back, what got replaced was an iMac of equivalent value. And then this. Pregnant comes along. Obviously they never promised it. Right. So you can't get too mad. Right? They, you said that the, the, the, the transaction was stated, you pay $500, you get to use this thing, and then we want it back done. But there was like, you know, is that what they're going to offer us a nice little bonus. And I sit with, thank you. And what we got slapped with last week was a $200 credit that you had to use by the end of may. Which just feels terrible, like, especially as a, not me. Cause I didn't actually get any M one compatible stuff out yet, but a lot of the developers that do get that kit, they're the most dedicated people in the community they're rushing to support, you know, Apple's latest platforms on day one, often with the bad quality apps as well, right. Just the bad, you know, just the bad quality developers or the people getting that care. And they're like, You coming off Aqua's biggest quarter ever. And what do they give you? They giv…
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