9to5Mac Happy Hour Podcast
1) Two key Apple executives depart, App Store dealings, and Apple Music Replay 2025
Benjamin and Chance react to the departure of not one, but two, key Apple executives this week with the news that John Giannandrea is retiring as SVP of AI, and design VP Alan Dye is leaving for a new...Show More
2) Apple Black Friday, AirDrop on Android, macOS Tahoe thoughts
Benjamin and Chance give their opinion on the 2025 Apple holiday ad ‘A Critter Carol’, and talk about some of the Apple tech deals they’ve found this Black Friday. Also, there’s more clarity on the Ap...Show More
3) Slide Over improvements in iPadOS 26.2, Tesla CarPlay, Tim Cook retiring rumors
Benjamin and Chance discuss the week in Apple news, including the suggestion that Tim Cook’s retirement announced could come early in 2026. Also, Apple responds to user feedback on the multitasking ch...Show More
4) iPhone Pocket, iOS 26.2 beta 2, and the iPhone Air’s future
Benjamin and Chance discuss all the new features in the 26.2 betas, including a clever new Edge Light mode and even more Liquid Glass throughout the system. Apple launches Digital IDs in Wallet, and t...Show More
5) iOS 26.2 new features, App Store on web, Gemini Siri deal confirmed
Benjamin and Chance discuss all the new features in iOS 26.2, including some fancy Podcast AI updates and a puzzling decision to remove Apple Watch Wi-Fi syncing in the EU. Also, Apple launches a brow...Show More
6) Touchscreen Macs, OLED iPad mini, ads in Apple Maps
Benjamin and Chance react to a bevy of Bloomberg reports about Apple’s future plans, from touchscreen Macs to ads in Apple Maps and a future OLED iPad mini. And in Happy Hour Plus, the 1X NEO robot...Show More
7) Liquid Glass settings, M5 Vision Pro hands on, Apple F1 deal official
Benjamin and Chance react to the inclusion of a new Liquid Glass toggle in Settings in iOS 26.1 beta 4, and whether it reflects Apple’s lack of confidence in software design. The Apple TV F1 deal is n...Show More
8) New M5 chip product launches, live Vision Pro basketball, Apple TV name change
Benjamin and Chance react to the new M5 iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro launches. Apple also kills off Clips app and teases live immersive NBA content, and announces a controversial name change ...Show More
9) iOS 26.1 changes, Vision Pro roadmap changes as Apple reacts to Meta smart glasses
Benjamin and Chance cover all the new changes in beta 2 of iOS 26.1, as Apple tidies up some loose ends in the new Liquid Glass design, and (kinda) brings back Slide Over on iPad. Also, Meta’s launch ...Show More
10) New iPad Pro leaks, Powerbeats Fit, notification summary UI oddities
Benjamin and Chance talk about the week’s Apple news, including the bonkers leak of the so-far-unannounced M5 iPad Pro, and then the FCC chipped in with showing off the new MacBook Pro and Vision Pro ...Show More