WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.220 Welcome to the Deep Dive. This week we're digging 00:00:03.220 --> 00:00:06.900 into how our tech, you know, our devices are 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:11.259 changing. Subtly, sometimes, but definitely rapidly. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.560 New forms, deeper integration into our lives, 00:00:14.740 --> 00:00:16.300 that's the theme. Yeah, it feels like things 00:00:16.300 --> 00:00:18.739 are really accelerating. We've got sources covering 00:00:18.739 --> 00:00:22.739 Apple, Google, Samsung, accidental leaks, big 00:00:22.739 --> 00:00:26.519 software updates, some pretty bold hardware ideas. 00:00:27.050 --> 00:00:30.089 Our mission, as always, is to cut through that 00:00:30.089 --> 00:00:32.770 noise and pull out the stuff you really need 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:35.219 to know. The key insights. Maybe some surprising 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:37.299 facts. Get right to the core of it. Exactly. 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:40.479 OK, let's unpack this. Starting with Apple, it 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:42.460 looks like they might have accidentally given 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:44.520 us a bit of a roadmap. Well, alongside the usual 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:47.579 beta updates, yeah. iOS 26 beta 6 is out. People 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:50.259 seem to like the refinements. Apps feel snappier. 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:52.579 Right. And that new Dreamer ringtone is apparently 00:00:52.579 --> 00:00:55.640 popular. Plus the liquid glass UI look. And they 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:57.579 listened on the camera swipe thing. They changed 00:00:57.579 --> 00:00:59.960 it back after feedback, which is good to see. 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:02.479 But the really juicy part isn't in the public 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.310 release notes. No, not at all. What's fascinating 00:01:05.310 --> 00:01:09.109 is that it seems Apple themselves left clues 00:01:09.109 --> 00:01:11.269 about future products right there in the internal 00:01:11.269 --> 00:01:13.769 code snippets. Like, this isn't just rumor -milling. 00:01:13.969 --> 00:01:16.510 Straight from the horse's mouth, almost. So what 00:01:16.510 --> 00:01:19.209 are we seeing? Okay, so this internal code points 00:01:19.209 --> 00:01:22.150 to things like a next -gen HomePod Mini, but 00:01:22.150 --> 00:01:25.150 with an Apple WatchGrade chip inside. Which means 00:01:25.150 --> 00:01:28.750 faster Siri, more on -device AI, maybe? Probably. 00:01:29.170 --> 00:01:31.510 Think smarter, more private voice commands right 00:01:31.510 --> 00:01:33.900 there in your home. And then there's a new Apple 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:36.900 TV mentioned with the A17 Pro chip. The one from 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:39.760 the iPhone 15 Pro, wow. Yeah, so that opens the 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.640 door to like proper console quality gaming on 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.840 your TV, more advanced AI features. And it doesn't 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.519 stop there, right? New iPad minis with an A19 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.760 Pro chip, even a Vision Pro 2 with an M5. Exactly. 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.019 Well, it's basically a sketch of their 2025 -26 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:56.819 lineup. So what does that mean, though, when 00:01:56.819 --> 00:01:59.000 a company accidentally lays out its roadmap like 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.680 this? It signals a pretty significant push. I 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:03.859 think they're putting serious processing power, 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:08.120 serious AI capability into everything. It suggests 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:11.479 this vision of like seamless, powerful computing 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:14.539 across their entire ecosystem. Right. And you 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:17.539 see the stakes even in like that public spat 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:20.900 between Elon Musk and Apple over App Store rankings. 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:23.759 It just shows how crucial dominance in these 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.560 ecosystems is. And quickly for the iPhone fans. 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.020 iPhone 17 Pro rumors. Oh yeah, heating up. Talk 00:02:30.020 --> 00:02:33.400 of a 48 megapixel telephoto camera, maybe even 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.259 8x optical zoom for the Pro Max model. Whoa! 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:38.879 That'd be a jump. Plus those lightweight titanium 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.639 frames are expected again. Definitely aiming 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:42.400 high on the camera front. Okay, let's pivot. 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:46.919 Google. Android 16 QPR 1 beta 3 .1 just dropped. 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.099 And it's a bit of a whopper, actually. Lots of 00:02:49.099 --> 00:02:51.120 important bug fixes, Wi -Fi stability, camera 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:52.539 glitches, things people were actually complaining 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:55.620 about. Good. And a visual refresh, too. Material 00:02:55.620 --> 00:02:57.740 expressive. Yeah, making those themes even more 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:00.180 dynamic, more adaptive to your wallpaper and 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.300 how you use your apps. It's getting quite sophisticated. 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:04.539 But the hidden gem here is something else, isn't 00:03:04.539 --> 00:03:07.919 it? Uh -huh. There's an experimental desktop 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.500 mode tucked away in this beta. That's the really 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:12.960 interesting bit. A desktop mode, so like... plug 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.099 your phone into a monitor and potentially get 00:03:15.099 --> 00:03:17.500 a more traditional desktop style layout. Think 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:20.159 Windows, maybe better multitasking support on 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.000 a big screen. So the takeaway is your phone could 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:24.780 genuinely start acting more like a computer when 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:27.099 you connect it up. It certainly points that way. 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.900 It hints at a, well, a much more versatile future 00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:33.039 for Android, especially on tablets and foldables. 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.360 Blurring those lines, you know. Interesting. 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:37.840 And speaking of changing landscapes, look at 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.460 Meadow's threads. Right. 400 million monthly 00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:44.289 users. Already. In just two years, it's massive 00:03:44.289 --> 00:03:46.870 growth. And it really shows the power of leveraging 00:03:46.870 --> 00:03:49.150 an existing user base, in this case, Instagram, 00:03:49.569 --> 00:03:52.370 to just bypass the usual app growth grind. A 00:03:52.370 --> 00:03:54.669 real challenge to platforms like X. Definitely 00:03:54.669 --> 00:03:56.930 shakes things up. And one quick safety note from 00:03:56.930 --> 00:03:59.750 Google. Message is getting a feature to detect 00:03:59.750 --> 00:04:03.729 and blur explicit images from unknown centers. 00:04:03.990 --> 00:04:06.669 That's a thoughtful addition. Good for user safety. 00:04:07.110 --> 00:04:10.389 Definitely needed. OK, turning to Samsung now. 00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:15.270 their one UI8 beta is rolling out more widely. 00:04:15.449 --> 00:04:18.389 And they're pushing hard on multimodal AI. Explain 00:04:18.389 --> 00:04:21.269 that a bit. It means that AI can handle and combine 00:04:21.269 --> 00:04:23.889 different types of input at once. Like, the example 00:04:23.889 --> 00:04:26.709 they give is you snap a photo, a document, but 00:04:26.709 --> 00:04:29.129 then you verbally ask your phone to summarize 00:04:29.129 --> 00:04:31.550 the text in the photo. Wow, okay, so image and 00:04:31.550 --> 00:04:33.730 voice commands working together seamlessly. Pretty 00:04:33.730 --> 00:04:36.879 much. But the really headline -grabbing news 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.120 from Samsung. The trifold. Exactly. Samsung's 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.379 mobile chief confirmed it. Their first trifold 00:04:42.379 --> 00:04:44.500 smartphone is apparently launching later this 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:47.000 year. So a phone that folds out, not once, but 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.959 twice, into what? Like a 10 -inch tablet? That's 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.100 the idea. A phone that becomes a proper tablet 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:53.800 -sized screen. It's definitely bleeding edge 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.079 stuff. Must be expensive, though. And they're 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.209 also working on smart glasses. AI powered, but 00:04:59.209 --> 00:05:01.290 display free. Yeah, aiming for launch by the 00:05:01.290 --> 00:05:03.529 end of next year. It feels like Samsung and Meta 00:05:03.529 --> 00:05:06.629 are really racing ahead in this, you know, wearables 00:05:06.629 --> 00:05:08.649 beyond watches space. Trying to figure out how 00:05:08.649 --> 00:05:10.569 we interact with info without pulling out a phone 00:05:10.569 --> 00:05:13.509 all the time. Right. More ambient computing. 00:05:13.709 --> 00:05:16.189 Plus, quick note on the next flagship phone, 00:05:16.610 --> 00:05:20.019 the Galaxy S26. Benchmarks are leaking for its 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:23.500 likely chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2. And 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:26.139 they look really strong. Impressively high scores, 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.180 actually outperforming Apple's current A18 chip 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:32.439 in some multi -core tests. So serious competition 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:34.600 brewing there for next year's top phones. Looks 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.100 like it. Could mean very snappy performance and 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:40.399 maybe new AI tricks for Android flagships. Okay, 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.420 before we wrap up, one really important warning. 00:05:42.699 --> 00:05:45.620 This one comes from the FBI about a new smartphone 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:48.240 scam. Uh -oh. People are apparently receiving 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.000 unsolicited packages. Small packages, but inside 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.209 there's only a QR code. Nothing else. Huh. That's 00:05:54.209 --> 00:05:56.009 odd. Why would they do that? What's the angle? 00:05:56.149 --> 00:05:57.990 Well, the warning is that scanning that unknown 00:05:57.990 --> 00:06:00.649 QR code is dangerous. It leads to malware or 00:06:00.649 --> 00:06:02.750 phishing pages designed purely to steal your 00:06:02.750 --> 00:06:04.949 personal info, your financial details. Oh, okay. 00:06:04.949 --> 00:06:07.089 So it's a lure. Using curiosity about the weird 00:06:07.089 --> 00:06:09.170 package to get you to scan the malicious code. 00:06:09.569 --> 00:06:12.269 Clever in a nasty way. Exactly. So the advice 00:06:12.269 --> 00:06:15.050 is super simple. If you get a random package 00:06:15.050 --> 00:06:17.470 like this, especially if it has just a QR code, 00:06:18.230 --> 00:06:20.430 maybe no return address you recognize. Just toss 00:06:20.430 --> 00:06:23.949 it. Just throw it out. Do not. Scan that code. 00:06:24.350 --> 00:06:27.629 It's a really crucial aha moment for protecting 00:06:27.629 --> 00:06:30.730 yourself Something to watch out for good advice 00:06:30.730 --> 00:06:35.009 Stay vigilant. Okay, so wrapping this all up. 00:06:35.029 --> 00:06:37.709 Mm -hmm. What's the big picture this week? What 00:06:37.709 --> 00:06:39.800 does it all mean? Well, the theme that really 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:43.040 stands out is just this relentless, rapid evolution, 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:45.500 isn't it? And this sense of anticipation. Yeah, 00:06:45.579 --> 00:06:47.259 companies are busy refining what we have now, 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:49.680 fixing bugs, adding features. But at the same 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:51.959 time, they're clearly leapfrogging ahead, showing 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.959 us glimpses of what our devices might be, what 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.379 they might do next year and even the year after, 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.819 pushing boundaries and form factor in AI. It 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:02.379 really highlights how quickly our digital interfaces 00:07:02.379 --> 00:07:04.600 are changing, how we interact with them, the 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.160 actual shape of the devices. Even how information 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.819 gets to us. like with those potential smart glasses. 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.259 It's a constant reshaping of that digital layer 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:15.420 in our lives. Which leaves us with maybe a final 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:18.420 provocative thought for you to consider. As our 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:20.540 technology gets smarter, as it gets more personal, 00:07:20.660 --> 00:07:23.199 as it literally folds itself into new shapes, 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.360 how much more integrated will it become with 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.699 our actual perception of reality itself? Deep 00:07:29.699 --> 00:07:32.500 thought to end on. Something to ponder. Thank 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:34.259 you for joining us for this deep dive. Tune in 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:36.079 next week for another essential unpacking of 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:36.959 the world around us.