iPhone 13’s secret satellite trick! [CultCast No. 508]

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Cult of Mac podcast: This week on The CultCast, we talk iPhone 13's satellite secret.
What will iPhone 13's satellite communications feature actually do?
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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: It sounds like iPhone 13 will come with a secret satellite trick that will give you signal anywhere on Earth! The feature might not prove as groundbreaking as it initially seemed, but it still sounds like a lifesaver.

Also on The CultCast:

  • Sorry, but Apple Watch Series 7 might be a much smaller update than we’ve been told.
  • A radical new South Korean law is forcing Apple to open up the App Store there — and other countries are sure to follow.
  • Sadly, it couldn’t last forever. It sounds like our beloved Tim Cook is eyeing his retirement from Apple. So who at Apple will take the reins next?  We got it all figured out!

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video livestream, embedded below.

This week’s top Apple news

On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac publisher Leander Kahney (@lkahney) and Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace).

Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:

  1. Rumored iPhone satellite communications could be for serious emergencies only
  2. Apple AR glasses launch could mark end of Tim Cook era
  3. South Korea is first to say App Store must allow third-party payments
  4. Apple agrees to relax App Store rules for ‘reader’ apps like Netflix, Spotify
  5. ’No chance’ Apple Watch Series 7 will pack blood pressure monitoring
  6. Submissions fall to all-time low as devs lose interest in Mac App Store
  7. Tim Cook’s Run as Apple CEO Could End as Early as 2025. Who Will Replace Him?

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