This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: iOS 15.4 packs a punch with some fun and useful new features. It’s still just a beta, but it will give us lots of new emoji for our critical, high-level communications when it goes live. Plus, the beta includes a convenient new way to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask — just in time for the end of the pandemic! 🤞
Also on The CultCast:
- An Apple event in March looks quite likely.
- Mini-LED iMac Pro might be delayed.
- An Apple car patent sheds light on an advanced sunroof.
- How to download Wordle, just in case The New York Times screws up the popular game.
- Donkey talk!
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 (down by the headlines and donkey links).
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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:
- iOS 15.4 beta lets you use Face ID while wearing a mask
- Fun new emoji coming in iOS 15.4 will let you salute, melt and tear up
- iOS 15.4 allows third-party apps to use 120Hz ProMotion on iPhone 13 Pro
- Mini-LED iMac Pro launch might slip to summer
- Hey Siri, darken the sunroof glass in my Apple Car
- How to download Wordle to your device so it stays free forever
Post-show update
After the podcast recording, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman added his two cents about Apple’s next event and the iOS 15.4 release date.
The CultCast livestream
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Donkey talk!
- The meaning and origin of the expression: Donkey’s years
- Weston Donkeys of Weston-super-Mare
- Get yer donkey mask!
