Upgrading Siri with Google Gemini (CultCast #724)

This week: Apple’s cheap MacBook sending PC makers into a panic, Google Gemini rescuing the new Siri from vaporware, the next iPhone Air that may (or may not) solve its biggest problem, the battle over Apple CarPlay and iOS 26.1 features you should try. Also: AirPods Pro Mad Libs. Produced by Extra Ordinary for Cult of Mac Music composed by Will Davenport, arranged by D. Griffin Jones Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:47 NordStellar 2:56 Apple MacBook 14:13 Gemini-powered Siri 28:24 iPhone 18 Air 35:04 Auto makers versus CarPlay 45:28 Factor 46:57 iOS 26.1 features 54:52 AirPods Pro Mad Libs Follow us! Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cultofmac Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@cultofmac Instagram: https://instagram.com/cultofmac/