21: Always On, Always Odd

Show Notes

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Callbacks:

• Apple Watch Series 5 reported battery problems: Software vs Always On Screen
• iFixIt Teardown display similarities between both S4 and S5
• Weights of each finally updated in the Apple Store app and there’s about 6g difference between the non-Aluminium models in 44mm
• Titanium is lighter than Stainless but only by 3g (40mm) and 6g (44mm) still much heavier than Aluminium

Topics:

• iOS 13 News:
  • Performance so far of iOS13
  • WatchOS 6 performance also fine on S3
• Apple Watch:
  • John visited an Apple Store and got hands on with all the models except Hermes
  • https://techdistortion.com/articles/apple-watch-series-5/
• John walked into a Hermes store…
• John bought the SNES wireless controller for the Nintendo Switch
• PixelFed vs Instagram:
  • Partial federation support (Only missing WebFinger Name resolution)
  • Really clean interface
  • Personal instance vs future shared instance
• John built a Shortcut/Workflow for iOS using the Things URL Scheme
• Vic’s Blood Pressure Logging Shortcut
• John dug into BrusFri problems and found the cause and a work around
• John is going to HOUSTON!!!! 3rd to 8th of November this year (4 weeks at time of recording)
  • If you’re within a 3 hour drive of Houston then we might be able to meet up - drop me a line and let me know
  • No promises but will see what we can do
• The staggering state of  staggered software releases
  • iOS
    • 13.0 was released on September 19, 2019.
    • 13.1 was released on September 24, 2019.
    • 13.1.1 was released on September 27, 2019.
    • 13.1.2 was released on September 30, 2019, and iPadOS 13.1.2, as well as watchOS 6.0.1. All of the updates are focused on bug fixes.
    • 13.2 is now in beta
  • watchOS
    • 6.0 Released for Series 3, 4 & 5 September 19, 2019.
      • Series 1 and 2 will get 6.0 at an unknown future date
    • 6.0.1 Released ****September 30, 2019
    • 6.1 is in it’s second beta release already.
  • iPadOS ****
    • 13.1 originally announced for release on the 30th of september but has been releasing builds alongside iOS Since 13.1.
  • macOS
    • No release dates announced yet
    • the word all summer long has been this won’t be a fun release and the betas are still horribly broken and buggy.
  • tvOS
    • 13.0 released September 24, 2019
    • 13.2 released in beta October 2, 2019
• A guy walks into the genius bar….
  • Vic has yet another  Watch Encounter with unsatisfying results at the Genius Bar
• BubbleSort Shows
  • Some news about the empire
    • Potential new shows in the works
    • Trying to breath some life into the slack and grow the BS community
  • Some new changes to the website
    • There is a new shows page that will list all the shows hosted on the network.
    • Listeners can read descriptions and subscribe to the shows right from that page as well as send feedback via twitter or join the slack.
    • They can click through for episode listings.
    • In addition to the master list for BSTV there is a new TV Shows Page to list Browse and subscribe to the various shows covered on BSTV
    • New subscribe buttons for the major pod catchers
• Vic has his new watch and very few first thoughts.
  • That screen seems huge though the watch doesn’t seem much bigger really at all.
  • He really likes the haptic scrolling on the crown
  • There are so many more watch faces to chose from now he could be paralyzed.
  • The new Nike bands are even Nicer than the one he got with my series 3.

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