New Macs, AI Music, & Tim Cook on the AppleInsider Podcast

New Macs, AI Music, & Tim Cook on the AppleInsider Podcast

August 28, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 653

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The episode discusses Apple's new M6 processor, updates on Mac products, layoffs in the Vision Products Group, and developments in AI music.

Apple announced the M6 processor for an updated Mac mini alongside the M5 Ultra in a Mac Studio, plus more layoffs impact the Vision Products Group and AI teams, all on the AppleInsider Podcast. Contact your hosts: @williamgallagher_ on Threads @WGallagher on Twitter William's 58keys on YouTube William Gallagher on email Wes on Bluesky Wes Hilliard on emai l Wes's blog Hillitech Sponsored by: Claude by Anthropic : Check out Claude and Claude Pro at Claude.ai/appleinsider Links from the Show: M6 Mac mini arrives with a new record-high starting price You can spend $18,299 on a Mac Studio today, or more in October MacBook-style key symbols come to all four Magic Keyboards Apple's infamous Polishing Cloth drops to $9 Why the new Mac Studio can support up to eight screens Mac Studio gets update to M5 Max and M5 Ultra Layoffs in Apple's Vision Products Group prove slow progress in spatial computing Apple Music's AI disclosure labels will soon be mandatory, rather than optional Finally, Apple Pay is coming to WalMart stores in the US Samsung and Apple are now neck and neck in Europe's declining smartphone market iPhone sales rise in Latin America even as smartphone market shrinks It's…

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