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🚨120,000+ on YouTube 📱 Making tech more useful for everyone 🎶 Musical theater kid at heart 🎙️Co-Host of Primary Tech ➡️ Subscribe: https://beard.fm/youtube
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Quarter million downloads and we’re just getting started! Maybe Primary Tech Show can hit 1M downloads by 2026 👀 New episode tomorrow!

Amazon’s big AI announcement today: Alexa+ AI voice assistant that runs on Echo devices, in the app, web, on Fire TV. $20 / month or included with your Prime subscription. Looks and sounds interesting, but as with any AI tool I’m curious how useful it can be in real life. May get an Echo to try…

🎉 New episode up! Growing a YouTube Channel in a Crowded Field with Stephen Robles Listen here: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fb744efc

Very excited to try out a new mic, look for it on this week's Primary Tech Show!

Immediately went to disprove the Trump / Racist autocorrect iPhone bug, but it actually is for real

📺 Here are my Top 5 features in the iOS 18.4 beta, including ambient music, News+ Food recipes, and a couple new Shortcuts actions! youtu.be/oO5fMt4AyC8

Making the content: What I see vs what you see

When it comes to HomeKit switches Eve is one of the top brands for reliability, and they are *finally* making a dimmer switch! Matter + Thread (where most switches are Wi-Fi based or need a hub like Lutron). Looking forward to trying this out next month:

I was worried about adding a second tracking prefix to my RSS feed, then I saw a popular show's mp3 url look like this and figured I'd be aight

It would be *amazing* if Apple let you pull the transcript it generates for every podcast episode through this Shortcuts action…the automations you could make!

Honor to be on the show!

Sportsball

📺 Have you seen the iPhone case with no back? How about a 4-in-1 MagSafe charger that’s also a battery? Check out my latest accessory roundup with a few I bet you’ve never seen! youtu.be/t9mjoenwPmg?...

iOS 18.4 beta is out, but visionOS 2.4 beta has the big changes! Apple Intelligence comes to  Vision Pro in April, but I'm more excited about a new iPhone app that lets you manage downloads and content on the headset. Plus, easier guest mode control from iPhone!

Your outie watches Severance like this

Your outie hides their macOS Dock, on the bottom

Your outie keeps iPhone battery percentage off

📺 You can now get a power-over-ethernet, native HomeKit Secure Video camera, with Thread, Zigbee, Matter, and more with the Aqara G5 Pro! Review here: youtu.be/l4nI3glq1Js

🎙️ New Primary Tech Show is out! iPhone 16e launched, but here's what's missing, Humane is dead and bricking every $700 Ai Pin, plus, Jason goes analog. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1vWb9Q9... YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgJh...

iPhone 16e gets Face ID but NO MAGSAFE 🫠 just plain Qi charging

iPhone 16e is official! 6.1-inch OLED display, A18 and the Apple C1, Apple's first cellular modem (Macs someday maybe??) Single camera, 48MP, Face ID (bye Touch ID), comes in black and white, and starts at $599, pre-order Friday and available Feb 28

My most expensive paperweight

Welp, Humane Ai Pin is officially dead

📺 Smart shades with power-over-ethernet, Matter, and HomeKit support? They exist! Here's my review of the SmartWings Matter-over-ethernet roller shades: youtu.be/ufe_JhrjsuA

Introduced my kids to The Matrix last night, it was a hit! Movie holds up 26 years later. I was also informed many times, "Oh that's where the meme comes from!"

📺 My Valentine gift to you: Full review and comparison of Powerbeats Pro 2 and AirPods Pro 2! I compare ANC, test the new heart rate sensor, and share which is *actually* better. Watch and share here! youtu.be/9P0ePAnUkgs

Reviewing Powerbeats Pro 2 with some new hits. Drop any questions you have below, trying to do a quick turnaround comparison to AirPods Pro 2!