Stephen and Myke are joined by Jason Snell to talk about CarPlay on boats and the new version of Pastebot, before useful consumer advice is given about weather stations and network-attached storage.
Category: Podcasts
Connected 614: Multitask on an Unfolded Square⇢
This week on the podcast:
Future Fords are getting Apple Maps, future iPhones are getting leased, and future foldables may be less weird than expected.
Connected 612: MacBook Air (2)⇢
Myke has a new laptop, Federico has thoughts on Siri AI, and Stephen has been graded. Also: Apple vs. OpenAI and a big day for Mario fans with feet.
Connected 611: My Skin is Not Good for That; His Skin Seems to Want It⇢
This week on the podcast:
Federico is at the beach, Myke questions his iPhone’s future, and Stephen wears watches. Then: a whole stack of Q&A items.
Connected 610: The Only Way to Deal with John⇢
This week on the podcast:
The Apple Watch is rumored to undergo some big changes, Safari is gaining MCP support, and the Rickies may have accidentally created a black hole.
Connected 609: You Gotta Be Gud⇢
This week on the podcast:
Apple has increased prices across its Mac and iPad lines, the guys are all on iOS 27 Beta 2, and the Bill of Rickies is amended.
Connected 608: Here’s How to Fix a Sink⇢
Myke questions Stephen about his home network, then discusses the ups and downs of having an LLM power Siri. Also: a love letter to the iPhone Air and questions about Snap’s new AR glasses.
On Connected Pro, I trained Myke to be a technology historian. That’s the longer, ad-free version of the show that you should sign up for!
Connected 607: You’re on Speaker Phone with Connected⇢
WWDC26 has come and gone, and the guys have scores to pick, topics to discuss, and Liquid Glass sliders to adjust.
Connected 606: The Rickies (June 2026) - I Quit the Show That Helps⇢
WWDC26 is almost here, and on this jam-packed episode of Connected, we each made a set of predictions about what Apple will show off next week.
We also changed the Bill of Rickies again.
Designed in California⇢
My pals Myke and Jason are launching a new project:
The two of us, Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, have been discussing Apple in depth every week for more than a decade on the Upgrade podcast. We want to go further, creating a podcast series that’s dedicated to telling stories from across all five decades of Apple history. This is a big reach for us, requiring a significant outlay of our time and the time of our audio editor. We have the knowledge and skills—but we need your help to make it happen.
The Talk Show: Twins Named John⇢
That feeling when a tech support text turns into a podcast episode:
Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One, family sharing, a separate Media & Purchasing account, and iCloud storage space. Also: what we’re expecting from WWDC 2026.
Connected 605: Being Completely Awesome⇢
Stephen has been blogging, Myke has been shopping, and Federico has been… CLI’ing.