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Personally been advocating this amongst friends and colleagues for a few years now, but an AppleTV built IN to a HomePod that looks like a soundbar seems like a no brainer to me. Sits right below your TV, looks kinda like the old Apple hi-fi but with updated 3D mesh, plays music and all that normal stuff, but keeps you from having to buy two separate products and de clutters your entertainment center. 

JinTech said:

I am curious how the photo of the individual is displayed. Working in the service industry, checking IDs is a hassle because of a lot of fakes. This would help prevent any of that, so long as the individual shows you opening Apple Wallet and it's not a Photoshop job.

Just added mine to Apple Wallet. What the ID looks like in Apple Wallet is NOT what my physical ID looks like. Its almost like the Apple Card in that there's no information on it. Its holographic, says Arizona in the top left, has a cactus and some mountains in the background and has my first name and last initial. State of AZ seal in the bottom right. NO OTHER INFORMATION is displayed.

Tapping on the three dots in the top right brings up a prompt to Call AZ Dept of Transportation and visit their website. There's also a Remove this Drivers License and Drivers License info with a > menu. Tapping on Drivers License Info immediately runs FaceID - THEN I can see text fields with my ID information on it, and a selfie I had to take during the set up process. Name, address, phone, height, weight, age, expiration date, class, etc etc. are all there. Nothing that isn't already on the license is there.

Looks like tapping on the license in my wallet opens up NFC and would allow me to 'scan' in where available to verify my ID at the airport or bar.

If my phone is locked and I double tap the side button like I do for Apple Pay, I can choose the license by swiping the default credit card away. I select the license and there is the normal prompt "hold near reader". I cannot swipe out of the wallet into the rest of the phone - similar to using ApplePay. The only way to get to the DL info is to unlock the phone, tap wallet, hit the dots, and FaceID authenticate.

How this will work with a police officer pulling you over? Not sure. I would HOPE they simply have an NFC reader that verifies my ID and then I can hand them my insurance card, or show them my insurance card stored in AppleWallet. Typically officers want to go back to the patrol car and run your ID through the system - so that I would be hesitant of, and will carry my physical ID until I learn more about how that all works. But Ill absolutely use this at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport next time I fly. My boarding pass is already in Apple Wallet, so why not my ID.

KTR said:

Will Google be selling the chips, or are they going to try to blend Google os and chip?

My gut tells me they will behave like Samsung with phone screens and make incredible proprietary products for themselves, and sell off the ‘lesser’ versions to others for use in their devices. But it’s an interesting question and can’t wait to see what they do in the future. As long as someone is keeping up with, or trying to keep up with, A or M series chips, that will push innovation across the board in consumer devices.

It’s the lack of ear tips that have me sold. I find even the smallest ear tips on the pros to be uncomfortable for longer than 15 minutes, so I would always go back to my Gen2 airpod for longer zoom calls or listening to music while shopping. Nice to see the speakers are improved and added force touch gestures. I never used the ANC because it felt like it was creating too much pressure in my ears, so losing that, to me, is no big deal. Personally, the Gen3 airpod is likely the perfect marriage of the pro and regular. 

Is the garage in the video THE garage Apple was started in? ie Jobs boyhood home? Or am I just hoping that's a cool little easter egg for Apple fans?