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Having been on the beta since first availability, I think my favorite feature of iOS 18.2 will be a working Mail app (assuming they unf*ck this app by then lol).

programmer said:

So... radical question here:  if these keyboards are plugged in, do they use USB to communicate or are they still bluetooth?  They're going to be useless to me if they still use BT when plugged in.

I’m pretty sure they default to USB communication vice Bluetooth when plugged in. I’ve been leaving my Magic Trackpad plugged into my Studio Display as it has terrible cursor lag with M-series Macs and I haven’t been able to fix it other than leaving it wired up, which is so much more responsive. 

That's a pretty sweet set of upgrades. Honestly, I would've thought they'd leave the Mini for the final (3rd?) update this week as it is likely the biggest overhaul. I presume tomorrow or Thursday we'll of course see the M4 MacBook Pro which, beside the chip upgrade which is nice, I think the only other notable change is they're potentially putting that 3rd Thunderbolt port onto the non-Pro chip base model (as it should be) which presumably would simplify manufacturing as they'll all now have the exact same chases with different logic board/chip/RAM/SSD combos. The M4 Pro in the extra-mini Mini will make a nice "headless" MBP for the desktop. I agree with a previous poster, they should slice out a spot in the Studio Display to route the cables from that baby so it can sit nicely under the screen (Hell, they'll even save a bit of $$$ on the recovered aluminum haha).

I requested access the day 18.2 beta dropped and am still waiting. 

Scot1 said:

We have both HomePods and Amazon echo. 

I’m so tired of hearing from Siri, “I found a result on the Internet, I can send it to your phone if you’d like.”   When I ask Alexa the same question, she answers the question almost immediately. Make no mistake, I love my Apple products, but at least until recently Siri has been hugely lacking. I suspect that’s one reason why so many of us use Amazon or Google for our smart device devices.

It's so bad sometimes I joke that Siri is my second wife since I argue with her so much haha. But seriously, it's so stupid at doing the most basic tasks or answering the most mundane questions it's mind numbing. I have 5x HomePod Minis around the home primarily for playing back music and podcasts as I'm doing things around our place... But half the time I need to use some HomeKit stuff I put my Apple Watch to my face or pull out my iPhone and use its power button to trigger "smarter Siri" on the iPhone. I dunno why it's so much worse on the HomePod than other Apple devices, but it often has me questioning if it weren't for the HomeKit integration, should I have bought into better quality speakers that would still let me stream my Apple Music and podcasts from my devices? Thinking of it now, I always have my Apple Watch on so I don't really need Siri speakers all over the place nowadays anyhow.

I pray that the Apple Intelligence "Super Siri" comes to the HomePods when it drops in a few weeks in iOS 18.1! At least I do get a kick out of listening my wife arguing with her at times too lol.

This one for the semi-relevant laughs though: https://fb.watch/vfIYQpU3UI/