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jdb8167 said:

For some reason Shortcuts aren’t working from watchOS 6 on my Series 4. I get a message, “Sorry, Shortcuts is currently unavailable on Apple Watch.” I wonder if this is something to do with iOS 13.1 not being ready yet and iOS 13.0 has some Shortcuts limitations. But it was a surprise. I use my Apple Watch all the time to run shortcuts.

I cannot remember the details. I think iOS 13 pulled something about shortcuts automation and returns only in iOS 13.1. Good thing is that 13.1 is now going to be release earlier on 24th instead of originally announced 30th Sept.

It’s available now

Perhaps at the end game, it is not external competitions that kill US tech firms but internal politics.

Samsung and Huawei may have the last laugh when the forced-breakup does happen on US tech giants.

Just sharing what I think...

AirPods (and its Beats equivalents) is just another one component (piece of a bigger picture) to form a really mass-market AR experience. For AR to become mainstream and meaningful in enhancing our daily lives, audio and visual are a big part of that journey. And to be mass market acceptance, the approach has to be as convenient, natural, comfortable.

IMHO, for any AR/VR to turn mainstream and mass market, all the components that make up the solution has to fall in place/line. Wireless earpiece is one of it as light-weight = able to wear for long duration, cordless = freedom of movement (eg I can even wear AirPods with head comfortable lying on a pillow, catching up some shows and fall asleep until next morning without feeling discomfort or injure my ears).

The missing pieces up next is a new way of visual (i.e. it’s damn tiring to hold an iPad Pro while lying in bed, with AirPods on, catching up on shows). Other than visual, it also needs new input method.

Perhaps I am dreaming up what the future I would like to solve some of the pain points for a part of my daily life. Isn’t that the DNA of Apple (at least in my own interpretation). Just as how Apple solves a few pain points I had with Touch ID iPhones while driving (eg before CarPlay was even available, it’s difficult to unlock iPhone esp with sweaty fingers and trying to get to Wife’s incoming message in a safe manner such as at traffic lights).

Well analysis. Almost a decade following Apple’s events, I believe much of what’s written is true. Apple has been years ahead internally while it only reveals as much as necessary when whatever they have planned is ready for public appearance.

I think this is a big part of what Steve Jobs had learnt at Pixar and brought with him back to Apple and building it into what is now commonly known as Apple’s DNA.