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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: In the near future, your iPhone might look as wild and unique as you want it to. Home Screen customization options, rumored to arrive in iOS 18, could bring a new level of personality to iPhones. And then there’s the AI-generated emoji we’ve been hearing about.
Hold onto your hats, iPhone owners. Things are about to get weird!
Also on The CultCast:
- No joke: Siri might get the brain transplant it needs to remain relevant in the ChatGPT era.
- Fascinating new videos show how rigorously Apple tests iPhones. We’re talking firehoses, an iPhone-flinging robot and a seriously advanced shake table.
- Erfon wants to get his hands on Nomad’s new tracking card, which works with Apple’s Find My network, fits in a wallet, and recharges via MagSafe.
- Griffin explains how easy it is to give your Mac a makeover with custom icons, folders and more.
- And we wrap it up with a new edition of What We’re Into!
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The CultCast live stream archive: iOS 18’s AI emoji and more
This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the stories we’re talking about on this week’s show:
iOS 18 could bring new Home Screen personalization options
iOS 18 reportedly will let iPhone users change app icon colors on the Home Screen. Plus, they will be able to put the icons anywhere they want.
iOS 18 could feature generative AI-powered custom emoji tool
Apple might use generative AI in iOS 18 to allow iPhone users to create custom emojis, letting them express themselves just the way they want.
Slim new Find My tracking card recharges via MagSafe
The slim new Nomad Tracking Card works with Apple’s Find My app on your devices and recharges via MagSafe to help you keep tabs on your wallet, purse or other valuables.
Give your Mac a makeover with custom icons
A great way to personalize your Mac is with custom Mac folder icons. In fact, you can change any icon on your Mac to customize it to your taste.
Soaked! Take a peek at how Apple tests iPhone water resistance.
Marques Brownlee recently visited Apple product durability testing labs that make sure products like iPhone can resist water ingress and take a few bumps and shakes, among other mild forms of torture.
What We’re Into
- Griffin: Alice Merton (on Apple Music and Spotify). She’s a relatively unknown musician with a distinctive style and excellent live performances. Also: “La Regola Dell’amico,” a bizarre and incredibly catchy Italian pop song from, like, 20 years ago.
- Lewis: The Righteous Gemstones, a crass comedy starring Danny McBride and John Goodman about the despicable televangelists running a megachurch.
- Erfon: Toast of London and What We Do in the Shadows, a pair of comedies starring Matt Berry, look really funny, if you can believe the viral clips on TikTok.
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