How Should the Siri App Be Graded?

This week on AppStories, John and Federico check in on Apple’s betas with a close look at the new Siri app and how it compares to past-Siri and other chatbot products.

On AppStories+, John and Federico explain how they manage multiple Macs for automation and coding tasks.

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Links and Show Notes
Beta Season
• macOS 27 Golden Gate (apple.com/os/macos)

• iOS 27 Preview (apple.com/os/ios)

• iPadOS 27 Preview (apple.com/os/ipados/?version=no-hero)

• macOS 27 Golden Gate: The MacStories Public Beta Preview (macstories.net/stories/macos-27-golden-gate-th…)

• Siri AI and Apple’s Trickle-Up Strategy (macstories.net/stories/siri-ai-and-apples-tric…)

Siri and Apple Intelligence
• Siri (apple.com/siri)

• Apple Intelligence (apple.com/apple-intelligence)

• App Intents (developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents)

Chatbots and Models
• ChatGPT (chatgpt.com)

• Improving GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT and expanding access to GPT-5.6 Luna for free users (openai.com/index/improving-gpt-5-6-sol-in-chat…)

• Claude (claude.ai)

• Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 (anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5)

• Gemini (gemini.google.com)

• Grok (grok.com)

• Kimi K3 (openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3)

• Open Minis (apps.apple.com/us/app/open-minis/id6759188481)

Agents and Automation
• Claude Code (claude.com/product/claude-code)

• Claude Cowork (claude.com/product/cowork)

• OpenAI Codex (openai.com/codex)

• Shortcuts Playground (github.com/viticci/shortcuts-playground-plugin)

• RemCTL (github.com/viticci/remctl)

Local AI on the Mac
• MLX (github.com/ml-explore/mlx)

• oMLX (github.com/jundot/omlx)

• DeepSeek V4 Flash for MLX (huggingface.co/mlx-community/DeepSeek-V4-Flash)

AppStories+ Post-Show:
Multi-Mac Setup and Remote Access
• Tailscale (tailscale.com)

• Syncthing (syncthing.net)

• 1Password (1password.com)

• cmux.com

• Jump Desktop (jumpdesktop.com)

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