iOS 26 is Rough, Meta’s New AR Glasses, is iPhone Air the new MacBook Air?

Meta releases AI Ray-Ban glasses with built-in display giving us true augmented reality, iOS 26 Liquid Glass may be more cumbersome than its worth, AirPods Pro 3 are the stand out upgrade, and we debate Apple's trade-offs with the ultra-thin iPhone Air.
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• Brother-in-law STILL rocking iPhone X…battery health is wild (threads.com/@stephenrobles/post/DOuZfXODPSa?xm…)
• Here's everything I announced at Connect today ⬇️ (threads.com/@zuck/post/DOuZCx5j0Tt?xmt=AQF06GY…)
• New Meta Ray-Ban AI-Powered Display Glasses and Neural Band | Meta Store (meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-ray-ban-display/?srsl…)
• Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on: the best smart glasses I’ve ever tried | The Verge (theverge.com/tech/779566/meta-ray-ban-display-…)
• iOS 26 Review: Form vs Function (youtube.com/watch?v=2HN_mxoHLb4)
• AirPods Pro 3 Review: I Understand It Now! - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=GB0b6KFZVq0)
• AirPods Pro 3 review: tripling down on a good thing | The Verge (theverge.com/headphone-review/777798/airpods-p…)
• iPhone Air review: The thinnest iPhone ever, but at what cost? - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/09/17/iphone-air-review)
• iPhone Air Review: I Can't Put This Down! - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=v9DSl7zEcGc)
• The iPhone Air makes a strong statement | The Verge (theverge.com/tech/779588/apple-iphone-air-revi…)
• There's Only 1 iPhone 17 Model You Should Even Think About Buying and It's Not What You Think (inc.com/jason-aten/theres-only-1-iphone-17-mod…)
• iPhone 17: A Photographer's Review - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=KIwKEIMjBLM)
• iPhone 17 Pro review: How pro can you go? - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/09/17/iphone-17-pro-review)
• iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max Review - Apple Made It Even MOAR Pro! - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=Yy_n8CXeO2o)
• Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/09/16/review-apple-watch-ultr…)
• Apple Watch Series 11 review: stuck in the middle | The Verge (theverge.com/smartwatch-review/778012/apple-wa…)
• YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/youtube-to-use-ai-to…)
• OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI | WIRED (wired.com/story/openai-ramps-up-robotics-work-…)
• Here’s what we learned from OpenAI’s big report on how people use ChatGPT | The Verge (theverge.com/news/779793/openai-chatgpt-user-r…)
• Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads | The Verge (theverge.com/news/780045/amazon-ai-ads-chatbot…)
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