iPhone 18 Pro Reviews, iOS 27 + Siri AI are OUT, AI Annihilation or Nah?

iOS 27 and Siri AI are out (sorry EU) and there’s a big asterisk on HomeKit cameras, plus iPhone 18 Pro reviews, Apple Watch Series 12, Meta launches insane subscriptions, and is AI gonna kill us all or what?

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Links from the show
• iPhone Duo Battery Percentage (x.com/avstorm/status/2098718957943332962?s=20)
• New Apple CEO John Ternus attending Emmy Awards (and sporting iPhone Duo) - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2026/09/14/new-apple-ceo-john-tern…)
• Widow’s Bay sweeps 78th Primetime Emmy Awards as Apple TV scores 9 more wins - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2026/09/14/widows-bay-sweeps-78th-…)
• HBO boss reacts to Apple TV winning more Emmy awards - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2026/09/15/hbo-boss-reacts-to-appl…)
• John Ternus Taking a Selfie (threads.com/?xmt=AQG0VjzOI5-T4B8QkktQRTRyGKE_t…)
• 150+ NEW iOS 27 Features (no Siri AI) - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=L-AsK8wivl8)
• Expect to pay up to $60 to use Apple's home security AI summaries - AppleInsider (appleinsider.com/articles/26/09/15/apple-intel…)
• 50 Ways to Use Siri AI Right Now (youtube.com/watch?v=bnru4vuIQjY)
• iPhone 18 Pro: A Photographer's Review - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=m6cDErtCKAc)
• iPhone 18 Pro Camera Review: Dunton, Colorado — Austin Mann (austinmann.com/trek/iphone-18-pro-camera-revie…)
• iPhone 18 Pro review: it's all about the manual controls - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=4EE7D3XgaYw)
• iPhone 18 Pro Max Review - Apple's Hyping The Wrong Thing (youtube.com/watch?v=eHYaESEzFHc)
• Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography - Apple Security Research (security.apple.com/blog/apple-reference-image)
• Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: More personal than ever before - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2026/09/17/apple-watch-series-12-a…)
• Everything New in iOS 27.2 Beta 1 - MacRumors (macrumors.com/guide/ios-27-2-beta-features)
• Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier (darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)
• AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them | WIRED (wired.com/story/ai-leaders-are-calling-for-a-s…)
• AI Companies Love to Tell Us How Dangerous Their Products Are. This Time, They Mean It | Inc.com (apple.news/ACsIkWe6ORgqwePmJ-QxD_g)
• Your AI apocalypse questions, answered - The Vergecast - Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-ai-apocalyp…)
• How AI CEOs sound then VS now - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=1ylUZnuhO6E)
• Humanoid robot crashes into a wall during a sprint test at the 'Robot Olympics' in Beijing - YouTube (youtube.com/shorts/qD6Uynzlk2A)
• Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI | The Verge (theverge.com/tech/995453/meta-one-subscription…)
• Apple might make servers again to cash in on the AI rush | The Verge (theverge.com/tech/996321/apple-servers-ai-nvidia)

• (00:00) - Intro

• (05:10) - iPhone Duo Battery %

• (06:46) - John Ternus at Emmys

• (12:19) - iOS 27 Features

• (14:29) - HomeKit Cameras

• (20:52) - Our Apps for Siri AI

• (28:14) - iPhone 18 Pro Reviews

• (34:11) - Sponsor: SerpAPI

• (36:21) - Sponsor: Framer

• (38:15) - iPhone 18 Pro Unboxing!

• (41:59) - Apple Watch Reviews

• (45:04) - iOS 27.2 Beta

• (50:46) - AI Annihilation

• (01:06:43) - Meta Subscriptions

• (01:15:58) - Using AI Outside of Coding

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