Upgrade
Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 95 minutes
- Episodes
- 579
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
539: 98 Yards with My Boys
Apple might recommit to the smart home, Smart Siri feels a long way off, Apple's movie movies anger Hollywood creatives, and Jason's done with the era of App Store exclusivity.
01:40:34 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
538: A Lot of Mac in Your Face
Is Apple trying to boost revenue by truly embracing smart home products, or is it too late? Also, Jason reviews Kindles while lamenting the current state of e-readers, and the Vision Pro gets new acc…
01:47:24 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
537: Square Minus One
Jason's gotten his hands on the M4 MacBook Pros, the M4 iMac, and a visionOS widescreen Mac display. (And we're both considering Mac mini purchases.) Plus: Apple's issues with new products, and the t…
01:48:48 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
536: The Sleeping Lifestyle
Scoring our very weird draft, The new Mac mini and MacBook Pro announcements, Apple's latest financial results, our reactions to Image Playground and Genmoji betas, and pondering the actual job of a …
01:43:58 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
535: Little Spicy Peppers
We kick off a busy week by analyzing the new M4 iMac, the arrival of two different waves of Apple Intelligence, and Jason's review of the iPad mini, but we'll have to wait a week to score our draft b…
01:30:15 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
534: The 2024 October Event? Draft
This week we recommend some TV shows, differentiate between types of vaporware, and break down the new iPad mini and Amazon Kindles. Then, Myke and Jason try to predict exactly what Apple might annou…
01:38:31 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
533: A Conversation With Your Teeth
What AirPods Adaptive mode is for, Apple's first immersive narrative film, tricky executive retention efforts, the Vision products roadmap, Apple TV+ goes to Amazon channels, and the trouble with iPh…
01:48:21 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
532: I Am Foreign Exchange Headwinds
We discuss how Apple is so influential that even its simplest moves can make or break companies and industries. Also: Apple plans a big Halloween week, and there's an immersive thriller coming to Vis…
01:26:44 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
531: Notifications in My Eyes
Jason and Myke break down Meta's preview of its Orion AR glasses project and what it says (or doesn't say) about the future of Apple's Vision product line. Also: An Apple Intelligence timeline, Masim…
01:29:59 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
530: I Am Beyond Recovery
Jason and Myke share their first thoughts about the iPhone 16 Pro and Apple Watch Series 10, live and in person!
01:37:14 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
529: Grind Down That Silicon
All of Apple's new operating systems are here, and we discuss our favorite new features--and acknowledge the elephant waiting in the wings. We also spend a little time celebrating the tenth birthday …
01:51:16 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
528: Here's My Child Criminal
From the iPhone 16 to the Apple Watch Series 10 to the AirPods 4 to the _other_ AirPods 4, and with the release of Apple Intelligence hanging over it all, we break down the announcements from the Sep…
01:43:50 |
Tue 10 Sep 2024
527: The 2024 September Event Draft
Jason and Myke preview what will happen at next week's Apple event. What new features will the new iPhones have? How will the Apple Watch transform? How will Apple Intelligence be featured? To the wi…
01:32:02 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
526: Journal and Learnal
We bring the Summer of Fun to a close with our opinionated rating of 60 different Apple app icons.
01:55:17 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
525: Best of U3
Fortnite and Epic return to the (not your) iPhone, Apple opens up NFC and enacts new restrictions on Patreon, Spotify posts a link, and we discuss what is and is not a 'Tabletop Robot.'
01:30:29 |
Mon 19 Aug 2024
524: We're Making a Trifle
This episode has a lot of layers, as we discuss the Olympics, the Google antitrust ruling, Apple's new EU fee plan, a tiny new Mac mini, macOS dialog disasters, and the tech world of a decade ago.
01:34:40 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
523: I Got It to Hallucinate Already
Myke has a mostly positive Apple Intelligence experience (except for Siri), Apple results make us consider the power of Services, and the Color Czar may be up to their old tricks.
01:28:28 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
522: Reserve Your Spot
After recapping their excitement about the Relay 10 event in London, Jason and Myke discuss the arrival of Apple Intelligence in a surprising beta release and imagine some interesting new directions …
01:33:10 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
521: I Can Get Pineapple Into Anything
Jason and Myke interview the writers of "What If...? An Interactive Story" for Vision Pro about the challenges of writing something that's not quite a movie and not quite a video game for a brand-new…
01:28:31 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
520: Cruel Summer
There's more news about Apple's battles with Epic and the EU, and Apple tightens its ties with OpenAI, but all of the controversy gets us thinking about what makes us stay excited about technology du…
01:35:27 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
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