Our FULL deep dive on the new MacBook Air, Mac Studio and iPad Air! (CultCast #691)

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This week, Griffin’s reviews of the new iPad Air and MacBook Air, Erfon pores over Mac Studio benchmarks… and Lewis is here, too. Also: Siri’s NEW new management, Apple’s two new displays in the works, and the next mind-blowing AirPods Pro feature — and your listener voicemails!

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This week’s stories:

Reviews and benchmarks:

• M3 iPad Air review on Cult of Mac and YouTube
• M4 MacBook Air review on Cult of Mac and YouTube
• M3 Ultra boosts Mac Studio performance by 30%

New Siri boss tasked with turning around floundering AI upgrade

• Development of the AI-enhanced Siri is now under the management of an Apple executive who already launched a major product for the company.

MacRumors: Apple working on mystery new display

• Apple is rumored to be planning a second-generation Studio Display with mini-LED backlighting — and an additional mystery monitor.

iOS 19 could transform your AirPods into real-time translator

• iOS 19 could add a handy new feature to the AirPods, enabling live translation of conversations in real time.

And finally, listener voicemails!

• The Mac & Forth Show

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Incogni (00:09:21)

3. M3 iPad Air review (00:11:31)

4. M4 MacBook Air review (00:23:11)

5. Mac Studio benchmarks (00:30:28)

6. Squarespace (00:39:05)

7. New new Siri management (00:40:57)

8. New Apple displays (00:55:09)

9. AirPods Pro live translation (00:57:52)

10. Your Speakpipe voicemails (01:02:52)

11. Aftershow (01:16:27)