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AppStories

This week on AppStories, Federico and John predict what we’ll see from Apple in 2025. From agentic AI to App Intents and Siri, they explore what will shape the year ahead and the implications to users and developers.

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NPC: Next Portable Console

In the first NPC episode of 2025, Brendon and John recap their CES experience with Federico, highlighting AMD’s new Z2 chips, the SteamOS-powered Legion Go S, and more. Together, they explore the technologies and trends poised to define the next generation of portable consoles.

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AppStories, Episode 418 ‘Apple Prophecies and Predictions for 2025’ Show Notes

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Apple 2025 Predictions and Prophecies

Federico:

• There will be more agentic AI than ever
• Even more Chromium browsers with AI features
• Apple will acquire a smaller AI company like Mistral
• More smart glasses will be released as will custom community firmware for the Meta Ray-Bans
• Vision Pro apps will come to Android XR
• Game streaming apps will come to the iPhone
• Someone will try to get a Sony PS4 emulator approved by Apple app reviewers

John:

• A shakeout of AI apps
• App Intents adoption will be slow
• The Apple Watch will gain new sensors and Apple and Massimo will settle their blood oxygen dispute
• AI will continue to slow development of other OS features
• We’ll see more innovative game controllers for the iPhone

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NPC: Next Portable Console, Episode 17, ‘Unpacking CES 2025’ Show Notes

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Unpacking CES 2025

• More from Brendon and John on the MacStories YouTube channel
• AMD Announces the Z2 Chip
  • The new AMD Z2 chips are nice, ok, and weird
• Other Devices
  • Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) brings AMD Strix Halo to tablets
  • Up close with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE, an incredibly compact flagship video card
• Thunderbolt 5 and ASUS’s new XG Mobile eGPU
  • ASUS just announced the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU — the 2025 XG Mobile
• SteamOS News
  • GeForce NOW CES 2025 Steam Deck and Mixed-Reality Devices
  • Lenovo Legion Go S pre-orders are happening now at Best Buy Polygon
  • SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
• Lenovo Legion Tab
  • Lenovo’s new Legion Tab is an 8.8 inch Android gaming tablet for $500 and up
  • GameSir X2S Controller
• Nitro Blaze 11
  • Hands-on with the Nitro Blaze 11, Acer’s massive new PC gaming handheld

MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.

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