Episode 655

655: Shorts-Compatible Body Type

The iPhone 16 Pro's exit interview, what we're expecting to see next week in the iPhone 17 lineup, and a parade of fun euphemisms.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

September 4, 20252h 4m

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Show Notes

Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- The Marco Offset
Follow-up:
- Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
  - Settings → Apps → Safari
- Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged
  - Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.)
  - Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.)
  - So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan)
  - How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones
  - Fun fact: you can add it to the Health app! (via Niv Ben-Porath)
    - …but it won’t affect your rings
  - A truly hilarious story from Anonymous
- Developing “product sense” (via Joseph Kibe)
  - Productive Tensions by Christopher B. Bingham & Rory M. McDonald
iPhone 16 exit interview
iPhone event preview
- Crossbody strap
- Apple Natural Titanium Milanese Loop (Marco’s summer watch band)
Post-show: Smaller e-ink note-taking tablets
Members-only ATP Overtime: US government buys 10% of Intel