177: Surface Curious With Rene Ritchie

Published: Dec. 28, 2016, 11:44 p.m.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Siri vs. Alexa, and whether Wynn Las Vegas\u2019s announcement that they\u2019re putting Amazon Echos into their 4,700+ guest rooms is a sign that Amazon is building a meaningful long-term lead in the nascent voice assistant market; Mark Gurman\u2019s week-ago piece for Bloomberg, \u201cHow Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists\u201d; Consumer Reports\u2019s bizarre but widely-publicized battery test results for the new MacBook Pros; and a brief year in review look at our favorite new Apple products from 2016.