iOS 14.5 update features / Apple sales skyrocket / Podcast platforms amp up their product

Published: April 30, 2021, 4:50 p.m.

Nilay Patel is joined by Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert and news editor Chaim Gartenberg to discuss i0S14.5, Apple's earnings, Epic vs. Apple, chip shortages, and Samsung's new laptops.\nSenior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to talk about the wave of action in the podcast industry this past week.\nFurther reading:\n\nPeople who are vaccinated don\u2019t need to wear masks during many outdoor activities, CDC says\n\nSocial media platforms become triage centers as India struggles with a COVID-19 surge\n\nThe first problem was vaccine supply. Now, it\u2019s demand.\n\nOfficials lift pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine\n\niOS 14.5 is out now with new Face ID mask features and Apple\u2019s App Tracking Transparency\n\nWhy Apple\u2019s new privacy feature is such a big deal\n\nApple\u2019s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic\n\nHere\u2019s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week\u2019s trial\n\nEddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013\n\nApple fined $12M by Russian regulator over App Store monopoly abuse\n\nCan Apple get you to pay for podcasts?\xa0\n\nSpotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can\u2019t subscribe in-app\n\nSpotify\u2019s miniplayer for Facebook launches today\n\nFacebook is building its own in-app podcast player\n\nClubhouse is partnering with the NFL for draft week programming\n\nSiriusXM acquires Roman Mars\u2019 99% Invisible and a bigger stake in the podcasting world\n\nSpotify is raising prices for lots of its plans\n\nSpotify premium subscriber count increases 21 percent to 158 million\n\nSpotify is okay with Joe Rogan telling 21-year-olds not to get vaccinated\n\nSamsung\u2019s new Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are lightweight laptops with OLED screens\n\nSamsung announces a cheaper entry-level Galaxy Book with no OLED\n\nSamsung\u2019s Galaxy Book Odyssey introduces Nvidia\u2019s new RTX 3050 Ti\n\nElon Musk says Tesla made \u2018significant mistakes\u2019 with solar roof project\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices