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April 17, 2025
Hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard review top tech accessories for Apple products, offering practical recommendations for enhancing your tech collection.
April 10, 2025
<p>Find out how technology can revolutionize your cooking experience as Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard explore smart cooking thermometers, recipe management apps, and clever kitchen timers in this food-focused episode of iOS Today.</p><ul> <li><strong>Smart Meat Thermometers</strong> - Rosemary shares her experience with the TempSpike by ThermoPro, featuring dual probes, WiFi connectivity, and a convenient display that shows cooking temperatures without needing to check your phone.</li> <li><strong>Meter Plus Thermometer</strong> - A Bluetooth-enabled alternative to TempSpike that helps monitor meat temperatures, though Rosemary notes its Bluetooth range isn't as reliable.</li> <li><strong>Crouton Recipe App</strong> - A comprehensive recipe management app with meal planning features, weather integration, hands-free cooking mode (using winks and mouth gestures), and smart device integration.</li> <li><strong>Kitchen Timers with HomePod</strong> - Using HomePods to set multiple named timers for cooking, and how to check your active timers through the Home app when you're away from your kitchen.</li></ul> <p>News</p><ul> <li><strong>iOS 18.4 Update</strong> - Apple released iOS 18.4 with several new features including Priority Notifications, a new "Sketch" style in Image Playground, and the Apple Vision Pro companion app.</li> <li><strong>Apple News+ Recipes</strong> - The update adds curated recipes with a special catalog and cooking mode.</li> <li><strong>Matter-Compatible Robot Vacuums</strong> - HomeKit now supports Matter-enabled robot vacuums from brands like Roborock, Ecovacs, and SwitchBot.</li> <li><strong>New Emoji</strong> - iOS 18.4 introduces new emoji including face with bags under eyes, root vegetable, fingerprint, harp, leafless tree, purple splatter, and shovel.</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/rosemary-orchard">Rosemary Orchard</a></p> <p>Contact iOS Today at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p> <p>Download or subscribe to iOS Today at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today">https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today</a></p> <p>Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? <strong>Become a member of Club TWiT today!</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit">Club TWiT</a> members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the <a href="https://twit.memberful.com/account/discord/authorize">Club TWiT Discord</a>.</p>
April 3, 2025
<p>Struggling with allergies, symptoms, or invisible illnesses? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard explore a range of iOS apps and features designed to help you track your health, monitor symptoms, and manage illness right from your iPhone and Apple Watch.</p><ul> <li><strong>Built-in Health app features</strong> - Apple has added an extensive list of symptoms you can track directly in the Health app, from abdominal cramps to sore throat, allowing users to log severity and duration.</li> <li><strong>Peak app</strong> - A widget-focused app that displays your health metrics on your home screen, with options to track heart rate, blood oxygen, time in daylight, and other metrics related to health conditions.</li> <li><strong>My Pollen Forecast Pro</strong> - A $4.99 app that shows local pollen counts with color-coded indicators and forecasts, plus a diary feature to help correlate symptoms with specific pollens.</li> <li><strong>Plume Labs</strong> - Free air quality tracking app that provides localized air quality index measurements, pollution maps, and recommendations for outdoor activities based on current conditions.</li> <li><strong>Pedometer++ and Sleep++</strong> - This pair of David Smith apps track your steps and sleep patterns, with badges for achievements and integration with Apple Health data to monitor trends and potential health indicators.</li> <li><strong>Visible</strong> - A subscription service using a Polar armband to track heart rate and daily exertion, designed for people with long COVID or invisible illnesses, providing "pace points" to help manage energy throughout the day.</li></ul> <p>Feedback</p><ul> <li><strong>Separate volume controls</strong> - Robert shared a tip about iOS having separate volume channels for Siri/navigation and media, explaining how to adjust the Siri volume by asking Siri to read a message and then changing the volume while it's speaking.</li></ul> <p>Shortcuts Corner</p><ul> <li><strong>Symptom logging shortcut</strong> - Rosemary created a simple one-action shortcut to log health symptoms directly from your home screen, using the "Log Health Sample" action with customizable options for tracking different symptoms.</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/rosemary-orchard">Rosemary Orchard</a></p> <p>Contact iOS Today at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p> <p>Download or subscribe to iOS Today at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today">https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today</a></p> <p>Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? <strong>Become a member of Club TWiT today!</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit">Club TWiT</a> members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the <a href="https://twit.memberful.com/account/discord/authorize">Club TWiT Discord</a>.</p>
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