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Podcast Rewind: Phone Reviews and Daily Notes

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

Comfort Zone

Matt reviews basically every phone of 2025, Chris has Apple silicon Christmas in October, and the whole gang gets creative on their phones.

In the Cozy Zone, the gang discusses everything in their travel bags.

MacStories Unwind

This week, John asks Federico to explain how he uses Daily Notes in Notion, after which they discuss the AI browsers and why they are so disappointing.

Comfort Zone, Episode 72, ‘You Have a Bean on Your Head’ Show Notes

Main Topics

  • So many phones
  • M5 iPad Pro
  • M5 Vision Pro

Other Stuff We Talked About

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

MacStories Unwind, ‘Notion Daily Notes and AI Browsers’ Show Notes

Notion Daily Notes

AI Browsers

Picks

  • No picks this week. We’ll have a couple for everyone next week.

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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, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything 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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Devon Dundee is the co-host of Magic Rays of Light, a podcast exploring the world of Apple TV, where he’s covered Apple TV, tvOS, and Apple Originals since 2021. He’s also written about apps, TV, and film on his personal website for over ten years. Devon lives in Arkansas with his wife, their son, and their dog Winter.

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