Open Minis Turns iOS into an Agent Playground

This week on AppStories, John and Federico discuss the changing face of the AI-fueled App Store and questionable changes made to TestFlight before going into the nerdiest details of Open Minis, an iOS app that brings desktop-class agents onto the iPhone and iPad.

Then on AppStories+, Federico and John explore Cmux, a Mac terminal app with an iPhone and iPad beta that makes it easier than ever to sync coding projects across devices.

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Links and Show Notes

App Store Chaos

App Store Chaos

See also: A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store

TestFlight Woes

TestFlight: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

See also: Apple just improved TestFlight for users with a lot of beta apps

Open Minis

Open Minis Is the iOS Agent I Wish Siri AI Could Be

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Cmux

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