This week on AppStories, we introduce part two of our music miniseries, with a focus on third-party music discovery, playback, and utility apps.

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This week on AppStories, we talk about Apple Arcade’s big expansion and the iOS component of John’s retro gaming project before beginning a new mini-series focused on music. For the first installment, we focus on hardware and services, covering our current setups, how we listen to music, and the services we use.

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This week on AppStories, we scrutinize Apple’s home strategy from its discontinued Airport routers and HomePod to the Apple TV, HomePod mini, HomeKit routers, the Home app, and more, plus ongoing browser and calendar experiments, and the hunt for an elusive keyboard continues.

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This week on AppStories, we discuss the features and approaches we’d like to see in the ideal read-it-later app.

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This week on AppStories, we consider why surprising apps seem increasingly rare and share some of the apps that have surprised us the most over the past year.

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This week on AppStories, we flip last week’s episode around and ask which hardware and software features the iPad should steal from the Mac.

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This week on AppStories, we consider the hardware and software features that the Mac should steal from the iPad.

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