Podcast Rewind: WWDC Announcement Details and Apple Original Film Echo Valley

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For our second WWDC episode of AppStories, Federico and John dig into the details they’ve learned about what was announced by Apple this week at WWDC 2025.

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Sigmund and Devon break down Apple’s tvOS and visionOS announcements from WWDC25, grade their predictions, and highlight Apple Original film Echo Valley.

AppStories, Episode 440, ‘WWDC 2025: A First Look at Everything Apple Announced’ Show Notes

A Look at Everything Apple Announced at WWDC

iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and Liquid Glass: The MacStories Overview

macOS Tahoe: The MacStories Overview

visionOS 26: The MacStories Overview

watchOS 26: The MacStories Overview

tvOS 26: The MacStories Overview

Apple Intelligence Expands: Onscreen Visual Intelligence, Shortcuts, Third-Party Apps, and More

Camera Remote and Higher-Quality Audio Recording Coming to AirPods This Fall

WWDC 2025: All the Small Things (Bento Box Version)

WWDC 2025: Subsequent Discoveries

“Opinionated Design”: Early Reactions to Apple’s Liquid Glass Design Language

Magic Rays of Light, Episode 173, ‘tvOS 26’s Reveal and Echo Valley’ Show Notes

WWDC25

MacStories’ WWDC25 Coverage

What’s Coming | Foundation, Chief of War & More

Trailer Talk

The Wild Ones

The Lost Bus

Apple Original News

First Look at Slow Horses Season Five

Ben Stiller and Adam Scott on ‘Severance’ Season 3, Stiller’s Scrapped Character and Potential Spinoffs: ‘There Are Two Specific Ideas’ | Variety

Releases

Not a Box

Extras

Stick — The Cast on Their Love For Golf

Long Way Home — Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on Their Friendship | Origin Story

Fountain of Youth — Natalie Portman and John Krasinski Speak French

Apple Maps Collection: Around the World with Fountain of Youth

The Buccaneers — Outsider’s Intro to Season 1 with Leighton Meester

Murderbot — The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon Opening Title Sequence

Murderbot — Alexander Skarsgård Plays Human or SecUnit

Highlight

Echo Valley

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Phineas and Ferb

Deep Cover

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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, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console 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.