Is Apple Creator Studio a Good Deal? Gemini to Power Siri, and ChatGPT Health Launches

Google’s Gemini will officially power Apple Intelligence features, Apple Creator Studio adds new subscription pricing for Apple’s Pro Apps and iWork suite, ChatGPT integrating with Apple Health, and Digg is back! Show Notes via Email http://eepurl.com/dI2lkn Support the show Get an ad-free version of the show, plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe here: https://primarytech.memberful.com/join Reach out: @stephenrobles on Threads https://www.threads.net/@stephenrobles @jasonaten on Threads https://www.threads.net/@jasonaten Chapters ➡ 00:00 Intro 04:22 AirPods as Mics 08:43 Official: Gemini to Power Siri 22:16 ChatGPT Health 26:27 Apple Creator Studio 40:57 Sponsor Break 44:04 Verizon Outage 45:06 2026 Big IPO Year 45:49 FCC Phone Unlocking 49:45 Grok Explicit Imagery 56:06 Digg is Back 58:47 Netflix Original Podcasts 01:00:58 Weather Apps 01:07:12 Weekly Picks Links from the show: Creative Effort - Podcast - Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-effort/id1865014092 Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple-google-ai-siri-gemini.html With Its Google Gemini Deal, Apple Just Made Its Most Intelligent Move Yet https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/with-its-google-gemini-deal-apple-just-made-its-most-intelligent-move-yet/91287907 Apple will pay billions for Gemini after OpenAI declined https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/15/apple-will-pay-billions-for-gemini-openai-decided-against-siri-deal-ft What Will Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Be? Our Roundup of Best Guesses - Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/jony-ive-device-openai-io-guesses-sam-altman-chatgpt-2025-5 Gemini's new Personal Intelligence will look through your emails and photos - if you let it | ZDNET https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-gemini-personal-intelligence Apple Health integration launches in new ‘ChatGPT Health’ feature - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/07/apple-health-integration-launches-in-new-chatgpt-health-feature ChatGPT Translate https://chatgpt.com/translate Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps - Apple https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps Some Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive Every New Feature Without a Subscription - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/apple-creator-studio-exclusive-app-features Verizon outage: With service restored, here's everything that's happened so far | TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2026 2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technology/ai-ipo-openai-anthropic-spacex.html Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-lets-verizon-lock-phones-for-longer-making-it-harder-to-switch-carriers X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/862372/x-grok-ai-policy-update-deepfake-bikini-poses TSMC extends record quarter, profit jumps 35% on robust AI chip demand https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/tsmc-q4-profit-record-ai-chip-demand-nt1-trillion.html Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/alphabet-4-trillion-market-cap.html Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/digg-launches-its-new-reddit-rival-to-the-public Shortcuts Community | Digg | Digg https://digg.com/shortcuts Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/861971/netflix-original-podcasts-pete-davidson-michael-irvin Nissan is among the first to offer magnetic phone chargers in the US | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/tech/861260/nissan-wireless-charger-2026-murano-pathfinder-qi2-magnetic CARROT Weather for iOS and Android https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather Apple: You (Still) Don't Understand the Vision Pro - Stratechery by Ben Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-you-still-dont-understand-the-vision-pro