Benjamin and Chance discuss the bizarre idea that Apple is interested in making a humanoid robot to help with household chores, as its “next big thing”. Also, Apple launches the first ever sports ‘film’ shot in Immersive Video, and releases Spatial Personas for all Vision Pro users.

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Apple launches first ever Immersive Video sports film for Apple Vision Pro
New spatial Persona beta feature launching for Apple Vision Pro users today
Bloomberg: New iPad Pro and iPad Air updates expected in 'early May'
iOS 17.5 beta 1: Here's everything new
iPadOS 17.5 hints at new 'squeeze' gesture for Apple Pencil 3
Gurman: Apple working on personal robotics as next skunk-works project
Apple sues former iOS engineer for leaking Journal app, Vision Pro details, and more

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Apple home robots, Spatial Personas on Vision Pro, iOS 17.5 beta