@b3ll I got that like a week after getting the phone and it randomly went away after like 2 days?

@gruber I should have CCed @siracusa into this too. It’s such a weird commercial that feels weirdly tailored to the Apple podcast community.

@stroughtonsmith already had someone email me asking why I didn’t support Liquid Glass yet on my small app that has a couple hundred downloads. Can’t imagine what it’s like for big apps.

@stroughtonsmith it reminds me of the iPod retouch, which was an all time favorite apple device.

@stroughtonsmith did you go with a bumper? I grabbed a black one and agree, with the back you can’t tell any gold. May just return bumper tbh and risk it?

@stroughtonsmith yeah, it’s plenty loud. Not a concern like everyone was saying.

@marioguzman ugh that sucks. The app parts that work, look great though. You’ll be ahead of the game when 26.1 drops!

@g thank you! It really was a specific use case for my coworker, and could piggyback off a transcription app I’m working on. Broke it off for something else to simplify.

Still working/learning the video compression capabilities, but works well for “shoot in ~1080p in case we need it, but if we […]

@stroughtonsmith Just got TestFlight approved for this, tentatively titled “Compress-san”.

A small, simple utility to compress down Photos library videos & optionally generate SRT subtitle files to pull out a transcription of text spoken in the video.

We […]

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@stroughtonsmith ok added!

@stroughtonsmith just posted public TestFlight to new iOS 26 only audio transcription app. Uses Apple Intelligence frameworks to transcribe microphone recordings, radio feeds, first responder feeds, podcasts, videos, and more.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/zdkDU6S6