Nilay Patel

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38,319 appearances 137 recordings 4 series first heard Aug 2024 last heard yesterday

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Decoder with Nilay Patel · Can John Ternus find Apple's next big thing? · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

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You mentioned that adding a camera to AirPods might turn them into a platform unto themselves. voice-verified

That would obviously compete with some of these screenless devices or these AI native devices. voice-verified

How would that work? voice-verified

as that core differentiator. voice-verified

So this brings me to the last thing I want to talk to you about, which is Apple and privacy. voice-verified

The things you're describing at with AirPods are science fiction ideas that have been around forever. voice-verified

I tried Microsoft HoloLens ten years ago and they were doing augmented reality demos that are very much the things you're describing. voice-verified

They had me uh change spark plugs and an ATV. voice-verified

I will never forget doing this with our big silly glasses on my face. voice-verified

And the problem has been one, the technology, right? voice-verified

It's very hard to shrink that technology and have the appropriate battery life. voice-verified

And then the other problem is voice-verified

Well, you've got a camera pointed at everything around you all the time. voice-verified

And people don't like that. voice-verified

I'm always joking that I think the killer app for Meta's glasses is facial recognition, right? voice-verified

If you just gave me a pair of glasses that would tell me everyone's names and faces at events, I would be the single greatest politician in world history. voice-verified

And the problem with that is that it requires a worldwide surveillance database of everyone taking each other's pictures all day long. voice-verified

And that is probably not an appropriate trade-off. voice-verified

For me to be the greatest politician in the world. voice-verified

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