MacBreak Weekly 693

This Week's Stories: 

• - AirPods Pro improve audio latency with H1 chip
• - Apple, Google, Amazon, and more partner on new IoT standard
• - Apple open sources some of HomeKit
• - ToTok spy chat app removed from App Store
• - Apple's secret satellite internet team
• - Mossberg's decade of Apple
• - AppleTV+ hits its stride with fabulous finales
• - iPhone takes 66% of smartphone profits
• - Apple's highs and lows of 2019
• - All Mac software will have to be notarized to run starting in February
• - San Francisco face recognition ban almost locks out employees' iPhones
• - New iPhone flash photography spec
• - App Store Xmas surprises 
• - New Apple Watch badges in 2020
• - Apple Arcade Lego game
• - USB-C magnetic charging pad for Apple Watch
• - Mythic Quest
• - AirPods Pro smell like blueberries
• - Snow Crash coming to HBO Max
• - Need a last-minute Xmas gift? Apple has two-hour delivery!

Picks of the Week:

• - Leo's Pick: LuLu from Objective-See
• - Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol" 
• - Rene's Pick: Pokemon Go Buddies
• - Lory's Pick: Dial Code Santa Claus (Game Over)

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Links

• AirPods Pro Offer 'Close to Seamless' Audio Experience Thanks to Improved Bluetooth Latency
• AirPods Pro Bluetooth Latency
• Apple, Google, Amazon, Zigbee partner on smart home
• Apple removes chat app ToTok from App Store over concerns it's a spy tool
• Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites to Beam Data to Devices
• Apple earned 66% of the entire smartphone market's profits in 2019
• Walt Mossberg on Apple’s Decade
• Apple's most significant moves of 2019 (Macworld)
• Apple News+ publishers see subscriber benefits amid low revenue
• Apple Requiring Notarization for Non Mac App Store Apps Starting February 2020
• How to Disable Gatekeeper from Command Line in Mac OS X
• San Francisco's municipal surveillance law, which banned city agencies from using facial recognition in May, amended to allow fo
• Apple introduces specs for photography strobe accessories that augment iPhone 11’s flash
• Apple Offering an App Store 'Surprise' From December 24 to December 29
• Apple Watch ‘Ring in the New Year’ Activity Challenge returning in January after missing 2019
• Apple Arcade’s newest game is like Monument Valley with Lego
• Apple orders second season of 'Mythic Quest' before series' official launch
• Yes. your AirPods Pro might smell like blueberries. No, we don't know why.
• ‘Snow Crash’ TV Series Adaptation From Michael Bacall & Joe Cornish In Works At HBO Max From Paramount TV
• Apple Offers Free Two-Hour Holiday Delivery on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Orders
• LuLu from Objective-See
• Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol"
• Pokemon Go Buddies
• Dial Code Santa Claus (Game Over)