Best 100 albums, iOS 18 Music features, and more on the iPad Pro on the AppleInsider Podcast

How and why Apple Music chose its Best 100 albums, plus what's coming to the Music app in iOS 18, and getting into the details of the nano texture iPad Pro.

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Links from the Show:

• Apple Music's best 100 albums list is done, and it's controversial
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/100-best-albums-radio/id1743037216
• New Music & audio enhancements plus a mysterious 'Passthrough' feature are coming at WWDC
• Future emoji could include Eye Bags & Shovel
• iPad Pro hands on: Luxury technology in an impossibly-thin package
• M4 iPad Pro teardown shows copper logo, highly repairable internals
• OLED iPad Pro owners discover grainy display problem
• If you want an iPad Pro Magic Keyboard that matches the Siri Remote, it'll cost you
• If you're buying a new iPad Pro, your old magnetic stand won't work
• Apple Pencil Pro casts a fake shadow based on which tool you're using
• Apple plans a thinner and more expensive iPhone 17 for 2025
• Kuo: iPhone 16 Pro replacing blue with rose titanium color
• Apple Vision Pro's next 'adventure' experience is Parkour in Paris
• Marvel's 'What If...? - an Immersive Story' coming to Apple Vision Pro on May 30
• BTW case review: Waterfield Shield Case for Apple Vision Pro review: Way better for travel than Apple's case
• Buyer taken for $1,000 by fake Apple badge on eBay
• Hands on with the new Sonos Ace headphones
• Sonos Roam 2 portable AirPlay speaker gets surprise release

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:50) - Best 100 albums
• (06:42) - Number 1
• (12:26) - Logic Pro
• (15:50) - iTunes and albums
• (21:35) - iOS 18
• (28:58) - Emoji
• (34:39) - iPad Pro
• (45:05) - iPadOS 18
• (50:45) - iPad Pro questions
• (52:17) - iPhone 17
• (57:51) - Apple Vision Pro