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what's happening Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple buy you know the drill for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple and the big news the air pods made it like they really really made it Apple made the air pods available for sale this week for 159 in the US with an initial shipping date of December the 19th in the UK and the 21st in the US but that changed quickly and now the u.s. shipping date is at six weeks see I've told you already I'm a fan of the tech inside and you know what look who happened to get a pair of these early this guy you know what give me a second here oh well I make this look good come on it's all about owning it it's all about the person Buddha dude she'd be confident and other people will think we look good because I know I do when is in his ears all right the iOS standpoint to update officially rolled out this week with everything we've talked about from new emojis like the taco the burrito plus the return of my go to peach bootie new wallpapers that really aren't that great a new headphone icon when bluetooth headphones are connected and the new TV app and I waited a few days before I updated it and guess what it's clear for iPhone users to jump on but with all these OS updates and iOS devices you know it wouldn't go perfectly without a hitch this time it's the Apple watch OS three point one point one update that ended up breaking some Series two watches that would display an exclamation mark making them completely useless people affected will now have to send their device back to Apple to be replaced because retail locations can't fix the problem in store C Apple doesn't cover restoring the Apple watch through its diagnostic port Wow guess what that is a bad apple now Apple has rolled back the update until the issue is resolved all right we've heard more than enough about the next iPhone but a recent announcement by manufacturer synaptics gives us a sneak peek of what we can expect from there under glass optical fingerprint sensor called the natural ID FS 9100 it's capable of scanning a fingerprint through one millimeter of glass and the sensors eliminate the need for cutouts on the display of the device plus because they're under glass they're scratch proof waterproof and respond well to wet fingers yes it actually sounds worse reading that out loud synaptics will begin production in the second quarter of next year and has supplied apple with LCD display drivers in the past Apple most likely has their own solution but I just wanted to showcase the tech a little more on this show okay let's jump back to that TV app specifically on the Apple TV that comes with the TV os 10.1 recent update Apple is making the TV app really the centerpiece experience now you also get single sign-on with your cable operator so all the TV apps work seamlessly but that's if your provider has made a deal with Apple and there aren't that many like the big boys there's no Xfinity no Time Warner or Verizon files so if you're someone like me who has Xfinity you'll have to sign into each app individually but some of the standalone channel apps like food and Albuquerque Comedy Central don't have support so it's going to be a crapshoot and that's frustrating if it works with the apps and networks you watch or subscribe to the TV app is convenient if it does but again it's also missing Netflix and Amazon Prime now ultimately it feels like a fragmented attempt that could have worked with every cable provider and every network and every service like Netflix and Amazon gave up their user data to be a part of it but you know what they don't and it's not going to change anytime soon ultimately it emphasizes the real miss by Apple here not being able to lock down a streaming TV service deal of their own and I'm not completely pooping on this maybe they can get all those things to fall into place in the future but for now it's a nice aggregator if the TV shows and movies you watch and their networks are all available for you now in other Apple TV news amazon has released their new shopping app for TV OS it's a nice addition that's available on 4 gen Apple TVs but it's not the Amazon app everyone really wants we're still patiently waiting for the Amazon Prime video app and how many times have you heard someone say I'd love to have tinder on my Apple TV all of you right no nobody has ever said that okay well if you want it the team at tinder has now made its dating app available on the fourth gen Apple TV as well if swiping right and disposing of people like cards isn't your thing now you can do it with friends and family while humiliating complete strangers on a big-screen TV all together tinder calls it the biggest thing to hit family night since Yahtzee you know what I'm actually going to download this app right now alright that's going to do it for this week's show you can email us at the Apple bite at cnet.com or tweet me at brian tom thanks so much for watching we'll catch y'all next 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