Sébastien Page

Sebastien is the Founder and Editor in Chief of iDB. Once a BlackBerry user, Sebastien instantly fell in love with the iPhone when it was first announced in 2007. Shortly after, he decided to start sharing his knowledge of the iPhone and its nascent ecosystem, which led to the creation of this blog. Sebastien currently owns 14 iPhones, 4 iPads, a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a MacBook Air, 2 Apple Watches, 3 Apple TVs, countless HomePods and AirTags as well as a few pairs of AirPods.

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 158: The ends and the means

Sébastien Page ∙ February 8, 2017

As Joe becomes a regular of the show, the guys discuss the latest developments in the jailbreaking community, and specifically focus on the Yalu jailbreak for iOS 10.2. What devices are supported? Is it safe to use? What is the process? Many questions are being answered to help listeners figure out whether or not they can go forward with the jailbreak. Other topics include a recently released iOS 9 jailbreak for 32-bit devices, and Apple TV jailbreak news.

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Let’s Talk iOS 173: Make iPad great again

Sébastien Page ∙ February 7, 2017

Cody and Sebastien play armchair analysts as they go over Apple's record Q1 financial results, and discuss various points of interests, including iPad, and the new hot services category. Sebastien is happy he can finally hide that Spotlight icon in the Menu Bar, and he's ecstatic when he finds out Cody has been an Alfred user for years too.

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Apple Music randomly skipping songs? You are not alone

Sébastien Page ∙ February 2, 2017

A weird little bug has made its way into Apple Music over the last day or so that makes the service randomly skip songs during playback. I first noticed this last night while playing music on my Apple TV, and earlier today on both my iPhone and Mac.

A quick Twitter search showed that was indeed not the only one in this boat, and after contacting Apple, I have learned that the company is aware of the issue and should fix the problem in the next 72 hours.

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How to create a Live broadcast on Instagram

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated March 22, 2021

Called a Live Broadcast, this feature that Instagram rolled out allows users to share live videos as Instagram stories in real time. Followers can then watch the live stream, submit comments, and Like the video has it is being streamed.

In this post, we will show you how to share a live broadcast on Instagram, and how you can connect with your followers in the process.

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Let’s Talk iOS 172: That’s when you know you should stop

Sébastien Page ∙ January 31, 2017

Cody finally set up his new laptop with his new monitor/TV screen. A recipe for disaster, right? The guys talk about notable features in the latest iOS, and watchOS betas, including Find My AirPods, changing Home screen icons, a hidden keyboard on iPad, Theater Mode, the ability for developers to soon be able to reply to App Store reviews, and more. Finally, Sebastien shares a cool new app for listening to podcasts on Apple Watch.

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tvOS 10.1 jailbreak could be a possibility, suggests nitoTV

Sébastien Page ∙ January 28, 2017

In a series of tweets published on Friday, Kevin Bradley, also known as nitoTV, mentioned that although nothing is certain quite yet, there are chances that a jailbreak for tvOS 10.1 could be released in the near future. To prepare for the eventuality, nitoTV suggests to either restore or downgrade to tvOS 10.1.

Very little is known so far about that possible tvOS 10.1 jailbreak, but Bradley told iDB that the yalu102 jailbreak from Luca Todesco should be adaptable to tvOS. 

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How to find out your AirPods firmware version

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated December 15, 2025
Seeing AirPods firmware version

Most Bluetooth headphones have firmware that can be periodically updated, and AirPods are no different. These firmware updates tend to be extremely small and usually offer bug fixes and stability improvements to address issues users may encounter, such as rapid battery drain.

In this post, we’ll show you how to find out which firmware version your AirPods are running.

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Let’s Talk iOS 171: Pen Pineapple Apple Pen

Sébastien Page ∙ January 24, 2017

Samsung shares the results of the Note 7 investigation (spoiler, it's the batteries!). The guys discuss recent rumors of Apple Pencil 2, 3D Touch improvements and facial recognition in iPhone 8, and Sprint's acquisition of one third of Tidal. Cody shares a really cool new app, while Sebastien goes on a diet. It's PPAP!

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This is your last chance to save your Vine videos

Sébastien Page ∙ January 17, 2017

Following the recent announcement that the Vine app as we know it will be sunset and morphed into a camera app, today is your last chance to save those Vine videos you created and published on the service over the years.

As the Vine app will officially become Vine Camera today (January 17th), the company says all videos uploaded will remain on the vine.co website where you'll still be able to watch them, but if you were big on Vine, it might still be a good idea to save all your creations locally either to your iPhone or to a computer.

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Let’s Talk iOS 170: The accidental Siri podcast

Sébastien Page ∙ January 17, 2017

After accidentally talking about Siri, the guys finally focus on the actual show notes to talk more about how Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery life tests still appear out of whack. Cody and Sebastien also discuss Apple's push into original TV and movie content creation, and the fake problem of employee retention at 1 Infinite Loop.

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