Let’s Talk iOS 359: A dopamine dump

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Your two lovable co-hosts Sebastien and Cody get together to talk about a wide range of Apple-related topics including the recent iPad Air leaks and the brewing legal battle with Epic Games. The pair also discuss Cody’s love for the new Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, and whether or not aliens helped build ancient Turkish temples.

How to add Wander to the Shortcuts app to install & update the Odyssey jailbreak

Just like unc0ver, the Odyssey jailbreak app is intended to be side loaded into a compatible iPhone or iPad. To help make the process of side-loading the Odyssey jailbreak app easier, the Odyssey Team officially endorsed the brand-new Wander add-on for Apple’s Shortcuts app shortly after the tool came out of public beta.

The Wander add-on doesn’t replace side loading utilities like AltStore and ReProvision or signing services like Jailbreaks.app, but rather synergizes with them to make the process of installing Odyssey and updating to newer versions faster and less cumbersome while providing a more native user experience through Apple’s Shortcuts app in the process. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to set up the Wander add-on with your Shortcuts app.

Melody brings Now Playing album art to more parts of iOS

Those who use their iPhones to listen to their favorite music day in and day out are more likely to recognize the finer details of the music consumption experience than those who just listen to a song here and there. With that in mind, iOS developer Dylan West (iOSthemem0d) has released a new jailbreak tweak called Melody that tries to make the user experience even more enjoyable for hardcore music consumers.

Melody works by bringing the Now Playing track’s album artwork to more places in iOS. As depicted in the screenshot examples above, “more places” refers to quite a few different areas, including but not limited to: