What to expect at the ‘special Apple Experience’ [Cult of Mac podcast No. 8]
This week on the "Cult of Mac" podcast: The "special Apple Experience" on March 4 doesn't sound like a typical Apple event. What could it be?
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What to expect at the ‘special Apple Experience’ [*Cult of Mac* podcast No. 8]
By Lewis Wallace • 10:10 am, February 21, 2026
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Apple's March 4 event sounds unusual (and clever).
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This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: The “special Apple Experience” planned for March 4 doesn’t sound like a typical Apple event. What could it be? And what new hardware will we see?
It definitely doesn’t look like Apple CEO Tim Cook will be hitting us with his standard “good mooooorning” … we go over the possibilities.
Also on the Cult of Mac podcast:
- Apple is ramping up its AI efforts with three interesting new products: smart glasses, a pendant/pin and AirPods with earcams. The devices all have one thing in common — and we should see at least one of them later this year!
- While iOS 26.3 was a total snoozefest, the first beta of iOS 26.4 brings some exciting new features.
- We try to wrap our minds around the strangest MacBook Air setup we’ve ever seen.
- And finally, Griffin gives us the scoop on an excellent, affordable iPhone game controller he reviewed.
Listen to this week’s episode of the Cult of Mac podcast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.
*Cult of Mac* No. 8: ‘Special Apple Experience’ coming March 4
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#### This week’s top Apple news: ‘Special Apple Experience,’ AI wearables and more
On the show this week: Your host, Cult of Mac Publisher and Editor in Chief Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Apple just announced its March ‘special Apple Experience’ — here’s what could be coming
- 3 game-changing AI wearables Apple is rushing to launch
- iOS 26.4 beta 1: All the new features and changes
- Top 10 MacBook Air setups
- Upgrade iPhone gaming for cheap with GameSir X5s controller [Review]
Lewis Wallace
Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and author of our weekly newsletter, The Weekender.
He’s a San Francisco-based writer and editor specializing in technology and culture. He loves his iPhone, hates Siri, and appreciates any hardware that combines form and function.
Prior to Cult of Mac, he juggled words and ideas as culture editor at Wired.com, homepage editor at TechTV, news product manager at NBCi, copy editor at PC World, reporter at The (Hayward) Daily Review and editor in chief of EveryBody’s News in Cincinnati.
He earned a bachelor of general studies degree with a journalism certificate from the University of Cincinnati. While in school, he worked as the entertainment editor of The News Record and as editor in chief of Clifton Magazine.
He’s also a bass player, who’s recorded and performed around the United States with Those Darn Accordions, The Electric Boogie Dawgz and The Mad Maggies. When not writing, editing or laying down bass lines, he plays darts and serves on the board of the San Francisco Darts League.
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