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The Vergecast
The Vergecast
The Verge

The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay... more

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Episodes

Making human music in an AI world

For the third episode in our series about the future of music, we talk with Ge Wang. Ge is a... more

17 Nov 2024 · 50 minutes
Bluesky's quest to be the next Twitter

Nilay and David talk about the future of social, in light of Bluesky's recent surge in growth. Threads is huge,... more

15 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
Smart sleep is worth the cost

On today's show: sleep gadgets, AI DJs, and sneaky TVs. Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her experiences... more

12 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Auto-Tune always and forever

For the second episode in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Charlie Harding, a music journalist and co-host... more

10 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen

Nilay and David talk about the election, and how The Vergecast plans to cover and talk about the next four... more

08 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Alexa at 10: Amazon's assistant is a winner and a failure

November 6th marks 10 years to the day since Amazon surprise-launched a new, cylindrical device called the Echo. It introduced... more

05 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Your favorite musician's favorite TikTok show

For the first episode in our three-part miniseries on the future of music, we tell the story of Track Star,... more

03 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
The AI garage door mystery

Nilay and David discuss a big week in AI news, including the new web search features in ChatGPT and the... more

01 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 52 minutes
Two possible futures for AI

Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about the recent dueling AI blog posts from OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's... more

29 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
The confusing state of Apple Intelligence

Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler talk about all of the coming Apple gadgets and software, from the new iPad Mini... more

25 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
AirPods are good for your (hearing) health

The Verge's Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her year of testing smart rings, and which of the... more

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
The tech YouTuber who opened a coffee shop

For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the... more

20 Oct 2024 · 44 minutes
The future of the Kindle with Panos Panay

Nilay and David talk about the week in gadget news, after scoring their predictions on last week's Tesla event. (Spoiler... more

18 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
They're called "Podcasts"

Before a podcast was a “podcast,” it was… well, it wasn’t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though,... more

15 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
The putt-putt champions of the internet

Danny and Steven Sanicki are twins, competitive golfers, and suddenly the biggest names in online mini golf. They started making... more

13 Oct 2024 · 51 minutes
The Google breakup is looming

Nilay and David make some predictions about Thursday evening’s Tesla event — which you’ve already seen, but we haven’t! Then... more

11 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
AI is fixing — and ruining – our photos

For this full-on “what is a photo” episode, we start by chatting with Halide developers Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan De... more

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
Get ready to meet your AI best friend

Nilay, Alex, and David discuss Microsoft's new Copilot announcements, and the friendlier face the company is trying to put on... more

04 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 47 minutes
Your front door is the key to the smart home

The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show to discuss a bunch of updates in the smart home world, including... more

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter

Michael Sayman, the creator of a viral new app called SocialAI, joins the show to discuss why he built a... more

29 Sep 2024 · 55 minutes
Meta's new smart glasses look like the future

The Verge's Alex Heath joins Nilay, Alex, and David to talk about all the announcements coming out of Meta Connect:... more

27 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
They think they’re building God

Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about OpenAI’s new model, o1, and what this new “reasoning” model says about... more

24 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
The chatbot becomes the teacher

For the first episode in our new miniseries about the impact of AI in our everyday lives, we chat with... more

22 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
You’re cute no matter what phone you have

Nilay, Alex, and David are joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern to talk about this year’s iPhone –... more

20 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Reviewing the iPhone 16

We've finally finished testing, scoring, and reviewing Apple's new gear for the fall. On this episode we talk through our... more

18 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
The great Evernote reboot

Peak Evernote was roughly a decade ago. Since then, the product has often felt stagnant (or worse), the company churned... more

15 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
The real cost of the PS5 Pro

Nilay, David, and Alex talk about the new PlayStation 5 Pro — why it's so expensive, why it doesn't have... more

13 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 38 minutes
The iPhone 16 is here — but it's not finished

Apple launched the iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4 at its annual fall event in Cupertino. The... more

10 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
What’s in store for the iPhone 16

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss previews for the Apple event, gadgets at IFA, the latest... more

06 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
The problem with Telegram

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over... more

30 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?

Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone:  02:32 -The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out... more

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
What’s in a productivity system?

You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort... more

25 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
The Pixel 9 is great – and a problem

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and Richard Lawler discuss the Google Pixel 9 review and its controversial... more

23 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 26 minutes
A road trip on the hydrogen highway

Today on the flagship podcast of hydrogen futures:  The Verge’s William Poor, Andrew Marino, and Alex Parkin head to California to... more

20 Aug 2024 · 58 minutes
A Googler’s guide to getting things done

Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. Martin is Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor, and spends much... more

18 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
Gemini is taking over Google

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss AI tools announced at this weeks Pixel 9 event, Nilay's... more

16 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 42 minutes
Google’s next big Pixel

Today on the flagship podcast of the correct height-to-width ratio of a foldable phone:  The Verge’s David Pierce, Allison Johnson, Victoria... more

13 Aug 2024 · 1 hour,
Google lost its first antitrust case, so what happens next?

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Alex Heath, and Lauren Feiner discuss a federal judge ruling that Google violated US... more

09 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Quibi's epic fall and the future of books

Today on the flagship podcast of what the future of Kindle turns out to be:  We’re once again trying out a... more

06 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Apple's Intelligence beta and more AI chaos

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song discuss Apple iOS 18.1 beta. upcoming Pixel 9 rumors, Olympics coverage,... more

02 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
The history of Roku and the fight over CarPlay

Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated streaming hardware:  We try out a couple of show formats we’ve been planning for... more

30 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
In search of the perfect movie recommendation

On this episode of The Vergecast, we look at why TV and movie recommendations are so complicated, and whether AI... more

28 Jul 2024 · 38 minutes
Search as we know it is officially over

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Jake Kastrenakes discuss OpenAI's new SearchGPT product, Amazon's plan to launch a paid... more

26 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Inside the global computer crash

Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes: The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story... more

23 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
The all-seeing AI webcam

On this episode of The Vergecast, senior producer Will Poor explores the AI-tinged worlds of Dries Depoorter. Depoorter has built... more

21 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Gadgets are getting weird — and so are iPhone homescreens

Nilay, Alex, and David talk about what's happening on social media — and around the web — in the wake... more

19 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Picking the perfect portable console

Today on the flagship podcast of nose bridge microphones:  03:10 - The Verge’s David Pierce enlists help from Alex Cranz and Sean... more

16 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Inside the AI memory machine

Humans are terrible at remembering things. On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk to one of the people who... more

14 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Samsung’s new folds, flips, and Apple clones

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcements from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, Redbox shutting down,... more

12 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
The Vergecast builds a tech company

Today on the flagship podcast of corporate infighting:  The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz roleplay as CEOs of... more

09 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Apple’s Vision Pro: five months later

Today on the flagship podcast of spatial computing: The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song and Wes Davis about using... more

02 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
The music industry’s AI fight

The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce chat with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding about the RIAA lawsuit against AI... more

28 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 28 minutes
New chips, new screens, new gadgets

Today on the flagship podcast of the many definitions of electronic paper:  03:12 -The Verge’s David Pierce takes a look at... more

25 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
The next next thing in AI and AR

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset,... more

21 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
Tesla’s big, epic, confusing future

Today on the flagship podcast of super helpful humanoid helper robots:  05:07 - The Verge’s David Pierce and Andy Hawkins discuss... more

18 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Apple and OpenAI make a deal

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss takeaways from WWDC, this week's gadget news, and Elon Musk... more

14 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
Apple Intelligence, iPhones, and the rest of WWDC 2024

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Apple's WWDC event. Further reading: Apple... more

11 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Apple’s AI moment is coming

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss what they expect to see next week at Apple's WWDC,... more

07 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Sonos' headphones are extremely Sonos

Today on the flagship podcast of audio over Wi-Fi:  03:02 - The Verge’s Chris Welch shares his review of Sonos's Ace headphones. Sonos... more

04 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Inside the Google algorithm

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Google's algorithm leak, OpenAI content deals, and more tech news... more

31 May 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Why Microsoft bet on Surface

Today on the flagship podcast of open smart home standards:  03:25 - Microsoft’s Pavan Davuluri, leader for Windows and Devices, joins... more

28 May 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Seeing the real world inside a virtual one

On this episode of The Vergecast, the fourth and final installment of our series on the five senses of video games, we asked... more

26 May 2024 · 37 minutes
ChatGPT has a Scarlett Johansson problem

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Microsoft Build, the OpenAI's trouble with Scarlett Johansson,... more

24 May 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Microsoft is in its AI PC era

Today on the flagship podcast of Arm-based chipsets: 03:08 - The Verge’s Tom Warren and David Pierce discuss the announcements from... more

21 May 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
The smells and tastes of a great video game

Today on the flagship podcast of refillable scent cartridges:  Producer Andru Marino tries out a gadget called the Gamescent, an AI-powered... more

19 May 2024 · 35 minutes
AI assistants are so back

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Google I/O and OpenAI's GPT4o event. Further reading: Google and... more

17 May 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
The case for the iPad Pro

Today on the flagship podcast of tandem OLEDs:  The Verge’s David Pierce and Chris Welch discuss the new iPad Pros with... more

14 May 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
The rise of the audio-only video game

In episode two of our Five Senses of Gaming miniseries, David Pierce dives into the world of hearing with audio-only... more

12 May 2024 · 27 minutes
The beginning and end of the iPad

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's iPad event, the evolution of the streaming business, updates... more

10 May 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Delta's 10-year journey to the top of the App Store

Today on the flagship podcast of enterprise certificate hacks:  03:22 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Riley Testut, founder of AltStore... more

07 May 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller

We’re kicking off our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries today, starting with “touch.” The Verge’s William Poor explores a controller... more

05 May 2024 · 29 minutes
Rabbit, Humane, and the iPad

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss this week's tech and gadget news. Further reading: Rabbit R1 review: an... more

03 May 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Phones are the ultimate AI gadget

Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated AI hardware:  The Verge’s David Pierce and Allison Johnson debate whether the emergence of... more

30 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Anyone want to buy TikTok?

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss President Biden signing the TikTok ban bill, Apple's May 7th... more

25 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
Congress takes on TikTok, privacy, and AI

Today on the flagship podcast of forced app divestiture:  03:07 - The Verge’s David Pierce and Lauren Fiener discuss the latest tech... more

23 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Emulators are taking over the App Store

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss third-party iPhone app stores, game emulators, Google Android and hardware... more

19 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
The internet really is a series of tubes

Today on the flagship podcast of undersea cable management:  04:10 - The Verge’s David Pierce and Josh Dzieza discuss the industry... more

16 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
The good, the bad, and the Humane AI Pin

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Piece, and Alex Cranz discuss David's review of the Humane AI Pin, Taylor Swift's music... more

12 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
The TikTok ban and the iPhone monopoly

The Verge’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz answer questions from The Vergecast Hotline all about the TikTok ban... more

09 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
How much MacBook is enough MacBook?

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Macbook Air M3 review, Jon Stewart's take on AI,... more

05 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
A better keyboard than QWERTY

Today on the flagship podcast of alternate keyboard layouts:  03:36 - The Verge’s David Pierce talks to Jonas Hietala about his... more

02 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Power User: Taylor Lorenz on the TikTok ban

Today we're sharing an episode of a new podcast called Power User, which explores how technology and the internet are... more

29 Mar 2024 · 54 minutes
AI headphones and clicky phone keys

Today on the flagship podcast of canceled-out cricket sounds:  03:29 - David, Andru, and Will react to prototype headphones that use AI... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Apple’s antitrust fight begins

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Lauren Feiner and Nilay Patel discuss the breaking news about the the US Department... more

22 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
DoorDash, Uber Eats... and Tony

Today on the flagship podcast of scaled EV production: 02:50 - Verge producer Will Poor tags along with a former Uber... more

19 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Are we really about to ban TikTok?

The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that... more

15 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
The 2024 Streaming Draft (live from SXSW)

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz choose their picks for The Vergecast Streaming Draft of 2024 in... more

12 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
Hello and goodbye to the MacBook Air

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's upgraded MacBook Air, the EU's Digital Markets Act deadline... more

07 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC

Today on the flagship podcast of region locked phones:  The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Jon Porter report back on all the... more

05 Mar 2024 · 46 minutes
How smart is the smart kitchen, really?

The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has as smart a kitchen as any reasonable person possibly could; she has smart appliances,... more

03 Mar 2024 · 48 minutes
The Apple Car crash

The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce talk through the weird and winding history of Apple's "secret" car project now... more

01 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Tales of a shopping influencer

Today on the flagship podcast of the economic theory of Dave and Busters: 02:50 - The Verge’s Mia Sato shares her experience on... more

27 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
The smart kitchen is a great idea — and a strange reality

Over the next two Sundays on The Vergecast, The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison-Tuohy and David Pierce dig into the dream smart kitchen,... more

25 Feb 2024 · 57 minutes
The AIs are officially out of control

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss ChatGPT and Gemini updates, Walmart acquiring Vizio, Apple's Sports app,... more

23 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
The right to repair – and play games anywhere

Today on the flagship podcast of sneaky gaming strategies: 03:45 - Verge producer Will Poor reports on a right-to-repair bill in... more

20 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
The shine comes off the Vision Pro

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Apple fans starting to return the Vision Pro, Xbox exclusive... more

16 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
Passkeys might really kill passwords

Today on the flagship podcast of video podcasts: 02:52 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with 1Password's Anna Pobletts about good... more

13 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Disney’s big bets on sports, streaming, and Fortnite

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss sports streaming, Apple Vision Pro updates, Bluesky removing its invite... more

09 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
How AI will change phones — and the whole internet

Today on the flagship podcast of anti-glare coatings: 03:58 - Josh Miller, CEO The Browser Company, joins the show to chat... more

06 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Is this peak TikTok?

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Vision Pro review rating, changes to the TikTok... more

02 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
The Apple Vision Pro review

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Nilay's review of the Apple Vision Pro, and then answer... more

30 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Apple (grumpily) opens up the App Store

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple allowing alternative browser engines in the EU, Netflix getting... more

26 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
From the Macintosh to the Vision Pro — and beyond

Today on the flagship podcast of really old computers: 03:54 - Walt Mossberg, former Verge executive editor and longtime Wall Street... more

24 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Vision Pro, Galaxy S24: it’s gadget season again

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Victoria Song, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Vision Pro demo, the Samsung Galaxy... more

19 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
Who will win the 2024 streaming wars?

Today on the flagship podcast of endlessly looping sounds: 02:33 - David Pierce dives into one piece of music that has... more

17 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Rabbit, Ballie, and the other gadgets of CES 2024

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz follow up on all the rest of the gadgets and tech... more

12 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
The TVs, monitors, and laptops at CES 2024

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz are discuss all the things with screens announced at CES 2024. Further... more

10 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
It’s already the year of AI again

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz kick off the new year with a preview of what we're... more

05 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
The USB-C Holiday Spec-tacular

The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz start the final show of 2023 with some chat about the... more

23 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
2023's biggest tech stories

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Apple pulling the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 from... more

22 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
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Today on the flagship podcast of endlessly looping sounds: 02:33 - David Pierce dives into one piece of music that has taken over... more