The Engadget Podcast

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The Engadget Podcast

A weekly news show where your favorite Engadget editors tear themselves away from their crippling technology addiction, to discuss our collective crippling technology addiction.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    The new iPad Mini is boring and that’s okay!

    The Engadget Podcast

    49 min

  2. OCT 17

    The Color Kindle Cometh

    The Engadget Podcast

    1h 12m
  3. Hunting data center vampires with Paris Marx

    OCT 10

    Hunting data center vampires with Paris Marx

    This week, we’re joined by tech critic Paris Marx to discuss Data Vampires, his latest Tech Won’t Save us podcast series.  We discuss how data centers suck up vast amounts of power, water and other resources, and why the AI boom is exacerbating those issues. Also, Devindra and Ben dive into a few news stories, including the DOJ inching closer towards a Google antitrust breakup; Nintendo's adorable motion sensing alarm clock, Alarmo; and why Google's Deepmind AI head won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. Interview with Tech Won’t Save Us host Paris Marx on his new series, Data Vampires – 2:09 U.S. regulators continue to float the possibility of breaking Google up in antitrust ruling – 25:54 Nintendo announces new hardware…Alarmo, a motion sensing alarm clock – 39:33 Apple Intelligence likely arrives October 28 – 42:27 343 Industries rebrands as Halo Studios and shows off Unreal Engine 5 demo – 44:46 Pop culture picks – 50:36

    56 min
  4. Microsoft’s Windows 11 2024 update is all about Copilot AI

    OCT 3

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 2024 update is all about Copilot AI

    This week, Microsoft started rolling out the Windows 11 2024 update, but it quickly became clear that the company was far more eager to unveil new features for its Copilot AI and Copilot+ AI PCs. In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about Microsoft's current AI priorities, and what it means for people with older PCs. Also, we discuss the death of HoloLens and Microsoft giving up on AR as Meta, Apple and even Snap build for an augmented reality future. The new Windows 11 update goes all in on Copilot integration – 1:25 Amazon announces Fire HD 8 tablet line along with a few (pretty boring) AI features – 28:28 Tech debt led to Sonos’ disastrous app relaunch, will they be able to win users back? – 37:48 Google is making Gmail summaries more useful and adding a “happening soon” tab to your inbox – 41:11 Harvard students hack together facial recognition for Meta’s smart glasses that instantly doxes strangers – 44:00 Reddit introduces a policy change that will make site wide protests harder – 46:58 Around Engadget: Dan Cooper’s reMarkable Paper Pro review – 51:31 Working on – 55:53 Pop culture picks – 57:08

    1h 5m
  5. PS5 Pro hands-on + Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses

    SEP 26

    PS5 Pro hands-on + Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses

    We've finally had a chance to try the PlayStation 5 Pro and Engadget's Jessica Conditt has come away impressed. In this episode, Devindra and Jess chat about what the PS5 Pro does well, and discuss who a $700 console is actually meant for. Also, coming off of Meta Connect 2024, Karissa Bell joins to chat about her time with the Quest 3S, as well as her thoughts about Meta's Orion AR headset and AI plans. Jessica Conditt’s PS5 Pro hands on: 60fps makes so much difference – 0:42 Karissa Bell’s dispatch from Meta Connect 2024 – 27:04 Meta Quest 3S: an impressive and affordable step forward in consumer VR – 28:55 Orion AR glasses are a big swing, just don’t expect to buy them any time soon – 32:50 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses – 38:28 Pop culture picks – 58:24

    1h 5m
  6. Reviewing the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch Series 10

    SEP 19

    Reviewing the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch Series 10

    Our reviews of the iPhone 16 Pro and Apple Watch Series 10 are up, thanks to one very tired Cherlynn Low. In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn discuss her final thoughts on Apple's new hardware, including why the iPhone 16 Pro’s photo processing is particularly interesting. In other news, we also chat about Snap's fifth-generation AR Spectacles, as well as HTC Vive's new Focus Vision headset. iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max reviews: great cameras, but incomplete without Apple Intelligence – 0:59 Israel linked to coordinated pager and walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon – 42:29 Snap’s 5th generation glasses with AR look chunky in a bad way – 48:17 HTC’s Vive Focus Vision: an intriguing VR headset at a price between the Quest 3 and Vision Pro – 51:35 Lionsgate films made a deal with the AI devil – 52:40 Pop culture picks – 55:48

    1h 4m
  7. iPhone 16, AirPods 4 and Apple Watch Series 10 impressions

    SEP 12

    iPhone 16, AirPods 4 and Apple Watch Series 10 impressions

    The iPhone 16 event is over, and now we've got plenty of thoughts to share after playing with all of Apple's new hardware. In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about the entire iPhone 16 and Pro lineup, and Senior Reporter Billy Steele joins to chat about his experience with the AirPods 4 and Apple Watch Series 10. It turns out, the Apple Watch stole the show from the iPhone. Post-Apple event thoughts on AirPods, Apple Watch Series 10, and, iPhone 16 with Cherlynn Low and Billy Steele – 0:47 Huawei releases a $2,800 tri-fold phone that won’t be coming to the US – 58:30 Taylor Swift endorses Harris for President, says AI material promoting Trump pushed her to make a statement – 59:24 No, Kamala Harris wasn’t wearing vaporware audio earrings at Tuesday’s debate – 1:01:00 Sony releases PS5 Pro Price, it’s $700! – 1:02:21 Meta admits to scraping all Australian user data for AI training – 1:04:12 Polaris Dawn astronauts perform first commercial spacewalk – 1:07:10 Around Engadget – 1:07:54 Pop culture picks – 1:09:33

    1h 12m
  8. Thoughts on Apple's iPhone 16 launch

    SEP 9

    Thoughts on Apple's iPhone 16 launch

    In this bonus episode, Devindra and Engadget Contributing Reporter Kris Holt break down everything new (and not so new) in the iPhone 16 lineup. Is Apple Intelligence alone enough to entice iPhone owners to upgrade? Does anyone actually need the camera button? And why are we so intrigued by the Apple Watch Series 10 (which is undoubtedly the most interesting product Apple launched today).

    32 min
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A weekly news show where your favorite Engadget editors tear themselves away from their crippling technology addiction, to discuss our collective crippling technology addiction.

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  • Creator
    Engadget
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2024
  • Episodes
    302
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