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The Vergecast

2023's laptops and wearables we may (or may not) see

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Verge’s Alex Cranz talks with senior reviewer Monica Chin about the laptops she saw at CES this year and what it means for 2023’s computer trends. Verge reviewer Victoria Song joins the show to discuss the FDA regulations behind health tech, and whether the stuff we saw at CES will ever be available in the United States. Further reading: The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i is the CES 2023 gadget I’m most excited for Lenovo Yoga Book 9i hands-on: the dual-screen future OLED plus E Ink: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Twist is halfway to my dream laptop  Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola hands-on: a ThinkPad’s best friend The new Asus ZenBook Pro 14 leads a line of impressively refreshed OLED laptops  Acer’s new Predator Helios laptops can pack a bright 250Hz Mini LED screen The LG Gram Style might be the prettiest laptop of 2023 With PC sales down, laptop makers turn to services The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is neat, but what's with the RGB? The regulatory maze behind health tech vaporware Withings wants you to pee on its latest device  How do you sell over-the-counter hearing aids when nobody knows who you are? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and you're listening to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of laptops with a ton of

0:08.7

screens.

0:09.8

I'm your friend Alex Kranz and I am currently walking through the streets of New York

0:13.8

to try to tire out my dog after he slept for the last three days on our drive back from

0:18.8

Texas.

0:19.8

Found a whole bunch of cool gadgets in my mom's house, really excited to play with them,

0:24.0

but first I gotta get this dog worn out.

0:25.7

And we gotta do a whole Vergecast episode about CES.

0:29.5

I know I know we've done a ton of episodes about CES so far, but there's just a little bit

0:33.5

more left to do.

0:34.5

So we're gonna be talking to Monica Chin about all the laptops she saw and when we're

0:39.0

gonna actually see them in 2023 and what they mean for laptop trends this year.

0:44.5

And then we're gonna talk to Victoria Song because health technology was a really big

0:47.8

deal at the show this year.

0:49.6

And she's been looking into what the FDA is doing to make sure that when we use all these

0:53.5

new health gadgets, we don't die.

0:56.2

But first I gotta go wear this dog out, I'll see you right after the break.

1:00.5

Okay, and we're back.

1:06.4

So there was a ton of laptops announced at CES.

1:08.9

I know we've talked about a bunch of them on the show already, but I had to talk to Monica

1:13.4

Chin because she was actually there.

1:15.3

She got to play with these laptops and she wrote about almost every single one announced

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