CES is back! Sony announces a car, everything has Matter, and Lenovo puts screens on top of screens

The Vergecast

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Tech News, News, Technology

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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CES 2023 is in full swing! The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler parse the vapor ware from the cool new tech we hope to see ship this year. Further reading: Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela The BMW i Vision Dee is a future EV sports sedan that can talk back to you Check out BMW’s color-changing concept car in action Mercedes-Benz and ChargePoint are going to install thousands of EV fast chargers in the US The Ring Car Cam is now available to order for $200 Google’s new high-definition maps are arriving first on Volvo and Polestar electric vehicles Google’s new split-screen look for Android Auto is rolling out to everyone LG’s latest Signature OLED TV receives all of its audio and video wirelessly LG wants to reinvent how you think of TV picture modes Sony breaks from tradition and won’t announce new TVs at CES 2023 Samsung takes on Apple and LG with its own 5K display for creative pros Dell’s new 32-inch 6K monitor gives Apple’s ProDisplay XDR some competition Samsung's latest Flex Hybrid is a prototype display LG’s 2023 OLED TVs are brighter (again) and make webOS smarter Samsung’s 2023 TV lineup bets everything on picture upgrades and AI tricks Roku does the obvious thing and announces its own TV line TCL’s 2023 TVs have new branding and are gaming powerhouses Razer made a soundbar that tracks your head to optimize sound AMD’s new Ryzen 7000 mobile processors include a massive 16-core chip AMD promises RTX 3060 desktop graphics performance with new RDNA 3 laptop GPUs Lenovo’s new Yoga Book 9i laptop has a second screen above its screen Lenovo’s new ThinkBook has modular accessories that add LTE, a webcam light, and more Lenovo’s new all-in-one is all screen Lenovo made a Kindle Scribe The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is neat, but what’s with the RGB? Razer's Edge 5G handheld is coming to Verizon this month for $359.99 Delta and T-Mobile are making in-flight Wi-Fi free for all SkyMiles members Qi2: How Apple might finally harness MagSafe by giving it away Philips Hue is getting a $130 app for TVs Samsung’s SmartThings Station is a smart home hub hidden in a wireless charger Kohler shower pods are here to turn your bathroom into a spa Withings wants you to pee on its latest device Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on the VergeCast, get excited at CES 2023. Sony announces a car while everybody else
0:06.3	updates their TVs and Lenovo out of nowhere with the craziest laptop we've ever seen.
0:11.4	All that and so much more coming up right after this.
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0:44.6	Hello and welcome to VergeCast, the flagship podcast of 2023, the whole year.
1:06.5	Every morning when you wake up, think of me, Neil Epitel.
1:10.1	That is our Enchief of the Verge and your friend.
1:12.2	I think we're Alex Kranz, who is here.
1:15.0	Yeah, think of me or Richard.
1:16.6	Think of Fake Neelie?
1:18.3	Is Fake Neelie coming back because I hear that those Twitter accounts are actually
1:21.5	pretty easy to make still.
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