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The Vergecast

Echo Spot, Fire TV 4K, and Pixel 2 event preview

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Amazon announced a few more Echo devices this week, and The Vergecast is here to recap it all. Nilay, Dan, Dieter, and Paul discuss Amazon’s strategy with these new products, as well rumors of stuff that will be announced at Google’s event next week. There’s a whole lot of stuff in between that — like Twitter’s new 280 character limit — so listen to it all and you’ll get it all. 02:22 - Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280 06:08 - The 5 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise hardware event 09:23 - Amazon’s Echo and Echo Plus are hiding a lot of new tech 16:41 - Amazon's Echo Spot is a sneaky way to get a camera into your bedroom 24:31 - Google pulls YouTube off the Amazon Echo Show 41:16 - This week in TV stuff 46:52 - Amazon announces new Fire TV with 4K and HDR for only $70 52:33 - Paul’s weekly segment “Kitsch in the Kloud” 54:14 - Google Pixel 2 event: what to expect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9

Hello and welcome to the VRT-CAST, the flagship podcast of the VRT-Media Empire.

0:38.1

And also a part of the Vox Media Podcast Network,

0:42.7

of which I maintain we are the best podcast, although my friend Andrew Gollis,

0:48.8

the general manager of Vox.com, recently slacked me to say that he challenges this assertion.

0:55.5

And to you Andrew, I say, that's what losers would say.

1:03.2

That's what you say when you're in second place, Andrew, now whatever.

1:06.5

Vox Media Podcast Network, it's great, listen to all the podcasts, but then mostly listen to hours.

1:11.1

Again and again and again.

1:12.2

By the way, we have another new podcast coming, Ashley Carmen, Kate Lentiphany,

1:16.9

Wadj push that button.

1:18.8

October, I'm told, it will roll out, which is coming right up.

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I listen to one of the episodes and it is, if I say so myself, fantastic.

1:28.9

Also, I say with a slight French accent.

1:32.0

Would you say it's so choice?

1:35.2

I don't know, Ashley and Kate Lentiphany are really cool, like they're a lot cooler than me,

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