EXCLUSIVE: Lots of Drama Around OnePlus

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Marques Brownlee

Hobbies, Leisure, News, Technology, Tech News

4.7 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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This week, the crew sits down to chat about everything from ads in ChatGPT and Threads to some OnePlus drama that just leads to reminiscing about old OnePlus phones. There is also a whole lot of new features coming to YouTube that we couldn't help but discuss. Enjoy! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: TechCrunch - Netflix live voting feature Reddit - Taipei 101 ball OpenAI - Ads in ChatGPT Verge - Sony x TCL Android Headlines - OnePlus article YouTube - State of the Union Music provided by: Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something unexpected has arrived in Happy Meal.
0:03.0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty and friends are teaming up for the Ultimate Collab.
0:08.0	Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure.
0:11.0	Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.
0:16.0	Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst not last.
0:25.7	300 years of expertise in every twining sleep blend.
0:30.0	100 hours of craft in every cup.
0:34.0	Eight natural ingredients in every sip.
0:40.8	One night of winding down in every drop. Your moment of serenity.
0:51.2	Brought to you by twining sleep. Twinings. Alive in every drop. All right. Pod.
1:11.0	I haven't showered since last year. I never washed my sheets. Who did something? He was like, I haven't changed my underwear since last year. It's like, we're three weeks into January. What is up? People of the Internet. Welcome back to another episode of the Wayform podcast. We're your host. I'm Marquez. I'm Andrew. And I'm David. It's really cold in here.
1:14.6	It's chilly. It's cold everywhere, actually. But yeah, we have a lot to talk about. We got
1:19.0	open AI and Nova Launcher both adding ads to their products. We've got to talk about that.
1:25.0	Also, Sony and TCL joining forces to make TVs,
1:29.0	question mark. A bunch of one plus drama that has sort of unfolded on Twitter and we got to
1:34.4	talk about that. And then also the state of the YouTube union as presented by Neil Mohan, CEO,
1:40.9	but analyzed by me. So we'll get to all of that. But first.
1:45.5	Which is the but first this week?
1:47.2	Netflix is introducing live voting.
1:49.7	This is such a small little announcement, but I think it's really cool.
1:54.3	What is it?
1:55.7	It's like, remember the American Idol days where we used to like vote for the winners by text message.
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