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The Vergecast

Gadget tips for your next upgrade | Vergecast Hotline

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today on the flagship podcast of answering machines:  We answer your questions from The Vergecast Hotline!  01:51 - LDAC and other audio codecs 06:21 - Samsung TV 07:58 - Smartwatches for marathons 16:38 - iPhone upgrades 23:09 - Threads  29:52 - Security cameras 40:46 - Laptops 39:13 - Google Pixel 50:54 - Android phones Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Verge Cast, the flagship podcast of Answering Machines.

0:06.6

I'm your friend David Pierce and I'm on vacation.

0:09.7

As you're listening to this, I'm probably in an Airbnb in the woods of Pennsylvania,

0:15.6

pretending to read all of those books that I bought, but ultimately probably just scrolling

0:19.6

through TikTok, watching videos of outtakes from the office because that's what I end up

0:24.3

doing on most of my vacation.

0:26.0

And honestly, no complaints.

0:27.0

It's not a bad life.

0:28.7

Even in our vacation, though, we still have a great show for you today.

0:32.1

We've been really enjoying getting to answer a question from the Verge Cast Hotline every

0:36.1

week, but the truth is we get so many good voicemails to just do one a week.

0:41.0

So today, we're going to do a whole bunch right in a row.

0:44.0

We're going to answer your questions about iPhones and pixels and threads and Instagram,

0:48.3

Max and Windows, security cameras and lots more.

0:51.5

Turns out, a lot of people have buying questions, so we're going to just tell you some stuff

0:55.4

to buy.

0:56.4

So today's the Hotline number is 866-111, and you can also email all of your questions

1:01.4

to Verge Cast at theverge.com.

1:03.7

Thank you, truly, to everyone who calls and emails.

1:06.2

Hearing from you is my absolute favorite thing, and doing the Hotline is, frankly, my favorite

1:10.8

part of the show.

1:12.0

Lots of Hotline coming up in just a second, but first, I got to go watch more office

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