New Gmail, Spectacles 2.0, and iPhone SE 2?

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Vergecast, Dieter, Natt, and Paul are still without Nilay but there’s a whole lot to talk about. Google made some changes with Gmail — which is now live, and Snap surprised us this week with their new edition of Spectacles — but what makes them different from the original model? Also, there’s a whole bunch of Amazon news and rumors this week, including an Echo Dot for your child. There’s even a whole lot more in between that — like the segment Paul does every week (say it with me) “I’ve carved this for you out of aluminum” — so listen if you listen to this whole episode of The Vergecast, you’ll be all up to date with the tech news of the week and won’t have to worry about much else the rest of your weekend. 01:20 - Gmail’s biggest redesign is now live 09:49 - Google is finally making a standalone Tasks app 16:38 - Snap’s second-generation Spectacles are more grown up — and more expensive 28:05 - Amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car 32:33 - Amazon’s new Echo Dot Kids Edition comes with a colorful case and parental controls 37:04 - Amazon is reportedly working on its first home robot 40:29 - Amazon teases upcoming Fire TV Cube 43:41 - Paul’s weekly segment “I’ve carved this for you out of aluminum” 45:53 - Dieter essential phone feels 47:47 - There are a ton of sketchy rumors about an upcoming iPhone SE 2 50:44 - The OnePlus 6 is coming on May 16th 52:56 - Spotify launches a redesigned app with on-demand playlists for free users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.6	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Verge Cats, where and I started by saying
0:33.6	greetings mobile accomplishers and note that it is a week three without hair
0:37.8	ptell. Rations are running low. I don't know. I'm not. There's just nobody around
0:43.6	it. Nat, I love you, but you don't talk enough about poets enough. You're talking about the love of the sea.
0:50.3	I'm so sorry. You don't pick fights with ads or cline. It's just not the same.
0:55.8	I'm so sorry. I'll make sure to gain a personality or download one by next week.
1:00.6	Oh my god. Paul, you also heard his voice. He is on a boat. No. We have the flagship podcast.
1:08.6	Every episode starts coherently, smoothly. The rapport is just the best. We really try.
1:15.3	Oh my god. A lot of news actually. I was thinking that it was not a big news week, but there's been
1:19.5	a bunch of stuff going on. I think obviously we have to start with the new Gmail. Yeah.
1:24.9	I know. Nat, you did a video on this. Tell me how much you think. Okay, so overview of the new
1:28.8	Gmail. A couple of weeks ago, we got a leak. We saw that some sort of new Gmail is coming and then,
1:34.0	you know, this week came around and all of a sudden it just showed up, which is surprising for
1:38.2	a lot of people. And I think a lot of people also freaked out and we're like, how do I go to this
1:42.0	Gmail? But if you haven't already, if you haven't just click your settings cog and see if it's there,
1:47.2	if it's there, it's going to tell you that you can try it. But if you have it, it's a lot more
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