Pixel 2 review, KRACK, and Microsoft's Surface Book sequel

The Vergecast

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Tech News, Technology, News

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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The reviews are in and everybody just loves the quality OLED component Google picked for the Pixel 2 XL. Really just can't stop talking about it. And talking? That's what the Vergecast is for. On this episode Nilay, Paul, and Dieter discuss the reviews of Google's new phones, and The Verge's security expert Russell Brandom drops by to explain KRACK and four-way handshakes. It's all the grit and off-axis color shifting of a Pentile display, in podcast form. 03:08 Dieter: Pixel 2 review 10:27 Smartphone screens, display 17:58 Features, camera, speaker 26:12 Russell: Wi-Fi, WPA 2 protocol 39:40 Paul’s Segment 46:45 Dieter: Surface Book 2 52:14 Microsoft fall creator update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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