Reviewing the Pixel 4, the calm before the streaming war, and a Foxconn Wisconsin update

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Stories discussed this week: Foxconn finally admits its empty Wisconsin ‘innovation centers’ aren’t being developed Foxconn’s giant glass dome in Wisconsin is back, baby Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors Google to update Pixel 4 face unlock with eye detection ‘in the coming months` The Pixel 4 is more like an iPhone than any other Android phone Google promises another Pixel 4 software update, this time for the screen’s refresh rate Google’s older Pixels won’t get the Pixel 4’s dual exposure and Live HDR+ features Google’s Pixel 4 was $100 off on Amazon for a second time Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: I wish this looked like a Surface Pro X Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15-inch review: it’s a bigger Surface Laptop Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices Comcast’s ‘free’ streaming box actually requires an additional $13 / month fee Disney CEO says Scorsese and Coppola can ‘bitch about movies’ if they want Verizon is offering a free year of Disney+ to unlimited data and Fios customers There’s a new Banana Phone, and it can play ‘Bananaphone’ Twitch megastar Shroud is joining Ninja on Mixer as an exclusive streamer Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the VergeChast, a little bit of a Fox on update. Google Pixel 4 reviews,
0:03.9	we get into it with Deeter, we talk about the new Microsoft Surface Hardware,
0:07.0	deep in the streaming wars with Julia Alexander. And what is going on with all the talent moving
0:11.3	on the video game streaming services? That's the VergeChast coming up now.
0:15.6	Niela, you didn't listen to me, but that's okay because we're going to tell you what you're
0:22.0	already new for months.
0:52.5	5G means pioneering with medical solutions. The crap is that's supposed to mean.
0:58.7	On some health cloud network. Okay, you didn't leave us alone.
1:07.0	Leave us alone. You didn't leave us alone. Leave us alone.
1:12.6	It was just say I ain't K and 5G. Well, I see how that was hard to believe.
1:22.6	You didn't leave us alone. Leave us alone. You didn't leave us alone. Leave us alone.
1:34.4	Okay, you win. Hello and welcome to VergeChast, the flagship podcast of Racine, Wisconsin.
1:40.8	Oh my God. Hi, I'm your friend, Niela. Deeter Brown is here.
1:43.5	Hi, how's it going? Paul Miller is here. Hello. Julia Alexander is here.
1:47.4	Hey, Julia, you're going to talk to us with streaming wars.
1:49.8	Yeah. But I want to start with that song, maybe by our friend Jackson Hayes.
1:54.6	He's at Jackson H. Visuals on Twitter. He's like a budding YouTuber. You should go follow him,
1:59.5	ring the bells and audio and audio. Double threat. To explain why on earth we started with a
2:05.2	conner over a song about Foxon. You might know that we've been covering Foxon a lot.
2:09.7	Just a lot. They're building factory in my hometown of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.
2:13.5	The factory, Trump called it the eighth wonder of the world. He said, it's about 20 million
2:18.0	square feet. They're going to build huge LCD panels. We're down to one million square feet.
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