Snap's Specs look good on nobody

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The new smart glasses from Snap look like an impressive bit of technology, and some of the most advanced glasses we've seen. But Nilay and David start the show by wondering, does that matter if nobody wants to put them on? What would it take to overcome the ear-smashing? After that, they discuss the reasons for (and problems awaiting) Fox's acquisition of Roku, the latest updates from Matter, Facebook's wild AI Mode, and more. Further reading: Snap is finally about to ship AR glasses — and they cost a fortune Snap Unveils Specs Smart Glasses at AWE 2026 From CNBC: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on new AR Specs: New opportunity to bring computing to the world around you Qualcomm’s latest chip hints that more powerful smart glasses could be on the way The Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 now come with Snapdragon X2 chips Commodore’s Callback 8020 is a retro flip phone with modern ideals Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week Fox is buying Roku Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it Netflix was reportedly worried about antitrust scrutiny if it bought Roku instead of Fox. Fox is taking over Roku City How Stephen Colbert’s Replacement Is Helping Tank the Rest of CBS Will Matter finally be able to do what it should have always done? | The Verge Thread Direct looks to solve Matter’s biggest setup headache | The Verge Half a billion people are using Threads every month Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. (Timestamps are approximate.) 00:01:00 Intro 00:02:00 Snap Specs revealed 00:06:00 Snap software advantage 00:08:00 Price comfort reality check 00:10:00 True AR breakthrough 00:15:00 Demos vs daily life 00:21:00 Privacy and moderation risks 00:27:00 Fox buys Roku why 00:29:00 Distribution is power 00:33:00 Roku neutrality ends 00:37:00 Roku Lock-In Debate 00:41:00 Piracy Exit Ramp 00:42:00 Tubi Meets Roku Channel 00:46:00 Go90 Scale Rankings 00:52:00 Distribution Matters CBS 00:57:00 Hype Desk Movies 01:03:00 Knicks Laptop Festival 01:06:00 Brendan Carr Is A Dummy 01:10:00 Radio Ownership Waivers 01:12:00 Threads User Numbers 01:16:00 Meta AI Mode Risks 01:19:00 Matter Joint Fabric 01:28:00 Wrap Up and Plugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.5	that all Snapchat users care deeply about and look forward to adopting on their faces.
1:28.4	I'm your friend David Pierce, Newhouse, Hell's here. Hello. You're home. This is like, I forgot what it looks like when you sit in your actual house making podcasts. Yeah, and like it all works, and they're not staring out a window with a staircase behind me. I'm sad about the staircase. The staircase got a lot of love last week. It did. The staircase was a true hit on the Vergecast.
1:45.7	We've a lot to talk about this week.
1:47.6	Fox is buying robots. sad about the staircase. The staircase got a lot of love last week. It did. The staircase was a true
1:44.2	hit on the Vergecast. We have a lot to talk about this week. Fox is buying Roku, which means we are
1:49.4	for sure going to bring the Go 90 scale back. And we have a lot to talk about. There's some AI news.
1:55.5	Brendan Carr is up to stuff. There's a lot going on. But we have to start with specs. So Snapchat, Evan Spiegel has been talking about making AR glasses for 10 years, I think.
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