The Surprising Alliance: Apple, Microsoft, and iCloud Integration

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the announcements at Meta Connect, the new products from Microsoft's Surface event, and reviews for Google's Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch.

• Meta Connect 2022: all the news on the Quest Pro
• The Meta Quest Pro is a cutting-edge headset looking for an audience 
• Meta figured out legs for its Horizon avatars
• What does Mark Zuckerberg think ‘open’ means?
• Mark Zuckerberg takes a shot at Apple’s closed ecosystem
• FTC files to block Meta from buying VR fitness studio Within
• Google Pixel Watch review: it’s a smarter Fitbit
• Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro review: better and better  
• Smartwatches, not phones, are where the action is at this year
• The biggest announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event 
• Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul
• Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299
• Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9 is the latest major gadget to ditch the headphone jack
• The Surface Laptop 5 arrives with Thunderbolt 4 but no AMD options 
• Surface Pro 9 lets you pick between Intel or Arm 5G and new color options
• Microsoft partners with Meta to bring Teams, Office, Windows, and Xbox to VR
• Apple shows Windows some love with new Music, TV, and iCloud photos integration    
• AI-generated imagery is the new clip art as Microsoft adds DALL-E to its Office suite   
• New York’s weed laws mean marijuana is legal but the stores selling it aren’t yet

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