Nest Hub Performance and Audio Revolution

Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk with Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert about this week's Apple rumors ahead of WWDC 2021 — from their AR headset to new iPads.

Senior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to discuss social audio platform Clubhouse and the rise of competitors from other companies.

Further reading:

• Real-world evidence shows that the COVID-19 vaccines work
• Biden administration looks to organize ‘vaccine passport’ development
• Apple Maps will show COVID-19 travel guidances so you know what to expect at the airport
• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in adolescents
• Amazon gets FDA authorization for an at-home COVID-19 test kit
• Errors ruin 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
• Apple WWDC 2021 announced as online-only event
• Apple Aiming to Announce Mixed-Reality Headset With In-Person Event in 'Next Several Months'
• Ming-Chi Kuo Says Apple’s AR/VR Headset Will Weigh Less Than 150 Grams
• Apple reportedly plans revamped AirPods for as early as next year
• New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the 12.9-inch model may have a Mini LED screen
• Apple reportedly mulls rugged smartwatch coming as soon as this year
• Casio announces first Wear OS smartwatch in iconic G-Shock lineup
• Google Chrome FLoC: how it replaces cookies and what it means for privacy 
• T-Mobile is betting big on Google’s Android services: RCS, YouTube TV, Pixel, and more
• T-Mobile is already shutting down its live TV service, partners with YouTube TV and Philo
• Google Nest Hub (2nd-Gen) review: sleep on it
• Huawei's Mate X2 foldable adopts Samsung's dual-screen ...
• Xiaomi announces the Mi Mix Fold, its first folding phone
• The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra’s camera bump is no moon; it’s a space station
• Bose Frames Tempo review: the specs to beat
• Spotify is launching its own Clubhouse competitor
• Even LinkedIn is making a Clubhouse clone
• Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
• Slack is getting Instagram-like stories and push-to-talk audio ...
• Instagram launches its own TikTok Duet feature called Reels Remix
• Facebook shorted video creators thousands of dollars in ad revenue
• Samsung created a whole Hulu series that’s sponcon for the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
• Biden plans to connect every American to broadband in new infrastructure package
• NBA on NFT
• We read your phone plan’s fine print so you don’t have to
• The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism

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