Intro

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Facebook's plan to rebrand the company with a new name, the products announced at Apple's Unleashed event, and what happened at Google's Pixel 6 event.

• On The Verge is happening October 22nd and 23rd, and you’re invited 
• Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
• The 8 biggest announcements from Apple’s Unleashed event
• Apple announces 16-inch MacBook Pro with new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
• Apple announces new 14-inch MacBook Pro with a notch
• Apple’s new MacBook Pro has a notch
• Apple is ready to admit it was wrong about the future of laptops
• Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors take its in-house Arm-based chips to new heights
• The new MacBook Pros have one big question mark: battery life
• PSA: the MacBook Pro 14-inch’s $20 power brick upsell is probably worth it
• Apple brings MagSafe 3 to the new MacBook Pro
• Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro
• macOS Monterey is officially launching on October 25th
• Apple’s HomePod Mini gets three new color options
• Apple announces third-generation AirPods for $179
• Apple quietly added a MagSafe charging case to its AirPods Pro, too
• A piece of cloth to clean your Apple devices will cost you $19
• Apple Music’s new voice-only plan costs $4.99 per month
• The biggest announcements from Google’s Pixel 6 event
• Sundar Pichai and Rick Osterloh think the Pixel 6 is Google’s breakout phone
• Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro have big screens, big ambitions, and small prices
• Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro finally bring new camera hardware in addition to software
• The Pixel 6’s Tensor processor promises to put Google’s machine learning smarts in your pocket
• Snapchat says the Pixel 6 is ‘the fastest phone to make a Snap’
• The Google Store is open again, and Pixel 6 delivery dates are all over the place
• Samsung is adding new watchfaces to the Galaxy Watch 4
• Samsung will now let you design your own Galaxy Z Flip 3

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