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The Verge's Victoria Song and Kylie Robison join the show to talk about all of Google's recent AI and XR announcements, and the company's big and Gemini-powered vision for the future of computing. Then Chris Grant, the group publisher for Polygon and The Verge, explains why GTA VI and the Nintendo Switch 2 are so important to the future of gaming — plus a few predictions about how they'll turn out. Finally, The Verge's Helen Havlak answers a hotline question about how she plans her garden in Figma. Which is a real thing she really does.

Further reading:

• The Vergecast at CES – come see us on January 8th!
• Google launched Gemini 2.0, its new AI model for practically everything
• Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’
• I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face
• GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
• Switch 2: all the news and rumors on Nintendo’s next console

Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.

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