Spotify's Podcast Power Play

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Monica Chin discuss phones, laptops, and chips announced and reviewed this week.

Senior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to discuss the latest podcast industry news.

Further reading:

• Samsung’s Galaxy S22 phones are the safe bet
• OnePlus Nord CE 2 review: a great Oppo-tunity
• Realme 9 Pro and Pro Plus announced with color-changing new design
• Oppo releases official images of new Find X5 flagship phonet
• Apple reportedly plans to reveal the first iPhone SE with 5G in March
• AMD’s new Ryzen 6000 H-series processors are launching in laptops starting today
• Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review: the price is no longer right
• The Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate: feature-packed, but overpriced
• Cooler Master’s Sneaker X PC case has a lot of sole
• Intel's first discrete Arc desktop GPUs are coming in Q2 2022
• This DIY ultracompact computer has a mechanical keyboard
• Samsung teases new Galaxy Book and more at February 27th event
• Spotify’s COVID problems are bigger than Joe Rogan
• Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms
• Spotify wants to beat YouTube at audio
• Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for Joe Rogan’s podcast
• Hot Pod Summit is back at On Air Fest 2022!
• The LinkBuds are Sony’s strangest earbuds in years — and surprisingly good
• Audio-Technica’s new $200 earbuds promise an impressive 20 hours of battery life
• Garmin’s Epix 2 multisport watch made me a touchscreen convert
• Garmin's Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar makes the case for smaller fitness watches
• iFixit has a Steam Deck teardown — and will officially sell replacement parts from Valve
• Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches
• Google is bringing Chrome OS to PCs and Macs
• Facebook rebrands News Feed after more than 15 years
• Elon Musk tells a judge the SEC’s ‘endless’ investigation is stifling his free speech

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