The Vergecast

Samsung foldable software, eye-scanning orbs, and the future of the arcade

Aug 2, 2023

01:30:49

Episode guests

Alex Heath

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

Why Samsung Didn't Send You a Review

2min

Samsung's Goodlock Is a Lot of Fun

2min

How to Use Goodlock on a Samsung Phone

2min

Samsung's Spotify Widget: What Is the Outside Screen Experience?

2min

How to Use Google Maps to Navigate Home

2min

Samsung's Flip Five: The Lock Screen of the Galaxy S6

2min

How to Use the Flip Phone to Increase Productivity

2min

Samsung's Transition From the Different Modes

2min

10.

Samsung's Fold Five: A New Software Upgrade

2min

11.

Samsung's Pixel Fold: The Most Iterative Update to a Phone Ever

2min

12.

Samsung's Fold 5: A PC That You Put in Your Pocket

2min

13.

Samsung's Progress on the Fold 4

3min

14.

The Flip 5 Is a Phone That Will Make You Think

2min

15.

The Future of Arcade Games

2min

16.

How to Get Out of the Women and Dave and Buster's Tickets With the Boy

2min

17.

How to Play Games You Know on Your Phone

4min

18.

The Angry Birds Arcade Game

2min

19.

How to Make Angry Birds Arcade Games More Physical

2min

20.

The Importance of Repeatability in Arcade Games

4min

21.

The Future of Gaming

2min

22.

The Risks of Investing in Crypto

2min

23.

The Future of Cryptocurrency

3min

24.

The Pushback on World Coin

4min

25.

The Importance of Sam Altman in World Coin

2min

26.

The Orbit: A Project About Weird Technology

1min

27.

How to Verify Your Identity on the Cloud With World Coin

3min

28.

The Future of World Coin

2min

29.

The Decentralized Autonomous Organization

2min

30.

The Future of World Coin

3min

31.

The Future of AI

2min

32.

Wearables Without Screens

2min

33.

The Aura Ring: The Best Sleep Tracking Solution

2min

34.

The Problems With Smart Rings

4min

35.

The Death of the Middle Market for Smartwatches

2min

36.

The MACEFIT Is a $50 Fitness Tracker

2min

37.

The Loss of Smart Watches

3min

Today on the flagship podcast of texting on the outside screen:

03:28 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about the software design of Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5.

32:54 - David takes a trip to the Dave & Busters to find out why the games on your phone ended up in your local arcade.

49:48 - Alex Heath joins the show to discuss his experience getting his eye scanned by an orb from Worldcoin, a crypto startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

1:14:45 - Our hotline question of the week about wearables without screens.

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

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