Victoria Song from Ray-Ban shares her experience with the new Meta smart glasses, while Sean Hollister and Kyle Wiens discuss right-to-repair legislation. The podcast covers topics such as design and style of consumer smart glasses, limitations and drawbacks, excitement over augmented reality, and the repairability of gadgets like Valve's Steam Deck. They also discuss the need for interchangeable batteries and speculate on the release of smart glasses from major manufacturers.

Tom Warren discusses the global computer crash, Victoria Song and Adrian Hon share insight on making exercising fun, and the hosts explore the role of handheld gadgets for new parents.

Expert Anna Pobletts discusses good password hygiene, passkeys, and third-party password managers, while Victoria Song talks about the state of wearables and the potential of smart rings. The podcast also touches on Fossil quitting smartwatches and the accuracy of sleep tracking with smartwatches and smart rings.

Today on the flagship podcast of transformers (both the movie and the AI thing): 03:46 - The Verge’s Victoria Song, Chris Welch, Allison Johnson, and David Pierce discuss using the new features and tools in beta versions of Apple’s watchOS 10, tvOS 17, iOS 17, and iPadOS 17. 28:36 - The Verge’s James Vincent joins the show to discuss how we should think about using the popular vocabulary terms in AI like GPT, LLM, transformers, hallucinations, etc. Are we using them the right way? Does it matter how we use them? 54:20 - David is joined by The Verge’s Ash Parrish and Polygon’s Chris Plante to share the video games they are most excited about after a string of announcements from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Summer Game Fest, and others. 1:25:46 - We answer a question from the Vergecast HotlineEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com, or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the flagship podcast of hyper specific wearable sensors: 01:19 - Victoria Song joins Alex Cranz to talk about the latest rumors around Apple’s big progress in blood glucose monitoring.  Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch  Continuous glucose monitor startups still have to prove their worth Apple is looking at opportunities to do great things in health in India: Sumbul Desai 17:14 - Ariel Shapiro talks with Valerie Wirtschafter, a data analyst at the Brookings Institution, about how often podcasts spread political misinformation, and what that means for the medium. Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims Policy recommendations for addressing content moderation in podcasts 43:57 - Alex and Charles Pulliam-Moore chat about the latest episode of The Last of Us and all the Marvel movie fatigue that has cropped up since Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania came out. [Warning: Spoiler alert] HBO’s The Last of Us is pushing all the right buttons by telling new stories HBO’s The Last of Us is wisely skipping to the cutscenes Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review: this is your brain on Kangs Email us at vergecast@theverge.com, or call the Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech enthusiast Victoria Song and spatial computing expert Wes Davis discuss Apple's Vision Pro after five months, covering its features, updates, and future prospects. They touch on eye health, Apple's focus on a cheaper headset, and demos. Developers from Sandwich Vision talk about their 3D VR apps. The podcast explores the device's VR experiences, social interactions, eye hygiene, design considerations, and app development for the Vision Pro.

Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert, reviewers of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, discuss the new features and top takeaways of the phones. Victoria Song shares her review of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. Isaac Mosna and Widgetsmith's David Smith talk about customizing iPhone wallpaper and widgets, including the unexpected success of Widgetsmith and creating customized home screens.

The Verge’s Alex Cranz talks with senior reviewer Monica Chin about the laptops she saw at CES this year and what it means for 2023’s computer trends. Verge reviewer Victoria Song joins the show to discuss the FDA regulations behind health tech, and whether the stuff we saw at CES will ever be available in the United States.Further reading: The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i is the CES 2023 gadget I’m most excited for Lenovo Yoga Book 9i hands-on: the dual-screen future OLED plus E Ink: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Twist is halfway to my dream laptop  Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola hands-on: a ThinkPad’s best friend The new Asus ZenBook Pro 14 leads a line of impressively refreshed OLED laptops  Acer’s new Predator Helios laptops can pack a bright 250Hz Mini LED screen The LG Gram Style might be the prettiest laptop of 2023 With PC sales down, laptop makers turn to services The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is neat, but what's with the RGB? The regulatory maze behind health tech vaporware Withings wants you to pee on its latest device  How do you sell over-the-counter hearing aids when nobody knows who you are? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Verge's David Pierce talks with Allison Johnson about her review of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Victoria Song discusses the updated Pixel Watch 2. Monica Chin explains the new 'Chromebook Plus' certification on higher-end Chromebooks.

Today on the flagship podcast of slightly inaccurate fitness trackers:02:15 - David Pierce and Makena Kelly chat about Ye buying Parler, as well as the other new set of apps and app owners entering the space.  Kanye West is buying ‘free speech platform’ Parler The ugly business logic behind Kanye West’s Parler acquisition 24:44 - Victoria Song and Dan Seifert return to the show for a smartwatch showdown between the Pixel Watch, the Apple Watch Series 8, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Google Pixel Watch review: it’s a smarter Fitbit Apple Watch Series 7 review: time and time again Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 review: if it only had a better battery We could all use a ‘This is Fine’ Focus mode 1:02:07 - Lastly, we return to the Vergecast Hotline to answer your burning tech questions.Fitbit Sense 2 review: it doesn’t make much sense1:14:55 - We explain why we still don't have chapters on The VergecastEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we'd love to hear from you.We are conducting a short audience survey to help plan for our future and hear from you. To participate, head to vox.com/podsurvey, and thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices