Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David look back on some of their favorite moments on Waveform. What is a hot take they wish they could take back? What are some tech predictions they have for 2024? They answer all of those questions and a bunch more! Happy New Year everyone! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David were hoping for a nice, easy week of news. But they were wrong! A lot is happening, including Apple not being allowed to sell certain Apple Watches anymore, Google paying $700 million after being sued by all 50 states, Threads joining the Fediverse, and a ton of EV news as well! Plus, they talk about the 2023 smartphone awards video that just dropped over on the main MKBHD YouTube channel! Links to stories: Apple stops selling Apple Watches: https://bit.ly/4auPtVU History of Apple Watch lawsuit: https://bit.ly/3THh4NA Google to Pay $700 Million: https://bit.ly/474g5ud 30% of Google's Profits stat: https://bit.ly/3Rsw8fs User choice Billing: https://bit.ly/3GSgHs1 Threads & ActivityPub: https://bit.ly/3GR83Ke Flipboard Federates: https://bit.ly/4aJyL5B Tesla Inductive Charging: https://bit.ly/3NEKc4l MKBHD Smartphone Awards: https://bit.ly/3TA4Vdh New EV Companies Sign On to NACS: https://bit.ly/3TA4u2D NACS Certification: https://bit.ly/3RBde6l Mercedes Self-Driving Blue

Andrew is back! This week, Marques, Andrew, and David bring back the chaos and discuss the Google Gemini video being heavily edited, Beeper Mini being taken down by Apple, a new update to the Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses that makes them multimodal, and the surprising outcome to the Google Vs Epic court case. There's a lot to get into! Then Andrew chimes in on a few stories that he's missed before we close it out with trivia. Enjoy! Links: Beeper Mini Update: https://www.beeper.com/update Google's AI Demo: https://bit.ly/4aj9VsV Google's AI Storyteller: https://bit.ly/41uQx8o Epic v. Google: https://bit.ly/3Rm4Nvy Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok

We have another special episode! Today, Rollie from Climate Town joins us to discuss clean energy and the climate crisis. Specifically, he helps us understand some of the promises that big tech companies companies like Apple and Google have been making when it comes to the climate. Like what is a carbon credit? And what the heck is a Duck curve? We hope you learn as much as we did in this fun chat! Climate Town Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/climatetown The Climate Denier's Playbook: https://www.youtube.com/@DeniersPlaybook Links: Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-unveils-its-first-carbon-neutral-products/ Google: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/cleanenergy/ MKBHD Tesla Solar Roof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJeSWbR6W04 Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli Davi

A lot happened this week! Google dropped Gemini (its latest AI model) and a few new Pixel features as well. Marques and David discuss it all along with a few EV stories and the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia! Enjoy! Links: Google Messages features: https://bit.ly/3TbatuP Beeper Mini: https://www.beeper.com/ Google Gemini: https://bit.ly/486JZyN Pixel Feature Drop: https://bit.ly/46PxAOw Toyota EV's: https://bit.ly/3NhMI0c 30 New Honda EV's: https://bit.ly/3RbKwbR Shop products mentioned: Google Pixel 8 Pro: https://geni.us/T7hygNh Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: h

This week, Marques and David and joined at the big table by Ellis for a discussion about the Cybertruck! They recount their experiences driving the truck and talk about every quirk and feature they can think of. Besides that, they also talk about Dbrand suing Casetify and go over the Spotify Wrapped for the pod. Of course, we wrap it up with trivia! Enjoy. Links: JerryRigEverything video: https://bit.ly/DbrandvCasetify Google Geothermal Project: https://bit.ly/googlegeothermal Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox M

This week, Marques and David discuss the big news of the week including Apple agreeing to add RCS to its Messages app. After that David walks us through everything that happened with OpenAI before Marques talks about what it was like to go to his first F1 race. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia! Hope you enjoy. P.S - Shoutout to 9to5Mac for breaking the RCS story and the Verge for their amazing coverage and reporting on the OpenAI situation. We've linked them down below! Links: Apple Adds RCS: https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/ OpenAI stories: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23965982/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fired https://www.theverge.com/23966325/openai-sam-altman-fired-turmoil-chatgpt Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://ww

This week, Marques and David jump right into a bunch of news from the last week or two starting with their thoughts on the Humane AI pin. After that, they discuss iMessage coming to the Nothing Phone 2 (kind of) and a bunch of gadget news ranging from the new Steam Deck OLED to some EV announcements. We wrap up the podcast with answers to our Andrew-centric trivia questions. Speaking of which, Andrew is a dad now! Note: The news of RCS coming to iMessage got announced after we finished recording so make sure to check in next week for a full deep dive and discussion on that. Links: Humane AI Pin Google Pays Apple iMessage on Nothing Phone 2 Dave2D Steam Deck OLED video Lucid news Xiaomi Car Polestar 4 news Nasa & Chill Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel A

Today we've got another special episode! Don't worry, there will be another regular episode on Friday. In today's episode David tries to find out what happened to Android ROMming? There was a time when flashing the latest nightly on your phone had an entire community built around it, but those days disappeared.. rather suddenly. What happened? We investigate. Special thanks to: Mishaal Rahman: https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman Rich Miner: https://twitter.com/richminer Stefanie Kondik: https://twitter.com/cyanogen Lineage OS team: https://lineageos.org/ Links: Rich Miner History of Android: https://bit.ly/richminerhistoryofandroid ZTE article: https://bit.ly/ztetradeban Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Elli

This week, David is taking a well-earned vacation so Marques and Andrew talk about a bunch of the latest news from the week! They start it off with Marques giving his final thoughts on the new MacBook Pro since he wasn't here last week before getting into some EV talk. After that, they talk about some new Pixel Watch 3 rumors and Spotify adding audiobooks to premium subscribers before wrapping it all up with some David-themed trivia. Hope you enjoy! Links: MacBook Pro review: https://bit.ly/mkbhdmacbookproreview Decoder episode: https://bit.ly/decoderObama David Studio Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/zjTxDrRNowg?si=VQNi7YA1qxrh7L_2 Breaking Records in Reverse: https://bit.ly/reverserecord Ram 1500: https://bit.ly/ram1500EV Spotify Audiobooks: https://bit.ly/4675NJk Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli

With Marques out this week, Andrew and David sit down to talk about everything from ChatGPT being added to Boston Dynamics robots to the new (and kind of confusing) Apple M3 laptop lineup! This episode a shorter one, but still a fun one. Hope you enjoy! Links: Boston Dynamics Spot video: https://bit.ly/bostondynamicsgpt New Honor 6: https://bit.ly/honorphone Meta vs EU: https://bit.ly/metavseu M1 Tweet Storm: https://bit.ly/M1TweetStorm Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about yo

This week turned out to be a pretty interesting one. Not only are there are lot of EV concept cars to talk about, but there is also another Apple event scheduled for Monday, October 30th. Marques, Andrew, and David talk about what they expect to see before getting into a bunch of Qualcomm chipset news and some right to repair updates. Lastly, we discuss AI features that are coming to YouTube (and Spotify) before wrapping it all up with some trivia. Enjoy! Links: Nissan Concept: https://bit.ly/nissanhyperforce Lenovo Bending Phone: https://bit.ly/bendyboi Snapdragon Gen 8: https://bit.ly/snapgen8 Snapdrop Wifi Earbuds: https://bit.ly/qualcomms7 YouTube Music AI: https://bit.ly/ytmusicai Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parm

This week, we have a special episode for you! There has been so much talk about AI over the last year or two, but not a lot of explanations. What is AI? What is the difference between AI and Machine Learning? How do they work? David sat down with Danu Mbanga, Director of Generative AI Solutions at Google, to get to the bottom of it all. This talk switches between a general overview of AI and an in-depth discussion about the meaning of intelligence. Danu has years of experience in this field so we hope you learn as much as we did! Enjoy. Links: Attention Is All You Need Paper: https://bit.ly/attentionisallyouneed IBM k-nearest neighbors: https://ibm.co/3S6hdtm Follow Danu Mbanga: Threads: https://www.threads.net/@devchiral X: https://twitter.com/dmbanga Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/X: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https:/

There was a lot that happened this week! Not only did the Tesla Cybertruck event get announced, but there was also a new Analogue N64 that was teased, a new USB-C Apple Pencil, and a slew of new YouTube features announced. Then Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the new OnePlus Open and the Meta Ray-Ban glasses. Of course, we wrap it all up with some tech trivia. Enjoy! Links: Cybertruck Event: https://bit.ly/eloncybertruckannouncement Analogue Teaser: https://bit.ly/analogueteaser MKBHD OnePlus Open review: https://bit.ly/mkbhdoneplusopen Mr. Mobile OnePlus Open: https://bit.ly/MrMobileOnePlus MKBHD Mixed Reality: https://bit.ly/mkbhdsmartglasses Shop products mentined: OnePlus Open https://geni.us/u9D0r Meta Quest 3 https://geni.us/pmTvc Ray-Ban Meta Glasses https://geni.us/fA1Q Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@an

The Pixel 8 reviews are here! this week, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the Pixel 8 smartphones in detail along with a few interesting topics from X (Twitter). Then they talk about the new Meta Quest 3 before going over some of the AI tools that Adobe launched at its latest Max event. Then we round out the episode with some trivia. Enjoy! Shop products mentioned: Google Pixel 8 - https://geni.us/2LGS325 Google Pixel 8 Pro - https://geni.us/emmE Links: MKBHD Can You Trust Google: https://bit.ly/trustgooglemkbhd MKBHD Pixel 8 Review: https://bit.ly/pixel8review Android Police Article: https://bit.ly/APHDRarticle Snazzy Labs Quest 3 Tweet: https://bit.ly/snazzylabsquest Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https:https://www.threads.net/@parmesanp

Techtober starts off with a bang! This week, Google had an event where it (officially) announced all of its products! Marques, Andrew, and David start it off with the Pixel Buds Pro update and the new Pixel Watch 2 before going deep on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. They talk about everything from the new camera system to the scary good AI features that Google is putting in its smartphones. Of course, we wrap it all up with some Google-themed trivia. There's a lot to get into. Enjoy! Shop products mentioned: Google Pixel 8 - https://geni.us/2LGS325 Google Pixel 8 Pro - https://geni.us/emmE Google Pixel Watch 2 - https://geni.us/OCxd Links: MKBHD Pixel 8 Impressions: https://bit.ly/pixel8impressions Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https:https://www

This week was a long one! Not only did Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the killing of Google Podcasts (shocker), Spotify using AI to translate podcasts, and iPhone 15 overheating issues, but they also go over everything from last weeks Microsoft event and the Meta event. Techtember is ending with a bang and the busy season rolls right through into Techtober with no break! The gadgets just keeping coming. Hope you enjoy! Links: Google kills Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/ripgooglepodcasts iPhone 15 Review: https://bit.ly/iphone15reviewmkbhd Spotify AI Translations: https://bit.ly/spotifyAIpodcasts 9to5Google Pixel Leak: https://bit.ly/pixel8leakagain iPhoneDo Overheating Video: https://bit.ly/iphonedoiphone15 JerryRigEverything iPhone15 Pro Max video: https://bit.ly/Jerryrigeverythingiphone15promax AppleTrack Drop Test: https://bit.ly/iphone15droptest Microsoft Event Coverage: https://bit.ly/microsofteventroundup Shop products mentioned:  Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max https://geni.us/7LuO6 Apple iPhone 15 Pro

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David had their hands full because a lot happened this week! First, Marques and David give some early iPhone 15 Pro impressions while they work on the full review before talking about an old Eve V tablet scandal and a new version of Dall-E. Then they talk about a fun Microsoft Paint update and the Amazon event that just happened. Finally, we wrap it all up with a huge Xbox leak that happened. It's a fun one! Enjoy. Links: iPhone repair pricing: https://bit.ly/9to5macbackglass Verge story about Dough: https://bit.ly/vergedough Microsoft Paint update: https://bit.ly/mspaintaddslayers Microsoft Xbox leak: https://bit.ly/microsoftleak Shop products mentioned:  Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max https://geni.us/7LuO6 Apple iPhone 15 Pro https://geni.us/qihGc Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_ma

The iPhone FINALLY has USB-C, but that wasn't the only new thing Apple announced this week. Marques, Andrew, and David are back at Apple Podcasts Studio to discuss everything announced at the latest event. They talk about both new Apple Watches, the weird five minute skit about sustainability, iPhones, and more! Then we go over our predictions from last week before wrapping it all up with trivia. It's a fun one this week! Hope you enjoy. Shop products mentioned:  Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max https://geni.us/7LuO6 Apple iPhone 15 Pro https://geni.us/qihGc Apple iPhone 15 Plus https://geni.us/cJRuq Apple iPhone 15 https://geni.us/WcUKlt Apple Watch 9 https://geni.us/8KDr Apple Watch Ultra 2 https://geni.us/s4gvn Apple AirPods Pro Gen 2 MagSafe Case USB-C https://geni.us/sxFnBcM Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_mangan

Next week is the Apple event! So of course we spend a good portion of this episode going over what we expect to see (and also what we hope to see). Marques, Andrew, and David also talk about Shorts in the Play Store, a possible Polestar phone, a Cybertruck spoon from McDonalds, and Google killing Pixel Pass weeks before the new Pixel phone is going to drop. There's a lot to get into this week! Links: Google Play Shorts: https://bit.ly/ShortsPlayStore Polestar Smartphone: https://bit.ly/PolestarPhone Sawyer Merritt Twitter: https://bit.ly/SawyerTwitter Pixel Pass FAQ: https://bit.ly/pixelpassFAQ WVFRM Trivia Website: https://bit.ly/wvfrmtriviasite Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https:https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.