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Echo Spot, Fire TV 4K, and Pixel 2 event preview

Echo Spot, Fire TV 4K, and Pixel 2 event preview

FromThe Vergecast


Echo Spot, Fire TV 4K, and Pixel 2 event preview

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Sep 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Amazon announced a few more Echo devices this week, and The Vergecast is here to recap it all. Nilay, Dan, Dieter, and Paul discuss Amazon’s strategy with these new products, as well rumors of stuff that will be announced at Google’s event next week.

There’s a whole lot of stuff in between that — like Twitter’s new 280 character limit — so listen to it all and you’ll get it all.

02:22 - Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280

06:08 - The 5 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise hardware event

09:23 - Amazon’s Echo and Echo Plus are hiding a lot of new tech

16:41 - Amazon's Echo Spot is a sneaky way to get a camera into your bedroom

24:31 - Google pulls YouTube off the Amazon Echo Show

41:16 - This week in TV stuff

46:52 - Amazon announces new Fire TV with 4K and HDR for only $70

52:33 - Paul’s weekly segment “Kitsch in the Kloud”

54:14 - Google Pixel 2 event: what to expect
Released:
Sep 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.