The Vergecast

iOS14 public beta is released, Google’s Pixel 3A is discontinued, and Samsung's event is coming soon

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert discuss Apple's iOS14 public beta, the future of Google's phones, and what to expect at Samsung's next hardware event.

Stories discussed this week:

  • This isn’t a COVID-19 wave — it’s a tsunami
  • Tracing the link between your phone and the next pandemic
  • Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March
  • After the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay
  • Facebook and Instagram will remind people to wear face masks
  • White YouTube creators struggle to address past use of racist characters
  • Everything that the big social networks banned this week, ranked
  • Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Starbucks, Target, Unilever, Verizon: all the companies pulling ads from Facebook
  • Facebook auditors call out Mark Zuckerberg for ‘vexing and heartbreaking decisions’
  • iOS 14’s public beta is rolling out today
  • iOS and iPadOS 14 public beta preview: something for everybody
  • Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents
  • LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard
  • Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs
  • Intel’s Thunderbolt 4 standard looks to raise the bar for USB-C devices
  • Google’s Pixel 3A is discontinued, but these retailers are still selling it
  • Samsung reportedly won’t include chargers with some phones starting next year
  • Samsung needs a splashy product for its splashy product launch
  • Mysterious new Samsung wearable revealed in FCC filings
  • Logitech is already giving up on its Alexa-powered Harmony remote control
  • Google’s upcoming Nest speaker revealed in regulatory filing
  • BMW is going all-in on in-car microtransactions
  • A weakened version of the EARN IT Act advances out of committee
  • Fading Light: the story of Magic Leap’s lost mixed reality magnum opus
  • I built my own camera with a Raspberry Pi 4

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