The Engadget Podcast

Are the iPhone Duo and Apple's Audio Intelligence features thoughtful or thoughtless? Engadget's executive editor Cherlynn Low is joined by guests Julian Chokkattu from Wired and Michael Fisher (aka MrMobile) to talk about the company's most impactful announcements this week.

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We’re back with a recap of Apple’s iPhone Duo launch event! In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa Bell break down their thoughts on Apple’s first foldable, and how the company is building on a form factor that Samsung pioneered. Also, we dive into the curious case of the iPhone 18 Pro, which has a new variable aperture camera, but will likely be overshadowed this year by the Duo.

The iPhone Duo is here! Is Apple’s first foldable worth the wait? - 2:08

The iPhone 18 Pro gets useful new camera features - 14:12

Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 get some minor updates - 17:50

AirPods 5 add better ANC and a cheaper price - 27:03

Watch the Livestream on Youtube: Let's chat about the iPhone Duo and all of Apple's new gadgets!

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It's rare for tech companies to get a second chance at life, but that's the story of the VR exercise platform Supernatural. After Meta announced that it planned to shut down the exercise app, Supernatural revealed that it will be relaunching later this year as an independent company. To figure out what's next for Supernatural, we talked with one of its founding coaches and Head of Fitness, Leanne Pedante.

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On this special episode, Cherlynn is joined by editor-in-chief Aaron Souppouris and Cherlynn Low to break down Samsung's announcements at Unpacked 2026. Mostly we felt like everything costs too much in 2026 and best practices for these hardware launch windows.

Our Thoughts On The New Samsung Foldables - 1:32

Time Is Money! Save Yourself This Hardware Season - 17:56

Our Week With The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 - 20:34

Samsung Galaxy Card & Other Software Announcements - 35:19

Watch the Livestream on Youtube: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: Live Reactions To The New Foldables

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Apple finally launched the public betas for iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate and all of its other new software this week. In this episode, Devindra and Nathan Ingraham dive into their thoughts around Siri AI, as well as the performance improvements in these new releases. Siri AI seems genuinely useful, and potentially less annoying to consumers than Microsoft’s Copilot. Also, we try to figure out what the hell is up with OpenAI’s rumored robotic AI speaker.

iOS 27 and macOS 27 Previews - 2:44

OpenAI’s First Gadget Is Reportedly A “Humanlike” Portable Speaker - 21:22

Apple Calls OpenAI’s Hardware Business “Rotten To The Core” + OpenAI Pushes Back - 29:01

Reviews Around Engadget - 34:36

Engadget Pop Culture Picks - 40:32

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Microsoft made its Xbox layoffs official this week, and they’re absolutely brutal. The company plans to lay off 3,200 employees, or 20 percent of its workforce, over the next year. 1,600 were immediately let go this week. To help us understand Xbox's strategy (if there’s any), we chatted with Mike Futter, co-host of the Virtual Economy Podcast and Director of Ops and Publishing at Causeway Studios. Once again, we chart Xbox’s sad decline to the inauspicious debut of the Xbox One in 2013.

Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs get real and several studios are spun off – 0:59

Mike Futter’s prediction for the future of game dev: AAA and everyone else – 35:34

Behold, iRobot’s first new product post-bankruptcy: a vacuum operated by humans – 42:39

Jess Conditt’s Steam Machine review: Very expensive and underpowered…but at least it’s quiet! – 44:47

Pop culture picks – 46:06

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Valve’s Steam Machine is finally here! But while it lives up to much of the hype, its high price makes us wonder who it’s really for. In this episode, Senior Writer Jessica Conditt joins to talk about her experience with the Steam Machine and how it compares to consoles (which have also gotten very expensive). Also, we discuss Sony’s bombshell announcement about killing physical PlayStation discs in 2028 and Xbox’s confusing array of layoffs.

Topics

• The base price for the Steam Machine is $1,049, who’s interested at that amount? – 1:09
• Sony is giving up on physical discs come 2028 – 23:08 
• Xbox layoffs could cut Arkane, Double Fine, and other marquee studios – 32:02
• A slow drip of news on Apple’s touchscreen laptop, the MacBook Ultra, is leaking – 45:24
• Cherlynn Low’s hands-on with the new Meta Glasses – 47:07 
• Pop culture picks – 52:09

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With SpaceX planning to go public on June 12th, we brought on Slate’s Nitish Pahwa to dive into what it all means. How can an unprofitable company justify an IPO, and what does it plan to do with all that money? And how can we square the tech and finance world’s excitement over this IPO when Elon Musk spent this week inciting the Belfast race riots?

SpaceX may have the largest IPO ever, how will it change the tech investment landscape? – 1:13

A few stray thoughts on WWDC 2026 – 38:33 

Meta silently adds, then deletes facial recognition code from its smart glasses – 44:08

Anthropic’s Fable AI brings Mythos’ coding power to consumers – 45:47 

Around Engadget: Rivian R2 first drive and a review of the Logitech Mobi Fold – 51:50

Pop culture picks – 52:20

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Executive editor Cherlynn Low is joined by Yahoo Finance tech editor Daniel Howley, Wirecutter senior staff writer Brenda Stolyar and Judner Aura (also known as uravgconsumer) on this special episode of the Engadget Podcast. The four talk about what really mattered at WWDC 2026, the delayed gratification of Siri AI as well as what it all means for Tim Cook's legacy.

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In this bonus episode, Devindra and Nathan Ingraham recap all of the major announcements from Apple's WWDC keynote. Siri AI was the star of the show, of course, and we chat about how it differs from all of the other AI tools out there. Also, we dive into Apple's progress around child safety, as well as speed improvements coming to all of its platforms.

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