The Windows Central Podcast

CES 2017 is over and we're all back home, but before we left Las Vegas, we gathered around the microphone for one of our favorite trade show traditions: the mega cross-site podcast!

It's long, it's rambling, it's occasionally afflicted with electronic noise because somebody's phone was desperately searching for signal (sorry about that), it's jam-packed with discussion of dozens of gadgets — it's the CES 2017 Android Central and Windows Central podcast!

• 0:00:00: CES 2017 and the week that was
• 0:03:00: Amazon Alexa everywhere
• 0:07:50: CES 2017's weirdest things
• 0:11:38: The Huawei Mate 9 also has Alexa
• 0:20:45: Cortana in cars and the platform war
• 0:23:15: BlackBerry Mercury — keyboards by TCL
• 0:34:44: Let's not talk about the Honor 6X
• 0:35:30: Honor Magic is worth talking about
• 0:38:05: Razer's insane three-screened laptop: Project Valerie
• 0:44:40: Project everything with Razer Project Ariana
• 0:51:00: Lenovo ThinkPad X1
• 0:53:00: Dell XPS 13 2-in-1
• 0:56:10: LG Gram: now even lighter
• 0:57:26: Samsung now makes gaming laptops
• 0:58:05: Samsung's Note notes and every lithium ion battery in the room
• 1:01:54: ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom drops the periscope
• 1:06:45: Tango with the ZenFone AR
• 1:12:29: ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe: faster, thinner, still so sexy
• 1:14:20: Samsung makes a Chromebook worth buying
• 1:16:25: Windows Holographic headsets are coming
• 1:17:40: Lenovo's clever hack to bring VR to old games
• 1:22:50: MrMobile arrives
• 1:25:07: Dell's Canvas is a Surface Studio without the PC
• 1:30:50: A 32-inch 8K monitor, because we can
• 1:37:10: Being a Casio fanboy
• 1:41:52: Getting snippy about Spectacles
• 1:44:42: Random CES round 1: Tiny1, the astronomy camera
• 1:46:42: Random CES round 2: GraalPhone, the fanboy's phone
• 1:50:20: Kangaroo's modular laptop is actually a real thing
• 1:51:57: Random CES round 3: Changhong H2, the spectrometer phone
• 1:54:55: Random CES round 4: LeEco Smart Bikes, Android but BikeOS

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• Andrew Martonik
• Cella Lao Rousseau
• Derek Kessler
• Michael Fisher
• Phil Nickinson
• Russell Holly

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk new leaked builds and features, what we expect from Microsoft in 2017, and more!

2017 is finally here! Last year was rough in many ways, but it was an excellent year for Microsoft. With that in mind, we speculate on what Microsoft might have planned for this year in this week's podcast. We also talk about the new leaked build 14997 that has lots of new features and enhancements worth talking about.

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• 2:45: Build 14997
• 12:30: What to expect in 2017
• 38:48: SSD
• 48:51 CES 2017

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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his week on the Windows Central Podcast: Surface Studio is in the house, Dell XPS 13 is reviewed, standalone Cortana speaker and more.

We finally have a Surface Studio in, and we've already done an unboxing and hands on tour of the device. We'll be reviewing it in detail soon, but for now we share our thoughts and opinions on the Studio so far. Also this week, we talk about the Dell XPS 13 2016, a standalone Cortana speaker, no more builds and our gift guides!

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• 2:08: Surface Studio
• 29:30: Dell XPS 13
• 39:00: Cortana speakers
• 48:29 No more builds
• 55:00 Gift guides

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: Full Windows 10, with x86 support, is coming to ARM. We also talk Project EVO and new VR advances with Windows 10

In what might be one of the biggest announcements all year, Microsoft unveiled plans to bring Windows 10 to ARM, with full x86 emulation next year. It'll fun on processors from Snapdragon, making it phone-capable. Microsoft also announced a bunch of new hardware advances for Windows 10 PCs that will benefit Home Hub, and new VR experiences too. This is our WinHEC Special.

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• 1:48: Project EVO
• 6:25: VR on Windows 10
• 8:25: Windows 10 on ARM

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Home Hub, HP Elite x3 Lap Dock, new Insider Preview builds and Pebble going away?

It's been a busy week at Windows Central, if only because we had a scoop on what exactly Home Hub is in Windows 10, along with when we can expect to see it and why the company is looking at building. Also on the podcast, we talk the Elite x3 and why this device probably isn't for you, new Insider Preview builds and how they're not exciting anymore, and we talk the recent Fitbit/Pebble acquisition.

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• 1:50: Home Hub
• 38:56: HP Elite x3 Lap Dock
• 54:13: New Insider Builds
• 58:25: Fitbit acquires Pebble

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We Project NEON, a new design language coming soon to Windows 10, the HP Elite x3 Lap Dock, Win32 emulation on Windows 10 Mobile and more!

The next couple of years will be very interesting for Windows 10 fans, if only because Microsoft is working on a new design language for Redstone 3 and Redstone 4 that aims to fix the current design languages inconsistencies and bring fluid animations and transitions to the interface. There's also Cobalt, a codename for getting Win32 programs emulated on Windows 10 Mobile. All that and more on this week podcast.

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• 1:14: Project NEON
• 18:00: HP Elite x3 Lap Dock
• 30:00: Project Cobalt
• 41:20: HP Spectre x360 and Dell XPS 13

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Surface Book updates, Surface accessories, Vector Watch, and the CUBE WP10 Windows 10 Mobile tablet!

With the Surface Book Performance Base on sale now, a number of new software updates have started rolling out for the device. Not only that, but we've got Surface accessories in the house and can give you our verdict on whether you should buy them! In addition to that, we've also got one of the first Windows 10 Mobile tablets in to review!

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Show Notes

• 2:15: Surface Book updates
• 7:00: Surface Ergonomic Keyboard
• 14:00: Windows 10 Build 14971
• 22:25: Vector Watch Review
• 35:09: Windows 10 Mobile tablet
• 45:48: Razer Blade

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Surface Book Performance Base, Surface accessories, Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10, and Xbox scoops!

With the Surface Book Performance Base on sale now, Daniel Rubino gives his verdict on whether you should buy. He also gives his verdict on whether you should buy the Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10 too, since that's available now also. We've also got Xbox scoops and Surface accessories all on this week Windows Central Podcast!

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Show Notes

• 1:14: Alcatel Idol 4s
• 13:40: Xbox Project Hobalt
• 20:44: Xbox Scorpio Scoops
• 30:20: Surface Book Performance Base

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Microsoft Teams, the Alcatel Idol 4s Pro with Windows 10, and answer the ultimate question; why does Windows 10 Mobile exist?

With the big Surface news out of the way, it's time to focus in on some smaller announcements such as the new Microsoft Teams service, the launch of the Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10, and whether Microsoft is right to keep working on Windows 10 Mobile given its market share being so low.

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Show Notes

• 1:14: Microsoft Teams
• 11:40: Unified Update Platform
• 19:22: Why does Windows 10 Mobile exist?
• 44:00: Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10
• 58:53: Skype Preview SMS Relay

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Microsoft's New York city event, Surface Book i7, Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators Update and a whole lot more.

Microsoft spent last week unveiling a whole batch of new Surface devices, including an all-in-one PC called the Surface Studio, a revised Surface Book i7 with 30% more battery life, a Surface Dial accessory, Surface keyboards and mouse, and a whole lot more. It's all here on this weeks podcast.

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• 2:06: Windows 10 Creators Update
• 9:00: Windows 10 Mobile Features
• 13:35: Paint 3D
• 17:39: Mixed Reality
• 23:00: Surface Book i7
• 37:14: Surface Studio
• 47:33: Where's HomeHub?
• 53:20: Apple Lost It's Mojo
• 56:51: Surface Dial
• 1:09:35: Lenovo Yoga Book
• 1:11:39: HP Elite x3 Firmware

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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