Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone:

The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out if those YouTube videos promising to remove water from your phone with sounds actually work.

Then, David chats with The Verge’s Alex Heath about some AR glasses that are reportedly set to launch from Snap and Meta this fall.

Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about competition in the AI industry.

Further reading:

Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24...

Meta and Snap are about to show off their new AR glasses: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24...

00:00 Intro in new studio
01:29 The water-damaged phone incident
07:45 Understanding how speakers work
13:29 Testing the water removal theory
30:13 Gadget season and upcoming headsets
35:31 Snap's struggle in AR hardware
38:04 Meta's AR glasses Ambitions
50:16 Meta's focus on affordable AR
55:49 AI first mover advantage (Vergecast Hotline)

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