The Apple Release Tier List

About this episode

The episode discusses recent Apple device releases, privacy issues with Ray-Ban Meta, and Google's Play Store tax, among other tech topics.

A lot happened this week! First, the crew falls down a rabbit hole discussing the Subaru UI and volume knobs before jumping right into all of the new Apple devices that were released. Then they talk about the Honor robot phone, Ray-Ban Meta privacy issues, and Google's 30% Play Store tax. They wrap it up by explaining the Bam Adebayo record breaking performance in tech terms. Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Verge - M5 MacBook Pro review Verge - Honor phone hands-on SVD - Meta x Raybans privacy article Verge - Tim Sweeney article The Studio - ⁠MKBHD Knockoff desk video⁠ MKBHD - ⁠MacBook Neo⁠ Music provided by: Epidemic Sound This episode brought to you by: This episode brought to you by: Framer: https://www.framer.com/wave Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/waveform Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marques, Andrew, David, Adam, Ellis

Topics covered

• Apple devices
• technology news
• robot phone
• privacy issues
• Play Store tax
• sports performance

Keywords

• Apple
• Subaru
• Honor
• Ray-Ban
• Meta
• Google
• Play Store
• Bam Adebayo
• technology
• podcast

Sponsors

Framer, Shopify

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Subaru, Apple, Honor, Ray-Ban, Meta, Google, Epidemic Sound

Books & works: M5 MacBook Pro review, Honor phone hands-on, Meta x Raybans privacy article, Tim Sweeney article, MKBHD Knockoff desk video, MacBook Neo

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