Tesla’s big, epic, confusing future | The Vergecast

Today on the flagship podcast of super helpful humanoid helper robots:

The Verge’s David Pierce and Andy Hawkins discuss the latest at Tesla: new products, new initiatives, and a payday for Elon Musk.

Vee Song joins the show to discuss updates to the Apple Watch, a new Samsung Galaxy Watch, and more wearable news.

David and Liam James answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline about weather apps.

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00:00 - Intro and buying bathroom vanities
04:14 - Tesla chat w/Andy Hawkins
06:23 - Elon Musk's pay package
16:14 - Tesla's new vehicles
36:28 - Wearables w/Vee Song
39:03 - The importance of Rest Days
48:42 - Pixel Watch updates and rumors
53:02 - Samsung's new Galaxy Watch FE
55:55 - The Galaxy Ring vs Oura
59:05 - Weather app w/Liam James

[neight]

LOL love the preamble about shopping for vanities

[stairjoke]

"by the end of next year" is Musk’s way of saying: "I don’t know when or if ever."

[stairjoke]

Great to see so many Roadster 2.0 driving around autonomously…

[snoozeblues]

I liked the last bit about weather apps

[saminnippon]

Obligatory Respectful David Pierce Thirst Comment.

[LambertxMc]

Lol if Elon is bored of running a car company, no amount of money will keep his attention. That’s like having a kid to save your marriage. But I guess Tesla needs its ultimate PR system.

[tealion]

RE the intro: That’s why Temu is killing it for basic stuff.

[MarkFonts]

when she said “streaks are toxic because we are not machines” it blew my mind. it is gamification disguised as achievements but actually it is training an addiction to give them guaranteed screentime.

[raiwet]

This podcast should’ve been 15 seconds. Elon is lying to us about everything to keep the stock from crashing.

[Uhaveanicedayty]

David I wish you the best and completely understand have a friend who just did their own and it can get pricey so good luck and definitely watch.Her came out really well but becareful and chose wisely. Good luck.💯✌️

[phildile]

Regarding the opening monologue, IKEA is your answer.

[Poline]

if you care that much about fitness tracking and what your watch tells you then get a proper fitness tracker like a whoop or Garmin. There's a reason almost no serious athletes use it track their fitness.

[concernednewfie]

Ah so vergecast translates to podcast. Why would I watch a static image for over a hour. Might have been something interesting here, but click, I will never know.

[Haiderc]

does this ppl know what happed in tech industry all youtuber talking about surface pro 11 and SB7 and the verge? two hours taking about feature in apple pencil

[hxmlmfo]

the confusing part comes from Elon not being a Lib

[vitorvidal]

Google lens hasn't been killed yet? That's news

[smotch]

I dont think you touched on this enough but what the judge did is actually quite significant, going against a shareholder vote that passed with 75% is quite rare.

[thomasraven]

If your phone or watch controls your actions in any way, you have far too little agency in your life and you need to evaluate much more than your fitness goals. Cheering because your robot overlord allows you a day off is the ultimate in idiocy.

[DevilsRejection]

Just a small request. Please sync up the publishing time for the podcast and the YouTube video. Y'all publish the podcast quite a few hours before throwing up the video. I'd much rather watch the video than listen to the show on my speakers. Thank you.

[SamFigueroa]

There is constant accusation of Tesla hyping their stock price, but I don't see them constantly issuing more stock that would substantiate a reason to hype it.