Every Friday, The edge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast to discuss this week Verge headlines Here’s what The edge‘s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn and Adi Robertson headline the episode this week: Google’s mysterious lack of iOS app updates, the rumors of an Apple-made VR / AR headset, and the gadget heads you may have missed.
This week, users of the iOS versions of Google’s apps were presented with a prompt claiming that the software was “out of date” and suggested updates to the current versions due to security concerns. However, Google hadn’t updated their apps yet and hasn’t for several weeks. The Vergecast team discusses whether this is related to Apple’s new mandatory App Store privacy labels and what leverage Google might try to gain.
It’s also been another week of rumors about Apple products. Last week, the podcast dove into the much-rumored Apple Car and the potential manufacturers who would partner with the tech company to make the vehicle. This week, they’ll update which companies have downplayed those rumors, as well as which other much-rumored product Apple is developing: a VR headset.
There’s a lot more covered in this episode – like a glimpse of what Android 12 can look like, a seven-screen laptop, and a North Dakota bill that can enforce alternative app stores on the iPhone – so listen here or in your favorite podcast player for full discussion.