Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

The Phone of the Year is...

This week, the crew sits down to talk smartphones. They go over each of the phones that Marques picked and offer a few hot takes along the way. On top of that they also talk about the Android XR show, a new smart ring from Pebble, and the Xiaomi SU7! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Verge - Google Project Aura [https://www.theverge.com/tech/839392/project-aura-android-xr-software-headsets-ai-glasses] Verge - Pebble Index smart ring [https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/840352/pebble-index-smart-ring-launch-price] Adweek - Google Gemini Ads [https://www.adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026/] Video of Tesla robot [https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/1pfzxt0/tesla_optimus/] MKBHD - Smartphone awards [https://youtu.be/sfyL4BswUeE] MKBHD - Xiaomi SU7 review [https://youtu.be/Mb6H7trzMfI] This episode brought to you by: Framer - wwww.framer.com/design (code: wave) Grammarly - wwww.superhuman.com/podcast LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/mkbhd Wealthfront - www.wealthfront.com/wave T-Mobile - www.t-mobile.com Music provided by: Epidemic Sound 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: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is here fr fr on God

We're back with a super long episode this week! First, Marques unboxes a special birthday present before we get into the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold videos that dropped this week. Then it's all about all of the new features that are coming to Android and Pixel phones. After that, we go over YouTube Recap and Spotify Rewind before closing it out with trivia. Enjoy! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Verge - AI clickbait article [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/835839/google-discover-ai-headlines-clickbait-nonsense] SuperSaf - Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold video [https://youtu.be/CfcQDvoFPJQ] Mrwhosetheboss - Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold video [https://youtu.be/qNKKSujit94] Computerphile - The Problem with timezones video [https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY] Google - Android Feature drop [https://blog.google/products/android/new-android-features-december-2025/] Verge - DJI Osmo 4 Pocket launch update [https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/835322/the-dji-osmo-pocket-4-has-cleared-the-fcc-will-we-get-it-before-the-ban] This episode brought to you by: Code Rabbit: www.coderabbit.ai/mkbhd LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/mkbhd Shopify: www.shopify.com/waveform Zapier: www.zapier.com/wave T-Mobile: www.tmobile.com/switch Monarch Money: www.monarch.com (code: wave) Music provided by: Epidemic Sound 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: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

AirDrop Finally Comes to Android

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David talk give a few Black Friday shopping tips before digging right into Android finally getting AirDrop! After that, they spoke about the new Nano Banana image generator from Google, court documents that don't paint Meta in a good light (shocker), and a potential DJI ban! After that, it's all about the hot takes. Enjoy! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Ars Technica - Android AirDrop Wifi Aware [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-adopt-new-wi-fi-standards-and-now-android-can-support-airdrop/] BowenYin @ Reddit - Nano Banana Marques [https://www.reddit.com/r/mkbhd/comments/1p649le/what_i_got_when_nano_banana_generated_an_image_of/] Claude - Opus 4.5 announcement [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5] Reuters - Meta article [https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-buried-causal-evidence-social-media-harm-us-court-filings-allege-2025-11-23/] Time - Meta article [https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/] DJI - Potential ban blog post [https://viewpoints.dji.com/blog/whats-going-on-with-dji-in-the-u.s] PCWorld - RAM is expensive [https://www.pcworld.com/article/2984629/ram-is-so-expensive-that-stores-are-selling-it-at-market-prices.html] This episode brought to you by: T-Mobile: https://www.t-mobile.com/switch Music provided by Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en 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: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Do You Ever Feel Guilty About Bad Reviews?

Tech YouTuber Michael Fisher aka Mr. Mobile takes over Waveform to interview Marques about everything from whether AI creators will take their jobs to why Marques doesn't use foldable phones. Michael Fisher YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMrMobile Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Michael Fisher: https://www.threads.com/@captain2phones TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Steam Machine Takes on PS5 and Xbox

While Marques is out enjoying the Ultimate Frisbee on a beach somewhere, Andrew and David sit down to talk about everything from the new Steam devices to Google Gemini 3. After that, things go off the rails quickly as everyone discusses the pros and cons of local storage vs cloud storage. Enjoy! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Valve - New Steam devices [https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/] Tom's Guide - Rabbit next-gen hardware [https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/rabbits-next-gen-ai-hardware-is-coming-next-year-to-take-on-openai-and-the-ceo-just-teased-what-to-expect] Tom's Guide - Employee payment story [https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/whats-next-for-rabbit-employees-say-they-havent-been-paid-for-months-while-company-teases-new-ai-hardware] Google - Gemini 3 announcement blog [https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/#gemini-3] Google - Antigravity announcement [https://antigravity.google/use-cases] Verge - Cloudflare outage [https://www.theverge.com/news/823562/cloudflare-outage-wake-up-call-websites] Damien Wilde YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@DamienWilde] Dave2D - Steam video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356rZ8IBCps] ShortCircuit - M5 video [https://youtu.be/xwJhhPCweWk?si=mQqFXZPVXtefoy0U] @Privatetalky on Twitter/X - Storage tweet [https://x.com/privatetalky?lang=en] This episode brought to you by: Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/waveform Framer: https://www.framer.com/design (code: wave) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/MKBHD Wealthfront: https://www.wealthfront.com/wave T-Mobile: https://www.t-mobile.com/switch Music provided by Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en 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: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]