Google's mysterious lack of app updates / Apples rumored VR headset / Microsofts Surface Duo price drops to $999

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 9 a.m.

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss Google's mysterious lack of iOS app updates, the rumors around Apple's potential VR headset, and the rest of this week's gadget headlines.\nFurther reading:\n\nAstraZeneca\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine has been confusing from the start\n\nFDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J COVID-19 vaccine data\n\nPSA: Don\u2019t post your coronavirus vaccination card selfie on social media\n\nWhy the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J\u2019s data\n\nPSA: Please wear layers to your vaccine appointment\n\nGoogle\u2019s own iOS apps were begging for updates that don\u2019t exist, but the company says it was because of a bug\n\nGoogle is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple\u2019s lead\n\niOS 14.5 lets you set Spotify and others as Siri\u2019s default music service\n\nNew North Dakota bill would force Apple to allow alternative app stores and payment systems\n\nAn iOS developer wants Apple to know just how bad App Store scams have become\n\nThis may be our first look at Google\u2019s new Android 12 OS\n\nApple\u2019s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras\n\nApple\u2019s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing AR and VR devices\n\nApple reportedly developing next-gen ultra-thin displays for AR devices with TSMC\n\nHyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors\n\nHyundai is getting serious about building a \u2018walking car\u2019 with four legs\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week\n\nSonos FCC filing hints it\u2019s coming for the UE Boom and other small Bluetooth speakers\n\nThis laptop has seven times the average number of screens\n\nAmazon reportedly building an Alexa \u2018command center\u2019 that mounts to the wall\n\nHow Sony put 40,000 PlayStation symbols under your fingertips\n\nElon Musk\u2019s SpaceX is accepting $99 Starlink deposits amid \u2018deep chasm\u2019 of red ink\n\nTesla\u2019s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations\n\nMiami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million\n\nThe Biden administration is working to help address global semiconductor chip shortage\n\nSection 230 is 25 years old, and it\u2019s never been more important\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices