Oculus Go, Movies Anywhere, and Windows Phone died again

Published: Oct. 13, 2017, 3:08 p.m.

We\u2019ve got a bloggy Vergecast today. In between review weeks, a few things popped up in the news that Nilay, Dieter, and Paul needed to talk about. Google is integrating video chat into a phone but still not text; you can now watch all the movies you\u2019ve purchased online in one place; Apple is on a \u201chype cycle\u201d talking about AR; and Windows Phone died again. \n\nBut that\u2019s not all. There\u2019s a whole lot in between that \u2014 like the segment Paul does every week, \u201cYou know Dan, the duck face is no longer cool\u201d \u2014 so listen to it all and you\u2019ll get it all.\xa0\n\n07:28 - Android Messaging rant\n\n18:49 - Hollywood studios join Disney to launch Movies Anywhere digital locker service\n\n26:07 - Google will \u201cpermanently remove\u201d Home Mini feature that led to constant recording\n\n32:21 - Apple hype cycle \n\n38:02 - Oculus announces new $199 self-contained VR headset called Oculus Go \n\n49:59 - Windows Phone is dead\n\n58:17 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cYou know Dan, the duck face is no longer cool\u201d\n\n1:01:50 - Amazon finally makes a waterproof Kindle, after 10 years of Kindles\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices