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!

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Links:

Verge - Google Project Aura (theverge.com/tech/839392/project-aura-android-…)

Verge - Pebble Index smart ring (theverge.com/gadgets/840352/pebble-index-smart…)

Adweek - Google Gemini Ads (adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026)

Video of Tesla robot (reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/1pfzxt0/tesl…)

MKBHD - Smartphone awards (youtu.be/sfyL4BswUeE)

MKBHD - Xiaomi SU7 review (youtu.be/Mb6H7trzMfI)

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