IFA 2017: LG V30, third-party speakers, and new smartwatches
The Vergecast returns to the New York studio this week. Dieter, Nilay, and Paul run through what was announced so far at IFA 2017, including the LG V30, Sony Xperia XZ1, and lots of smart speakers.
Halfway through the show, Loren Grush makes a pit stop on her way to space to talk about episode 3 of her new video series Space Craft.
04:01 – LG’s V30 loses the gimmicks and gains a beautiful OLED screen
12:41 – Sony’s Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact have refreshed designs and Android Oreo
21:10 – Lenovo made a weird $70 Alexa speaker that only works with its Android tablets
23:26 – Lenovo’s new Yoga 920 laptop has far-field microphones so you can shout at Cortana
24:56 – Google announces three third-party speakers with Assistant, plus LG…
