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! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:35 Hostile bids and lambo.com 09:50 Android XR Show 17:59 Pebble Index ring 24:36 Ads in Gemini? 34:18 Framer (Sponsored) 35:52 Grammarly (Sponsored) 36:55 Best smartphones of 2025 01:32:18 LinkedIn (Sponsored) 01:33:18 Wealthfront (Sponsored) 01:34:13 T-Mobile (Sponsored) 01:35:22 Xiaomi SU7 01:45:42 Tesla robot falling over 01:47:32 Fairbuds XL 01:52:38 Trivia 01:57:10 Outro 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 Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.