Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone: The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out if those YouTube videos promising to remove water from your phone with sounds actually work. Then, David chats with The Verge’s Alex Heath about some AR glasses that are reportedly set to launch from Snap and Meta this fall. Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about competition in the AI industry. Further reading: Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24228925/remove-water-phone-youtube-vergecast Meta and Snap are about to show off their new AR glasses: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24224862/meta-snap-ar-glasses-orion-spectacles-zuckerberg-spiegel Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Follow on TikTok: http://bit.ly/42VeCVU The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/vergecast Decoder with Nilay Patel: https://link.chtbl.com/decoder More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://bit.ly/3P4bJgz