This week's edition of Installer covers the latest tech gadgets, movies, games, and more.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 54, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.
) This week, I’ve been reading about AI slop and sports betting and Jony Ive, clearing my schedule for the new season of The Great British Bake Off, watching Sicario and Pirates of the Caribbean and A Quiet Place: Day One on plane-seat screens like their directors intended, insta-subscribing to Hasan Minhaj’s new YouTube show, and just relentlessly trolling people with Vergecast clips through Pocket Casts’ new feature. I also have for you a couple of new Meta gadgets, the mobile game that will eat up all your free time, a couple of hotly anticipated new movies, the best Spotify feature in forever, and much more. So much going on! Let’s dig in. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you into right now? What should everyone else be reading / watching / playing / trying / building out of clay this week? Tell me everything: [email protected]. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, tell them to subscribe here.) --- The Drop * Meta’s Quest 3S. My biggest issues with the Quest 3 were the price and the passthrough, and this new model appears to have solved both. It’s back in “totally reasonable game console” range, and the passthrough demos looked much sharper than before. They look great, though not as good as… * The limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer. I already own two pairs of Meta’s smart glasses (don’t ask), but I am still lusting over this clear pair. They’re more expensive, and they actually undo some of the good non-gadget vibes of the other models, but they look so good. * Balatro Mobile. This might be the most recommended thing in the history of Installer — I swear, every week someone tells me how much this poker roguelike has taken over their lif
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