This 7 days on The Verge’s Friday episode of The Vergecast, Wired senior writer and Verge alum Lauren Goode stops by to examine her new podcast Get Wired and stays to communicate tech and gizmos with her Verge colleagues Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn.

On this episode, we are 1 stage nearer to examining Microsoft’s lengthy-awaited Area Duo.

Close to 29 minutes into the present, Dieter reveals he acquired his fingers on Microsoft’s dual screen smartphone, but can only speak on the capabilities of the machine with the screen off — so components only — until the official release of the solution.

Dieter discusses how the product feels in-hand, the sturdiness and high quality of the glass physique, the advantages and shortcomings of the folding style, and other initial impressions of the type aspect.

Although I have centered this report about that distinct section, there was a entire large amount a lot more talked about in this episode — like Amazon’s bizarre new conditioning tracker, an vital update on TikTok’s US programs, and a grab bag of much more experimental smartphone style — so hear via the whole clearly show to hear it all.

If you’re interested in our past discussions about the Area Duo, hear to our discussion with Microsoft’s main item officer Panos Panay on the day he declared the merchandise final yr.

Listed here are this week’s major tales on The Verge: