Apple’s new phones are here

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Updated AirPods, Meta’s AI agent, revived Sony headphones, and more.

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Updated AirPods, Meta’s AI agent, revived Sony headphones, and more.

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 143, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .)

This week, I’ve been devouring every iPhone Duo video I can find, clicking on the wonderful websites nominated for this year’s Tiny Awards , catching up on the excellent Onimusha: Way of the Sword , reading Wildwood ahead of the upcoming movie , watching the new Taskmaster series, coming to grips with Link’s new look in the Ocarina of Time remake, and fixing the flat tire on my toddler’s stroller. I’m very proud of that last one.

I also have for you new iPhones, Meta’s AI agent, revived Sony headphones, and more. It’s good to be back after a week off.

(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What do you want to know more about? What are your favorite things you’ve watched / seen / listened to / folded recently? Drop a line to [email protected] . And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer , forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here .)

This week, I’m featuring somebody who I have been working with for a long time: Verge news writer Emma Roth . Emma is one of the smartest in the biz on all things streaming, can write something good on just about anything — just recently, she’s tackled topics like AI detectors and Meta child safety settlements and food recalls — and is a great person to team up on stories with . She’s a key part of our newsroom.

I asked her to share her homescreen and the apps and things she cares about. Here it is, plus some info on the apps she uses and why:

The wallpaper: It’s a photo I took at a local inlet! It’s a great pelican-watching spot.

The apps: My homepage might be relatively bare, but it includes the essentials: Google Messages, Microsoft Edge, Samsung Mail, and my Phone, along with shortcuts to the Google Play Store and my Camera.

That sense of organization disappears as soon as I swipe into my app drawer. The first page has the apps I use the most, resulting in a chaotic mishmash of apps like Reddit, Slack, and Sam’s Club.

Maybe showing my messy app drawer to the world is a sign that I should tidy things up a bit. I can’t remember the last time I used any app inside the Samsung folder, or tapped into my Phone from this screen instead of using the shortcut in my dock.

I also asked Emma to share a few things she’s into right now. Here’s what she sent back: