Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

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December 5, 2025

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  • The hosts celebrated Marques' birthday by unboxing a 'Lubooboo' collectible figure, which sparked a discussion on collectible hype and resale value. 
  • Google is experimenting with replacing article headlines in the Discover feed with four-word AI-generated summaries, raising concerns about misinformation and the commoditization of surface-level knowledge. 
  • Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Z TriFold, detailing its unique triple-folding mechanism, high-end specs (Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, 200MP camera), and a projected high price point around $2,800 to $3,000. 
  • Google is rolling out numerous platform-wide Android features, including expanded Emoji Kitchen combinations, an 'Urgent' call marking feature, and improved safety checks for spam group chats. 
  • New Android 16 QPR 2 features for Pixel devices focus heavily on customization and notification management, such as expressive captions, custom icon shapes, forced dark mode, and granular control over HDR display intensity. 
  • The hosts reviewed their annual listening/viewing data from Spotify Wrapped, YouTube Recaps, and Megaphone Wrapped, noting YouTube's new recap feature is a first-generation product that still lacks deep insights compared to Spotify's offering. 
  • The Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast achieved a peak chart position of number nine and charted in eight countries, with the episode covering the Apple Vision Pro event being 40% more popular than the average episode. 
  • Spotify listener data revealed that the top artists listened to by Waveform listeners include Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and Drake, while top audiobooks included works by John Green and James Clear. 
  • The trivia segment focused on the difference between a sea and an ocean, concluding with the realization that the Caspian Sea is technically the world's largest lake, despite its name. 

Segments

Podcast Sponsorships Read
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  • Key Takeaway: The episode begins with advertisements for Atlassian (Jira) and Odoo.
  • Summary: The hosts read promotional spots for Atlassian’s Jira software and Odoo’s all-in-one business software platform.
HDR Brightness Slider Discussion
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  • Key Takeaway: A new feature allows users to adjust the intensity of HDR content display via a slider.
  • Summary: The hosts discuss a new feature allowing users to adjust HDR brightness, with one host expressing a strong dislike for HDR and preferring maximum brightness for impactful media.
Waveform Podcast Introduction
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  • Key Takeaway: The hosts, Marquez and Andrew, officially welcome listeners to the episode of the Waveform Podcast.
  • Summary: Marquez and Andrew greet the audience. Andrew mentions it is his 32nd birthday, which is the day of recording.
Episode Topic Preview
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  • Key Takeaway: The main topics for the episode include the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, new Android features, and YouTube Rewind.
  • Summary: The hosts outline the agenda: discussing the Galaxy Z TriFold, Android features, YouTube’s recent action (implied to be Rewind), and wrapping up with their Waveform Creators Rap stats.
Birthday Gift: Pop Mart Blind Box
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  • Key Takeaway: As a birthday gift, the hosts surprise Andrew with a Pop Mart blind box, which he unboxes on air.
  • Summary: The hosts present Andrew with a ’lubooboo’ (which turns out to be an ‘Exciting Macaron’ blind box from Pop Mart). They discuss the rarity odds and Andrew opens it to reveal the ‘Toffee’ figure.
Android Circle to Search Limitations
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(00:50:56)
  • Key Takeaway: Facebook is blocking Circle to Search functionality.
  • Summary: The hosts note that some apps, like Facebook, are preventing Circle to Search from working inside them.
Emoji Kitchen Updates
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(00:51:07)
  • Key Takeaway: Emoji Kitchen is receiving new sticker combinations.
  • Summary: The discussion covers new expanded sticker combinations for Emoji Kitchen, with mixed reactions on its usefulness.
New Urgent Call Feature
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  • Key Takeaway: Callers can now mark calls as ‘urgent’ for the receiver.
  • Summary: A new feature allows the caller to mark their call as urgent, displaying a tag for the receiver. They discuss potential misuse and future expansion of ‘call reason’ tags.
Spam Group Chat Safety
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  • Key Takeaway: Google Messages adds safety checks for spam group chats.
  • Summary: A new safety check feature in Google Messages identifies spam group chats and prompts the user to leave and report them immediately.
Chrome Pinned Tabs on Android
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  • Key Takeaway: Android Chrome users gain the ability to pin tabs.
  • Summary: Chrome on Android is getting pinned tabs, allowing users to keep specific tabs constantly at the top of their tab groups.
Expressive Video Captions
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  • Key Takeaway: Captions will now display emotional context like ‘joyfully’.
  • Summary: Captions on videos will now include indicators of the speaker’s energy (e.g., joyfully, sarcastically), which they joke will make sarcasm funnier or more confusing.
Gemini Voice Typing Edits
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  • Key Takeaway: Users can fluidly edit voice-typed messages using Gemini.
  • Summary: The ability to tell Gemini to change specific parts of a message while voice typing is being added, which excites the hosts.
Notification Summaries and Organizer
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(00:57:00)
  • Key Takeaway: Android is implementing thoughtful notification summaries and categorization.
  • Summary: Features include summarizing long messages/group chats and separating notifications into categories like ’news’ and ‘offers’ to silence lower priority ones.
Home Screen Customization Updates
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(00:58:47)
  • Key Takeaway: More icon customization and forced dark mode are coming.
  • Summary: Updates include custom icon shapes, forcing themed icons on all apps, and an option to force dark mode on apps lacking native support.
Split Screen Ratio Adjustment
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(01:01:26)
  • Key Takeaway: Split screen now supports flexible ratios like 90/10.
  • Summary: Expanded split screen options allow users to drag to adjust window size, including a 90/10 split, possibly in preparation for more foldable support.
HDR Content Brightness Slider
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  • Key Takeaway: Users can finally control HDR content intensity.
  • Summary: A slider is being added to adjust how brightly HDR content displays, which one host celebrates as a fix for hating HDR.
New App Shortcut Functionality
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  • Key Takeaway: Long-press menus allow creating home screen shortcuts for deep links.
  • Summary: Users can create shortcuts directly from the long-press menu for specific app functions, like jumping straight into a Duolingo lesson.
Improved Widgets View
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  • Key Takeaway: The widget showcase is now richer, showing moving previews.
  • Summary: A new widget showcase features ‘Featured’ and ‘Browse’ tabs, displaying rich, moving previews of widgets rather than static images.
Quick Share Tap to Connect
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  • Key Takeaway: Quick Share now supports tapping phones together to initiate sharing.
  • Summary: The feature mirrors the iPhone’s tap-to-connect functionality, leading to a discussion about Android adopting iOS features.
Frustration with At a Glance Widget
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  • Key Takeaway: The At a Glance widget is permanent and cannot be removed from the Pixel home screen.
  • Summary: The hosts express extreme frustration that the At a Glance widget occupies permanent home screen real estate and cannot be removed.
Time Zone Change Notification
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  • Key Takeaway: Android will notify users when the device’s time zone updates.
  • Summary: A new optional notification alerts the user when their phone changes time zones, which is useful for travelers setting appointments.
Android OS vs. iOS Apps
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  • Key Takeaway: Android OS is more fun, but iOS has better apps.
  • Summary: The hosts compare their experiences switching between iOS and Android, concluding that Android is more fun as an operating system, despite iOS having superior apps.
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 FCC Approval
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  • Key Takeaway: The Osmo Pocket 4 passed FCC certification despite the looming DJI ban.
  • Summary: The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 passed FCC certification, suggesting an imminent launch, which conflicts with the expected ban timeline.
QPR2 Acronym Trivia
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  • Key Takeaway: The hosts cannot recall what QPR2 stands for.
  • Summary: The hosts quiz each other on the meaning of QPR2, which they discussed earlier, admitting they forgot the definition.
YouTube Recaps Rollout
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(01:20:41)
  • Key Takeaway: YouTube finally released personalized year-end recaps.
  • Summary: YouTube released ‘YouTube Recaps,’ showing viewing statistics, top channels, and genres, which one host notes is a first-gen product but a good start.
Spotify Wrapped Listening Age
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  • Key Takeaway: Spotify’s listening age feature is based on music era and parental listening habits.
  • Summary: Hosts share their Spotify listening ages (ranging from 32 to 73) and discuss how listening to lullabies likely influences the age calculation.
Megaphone Podcast Wrapped Data
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(01:38:29)
  • Key Takeaway: Waveform podcast achieved 2.3 million total plays this year.
  • Summary: The hosts review their Megaphone wrapped data, noting 2.3 million plays, a 9% audience increase, and charting in eight countries.
Podcast Chart Success Revealed
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  • Key Takeaway: The podcast hit number nine on the charts, charting in eight countries.
  • Summary: The hosts react to statistics showing the podcast reached number nine on the charts, having charted for 43 weeks in eight countries.
Most Popular Episode Identified
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  • Key Takeaway: The Vision Pro/Apple Park event episode was the most popular, 40% above average.
  • Summary: The hosts identify their most popular episode, which covered the Vision Pro and the Apple Park event, noting it was significantly more popular than average.
Listener Comments and Spotify Data
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  • Key Takeaway: The episode generated the most comments, but Spotify comments are often missed by the hosts.
  • Summary: They discuss listener comments, the most used emoji (thumbs up), and the difficulty in tracking comments left specifically on Spotify.
Top Listener Countries and Fan Metrics
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  • Key Takeaway: The show reached 158 countries, with the US, UK, India, Canada, and Germany leading the top five.
  • Summary: The hosts review the top countries reached and metrics showing how many fans consider the show their number one, top five, or top ten.
Listener Music and Book Preferences
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  • Key Takeaway: Listeners’ top artists include Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift; top audiobooks include works by John Green and James Clear.
  • Summary: The segment reviews data on the top artists and audiobooks listened to by the podcast’s audience, followed by a list of other popular shows.
Retention and Sharing Achievements
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(01:45:36)
  • Key Takeaway: The show keeps listeners engaged longer and receives more shares than 99% of other shows.
  • Summary: The hosts celebrate high retention rates, noting fans listen longer than 99% of other shows, and that the show is shared frequently.
Trivia: Battery Capacity Comparison
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  • Key Takeaway: Andrew wins the first trivia question comparing the OnePlus 15 battery to the iPhone 12 mini battery.
  • Summary: The hosts engage in a trivia game, calculating the ratio of battery capacity between a OnePlus 15 and an iPhone 12 mini, with Andrew winning the round.
Trivia: QPR2 Android Meaning
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  • Key Takeaway: No one correctly identified QPR2 as Quarterly Platform Release Two; David and Marquez were one word off.
  • Summary: David is asked what QPR2 means for Android updates. Neither his answer nor Marquez’s was exactly correct, resulting in no points awarded.
Ocean vs. Sea Definition Debate
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  • Key Takeaway: A lengthy argument ensues over the precise geographical definitions of ‘sea’ versus ‘ocean,’ referencing the landlocked Caspian Sea.
  • Summary: Following the trivia, the hosts debate the difference between seas and oceans, focusing on whether seas must be connected to the ocean, leading to frustration over vague definitions.