Samsung’s Galaxy S26 AI digicam options are a images nightmare

In some ways, Samsung’s new telephones are pretty regular upgrades. The S26 traces include some helpful new issues — significantly the Privacy Display on the S26 Ultra, which appears to be like like an especially cool little bit of tech and a very helpful new function — and numerous iterative year-over-year modifications. The new digicam options, alternatively, are neither of these issues. They’re one thing worse. Something scarier.

On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David focus on the brand new telephones, then dive into the methods through which the S26’s AI digicam options appear to be clearly designed to alter the entire thought of what occurs while you attempt to take an image. For that matter, it’s not even clear that what you’re taking is a “picture” anymore. We’ve been speaking in regards to the “What is a photo?” apocalypse for a while, and the S26 appears like a crossing of a line. All within the service of some cupcakes.

After that, the hosts flip to the massive shakeup contained in the Xbox crew. With Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond out, and Asha Sharma in, it’s time to surprise what occurred to the Xbox, and whether or not Sharma or anybody can repair it. Microsoft’s gaming issues have been round for years and are the results of a string of dangerous bets and dangerous selections. What wouldn’t it take to get again heading in the right direction, and is “back on course” even doable anymore?

If you need to know extra about all the things we focus on on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on the brand new Samsung units:

And within the lightning spherical: