Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Why Bother with the Pixel 10a?

February 20, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Casual tech banter podcast with hosts riffing on news, rants, trivia games, and "crash outs" on annoying tech glitches.
  • The Key Players:
    • Hosts Marquez, Andrew, and David—tech reviewers with sharp chemistry; Marquez leads rants, Andrew dives into specs, David adds witty skepticism. No guest; pure host-driven hype around gadgets and industry drama.
  • The Vibe: Fun and sarcastic, blending geeky excitement with eye-rolling frustration—educational but packed with laugh-out-loud complaints.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

The episode dives into tech pet peeves, underwhelming phone launches, surveillance backlash, and upcoming events, all laced with games and podcast meta-talk.

  • Topic 1: "Did They Even Test This?" Segment—Hosts launch a new bit roasting obvious tech flaws, like Slack's heart emoji category hiding symbols (no hearts) and metal watch bands yanking arm hair.
  • Topic 2: Pixel 10A Launch—Google's budget phone is nearly identical to the 9A (same chip, cameras, RAM); minor tweaks like 10% brighter screen spark debates on "change for change's sake" vs. software-driven appeal.
  • Topic 3: Ring Surveillance Drama & Upcoming Events—Ring scraps dog-finding feature after backlash; leaked CEO emails reveal zero-crime ambitions. Speculation on Apple’s March event (cheap A-series MacBook?) and Sa

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (02:38) **Did They Even Test This? (New Segment)**
  • 2 (06:55) **Xfinity Internet Outage Update**
  • 3 (09:23) **Ring Doorbell Surveillance Backlash**
  • 4 (13:01) **Pixel Airdrop Expansion**
  • 5 (16:03) **Google Pixel 10a Launch**
  • 6 (25:34) **Trivia Game: Pixel History**
  • 7 (32:02) **Upcoming Events & Apple March Rumors**

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Show Notes

This week, the crew sits down to talk about everything that happened this week. It starts off with an update on the Ring camera situation and then goes right into the release of the Google Pixel 9a...I mean, 10a. After that, Marques, Andrew, and David spend some time speculating on what Apple is going to announce at the next event before going right into a tech version of the game of 2 truths and lie. Enjoy!


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Links:

Verge - Pixel 9 gets AirDrop

MKBHD - Pixel 10a video

Apple - Video podcasts announcement

404 Media - Leaked Ring CEO email


Music provided by:

Epidemic Sound


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Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli

David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel

Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17

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Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast