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The fanciest game console you can buy

Photos of the PS5 Pro, the Huawei Mate XT, and the AirPods 4, on an Installer illustration.
Image: David Pierce / The Verge

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 52, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I swear I don’t always just share absurdly expensive gadgets, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I’ve been reading about Chappell Roan and college football and the problem with pennies, watching Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist and Jennifer Garner’s delightful AD home tour, taking copious notes on Ben Thompson’s newslettering process, making surprisingly great bread with a random recipe from Reddit, and trying out Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

I also have for you some expensive but excellent new gadgets, a couple of great new tech podcasts, the best pause music…

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