This is an abomination (I love it)

Get 20% off if you buy 2 sets from my sponsor Hears: https://www.hears.com/FRIDAYCHECKOUT

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

►►► This video ◄◄◄

This week the NexPhone launched running Android, Debian Linux and Windows 11, including a Windows Phone layout, Apple is re-building Siri, including potentially using Google servers and a report says OnePlus might be done for.

Episode 286

This video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-this-is-an-abomination-i-love-it

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

►►► News & product links ◄◄◄

Juan Bagnell Some Gadget Guy NexPhone hands-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfY5t6N8YxM
NexPhone website: https://nexphone.com/
Siri AI Pin: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-developing-ai-wearable-pin
Siri Chatbot on Google servers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/ios-27-apple-to-revamp-siri-as-built-in-iphone-mac-chatbot-to-fend-off-openai
OnePlus over: https://www.androidheadlines.com/exclusive-oneplus-collapse

If a line starts with "*" it’s an affilate link. I earn a commission if you buy through it.
*Sony LinkBuds Clip: https://geni.us/Rt6LuKd
Lynx R2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qOUOuqkR3Y
Nintendo talking flower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlPHrDkoukM

Sony TVs sold to TCL: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/your-next-sony-tv-may-actually-be-built-by-tcl/
Samsung Qi2 magnetic charger leak: https://winfuture.de/news,156292.html
Bixby with Perplexity: https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-new-bixby-for-one-ui-8-5-official-coming-to-beta-soon/
Apps boycotting US products in Denmark: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/apps-for-boycotting-american-products-surge-to-the-top-of-the-danish-app-store/
LibreOffice stats: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/21/state-of-the-project-2025/

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

►►► TechAltar links ◄◄◄

https://patreon.com/techaltar

Social media:
https://mas.to/@techaltar
https://threads.net/@techaltar
https://bsky.app/profile/techaltar.bsky.social
https://instagram.com/TechAltar
https://discord.gg/npKQebe

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

►►► Attributions & Time stamps◄◄◄

Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner
Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

Stock assets: Getty Images

0:00 Intro
0:17 NexPhone with 3 OSs
2:31 Siri revamp
3:25 OnePlus Closing?
5:14 Release Monitor
6:17 The Brief

Go to Source