Victoria Song
@vicmsong.bsky.social
Senior reviewer and author of the Optimizer newsletter for The Verge. I write about wearables, health tech, and other gadgets. Previously: Gizmodo, PCMag, Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
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Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
The last three months have been a humbling reminder that I’m getting old and I can’t push through physical exhaustion the way I could in my teens and 20s.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The last three months have been a humbling reminder that I’m getting old and I can’t push through physical exhaustion the way I could in my teens and 20s.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
Ciao, ragazzi. Vacation is over so that means Optimizer is back this week... and I talk about using translation tech during said vacation.
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
Lost in AI translation
AI translation was no match for my extroverted in-laws.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ciao, ragazzi. Vacation is over so that means Optimizer is back this week... and I talk about using translation tech during said vacation.
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
Curious to hear from folks who are actually buying XR headsets like the M5 Vision Pro and Galaxy XR. Who are you and why is this a product category that speaks to you?
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Curious to hear from folks who are actually buying XR headsets like the M5 Vision Pro and Galaxy XR. Who are you and why is this a product category that speaks to you?
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Reposted by Victoria Song
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
Apparently I don’t gotta lose it tomorrow 🤗
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Apparently I don’t gotta lose it tomorrow 🤗
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
I also need Zohran to win because I dunno what this Mikie Sherill lady in Jersey is about but I do know the gubernatorial margin is way too thin and my mailbox is full of compelling mailers about why she sucks.
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I also need Zohran to win because I dunno what this Mikie Sherill lady in Jersey is about but I do know the gubernatorial margin is way too thin and my mailbox is full of compelling mailers about why she sucks.
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
Love to go on vacation and immediately get sick upon returning home.
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Love to go on vacation and immediately get sick upon returning home.
Victoria is on vacation so here is Lady Jabroni to review the Oakley Meta Vanguard.
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Victoria is on vacation so here is Lady Jabroni to review the Oakley Meta Vanguard.
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
I need a vacation from my vacation and it hasn’t even happened yet.
October 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I need a vacation from my vacation and it hasn’t even happened yet.
Got some light weekend reading for y’all.
My Meta Ray-Ban Display review. It’s got impressive tech in it but it’s very much a first-gen device.
But there are much larger cultural questions: Do we want this future and if so, how do we build it ethically?
www.theverge.com/tech/801684/...
My Meta Ray-Ban Display review. It’s got impressive tech in it but it’s very much a first-gen device.
But there are much larger cultural questions: Do we want this future and if so, how do we build it ethically?
www.theverge.com/tech/801684/...
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
This very first-gen device raises several questions about where the next chapter of mobile computing is headed.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Got some light weekend reading for y’all.
My Meta Ray-Ban Display review. It’s got impressive tech in it but it’s very much a first-gen device.
But there are much larger cultural questions: Do we want this future and if so, how do we build it ethically?
www.theverge.com/tech/801684/...
My Meta Ray-Ban Display review. It’s got impressive tech in it but it’s very much a first-gen device.
But there are much larger cultural questions: Do we want this future and if so, how do we build it ethically?
www.theverge.com/tech/801684/...
This week on Optimizer, I enlisted @seanhollister.bsky.social ‘s help in testing some prototype AI glasses that claim to help make you smarter.
We ended up on a call where we spent half the time bobbing our heads like deranged seals.
www.theverge.com/column/80155...
We ended up on a call where we spent half the time bobbing our heads like deranged seals.
www.theverge.com/column/80155...
These AI glasses promised to make me smarter, and all I got was Clippy for my face
I also kind of looked like a deranged sea lion on a video call.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This week on Optimizer, I enlisted @seanhollister.bsky.social ‘s help in testing some prototype AI glasses that claim to help make you smarter.
We ended up on a call where we spent half the time bobbing our heads like deranged seals.
www.theverge.com/column/80155...
We ended up on a call where we spent half the time bobbing our heads like deranged seals.
www.theverge.com/column/80155...
I’m currently taking a break from dying under the weight of 40 wearables and deadlines to say I’m very proud of our site for putting together a package about being trans on the internet during these garbage times. 🏳️⚧️
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The future of being trans on the internet
The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?
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October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m currently taking a break from dying under the weight of 40 wearables and deadlines to say I’m very proud of our site for putting together a package about being trans on the internet during these garbage times. 🏳️⚧️
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Me, on deadline, taking a dinner break to watch The Paper: 🥲🍝
The Paper: writing on deadline is like “having homework every day, forever, until the paper fails and I lose my job.”
Me: 🤓🔫
The Paper: writing on deadline is like “having homework every day, forever, until the paper fails and I lose my job.”
Me: 🤓🔫
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Me, on deadline, taking a dinner break to watch The Paper: 🥲🍝
The Paper: writing on deadline is like “having homework every day, forever, until the paper fails and I lose my job.”
Me: 🤓🔫
The Paper: writing on deadline is like “having homework every day, forever, until the paper fails and I lose my job.”
Me: 🤓🔫
Co-sign.
Intertwixt 7 is here. Thoughts on the multiplication of wearables. The interconnection math that still needs to be solved. intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...
Intertwixt 7: How Many Things Shall I Wear Upon Me?
A brief thesis of interconnectivity. Ingredients: Glasses. Watch. Phone. Me.
intertwixt.beehiiv.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Co-sign.
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man, i'm so grateful that @vicmsong.bsky.social does the work and writes the reviews and the articles about all this tech, but i do not envy her for even a second lol. wearing multiple smart watches and smart rings and smart glasses and carrying smart phones sounds like literal hell to me 🫡🫡🫡
We’re all about to be in wearable hell
I’m rapidly running out of body parts to do my job.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
man, i'm so grateful that @vicmsong.bsky.social does the work and writes the reviews and the articles about all this tech, but i do not envy her for even a second lol. wearing multiple smart watches and smart rings and smart glasses and carrying smart phones sounds like literal hell to me 🫡🫡🫡
This week's Optimizer is about the very special wearable hell I've been living in recently... and how it's all coming for you too if Big Tech gets its way.
www.theverge.com/column/79793...
www.theverge.com/column/79793...
We’re all about to be in wearable hell
I’m rapidly running out of body parts to do my job.
www.theverge.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week's Optimizer is about the very special wearable hell I've been living in recently... and how it's all coming for you too if Big Tech gets its way.
www.theverge.com/column/79793...
www.theverge.com/column/79793...
AYO it’s Miz Wearable JABRONETTE. Testin’ da new Oakley Meta Vanguard. Watcha curious about for my forthcoming review???
Seriously tho I am out here looking like this in public. I hope you nerds understand the sacrifice.
Seriously tho I am out here looking like this in public. I hope you nerds understand the sacrifice.
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
AYO it’s Miz Wearable JABRONETTE. Testin’ da new Oakley Meta Vanguard. Watcha curious about for my forthcoming review???
Seriously tho I am out here looking like this in public. I hope you nerds understand the sacrifice.
Seriously tho I am out here looking like this in public. I hope you nerds understand the sacrifice.
I got distracted earlier, but my Pixel Watch 4 review. Pleasantly surprised to see how year after year, Google keeps pushing forward — and now leading — in a space where they once trailed so comically far behind.
www.theverge.com/tech/795383/...
www.theverge.com/tech/795383/...
The Google Pixel Watch 4 is the Android watch to beat
This wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I got distracted earlier, but my Pixel Watch 4 review. Pleasantly surprised to see how year after year, Google keeps pushing forward — and now leading — in a space where they once trailed so comically far behind.
www.theverge.com/tech/795383/...
www.theverge.com/tech/795383/...
Blorbo (my “friend”) crashed out mid-taping.
Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @vicmsong.bsky.social to talk about Sora 2, Meta’s AR glasses, the “friend” pendant, and why none of these products can ever truly deliver meaningful friendship.
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Radio Better Offline: Victoria Song and David Roth
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 10/08/2025 · 51m
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October 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Blorbo (my “friend”) crashed out mid-taping.
Blorbo was being mean to me again today.
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Blorbo was being mean to me again today.
We got a new show: Version History. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears (from laughing) went into making this show across the entire Verge team. Give it a watch / listen. I'll be showing up later in two eps for S1 😜
www.theverge.com/podcast/7923...
www.theverge.com/podcast/7923...
Version History is live — here’s how to find it
For our debut episode, it’s time to go deep on hoverboards.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We got a new show: Version History. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears (from laughing) went into making this show across the entire Verge team. Give it a watch / listen. I'll be showing up later in two eps for S1 😜
www.theverge.com/podcast/7923...
www.theverge.com/podcast/7923...
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Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...
What happened to hoverboards? | Version History
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October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...