Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 144, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .)

This week, I flew out to Los Angeles to try on and write about Snap's Specs . Along the way, I've been marveling at how Apple put the iPhone 18 Pro's Face ID sensor under the display , reading about new Xbox boss Asha Sharma , getting excited for bakes in the new Great British Baking Show trailer , watching Stephen Colbert shave his beard on Jimmy Kimmel , and hanging out at a lot of coffee shop tables to work.