We started this week with some reviews of the alternatively-sized iPhone 12s — the mini and the Pro Max. We ended this week with an all-new episode of The Vergecast. All that stuff in between? That’s what our Vergecast crew talked about on the show today.

Vergecast co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn start the show discussing their reviews of the new iPhones — Nilay on the Pro Max and Dieter on the mini — and how the really big iPhone and the tiniest iPhone rank in battery life, screen size, and ergonomics.

Believe it or not, there was another Apple event on Tuesday. During its “One More Thing” hardware event, we saw Apple debut its own M1 processor chips, which power a new Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, and Mac mini. Deputy editor Dan Seifert and news editor Chaim Gartenberg join the show to discuss these new computers, their processors, and how potentially powerful they are.

There’s a little more in between all of that — like people vaping into Xbox consoles, Google’s updated photo storage plan, and the reason why a bunch of The Verge’s Macs weren’t working right before this show.

Listen here or in your preferred podcast player to hear the full Vergecast discussion.

Stories from this week:

• US sees two days with over 100,000 reported COVID-19 cases
• COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, manufacturers report
• iPhone 12 mini review: fit to size
• iPhone 12 Pro Max review: the best smartphone camera
• The 5 biggest announcements from Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ hardware event
• Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue
• Apple announces MacBook Air with Apple’s Arm-based M1 processor
• Apple says new Arm-based M1 chip offers the ‘longest battery life ever in a Mac’
• All the apps and games Apple promises for Arm-based Macs
• Apple announces new Arm-based Mac mini with M1 chip, starting at $699
• Apple’s first Arm-based 13-inch MacBook Pro is here with an M1 chip
• Apple’s new M1 computers top out at 16GB of RAM
• The biggest difference between the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is a fan
• Apple’s M1 Mac design emphasizes continuity over complexity
• HomePod mini review
• macOS Big Sur is now available to download
• Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021
• Microsoft: ‘please do not blow vape smoke into your Xbox Series X’