Episode 301- android buffet

Guru is dead…tired.

Show Notes

• Android News
  • Sundar Pichai advises Google will be more ‘opinionated’ about the design of Nexus phones.
  • Nexus Player might not be dead…might be pending refresh.
  • Google building its assistant with personality and childhood.
• App News
  • Sleepcast uses your own speakers for your phone’s alarm. (Play Link)
  • VLC 2.0 supports network disk browsing and merges the TV and phone versions of the app.
  • Facebook testing use less data button in its app.
  • Inbox might add a new virtual assistant to help keep things organized.
  • Google Keep adds link previews, autocomplete lists, and deduplication of lists.
• In Other News
  • AP Stylebook switches Internet to internet.
  • Pebble’s Core device will support Amazon Alexa Voice Services.
  • Google Home may just be Chromecast inside a speaker.
  • Police are filing warrants for Android’s location data.

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