Episode 357 – Welcome Home, Guru

By | July 20, 2017

Guru returns to America.

Show Notes

  • Zenwatch 2 supposedly getting Wear 2.0. Stay tuned for commentary.
  • Android News
    • Android O will have a lot of bluetooth improvements that haven’t been in the beta.
    • Google separates HALs from the system to help speed updates.
    • Google confirms aptX Bluetooth streaming won’t work on the Nexus 5X or 6P
  • App News
    • Google’s Phone App now shows your location when calling an Emergency number
    • Google will be offering new curated lists of apps.
    • Lawnchair may be a promising replacement for the old Google Now launcher.
    • Inbox gets ready to sort high priority emails to the top and add reminders about unfinished emails.
    • You can now disable all network media notifications for Chromecasts and Google homes
    • Google Fit brings workout history, audio alerts, automatic heartrate, and more to Android Wear.
  • In Other News
    • Remember Google Glass? It’s back.
    • LastPass launching new family product.
    • Google introduces “The Feed” to replace Google Now.
    • Martin Landau dead at 89.
    • U.S. Customs says it can’t search cloud data at the border.

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