Episode 429 – Power Play

By | February 13, 2019

Android News

  • How did you decide on your current phone?
  • Google wants a VP of Wearables and might finally take smartwatches seriously.
  • Google bringing file encryption to low-power Android phones
  • Migrating to modern Android management solutions
  • Android Q may deliver RCS support to third-party apps
  • How to use copy and paste on Android
  • Google decides to refocus Android Things as a platform for smart speakers and displays

App News

  • Pushbullet gets update with dark mode, material design, etc
  • Losing Cast support could be the final nail in BeyondPod’s coffin

In Other News

  • Google’s web notifications widget will be discontinued on March 7, 2019
  • Raspberry Pi opens a store in Cambridge UK
  • Google releases Chrome OS 72 with optimizations for touchscreen devices
  • Screen printed poster connects to wifi and can tell you the weather
  • Google Fi SIM cards now available at Best Buy.
  • Amazon is buying popular mesh Wi-Fi company Eero

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