Episode 461 – An Extra Wednesday

Show Notes

• Android News
  • Daydream VR discontinued and will not be on Pixel 4
  • Why Google dropped the fingerprint sensor and why it might not be a good idea
  • Pixel 4 will get Android updates and patches until October 2022
  • Pixel 4’s astrophotography mode is coming to Pixel 3 and 3A
  • Introducing NDK r21: first long support release
  • Pixel 4 will use Frequent Faces to focus on people you often photograph
  • If you have a GSuite account account active on your Pixel 4, primary or otherwise, no new Assistant for you
• App News
  • Datally has been removed from the Play Store
  • Outlook now supports Actionable Messages.
  • Google Maps can notify you if your taxi goes off route for safety purposes.
• Home Automation
  • Google Nest debuts Home Routines and Device Access
  • Nest Aware can now use smart speakers and displays to listen for smoke and CO alarms
• In Other News
  • Chrome rolls out new protections preventing password and data theft: Cookies and passwords can only be accessed by processes related to the corresponding site, and isolation of sensitive resource types. Eats more RAM because of this.
  • Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups
  • You can start a new Google Doc(doc.new), Sheet(sheet.new), Slides(slide.new), Form(form.new), Sites(site.new), or Keep Note(keep.new).
  • Google Clips is dead.
  • Annie Leibovitz photos with a Pixel.
  • Google combining Gmail and Google Account profile photos.

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