Show Notes
- Android News
- Google links Maps and Translate to speak out place names in foreign countries
- The menu button has finally been retired in Android 10
- Upgrading messaging on Android in the US with RCS
- Google locks down thread complaining about G-Suite Assistant Reminders being disabled
- Google Play Store autoplay videos are coming, but can be disabled.
- Android X86 hits 9.0 release candidate
- Google outlines plan to use a mainline Linux kernel in Android
- App News
- Google Pay will lose your transit passes if you uninstall your app
- Wear OS gets a redesigned Play Store
- Brave, the privacy-focused browser, exits beta
- Files by Google can now play local files on a nearby Chromecast
- Github will release a new Android app in future, after discontinuing theirs in 2015.
- Apex Launcher continues demise, now pushes ads for its own browser when you open Chrome
- Amazon Music launches free ad sponsored tier on Android
- Google Pixel’s Call Screen may start automatically screening robocalls
- In Other News
- Google planning to offer checking accounts in partnership with a bank
- Why is American internet access so much more expensive than the rest of the world?
- The USPTO wants to know if artificial intelligence can own the content it creates
- Disney+ warns viewers about past racism but not as well as Warner Bros.
- Go Beyond the Headlines with Google News
- Shipments of Google Smart Speakers dropped by 40% as Echo grows
- Aukey releases a USB hub, HDMi port, passthrough USB-C charger, and wireless Qi charger.
- The PinePhone is now available for purchase.
- Werner Gustav Doehner, final survivor of the Hindenburg Disaster dies, 82 years later. He was 8 years old at the time of the accident.
- Your News Update for Google Assistant will read you custom crafted coverage
- Senator releases Amazon’s answers to his questions on Ring security. User still has to consent.
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