Episode 499 – Don’t Cross the Streams

By | July 30, 2020
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Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Android 11 is Red Velvet Cake
    • Google may have used data from various apps to build competing apps and services.
    • You can set a reminder straight from an Android notification
    • Android Permissions still need a lot of work
    • Android 11 will have a new captive portal API
  • App News
    • WhatsApp may be working on multi-device support
    • Firefox will get support for swiping to change tabs.
    • Google Assistant might get a chat bubble.
    • The man behind the Pixel camera apps is working to make a camera app for every phone.
    • Amazon adds voice control for other apps.
    • Lyft app now supports PIP.
    • Fit Companion is a Wear OS fitness app with Google Fit integration
    • Accuweather adds minute-by-minute forecasts to fill feature gap left by Dark Sky.
  • Wyze subscription issue vs Wink.
  • In Other News
    • T-Mobile will require VoLTE for all phones starting January 2021, AT&T to follow February 2022.
    • Corning’s next Gorilla Glass will be a lot harder to scratch
    • Regis Philbin dead at 88.
    • CES is now all digital.
    • Trump Administration wants FCC to regulate social media networks

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