Category Archives: Podcast

Episode 604 – No Matter, Don’t Mind

2022.10: All over the place YouTube experiment makes 4K videos a Premium-exclusive feature The Google Home app is getting a major revamp to give users a more customizable experience Google prototypes, open sources an extra-long keyboard with one row of keys Latest Google System Updates bring almost-forgotten audio switching feature Google Maps shows us why its new immersive… Read More »

Episode 603 – Great Plans

From Murph, “I was listening to 602, and I agree with your views on the frame.work laptop. When I’m ready to buy, it’s high on my list right now.” Home Assistant Notes Playing with Alarms Spreadsheets for Alarms Battery and Offline Notifications Better TTS Google Play on Your Phone Can Now Remote Install to Other Devices FCC advances… Read More »

Episode 602 – A Crisis of Confidence

Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition is the most modular ChromeOS device yet Making it even easier to manage your tasks How to watch the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch event Google Assistant Reminders Headed to Google Tasks Google Tasks is about to become your go-to app for managing reminders Tile’s new ‘Lost and Found’ QR labels track your… Read More »

Episode 601 – The Late Show With Jere Jones

  The best Android apps for photographers in 2022 https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/9/23344147/android-phone-call-noise-cancelation-beta Android and iOS take big steps toward launching Matter smart home compatibility Roku OS 11.5 brings ‘Continue Watching’ for more apps, other features Google TV already had Five years of data show that SSDs are more reliable than HDDs over the long haul Upcoming Android 13 update will show your… Read More »

Episode 600 – Big Macs and Banana Ketchup

Home Assistant Birthday Release Ring rolls out end-to-end encryption for its battery-powered video doorbells and security cameras New features for businesses in Android 13 Streaming services show the same ad over and over, and it’s driving me crazy This Is It For Hangouts. This Time, We Mean It September Google Play system updates add some new features for… Read More »

Episode 599 – A Sunday Kind of Episode

Google releases Android 12 Developer Support builds so devs can test old software without bricking their phones Some Pixel 6 users are reporting increased idle battery drain on Android 13 Google wants to make using Android apps across devices more convenient Android 13 review: Plans for the future, but not much to offer today Google Home app rolling… Read More »

Episode 598 – Pooling Resources

Google Pixel sees huge sales growth, has 2% of North American market Mozilla Firefox 104 brings address autofill to Android… two years after Google Chrome Android 13 is boring, and that’s why it’s (almost) perfect Google finally recognizes ‘Hey Google’ and meetings don’t go well together Google’s timer and stopwatch return after a brief hiatus APK Teardown: Google… Read More »

Episode 597 – Ogg Less

  Chrome “Feed” is tantalizing, but it’s not the return of Google Reader Celebrating 5 years of Kotlin on Android Verizon’s Visible Added a Sweet New Visible+ Plan Chrome OS could soon be getting its own “At A Glance” feature Android 13’s anti-rollback protection has already bricked at least one Pixel 6 How to unlock your Chromebook with… Read More »

Episode 596 – Guru Gets a Raise

Google TV could be working on smarter Nest speaker connectivity and Wear OS integration Google’s Plans for Google TV are Next Level Google Meet meetings might soon become livelier thanks to Spotify, YouTube, and UNO integration iOS and Android notifications are a living hell Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion Google Meet will soon… Read More »

Episode 595 – The Neighbor’s Door is Open

2022.8: You can fix it! Plugable’s new power meter can measure eye-watering charging speeds of up to 240W Discord finally shows Android some love with its new improvements Google Play Store removes version numbers from Android app listings Google Pixel 7 could feature a Hall sensor Google just killed a nifty search feature Google Maps updates location sharing… Read More »