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Hands-on: Brydge’s new keyboard and touchpad are rare Chrome OS-first accessories
Brydge, a company most-known for its very popular detachable iPad keyboards, has recently expanded its business to give some serious attention to a popular Google platform as well. That’s Chrome OS, of course, and the G-Type keyboard for the Pixel Slate was the first out the door last fall. Now, Brydge is showing some more cool stuff at CES.
200: Google app 9.0, RIP Chromecast Audio, YouTube sharing | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got episode 200 of 9to5Google Daily! We have Google app 9.0 and its features, the death of Chromecast Audio, and some YouTube/Google+ stories. Oh, and some deals.
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199: Galaxy S10 event, Ring privacy, Hands-on at CES 2019 | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got even more CES stories, Samsung tries to crash CES with its announcement of the 2019 Galaxy Unpacked event for the S10, and Ring has some privacy problems.
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Hands-on: Focals by North are AR glasses having their Pebble moment
As I wrote a couple days ago, Google has lately been in the augmented reality background as it quietly pushes ahead with Glass Enterprise Edition in, well, the enterprise. But some other companies, in this case North, are still set on a much grander vision for consumer-facing augmented reality products. We had a chance to check out Focals by North at CES 2019, and boy was it refreshing.
Alphabet Scoop 037: Live from CES 2019 — the Google Assistant convention!
This week we talk about the Google Assistant convention — otherwise known as CES. Lots of news surrounding Google Assistant-powered [everything!], Android, Wear OS, and more.
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198: CES Day 2 Roundup | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got even more CES stories for day 2, including a new Assistant mic for your car from Anker, some new Wear OS watches, and a handful of Google announcements.
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Hands-on: Vuzix Blade w/ Google Assistant is inching closer to something like consumer AR
While Google’s consumer AR efforts have been in the mysterious background as of the last few years, another company, Vuzix, has gone full steam ahead toward building the consumer AR glasses that many have been envisioning since Glass gave this category its kickstart. While it’s not there yet, the company’s Vuzix Blade, being shown off at CES 2019, is inching ever closer…
197: CES Day 1 Roundup | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got the first day of CES announcements, including news from Google, JBL, Samsung, ASUS, HP, House of Marley, and much much more.
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Google Pixel’s ‘Check for update’ button does what it says it does — again
The “Check for update” button on the Google Pixel is an enigma. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t work. Who knows? It depends on the day, or the weather, or something, I guess. The latest development in the story of the unreliable button is that it’s once again doing what it says it does…
Huawei demotes responsible employees & slashes their pay following latest ‘Twitter for iPhone’ blunder
Earlier this week, Huawei rang in 2019 by wishing everyone a Happy New Year using Twitter for iPhone. Reuters now reports, however, that Huawei is taking things to a new level by demoting the employees responsible for the blunder and slashing their pay.
196: CES 2019 announcements begin, crazy Xiaomi phone, Samsung stories | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got a handful of CES 2019 announcements that are already rolling in, a crazy Xiaomi foldable leak, and some Samsung stories.
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PSA: Google Home Hub has a built-in Chrome web browser, here’s how to use it
In case you weren’t already aware, Google Home Hub has a built-in web browser. It’s not a standalone app that’s meant to be used by itself, but you can manually navigate around the web to just about anywhere. The existence of the browser isn’t a new addition, but it is a “hidden” feature that many might not yet know about.
Alphabet Scoop 036: Google 2018 year in review, CES expectations, and Pixel 3 Lite in the US?
This week we talk about our thoughts on this past year in Google, our expectations for CES 2019, and a supposed Pixel 3 Lite that’s coming to the United States?
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Google Duo hits 1 billion downloads on the Play Store
Google Duo has reached 1 billion downloads on the Google Play Store, according to the latest public statistics from the biggest app marketplace.
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195: Pixel 3 DxOMark score, Google+ API shutdown, Samsung stories | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got Google Pixel 3 gets a score on DxOMark, Google+ APIs are shutting down on March 7th, some Samsung stories, and all the best Google deals for last-minute shoppers.
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194: Chrome ‘sneak peek’, Assistant ‘Home Alone’ ad, Google Fi gift | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got Chrome for Android adds a new ‘sneak peek’ feature, Google Assistant and Kevin from ‘Home Alone’ team up for a new ad, and Google Fi subs get a photo book.
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193: Assistant NBA voting, Chrome 72 beta, Twitter stories | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got some Google Assistant and Google Home stories, Chrome 72 beta, and a couple of Twitter stories — one of which is particularly amusing.
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192: RIP Dragonfly, Google Material Theme, Drive pincode sharing | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got Chrome putting an end to sites that won’t let you go back, RIP Dragonfly, Google Account settings Material Theme, and Drive Pincode sharing.
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191: YouTube removals, Chrome OS 71, Assistant & Discover updates | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got YouTube removed 1.67 million channels in Q3, Chrome OS 71 is rolling out w/ Better Together, and Google Assistant is testing a new interface with ‘Explore’.
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Alphabet Scoop 035: Google messaging mess, Pixel Slate, Chrome, more
This week we talk about Google’s messaging mess with the shutdowns of Hangouts and Allo, some followup on the Pixel Slate, Google Chrome, and much more.
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190: Google Hangouts, Google Allo death, and RCS ‘Chat’ | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got a catchup episode after the chaos of our reports on both Hangouts and Allo being shuttered, which Google confirmed. Also, a glimpse into the future and some deals.
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After months-long ‘pause,’ shortlived Google Allo messaging app will soon be sunset for good
Google will announce that it’s shutting down the shortlived Google Allo chat app “soon,” according to a reliable source familiar with the plan, although the timeline of the announcement may have been delayed by the backlash stemming from our report about ‘Hangouts classic’ being shuttered.
189: Snapdragon 855, Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, Flutter Live | 9to5Google Daily
Today we’ve got Qualcomm reveals Snapdragon 855, Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus renders show it off in detail, and the very first Flutter Live event kicks off w/ SDK version 1.0.
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