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This week, we talk about a weird tip we got that Xiaomi and Google are somehow partnering for a phone in the US, rumors about Google’s forthcoming first-party smart display, and corporate news including Apple’s poaching of Google’s (now former) AI chief.
Alphabet Scoop is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got our APK Insight for Google app 7.26, which preps emails for Google Home and more, a touch-optimized redesign for Google Chrome in the works, and Fuchsia Friday, where our Kyle Bradshaw takes a deep dive in the graphics systems in Fuchsia.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got the first accidental mention of the Pixel 3 in AOSP, rumors of the first Chromebook with a 4K display codenamed Atlas, and you can now watch YouTube TV using Firefox.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got Google Assistant can control Nest Secure and my Nest Protect impressions, Googlers are petitioning Sundar Pichai to end Google’s AI project with military drone, and we talk about the benefits of the Galaxy S9 over the Pixel 2.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’ve been Nest-ifying my house lately. First came the Nest Thermostat E, then came the Nest Secure, then came a couple Nest Cam IQs (still working on installing the outdoor model…), and this week I’ve topped things off with a Nest Protect.
I’m going to dive deeper into my experiences with Nest Cam and Nest Secure in forthcoming episodes, but this morning I felt compelled to write about the most recent addition to the group: Protect. Actually, I haven’t even “used” it, and that’s part of the point I want to make here.
Today we’ve got Google loses its chief of search and artificial intelligence to Apple, Google Search revamps movie lookup and comparison with new cards interface, and OnePlus 6 specs and rumors.
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Today we’ve got a report out of India that corroborates our previous reporting that Google is working on a mid-range Pixel device, April security patches for Pixel and Nexus devices which includes 56 fixes for Pixel and Pixel 2, and Google doesn’t rule out making its own smart display.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
In this week’s top stories: Google’s promised “image obstruction removal’ feature for Google Photos is still unreleased, Google announces the first Chrome OS tablet, and Google launches a developer preview for Wear OS.
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This week, we talk about our homescreens, wearables, and setups, the first Wear OS watch, a slew of ARCore announcements, and all of the week’s most important app updates.
Alphabet Scoop is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got Android Go making its US debut with the $79 ZTE Tempo Go, Google is shutting down its long-lived goo.gl URL shortening service, and Google Tasks is rumored to get its first redesign in years.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
We reviewed the LG V30 all the way back in October of last year, but it’s still relevant for a few reasons — one of which being that it’s still LG’s most recent flagship! If you’ve been wanting a new phone and the LG V30 might be a good option for you, then you’re in luck: We’ve partnered with LG to give away three brand new LG V30s in the limited edition Raspberry Rose color…
Today we’ve got a new app called Nacho Notch that lets you hide the notch on your notched Android phones, Ben Schoon asks where the image obstruction removal feature that Google announced at I/O is, and Gboard 7.1 prepares new emoji, handwriting settings, and more.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Wireless charging has a very long history, and one that almost entirely doesn’t involve the iPhone. Rather, hardware from Android OEMs, including Google itself in the past, has long been the place to find this feature if you want it. In its need to compromise, however, the Mountain View company decided wireless power wasn’t its top priority with the Nexus 5X and 6P, and that continued with the debut of the Pixel and Pixel 2. Now, I’m hoping it’s time for wireless to make a comeback.
Notches are quickly becoming a fact of life. After the Essential Phone kicked off the trend and Apple embraced a notch on its latest flagship, it seems just about every Android OEM is launching a notched phone in the next year — if they haven’t already. If you’re not a fan, then you’ll be happy to know there’s a software solution…
Today we’ve got a new quick settings menu in Chrome 67 that looks a lot like Android P, Google Home’s multi-room audio now works with Bluetooth speakers, and Wear OS developer preview launches with Android P, a dark theme, and battery features.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got a partnership between Waymo and Jaguar for a sleek self-driving car, a few new Android smartphone announcements from Xiaomi and Huawei, and Google acquires Tenor.
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Waymo is about to kick off its press conference at the New York Auto Show, and you can watch the livestream right here. The company is promising to unveil “the next step in self-driving,” but other the company showing than an image of the Waymo sensor suite, we aren’t really sure what that means.
Today we’ve got the launch of Chromebook tablets with the Acer Chromebook Tab 10, Google rolling out mobile-first indexing, and Google blocking uncertified devices from using GApps.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
In this week’s top stories: The Google Phone app updates with a tweak to the bottom bar, IKEA and Overstock take advantage of ARCore, and the Pixel 2’s “Come and play” series of wallpapers is now available for download.
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This week, we talk about our homescreens, wearables, and setups, the first Wear OS watch, a slew of ARCore announcements, and all of the week’s most important app updates.
Alphabet Scoop is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got Chrome OS getting support for Android’s inline notification replies, a free wall mount to pair with your Nest Cam IQ, and Fuchsia Friday.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got a new YouTube “miniplayer-bar” in testing that keeps videos you’re watching pinned to the top of the page as you scroll, send and request money w/ Assistant, and Nexus Player is dead.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got Google reportedly acquiring Lytro, Jigsaw’s Outline VPN, and the first Wear OS watch.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
Today we’ve got a handful of ARCore stories, including IKEA and Overstock’s integration for AR home furnishing and Google’s ‘Just a Line’ app, Subscribe with Google news subscriptions, and our Samsung Galaxy S9+ review.
9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.
