The Sideload: A 9to5Google Podcast

The Sideload 003: A Pixel perfect vacation

Will Sattelberg Sep 8 2025 - 1:30 pm PT

Welcome to episode 3 of The Sideload, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Will is joined by Joe Maring, Trending Editor at Android Authority, to discuss their respective experiences with the Pixel 10 series. With Joe back from a recent trip to visit Will in Buffalo, the two discuss how Google’s latest smartphones hold up under the stress of traveling, including whether the battery life is good enough to survive the airport, how the camera performed at Niagara Falls, and the utter mess that is Daily Hub.

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The Sideload 002: Talking Pixel Watch bands and Qi2 with Nomad

Will Sattelberg Sep 2 2025 - 1:30 pm PT

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Welcome to episode 2 of The Sideload, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Will is joined by Noah Dentzel, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, and Harvey Hunerberg, Associate Director of Product Management at Nomad, to discuss their company’s new expansion into Pixel accessories, beginning with Pixel Watch straps. From the decision to launch accessories for Pixel after primarily focusing on the Apple ecosystem to how tariffs affect companies like Nomad, it’s a pretty fun — if in-depth — conversation. Plus, Will gets to nerd out on just how excited he is for a Qi2-dominant world, and we get a quick tease for what could be next from Nomad.

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The Sideload 001: Google’s very strange Pixel 10 event

Will Sattelberg Aug 25 2025 - 2:00 pm PT

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Introducing The Sideload, a new podcast from 9to5Google! Each week, Will Sattelberg sits down with a rotating panel of guests to host a chill, low-key conversation about Android and the world of technology at large. This week, 9to5Google‘s own Ben Schoon joins the very first episode to break down Made By Google 2025 moment by moment. From Jimmy Fallon’s awkward Tensor moment to some surprisingly impressive demos, join Ben and Will as they figure out whether Google’s new event format was a success, failure, or something in between.