
Google wants Apple to adopt RCS, Fossil to release 'best possible' Wear OS watch later this year, plus more
07/21/21 • 7 min
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Google gently pushes Apple to adopt RCS by pointing out the poor security of SMS fallback
- Fossil says it will release the ‘best possible Wear OS smartwatch’ later this year
- Android Auto may gain better support for automatically opening on more car head units
- Google Lens coming to desktop Chrome as new integrated image search tool
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Google gently pushes Apple to adopt RCS by pointing out the poor security of SMS fallback
- Fossil says it will release the ‘best possible Wear OS smartwatch’ later this year
- Android Auto may gain better support for automatically opening on more car head units
- Google Lens coming to desktop Chrome as new integrated image search tool
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- Google Pixel phones get a nice charging animation while powered off w/ Android 12
- Gmail Go reaches 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store
- Galaxy Watch 3 update starts rolling out with improved blood oxygen tracking, ‘voice guidance’
- Google is ‘examining’ a Scottish route on Google Maps that’s been called ‘potentially fatal’
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Google details Wear OS 3.0 update path, OxygenOS is now a skin atop ColorOS with Nord 2, plus more
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Google reveals ‘opt-in’ Wear OS 3 update path for current watches, starting in mid-2022
- OnePlus’ OxygenOS is now a skin on top of Oppo’s ColorOS, starting w/ Nord 2
- Google’s ‘About this result’ panel will explain why each link appeared in your search
- YouTube rolling out ‘New to you’ feed with videos outside of your normal recommendations
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