VIVO Says Hold My Camera

04/23/25 • 90 min

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Another week in the tapestry of Android news rolls on as Jason Howell, Mishaal Rahman and Ron Richards deliver the highs and lows and the wonder of bizarre camera add-ons for phones and more.

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00:06:20 - NEWS

Android 16 rolled out the 4th beta and Mishaal breaks it down
Samsung and Motorola may go the AI Assistant route of Perplexity
There's early leaks of Samsung One UI 8 and they're nothing to get excited about
Could we see a new version of Material Design at Google I/O?
PATRON PICK: Apparently Android's Health Connect is a bit of a mess

00:42:42 - HARDWARE

A new rugged phone and tablet on the way from Samsung!
The Vivo X200 Ultra and it's camera kit is shocking to see
Could this be the patent for the Samsung rollable phone?

01:02:18 - APPS

Some major updates from Gemini with Live Camera and free access for College students
Google Discover continues to make weird design choices
Now you can upgrade old photos to Ultra HDR in Google Photos

01:16:38 - COMMUNITY

Jim discovered voice reporting does work in Waze!
Michel Dumont is curious about anti-virus software in Android, is it needed?
Sam from Cleveland has some ideas about car based smart glasses

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This episode is sponsored by The Great Code Chase from Square Developers! Compete now on the Square Developer YouTube Channel, and you can win a limited-edition Square Developer LEGO Minifigure!

Another week in the tapestry of Android news rolls on as Jason Howell, Mishaal Rahman and Ron Richards deliver the highs and lows and the wonder of bizarre camera add-ons for phones and more.

Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor

00:06:20 - NEWS

Android 16 rolled out the 4th beta and Mishaal breaks it down
Samsung and Motorola may go the AI Assistant route of Perplexity
There's early leaks of Samsung One UI 8 and they're nothing to get excited about
Could we see a new version of Material Design at Google I/O?
PATRON PICK: Apparently Android's Health Connect is a bit of a mess

00:42:42 - HARDWARE

A new rugged phone and tablet on the way from Samsung!
The Vivo X200 Ultra and it's camera kit is shocking to see
Could this be the patent for the Samsung rollable phone?

01:02:18 - APPS

Some major updates from Gemini with Live Camera and free access for College students
Google Discover continues to make weird design choices
Now you can upgrade old photos to Ultra HDR in Google Photos

01:16:38 - COMMUNITY

Jim discovered voice reporting does work in Waze!
Michel Dumont is curious about anti-virus software in Android, is it needed?
Sam from Cleveland has some ideas about car based smart glasses

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It was a week of wearable news as Jason, Huyen, and Mishaal talk about XR glasses at TED, in the news, and in Android Auto, and wonder what are the nubs on the Pixel Watch 4 in a leaky peaky.

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00:02:02 - NEWS

Google lays off hundreds of employees in the Platform and Devices division.
Mishaal talks about a couple of features that will make Android devices more secure, including one borrowed from iOS.
Google gives a first look at their XR glasses being made in collaboration with Samsung
PATRON PICK: Gboard is working on a meme studio and it’s “mediocre at best”

00:42:46 - HARDWARE

The newly announced Honor “Power” lives up to its name
The OnePlus Watch now has a higher price for unsurprising reasons
A leaky peaky of the Pixel Watch 4 shows that it might be a little bit thicker than the Pixel Watch 3
The Pixel 10 Pro Fold price leaks
Jason and Shannon Morse reviewed the Pixel 9a

01:05:02 - APPS

01:17:25 - COMMUNITY

Michael O. writes in to ask about Android trackers that do not require Samsung device lock-in.

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Meanwhile, in the world of Android, Google I/O is getting closer and it already controversial and new phones hit the market and they're quite cool to look at!

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