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Another year of Apple has really grown to become just that: another year. At least, that's what we think of it. And by "we," we of course mean the Android Police podcast and Joe Maring, mobile editor for Digital Trends who happened to be at Apple Park this week for the big launch. That leaves us with some questions about how the deck is stacked against Google and whether there are opportunities to be taken here. We dive in.

• 5 takeaways for Android users from Apple's September hardware event
• Apple's new iPhone 16 is here showcasing a feature Android OEMs should copy
• Apple really wants you to switch from Android to one of its new iPhone 16 models
• Apple’s lackluster iPhone 16 updates leave the door wide open for Google
• iPhone 16 and 16 Pro hands-on: all about the button | Digital Trends
• Apple Watch Series 10 hands-on: a bigger upgrade than you think | Digital Trends

Also:

• Sony announces the $700 PS5 Pro with a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling

Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.

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We're on a rager of a tear this week on the Android Police podcast. Android 16 Beta 3 has cleared the post, but one of its headline features has drawn the ire of those who have had the displeasure to attempt to parse iOS's Notification Summaries. We get upset with Apple-centric media and its failure to properly cover the company's failures (that means you, too, Gruber). And if that hasn't caused an uproar with you, you'll want to brace for an AI takeover in Google Search — not that it hasn't already begun. All that plus a touch of Sonos trashing and some positive notes about the Pixel 10 series on the show!

03:21 | Moshpit

• Android 16 hits a major milestone with the release of Beta 3
• Android 16 could get one of Apple Intelligence's worst features
• Google could give Android 16's Settings sub-menus a card-style redesign
• Google's new split Quick Settings menu shown off in Android 16 hands-on video
• Google's dormant desktop mode gets a big boost on Android 16 Beta 3
• Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino

46:27 | Some Good News

• Your first look at Google's Pixel 10 trio reveals some pretty familiar smartphones
• The Pixel 10's rumored telephoto sensor has left me stumped
• Google is getting serious about gaming on PC and Android

1:07:27 | Sonos hits eject on its video player plans

Excerpt from Sony Pictures Releasing.

Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.

Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected]

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We've got an Android TV review of a panel that has gone through its growing pains much like the Pixel 6 has. But we've got more Wear OS news to get through first. Plus, news about news on the Android Police podcast.

1:52 | I think this is Ara's third week in a row (barring I/O) where she's been on about watches and apps. I mean, she's excited for them, thank god.

• Google Assistant is rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy Watch4, at long last
• Samsung Galaxy Watch4 is getting a One UI Watch beta next month
• Here's one reason why the Pixel Watch might remind you so much of the Apple Watch
• Google Pixel 6 cases are aging just about as well as a glass of milk

19:39 | Will is giving Android TV some love this week. It's also overdue.

• Google TV multi-user profiles are just now finally starting to arrive
• TCL 6-series TV review: The perfect TV for that PS5 you still can't buy

36:58 | Jules talks about how Google is forced to pay news publishers under a new law in Australia and what's to come as the U.K. prepares to consider similar leverage.

• Google seems to be panicking as its free news empire starts to crumble around it
• Google letting News Showcase readers break through paywall at partner publishers
• Facebook showdown with Australian government and local media (ABC Media Watch, YouTube)
• Follow up coverage (ABC Media Watch, YouTube)
• Former Australian competition bureau chief on the future of bargaining law he spearheaded (The Guardian)

Daniel should be back next week (whee!)

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Another Pixel-packed update to Android makes a bigger splash than we would've thought this time of year and the Android Police podcast is all over it. Also on this program, we see Samsung fall firmly into Apple's line when it comes to many of the design choices it made for the big One UI 7 update. And who would've thought that the PlayStation Portal would've been an item to celebrate? Funny how it goes sometimes when the PS5 Pro is, truly, such a punching bag. That and more this week.

01:04 | QPR does not stand for Quarter Pounder

• Google's December Pixel Feature Drop is all about Pixel 9
• All the features Google didn't tell you about in Android 15's first quarterly release
• Pixel Screenshots escapes its app in massive new Pixel Drop update
• Android's new feature bundle brings captions that actually show emotions
• Google breathes new life into old Pixels with two more years of OS upgrades
• The canceled Pixel Tablet 2 suggests Google learned all the wrong lessons

43:52 | Samsung Bashing

• Samsung's long-awaited One UI 7 beta is here to end 2024 on a high note
• Samsung's One UI 7 finally embraces the vertical app drawer
• Samsung's new app drawer has one big, ugly thing wrong with it

Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.

Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected]

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