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52: Up All Night To Get Yucky
Material
06/23/16 • 57 min
Andy's on assignment at an IOT conference. Yasmine's in a password heaven. Russell is a Material Girl in a Virtual World. What happens next will shock you. Also our first look at the One Plus 3. Who is it for? Does it equal four? If you throw it would you yell FORE? So many questions...but will we have answers?
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262: Walk the Walk
Material
07/03/20 • 94 min
12/15/16 • 65 min
Yasmine is back and she seems upset about something. Andy is unusually quiet. Russell finally fells his Samsung demons. Also car things and Android Things for your Internet Of Things.
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252: In Defense of the Bathrobe
Material
04/23/20 • 85 min
Flo wonders why her Pixel 3 is feeling sluggish when she's not even leaving the house, and Andy pulls the trigger on a discounted Wear OS device. We cover a variety of Google news this week, including COVID-related app updates and the merits and privacy implications of the company's rumored debit card.
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- The smartwatch that Andy bought
- Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s
- Google data centers shifting non-urgent processing until wind, solar power is abundant
- Google Meet’s Zoom-like gallery view is rolling out now globally
- Wear OS smartwatches are now sending reminders to wash your hands
06/17/22 • 76 min
Andy and Flo wonder why the new Chromecast ambient mode is cluttered with widgets before they get into a recent whistleblower's claims that Google's LaMDA is a sentient being. (It's not.) We'll explain the what, why, and no-how of last weekend's most trending Google story. Then, it looks like iPhones are getting some Googley abilities. We'll cheekily walk you through all the features Android had first. Finally, Andy will explain why the new Pixel update fixes an overlooked audio essential.
Links and Show Notes:- May be Fired Soon for Doing AI Ethics Work
- Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its AI Is Sentient
- Is LaMDA Sentient? - an Interview
- Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life
- The New iOS 16 Features that Android Had First
- Google's June Feature Drop may have fixed one of the last remaining issues plaguing the Pixel 6
261: Is It Political?
Material
06/26/20 • 86 min
490: Longue Vie
Material
11/15/24 • 39 min
Google deals with a mini révolution in France.
Links and Show Notes:- Safer with Google: New intelligent, real-time protections on Android to keep you safe
- Providing more data about news results in the EU
- An update on political advertising in the European Union
227: Trope-ical Island
Material
10/31/19 • 88 min
Andy is finally living the dream of stereo Google Home Mini nightstands, and Flo would appreciate it if you held back on the fire puns for a while. We'll talk about last week's Google employee town hall, WearOS's eventual resuscitation, and Google's neat Digital Wellbeing experiments.
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- ~ 21:15: Google CEO, in a leaked video, says the company is ‘genuinely struggling’ with employee trust
- Buzzfeed News also received leaks about last week’s meeting
- ~ 45:50: Trump immigration shakeup lowers DHS morale (The episode goes deep this week!)
- ~ 54:35: The Moto 360 smartwatch is back... well, sort of
- Qualcomm is FINALLY working on a REAL update to the ancient CPU powering almost all previous WearOS watches
- Google owner Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
- How Google buying Fitbit could be a win-win, even for Fitbit device owners (Correction: Kevin C. Tofel wrote this article for Stacey Higginbotham's website!)
- ~ 1:12:11: New Google “Digital Wellbeing” experiments include a paper phone
329: It Comes In Threes
Material
10/16/21 • 70 min
Next week will be a flurry of tech announcements, including the long-awaited and much-revealed Pixel 6 event. Will Google announce something else alongside the sixth-generation smartphone?
We'll also discuss why Google has decided to stop making its iOS apps look so much like Android. And then, why are so many Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco getting stuck at the same dead-end street? (Spoiler: We still haven't figured it out.)
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- Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 – Samsung Global Newsroom
- Qualcomm throws all the shade at Google for the Pixel 6 Tensor chip
- Google says it’s dropping Material Design components on iOS in favor of Apple’s UIKit
- Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'
486: In Bed
Material
10/18/24 • 46 min
Andy gets cozy to talk about what's new in Android 15. Plus, an executive shakeup at the Google farm.
Links and Show Notes:- What’s new in Android 15, plus more updates
- Bringing new theft protection features to Android users around the world
- The AI opportunity: Updates to our Gemini and Knowledge & Information teams
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FAQ
How many episodes does Material have?
Material currently has 497 episodes available.
What topics does Material cover?
The podcast is about News, Tech News, Podcasts, Google, Technology, Apps and Android.
What is the most popular episode on Material?
The episode title '261: Is It Political?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Material?
The average episode length on Material is 71 minutes.
How often are episodes of Material released?
Episodes of Material are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Material?
The first episode of Material was released on Jul 2, 2015.
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