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Material

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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Material episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Material for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Material episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Material - 52: Up All Night To Get Yucky
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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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Samsung Shows Dedication to IoT with $1.2 Billion Investment and R&D – Samsung Newsroom New Google Prompt two-factor authentication method is built into Android, available on iOS | 9to5Google Chrome OS Systems Supporting Android Apps - The Chromium Projects Official Google Blog: I’m Feeling Yucky :( Searching for symptoms on Google OnePlus 3 - OnePlus.net
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Material - 262: Walk the Walk
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07/03/20 • 94 min

Flo leans into her Taurus Sun and Moon by talking about all the food she's going to eat over the holiday weekend. Andy is fed up with YouTube channels that don't practice basic coronavirus protocols (wear your mask, people!). This week, we break down the players in YouTube's latest dramageddon and delve into why the platform should take accountability for the drama that makes it off-screen. We'll also touch on Verily's backward step paying for its diversity initiatives, YouTube TV's drastic price-hike, and why we think Google Glass might be making a comeback. Andy sends us off with a chuckle-worthy Dad joke.
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Material - 77: Please Add Me To Your LinkedIn Network
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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.

This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Material Podcast on Twitter: "Back by popular demand. @YasmineEvjen slays? sleighs? She banishes @Ihnatko & @rustyshelf from speaking per their Wear and Home comments. https://t.co/E5TTjvYc7y" The Magic Minute Project Google acquires Cronologics to help improve Android Wear Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4: Authentication, In-App Billing, and more | Android Developers Blog Google Help Waymo: Google’s Self-Driving Car Heads to Market | WIRED Android Things is Google’s new OS for smart devices - The Verge Netflix and Google Photos integration for Google Home going live for some users Google Developers Blog: Start building Actions on Google Actions on Google | Actions on Google | Google Developers Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "So, if 🌯 @Google the drones will come? 🙏 https://t.co/4qysDV273o" Adam Spink on Twitter: "@YasmineEvjen in fact maybe I can help in a small way, I'm going to financially support @materialpodcast ." Membership - Relay FM

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Material - 252: In Defense of the Bathrobe
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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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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.

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Material - 261: Is It Political?
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06/26/20 • 86 min

Andy is experiencing some severe bouts of Mercury in retrograde as he tells the tales of his flailing tech. Flo switched to the OnePlus 8, and she's wondering why the Pixel is lagging. We discuss why Google is (again) in the antitrust hot seat, and why employees are demanding the company stop doing business with police departments. We divulge all about Google Photos' latest redesign, ChromeOS's increased reliance on virtualization, why Google is fact-checking images, and what Pixel owners can expect from the newest update. For our After-Dinner Mint, we'll play around with Google's Pinterest-wannabe, called Keen.
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Material - 227: Trope-ical Island
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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.

This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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Material - 329: It Comes In Threes
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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.)

This episode of Material is sponsored by:
  • Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2022, and can be used only once.
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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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