Nati shares his great FaceTime experience,  which pulls us to rant about the state of Twitter, and why Greg lost his motivation to talk about tech.

Then we follow-up on Apple Watch series 3, weekly iOS 11 releases for bug fixes, and the all of the Emoji that iOS 11.1 will bring. The main course is the Made By (Rick Osterloh) Google event and all of the new hardware Google showed on stage.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow up

• The Verge updates their Watch Series 3 with LTE review following watchOS 4.0.1 release 
  • Not changing the scoring or subtitle though...

Topics

• Greg losing his motivation to talk about tech
• Twitter and social media
• iOS 11
  • Weekly releases of point point bug fixing releases.
  • iOS 11.1 to bring new emojis!
  • 3D Touch app switcher/ multitasking is back in beta 2

 

• Made by Google event
  • Google Home mini & Max
    • Voice (voice) Match is a really big feature
    • Going after the Echo dot with the mini at a $49 price point
    • “Created the fabric”... soooo many design BS.
    • The Google Home mini early release devices had a software flaw that permanently spied/ recorded the surroundings.
    • The Max is an HomePod competitor that looks like the iPod Hi-Fi
    • Great sound as a feature, powered by ML, at a premium price
    • Nest is a Google Home contractor...
  • The PixelBook
    • A 2nd shot at high end Chromebooks
    • Combines the laptop, tablet and smartphone? 4-in-1 design.
    • Nice design but with HUGE bezels
    • The arrow keys are symmetrical
    • Pixelbook Pen a Wacom 10 msec latency stylus at $99
    • Android apps are finally out of beta
  • Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
    • A $20 dongle!
    • No headphone jack…?
    • Those bezels and design...
    • Generic hardware enhanced by AI
    • The best camera… again… That DxOMark scores are so BS
    • The 1st smartphone with eSIM
    • Search bar under the Dock. Not surprising from a search company
    • Everything is a quick squeeze away…
    • No difference between the 2 devices just size that results in $200 gap.
  • DayDream VR is a bet in the wrong direction.
    • Took only 2-3 minutes on stage, which says everything
  • Pixel Buds
  • Google Clips
    • The future of photography?
    • A creepy but kinda cool For parents and pet owners
  • Is Hardware no longer a hobby?
  • ARCore, trying to catch up with Apple’s ARKit