We are joined this week by Matt Birchler, who compares his Android experiment with Greg. We continue with Apple Watch, watchOS 5 wishlist, and the smartwatch landscape which has only 2 major players - Apple and Tizen powered Samsung Gear, going forward.

Also, we talk about the HomePod, as Matt shares, his impressions and Greg explains why he bought a 2nd HomePod.

 

Special Guest: Matt Birchler

• Twitter: @mattbirchler
• BirchTree: https://birchtree.me
• The BirchTree Podcast: http://birchtree.libsyn.com/
• Today's Forecast app: https://forecast-app.com

Hosts

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

 

Follow Up

• What’s it like being a celebrity Matt - since we last spoke your blog has been picked up quite a few times
• Android experiment talk:
  • Matt talks about his Android yearly adventure
  • Greg talks about his Android experiment
• HomePod talk! - sorry Nati
• • Greg got another one. Still very positive and I’m very confident of improvements going forward
  • HomePod's white circle saga
  • • Sonos One has this issue as well

 

Topics

• Microsoft doesn't want to fix a major Skype security bug
• Nati should have tested Outcast by now (spoiler: he did)
• larger Apple Watch talk
• • Podcasts
  • Apple Watch Q4 shipments
  • Qualcomm is killing Android smartwatch market
  • Third party data access
  • Matt's predictions/wants