AAA 525: Android 12 is Material You - Privacy Dashboard, Wear, Project Starline, LaMDA, Pixel 'Passport'

Android now powers over 3 billion devices

Android 12 Preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design

Android 12 Beta: Designed for you

Android 12 will have more precise privacy controls, but experts aren't fully convinced

Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions on Data-Hungry Apps

Android 12 adds kill switches for camera and mic permissions

Now You Don't Have to Worry About Losing Your Chromecast Remote

Android phones will act more like iPhones in Android 12

Google is building a digital car key into Android 12, arriving on select phones later this year

Android 12 Beta 1 goes live for Pixel phones at Google I/O 2021

What's new for Wear

Google Is Finally Taking Smartwatches Seriously

Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too

Samsung teases plans to release a Wear OS smartwatch w/ support 'long into the future'

Fitbit devices will run Wear OS in the future

Google Project Starline is a holographic video conference system, and you can't have it

Google Assistant is going to get a lot more conversational with LaMDA

Google Photos to add more personalized Memories collections, 3D Cinematic photos

Google Photos is creating animated cinematic photos out of (nearly) nothing

Google Photos finally adds a Locked Folder for your private pics

People of color are getting a better camera from Google

Incredibly detailed Google Maps will be available in 50 cities this year

Google is helping you stay safe with new map routing options and telling you when public spaces are crowded

Chrome is automating the most annoying part of dealing with a password breach

Android 12 Beta reveals model numbers for Pixel 6 family, including foldable 'Passport'

Flutter 2.2 announced for faster, less crash-y apps

Flutter SDK will be ready for the new 'Material You' design language

Samsung is working to port Google's Flutter SDK to Galaxy Watch and other Tizen devices

Jetpack Compose 1.0 launching in July; 'Material You' support coming soon

Firebase gains App Check security, revamped Remote Config, and more

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Michael Wolfson

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