This week we talk about our thoughts on this past year in Google, our expectations for CES 2019, and a supposed Pixel 3 Lite that's coming to the United States?

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Hosts:

Stephen Hall

Abner Li

Top Stories:

TiVo may debut an Android TV device soon, potentially arriving at CES 2019 next month

[Update: Likely not] LG reportedly bringing a foldable smartphone to CES 2019

LG unveils new high-end soundbars with Google Assistant baked in, showcased at CES 2019

Samsung may deliver Google Assistant on its 2019 Smart TVs

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL ‘Lite’ reportedly launching this spring in the U.S.

Made by Google profit estimated at $3B for 2018 as Pixel, Home hardware gains ‘traction’

Google Pixel 3 gets score of 101 on DxOMark, ties with iPhone XR as highest rated single lens phone

Google to move its Messages web app from Android.com to Google.com

Best Android smartphone of 2018: What would you pick? [Poll]

Official Android Pie update now rolling out to Galaxy S9 family in some regions

FCC approves Project Soli, allowing Google to continue with radar-based input method

AT&T replacing LTE indicator on Android phones in early 2019 to ‘5G E’

Everything we knew about Fuchsia’s UI, Armadillo, is gone

Google Duo hits 1 billion downloads on the Play Store

Chrome for Android to get a healthy dose of Google Sans

Google reportedly halts Dragonfly development on censored search after privacy team complaints

Fuchsia Friday: A first look at the Fuchsia SDK, which you can download here

Comment: At $360, today’s Google Pixel 2 deal makes it the best Android phone to buy

Some Google Pixel 3 shipments from recent promos have apparently been delayed w/ no ETA

Google Cloud won’t sell facial recognition tech yet, ‘working through’ policy questions

Google will invest $1 billion in a massive Hudson Square New York City campus

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