This week we talk about the arrival of RCS on Google Fi, the death of the Chromecast Audio, some CES leftover stories, and more.

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Hosts:

Stephen Hall

Abner Li

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Samsung to announce Galaxy S10 at February 20 Galaxy Unpacked event

Samsung blog post may have accidentally confirmed the Samsung Galaxy S10 design

Samsung’s foldable Galaxy phone may be on display at February 20 Unpacked event

Snapdragon 855 benchmarks tease a promising platform for this year’s Android flagships

Google’s CES 2019 booth had a coaster ride, self-aware advertising, and free Home Hubs [Video]

Hands-on: Brydge’s new keyboard and touchpad are rare Chrome OS-first accessories

Tech21 adds NFC-connected keyboard to a Pixel 3 XL folio case w/ ‘Made for Google’ Evo Type

Hands-on: Focals by North are AR glasses having their Pebble moment

Google Fi begins rolling out RCS Chat, upgrading international data speeds

Comment: Google Assistant’s ‘Pretty Please’ should not sacrifice utility in its quest to be kind

Google says it is discontinuing the Chromecast Audio

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides rolling out Google Material Theme redesigns on the web

You can now easily reset Adaptive Brightness in Android 9 Pie to factory defaults

YouTube’s new swipe gestures to navigate through video history, rolling out to iOS this week

[Update: Broken AOD, Pixel Launcher weather] Google app 9.0 preps Podcasts transcription, rounded Assistant, 9to5G shout-out [APK Insight]

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