Show Notes

* Android News

* Android phone manufacturers keep pretending that Android doesn’t exist.

* How Android Doze works and how to tweak it

* Project Ara is now dead.

* Rumor that there is a hardware event on October 4th, with new smartphones with the Pixel name, a 4K Chromecast, Google Home, Daydream VR, etc.

* Samsung officially conducting investigation of battery explosions on Note 7. Sales suspended in interim.

* The Power of “Early Access” to an App.

* App News

* Street View update can automatically detect and blur faces, group unpublished 360 photos, and soon point out photography sites.

* Preview version of Crossover runs Windows apps on Android and Chromebooks.

* Facebook adds Instant Video to Messenger.

* Google Contacts updates with better labeling, duplicate managements, etc.

* In Other News

* Mark Zuckerberg built an AI that controls his house, and he’ll demo it next month.

* Phillips Hue now works with Google OnHub.

* Verizon introduces LTE Advanced in 461 cities.

* Gene Wilder dies at 83.

* Project FI has a powerful feature hidden in plain sight.

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