It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s Super Oreo!

Show Notes

* Android News

* Android Oreo Superpowers, coming to a device near you.

* Introducing Android 8.0 Oreo

* The Build Number format for Android has changed with Oreo to include the date of release.

* Android Oreo greatly reduces Lock Screen unlocking latency.

* Notification Channels in Oreo allows for developers to offer more granularity in showing notifications.

* Android O will make you love notifications again.

* Oreo offers changes to battery stats display.

* Oreo better controls background execution limits.

* Google adds support for multicasting/LTE Broadcast to AOSP.

* Likelihood that Googlers use Android Wear in their normal lives.

* App News

* LastPass launches public beta with support for Oreo’s Autofill API.

* Inbox now has an All Inboxes view.

* In Other News

* Verizon permanently throttling video on unlimited plans, as low as 480p.

* Supreme Court asked to nullify Google trademark.

* New New York law allows neighbors to sue over unwanted outdoor cameras.

* How to clean fingerprints and such off your smartphone and tablet.

* Jerry Lewis dead at age 91.