Show Notes

* Android News

* Daydream VR discontinued and will not be on Pixel 4

* Why Google dropped the fingerprint sensor and why it might not be a good idea

* Pixel 4 will get Android updates and patches until October 2022

* Pixel 4’s astrophotography mode is coming to Pixel 3 and 3A

* Introducing NDK r21: first long support release

* Pixel 4 will use Frequent Faces to focus on people you often photograph

* If you have a GSuite account account active on your Pixel 4, primary or otherwise, no new Assistant for you

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* App News

* Datally has been removed from the Play Store

* Outlook now supports Actionable Messages.

* Google Maps can notify you if your taxi goes off route for safety purposes.

* Home Automation

* Google Nest debuts Home Routines and Device Access

* Nest Aware can now use smart speakers and displays to listen for smoke and CO alarms

* In Other News

* Chrome rolls out new protections preventing password and data theft: Cookies and passwords can only be accessed by processes related to the corresponding site, and isolation of sensitive resource types. Eats more RAM because of this.

* Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups

* You can start a new Google Doc(doc.new), Sheet(sheet.new), Slides(slide.new), Form(form.new), Sites(site.new), or Keep Note(keep.new).

* Google Clips is dead.

* Annie Leibovitz photos with a Pixel.

* Google combining Gmail and Google Account profile photos.