Show Notes

* Infographic: Google Releases App, Proceeds to Shut App Down

* Android News

* Bill Gates says Windows Mobile lost to Android because of Microsoft’s antitrust issues

* Opinion: Google is trying to build phones for 80% of users and its leading to mistakes

* Google rolls out ramping ringer feature for Pixel phones

* Google’s App Defense Alliance teams up to fight malware on Android

* Android Auto hints at bringing back weather info.

* Google is deprecating Android’s AsyncTask API in Android 11

* Developers: It is super easy to bypass Android’s hidden API restrictions

* One Biometric API over all Android

* Privacy Protections for physical activity on Android 10

* App News

* Google Camera rolling out to older Pixels

* Home Automation

* You Can Now Ask Google Assistant to fill up your bathtub, close your faucet, or control your de/humidifier

* Ring Doorbell update prevents neighbors from stealing your wifi

* In Other News

* Google is open-sourcing Cardboard and is no longer actively developing the cardboard SDK.

* Google starts showing dates on smart display slideshows.

* Nest Hub and Nest Max to get ultrasound presence sensing.

* T-Mobile promises $15 per month, 2GB plan if Sprint deal goes through.

* Why more than 168,000 Valentine’s Day text messages arrived in November

* Firefox browser is 15 years old.

* Google was apparently collecting millions of American’s healthcare data without general awareness

* US violated Constitution by