Show Notes

* Android News

* Google links Maps and Translate to speak out place names in foreign countries

* The menu button has finally been retired in Android 10

* Upgrading messaging on Android in the US with RCS

* Google locks down thread complaining about G-Suite Assistant Reminders being disabled

* Google Play Store autoplay videos are coming, but can be disabled.

* Android X86 hits 9.0 release candidate

* Google outlines plan to use a mainline Linux kernel in Android

* App News

* Google Pay will lose your transit passes if you uninstall your app

* Wear OS gets a redesigned Play Store

* Brave, the privacy-focused browser, exits beta

* Files by Google can now play local files on a nearby Chromecast

* Github will release a new Android app in future, after discontinuing theirs in 2015.

* Apex Launcher continues demise, now pushes ads for its own browser when you open Chrome

* Amazon Music launches free ad sponsored tier on Android

* Google Pixel’s Call Screen may start automatically screening robocalls

* In Other News

* Google planning to offer checking accounts in partnership with a bank

* Why is American internet access so much more expensive than the rest of the world?

* The USPTO wants to know if artificial intelligence can own the content it creates

* Disney+ warns viewers about past racism but not as well as Warner Bros.

* Go Beyond the Headlines with Google News

* Shipments of Google Smart Speakers dropped by 40% as Echo grows

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