Techno Buffet Podcast

Episode 499 – Don’t Cross the Streams


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Show Notes

* Android News

* Android 11 is Red Velvet Cake
* Google may have used data from various apps to build competing apps and services.
* You can set a reminder straight from an Android notification
* Android Permissions still need a lot of work
* Android 11 will have a new captive portal API


* App News

* WhatsApp may be working on multi-device support
* Firefox will get support for swiping to change tabs.
* Google Assistant might get a chat bubble.
* The man behind the Pixel camera apps is working to make a camera app for every phone.
* Amazon adds voice control for other apps.
* Lyft app now supports PIP.
* Fit Companion is a Wear OS fitness app with Google Fit integration
* Accuweather adds minute-by-minute forecasts to fill feature gap left by Dark Sky.


* Wyze subscription issue vs Wink.
* In Other News

* T-Mobile will require VoLTE for all phones starting January 2021, AT&T to follow February 2022.
* Corning’s next Gorilla Glass will be a lot harder to scratch
* Regis Philbin dead at 88.
* CES is now all digital.
* Trump Administration wants FCC to regulate social media networks



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Techno Buffet PodcastBy Guru and Jere