Show Notes

* Android News

* Android Auto is broken for many on Android 11

* Android 11 takes away a row of quick setting tiles and limits usability of feature.

* Wear OS now lets you add more than 5 tiles.

* Hidden Changes in Android 11: New volume stream for Assistants, Clock Plugins, Deep Press on Notifications to expand them, Multi-Audio Focus, Faster Share Sheet, volume key customization, etc.

* Android 11’s sound picker will work with cast devices once apps are updated.

* App News

* Home Assistant 2.4.0, tries to improve sensor performance by splitting up the sensors, foreground service worker, a sensor for whether the device is being interacted with, public IP sensor, etc.

* Kiwi Browser updates for the first time in a year.

* Google Home has a new presence sensing feature.

* Home

* Wink continues downward spiral with day long outage.

* Wyze asks for donations for its person detection

* New Nest Thermostat passes the FCC.

* Home Assistant Tags.

* In Other News

* Zoom adds 2FA.

* Nvidia is acquiring ARM

* Google will announce its new Chromecast, Nest Speaker, and Pixel on September 30th.

* US Customs isn’t backing down, says seized OnePlus Buds violate Apple’s AirPods trademark

* CBS All Access is becoming Paramount+

* Amazon getting into the original podcast game.

* AmazonBasics products are going up in flames.