Hands-On Android (Audio)

Jason Howell shows off a number of ways to find free music, movies, e-books, audiobooks, comics, and games on Android with nothing more than a library card.

Host: Jason Howell

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Jason Howell shows off a number of ways to find free music, movies, e-books, audiobooks, comics, and games on Android with nothing more than a library card.

• Libby
• Overdrive
• RBdigital
• Kanopy
• Hoopla
• LibriVox
• Audible Stories
• Sesame Street
• Internet Archive's National Emergency Library

Host: Jason Howell

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Samsung includes a number of bells and whistles with their Galaxy series of phones. Setting one up from scratch involves a number of tweaks to refine the experience and get the most from it out of the box. Jason shows how he chose to set up the new Galaxy S20 Ultra.

Host: Jason Howell

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Samsung includes a number of bells and whistles with their Galaxy series of phones. Setting one up from scratch involves a number of tweaks to refine the experience and get the most from it out of the box. Jason shows how he chose to set up the new Galaxy S20 Ultra.

• Gestures vs. Button navigation.
• Homescreen and app tray density.
• Light vs Dark mode.
• Power button vs Bixby button.
• Volume rocker tweaks.
• Live caption.
• 120Hz display refresh
• Smart Stay.
• Secure lock.

Host: Jason Howell

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The second developer preview was released on schedule and there are a number of tweaks to some of the new features of the previous version.

Host: Jason Howell

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The second developer preview was released on schedule and there are a number of tweaks to some of the new features of the previous version.

• More polish and new settings in the screen recorder
• A completely redesigned wallpaper picker
• A new lockscreen clock design section
• Notification History in settings
• Hide silent notifications from status bar
• Pixel 4 face scan to require eyes to be open

Host: Jason Howell

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Some games for Android support hardware gamepads, like the ones that ship with the most current consoles on the market. Jason walks through how to get those controllers set up to play those games.

Host: Jason Howell

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Some games for Android support hardware gamepads, like the ones that ship with the most current consoles on the market. Jason walks through how to get those controllers set up to play those games.

• Xbox One wireless controller
• PlayStation Dual Shock 4 controller
• Nintendo Switch Pro controller
• Games that support hardware controllers

Host: Jason Howell

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Misplacing your device is no walk in the park. Thankfully, both Google and Samsung offer robust ways to track your lost device and even remotely manage it in the event that it's in the wrong hands. Jason Howell compares both services to see which is more helpful in a pinch.

Host: Jason Howell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-android

Misplacing your device is no walk in the park. Thankfully, both Google and Samsung offer robust ways to track your lost device and even remotely manage it in the event that it's in the wrong hands. Jason Howell compares both services to see which is more helpful in a pinch.

• Google's Find My Phone app
• Samsung's Find My Device web app
• Tracking the device on a map
• Securing the device
• Triggering a remote wipe of the drive
• Backing up data

Host: Jason Howell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-android