Material

By Relay

Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all th... more

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The podcast currently has 574 episodes available.

Material episodes:

June 26, 2026573: Ice-cold Creepy
What does the Google and A24 partnership mean for the future of moviemaking? And what will Android's Audio Memory "hear" for itself?
Links and Show Notes:
Google DeepMind and A24 announce first-of-its-kind research partnership
A24 Wouldn’t Tell Hollywood How It Works. Then It Told Google.
US scientist John Jumper to leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
AI lab musical chairs hits Google the hardest
Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins
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June 19, 2026572: Dispatches From Behind the Walled Garden
A triumphant return from WWDC to talk about the official release of Android 17 and the new Google Home speaker.
Links and Show Notes:
Apple Finally Added These iOS 27 Features. Android Users Wonder What Took So Long
Android 17 has new features for productivity, gaming and security
Android 17 Is Now Live for Anyone With a Pixel Smartphone
Meet the new Google Home Speaker, built for Gemini
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56min
June 12, 2026571: Siri the Valkyrie
Siri AI isn't Gemini; it's something else. Apple details its revamped plans for the agentic battle ahead.
Links and Show Notes:
Apple unveils next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and more
Apple Intelligence brings powerful AI capabilities into everyday experiences
Is Paris Hilton really using Android?????
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1h 6min
June 04, 2026570: Bound for Life
Google pleads with you to believe it's doing all that it can to save the water it wastes during an AI prompt. They also have a new experimental AI app that turns your to-do list into a children's story.
Links and Show Notes:
Google’s water stewardship commitments for local communities
Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here's why scientists are enthusiastic
Meet Dreambeans, an app that connects you with what matters
Quickly scan multiple pages in Google Drive on Android
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1h 6min
May 28, 2026569: A Rare Occasion
Flo and Andy both have had a few weeks with the new Fitbit Air. And—surprise, surprise—DuckDuckGo downloads have exponentially increased since last week's Google I/O keynote.
Links and Show Notes:
Introducing the new Google Fitbit Air
Google Health brings your data into one place, on your terms
'Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt': DuckDuckGo CEO says installs are surging after Google I/O
Google Antigravity Built an OS (and more)
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1h 1min
May 22, 2026568: It Takes a Spark
What's that Spark that's trying to start a fire? Why, that's all of Google's I/O 2026 announcements.
Links and Show Notes:
I Tried Google's Screen-Free Smart Glasses, and They're Exactly What I Want
Is Spark Another Rebrand of Google Gemini or Something Else?
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1h 5min
May 15, 2026567: The Android Show I/O Edition
We're talking about Android's evolution into an "intelligent" operating system and why Chrome is storing 4GB of data on your computer.
Links and Show Notes:
A smarter, more proactive Android with Gemini Intelligence
Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.
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1h 3min
May 07, 2026566: Beer Commercials for Android
Android Show is next week, what will we learn? Google's DeepMind workers overseas are taking action against the company's military AI contracts.
Links and Show Notes:
Android Show I/O Edition: What's New for Android in 2026
Google releases experimental ‘COSMO’ AI assistant app on Play Store
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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May 01, 2026565: Peripheral Jesus
Google is still making a ton of money and Motorola launched a new family of foldables. Why does Google hate the taste of its own dogfood?
Links and Show Notes:
Alphabet earnings call, Q1 2026: Sundar Pichai’s remarks
Power, Style, and Flexibility: Motorola introduces three new flip devices to the razr family
Google’s Internal Politics Leave It Playing Catch-Up on AI Coding
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1h 3min
April 23, 2026564: Make Agentic Work
Agentic AI is coming to Google's enterprise, whether you like it or not, and the next Pixel phone might bring back notification lights. Google is beta testing more ugly ads.
Links and Show Notes:
Google Cloud Next 2026: News and updates
New Workspace Intelligence delivers unified, real-time understanding to power agentic work.
Google working on Pixel ‘laptop’ and ‘Pixel Glow’ lights that are also coming to phones
Focused banner ads for web (Beta)
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55min

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