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  • 148: I/O PSA: Slip Slop Slap

    Andy is on assignment in an undisclosed location. Flo needs help, but Russell is very tired (and also, TBH, kinda dumb). Google launches 25 new apps that all do the same thing. Also lots of amazing smart home tips from the one and only, Smart Home Master Ion.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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    • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership New Gmail! New Google Tasks! New Google Podcasts! Slip Slop Slap
      1 hr 3 min
    • 147: Hello, Is It The PoPo You're Looking For?

      Flo sets off alarm bells. Andy can't get no satisfaction from Google Play Music. Russell unearths more youths from our listener hordes. Also Chrome muting autoplay videos, Pixelbook getting dual boot, Google maps gets street smarts and NIGHTWATCH. The coolest damn code name of the coolest damn team in the world.

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      • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘material2018’
      • Slack: Where work happens.
      • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Send Help, Being Forced To Use Android The Teens Are Real! Latest Chrome mutes autoplay videos (mostly) Is Pixelbook about to get a dual-boot mode? Google Maps experimenting with landmark-based directions
        1 hr 13 min
      • 146: Double Sundar All The Way Across The Sky

        Flo's back and she wants to know what the kids like these days. Russell never left but he still has no idea about the youths. Andy's always been hip to the beat so he has no issues staying woke. The team answers listeners email, talks Google I/O, gets up in your 1000 thread count Google Sheet Macros and covers a few rumours to boot.

        All this and more on your 12th favourite podcast! We're not #1, but damn do we try hard to get into the top 10.

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        • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Kids Like Apple HP Chromebook X2 Android TV Dongle? Macro Your Sheets Google Research Look To Listen
          1 hr 22 min
        • 145: There's no AI in Team

          It's a more sombre episode this week as we talk about the tragic news from YouTube. It gets a little less sombre when we cover Google's AI chief leaving for Apple and then we just get straight up crazy and talk about the Nexus DESIRE. You know you want it.

          This episode of Material is sponsored by:
          • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
          • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership The YouTube Shooting Sundar Pichai responds with an email to all employees Apple poaches Google’s AI chief Google News Initiative Google employees protest company’s contract to furnish military with AI tech Project Maven Open letter to Sundar Pichai Rumour: 2018 budget-friendly Android One model
            1 hr 11 min
          • 144: Pretty, pretty, pretty punchy

            Back from the Apple event, Andy has plenty to say about the company's education initiatives and how they stack up to Google's Chromebooks. Flo and Russell also join the conversation by dialing up the millennial nostalgia references.

            Later on the in show, the trio discusses Google's latest cultural dilemmas, as well as which smartwatches they'd rather wear instead of Wear OS.

            This episode of Material is sponsored by:
            • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘material2018’
            • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
            • Links and Show Notes:
              • The Verge: The first Chrome OS tablet is here

              • Google: Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect pair

              • Gizmodo: Google isn't listening, so its employees are suing

              • NYUPress: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

              • Android Developers: Wear OS by Google Developer Preview

              • Engadget: Could Google's Smart Sound be more than a gimmick?

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                1 hr 8 min
              • 143: Parrot Identification Algorithms

                Andy succumbs to the neighbour headache inducing awesomeness that is the Google Home Maaaaaaax. Russell admits to spending way too long on RPG characters. Flo changes all the Assistants to be men so she can control their tiny minds. Will the stink of Facebook's trouble spread to Google? Will police start harvesting all your Google location data? Do we have a right to be forgotten?

                I tell you what it risked getting really deep until we jumped to talking about Instant Games Augmented Reality Anatomy. All this and more on your *second favourite podcast on the Interwebz.

                *second meaning first. First favourite just sounded awkward.

                This episode of Material is sponsored by:
                • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
                • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
                • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership The PoPo Want Your Google Data Instant Apps Rolling Out For Games Just A Line Google AR Experiment Google Buying Lytro? Programmable Friendship Bracelet
                  1 hr 11 min
                • 142: Always Press More Settings

                  While Andy is on assignment Flo and Russell take the time to catch up and take over the entire show. Flo explains to Russell what all this fan dangled Routines stuff actually means that Google has launched. Russell sees things in the Wear OS logo. We also read our first, and hopefully last, joke email from a listener.

                  This episode of Material is sponsored by:
                  • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘material2018’
                  • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
                  • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Routines in Google Assistant go live Google expands Assistant with Custom Device Actions for hardware makers Google Assistant Funhouse at SXSW Wear OS Rumours That Turned Out To Be True Flo's Emoji Compat Article
                    56 min
                  • 141: Notches Will Ruin Everything

                    It's another Blum-filled show so you know what to expect. Andy has his cake and eats it too. Flo wishes Clipz could do more with the amazing source material she's providing it. Russell torments people in his house with automation. Also we run down Android P(otatoe) and introduce some fine arts into your lives.

                    This episode of Material is sponsored by:
                    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
                    • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
                    • Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Android P P Won't Support Some Fairly New Devices The Verge Android P Roundup Google Art Experiment Real Time Video Segmentation on YouTube
                      1 hr 16 min
                    • 140: The Promises of Mobile World Congress

                      Nevermind that Flo finally has her Google Clips—what's going on in Barcelona? Andy, Flo, and Russell break down the announcements at MWC 2018 and weigh in on whether the show is still about smartphones (or is it about assistants?) Russell then educates us on Google's cross-platform app framework called Flutter, and whether it has a future with developers.

                      This episode of Material is sponsored by:
                      • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
                      • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
                      • Links and Show Notes:
                        • CNET: Galaxy S9 IRL: What it's like to use Samsung's gorgeous new phones

                        • The Verge: Google releases Flutter cross-platform app framework into beta

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                          1 hr 19 min
                        • 139: The Superstation

                          Flo starts off this week with a diatribe on why YouTube TV and the Google Home Max are worth the money. Then, your three intrepid co-hosts delve into a discussion on whether the Galaxy S9 is still worth the hype in a post-Pixel world. There's also a little talk about what's new with permissions in Android P.

                          This episode of Material is sponsored by:
                          • Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘material2018’
                          • Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off.
                          • Links and Show Notes:
                            • Google Support: Create and manage shortcut commands

                            • Google Support: Manage volume and LED brightness with Night mode

                            • Reviewed: 5 awesome tricks you didn't know the Google Home could do

                            • XDA Developers: Samsung will show off the Galaxy S9’s design in Augmented Reality, here’s what it looks like

                            • IMGUR: Leaked Galaxy S9 packaging

                            • XDA Developers: Android P will Prevent Idle Background Apps from Accessing the Camera

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                              1 hr 20 min

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                            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…

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