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October 13, 201668: Marsupials Are People Too, You Animals
The whole of Australia is yet again angry with Russell. Andy tries to deflect them with Koala Facts. Yasmine thinks Russell should go down for his crimes. The Material team hold an intervention with a Galaxy Note 7 user.
This week we pour one out for the Note 7, a phone who's star just burnt too bright. The modern day Icarus, whose goals were too lofty, whose flight just too high. We'll miss thee oh noble phone.
Also Android 7.1, Google Chrome and Project Fi!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Australian Koala Foundation Feeding a farting wombat - Natural World 2016: Episode 5 Preview - BBC Two - YouTube Fitbit Charge 2™ Heart Rate + Fitness Wristband Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane - The Verge We’re up to seven reports of “safe” Galaxy Note 7s exploding [Update #3] | Ars Technica Galaxy Note7 Safety Recall and Exchange Program Samsung Sent us a "Note 7 Return Kit" with a Thermally-Insulated Box and Safety Gloves Chrome Update: High CPU, RAM usage soon a thing of the past | BGR Coming soon: Android 7.1 Developer Preview | Android Developers Blog Iride UI - Icon Pack - Android Apps on Google Play Introducing Project Fi’s group plan Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Google Cast app will soon become Google Home. https://t.co/uKgwkhvTkV" Material Podcast on Twitter: "The Invisible Pixel https://t.co/icUktQBLmO"
1 hr 6 min
October 06, 201667: GARPETS: It's Like Carpet For Your Face, Hanging Live On The Line!
You might be asking yourself...how did I get into this situation? Well you're not alone! Our intrepid hosts asks themselves the very same questions as they record this episode LIVE. If you missed it, or you prefer the audio version then this is the show for you. If you had no idea we did a video, there's a link for you in the show notes :)
In terms of content: we run down all things Google Event: Pixel, Home, Chromecast, Daydream...and of course Garpet for your Gsuite. Don't pretend you haven't been thinking of tiling your walls with Google's new Daydream headset! It comes in different colours too! One for the floor...one for the wall...one for the ceiling because at this point, ok, it's a little insane.
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
HelpSpot: The most comprehensive and flexible help desk software around. Get 10% off with the code MATERIAL.
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Links and Show Notes:
Watch the Live Episode on YouTube
Find us Online
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Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review
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Material Podcast - @materialpodcast
Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko
Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf
Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen
Support Material with a Relay FM Membership #madebygoogle - YouTube
This link starts the Google hardware event video 25 minutes in, so you don't have to stare at the "The live stream will begin shortly" screen for 25 min. You're welcome.
Made by Google
Devices from Google.
Pixel + Pixel XL versus Nexus 5X + 6P: Google's new phones compared, to scale | Android Central
Big Pixel and baby Pixel side-by-side, in context.
The Google Phone
The inside story of Google’s bold bet on hardware
Material #47: Removed Your Head In Daydream? No Donuts For You! - Relay FM
The Material Crew are joined by two Senior Designers and Prototypers from the Google VR Daydream team.
1 hr 46 min
September 29, 201666: Route 66
Russell comes to the end of his Noteworthy journey. Yasmine shines a bright light on the Google Assistant while it sweats uncomfortably. Andy dreams big about October 4th. That's right it's been a HUGE week since our last episode aired filled with product releases and rumours.
We also have some cool news to share: Our next episode will be aired LIVE ON THE LINE mere hours after the Google event. Watch us react, watch us flounder, heck even watch us sweat under the heat that is studio lighting as we dissect everything Google announces on October the 4th. This episode is not to be missed!
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes:
Live Episode Next Week! Subscribe on YouTube
Find us Online
Support The Show
relay.fm/material
Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review
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We want to hear from you, send us a message.
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Material Podcast - @materialpodcast
Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko
Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf
Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen
Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Chris Choate on Twitter: "@materialpodcast: y'all are the best! @rustyshelf actually inadvertently said "Kirkendoll" which is how it's pronounced. #yeehaw 🙂"
RussellWasRight
Google's 18th Birthday Android on Twitter: "8 epic years. Naturally, we're celebrating with some of our favorite treats. #Android https://t.co/t2GPZWSCJj"
Android Cake
Allo's weird SMS support explained, and other answers Official Google Blog: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy feature - The Verge Hiroshi Lockheimer on Twitter: "We announced the 1st version of Android 8 years ago today. I have a feeling 8 years from now we'll be talking about Oct 4, 2016."
We announced the 1st version of Android 8 years ago today. I have a feeling 8 years from now we'll be talking about Oct 4, 2016
Alphabet’s Google to Fold Chrome Operating System Into Android - WSJ Google Chrome Blog: Chrome OS is here to stay
Over the last few days, there’s been some confusion about the future of Chrome OS and Chromebooks based on speculation that Chrome OS will be folded into Android. While we’ve been working on ways to bring together the best of both operating systems, there's no plan to phase out Chrome OS.
Exclusive: Google will introduce Google Wifi, a $129 home Wi-Fi router, on October 4th Want to Know More About Google WiFi? OK, Let's Talk. | Droid Life Google adds Spanish-language voting guides to Search | TechCrunch
Google is continuing its push to get more Americans registered to vote ahead of the upcoming presidential elections by expanding its voter information guides in Google Search to Spanish.
Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Allo doesn't let you type a Direct Reply. It lets you tap Smart Reply options. 👎 Annoying, especially when none are given. LET ME DO BOTH. https://t.co/cOHgDXcRqY" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "#GoogleAllo on Android Wear with multiple chats. Chats won't expand, so you can't see the messages. https://t.co/ZMueKrwxos" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Messages from a single chat display without a problem. You can reply if smart replies are provided by Google Assistant #GoogleAllo https://t.co/nYCXDmu5jJ" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Google Assistant still in preview had to ask "Presidential Debate dates" to get the answer to What time is the Presidential Debate tomorrow? https://t.co/4bIrIvigdL" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Google Assistant and I have decided to look past our flaws 🤖😍 https://t.co/jKzWm5YxNl" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "🖖🤖 https://t.co/H7rd6gmOiw"
Are you a fan of Star Trek?
Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Can we talk about #GoogleAllo stickers? This sticker is animated... https://t.co/dvI28rBI57" Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "The Entertainment Quiz on Allo is fun. What a clever way of displaying additional information when the answer is revealed. https://t.co/8B17RfflXu"
1 hr 23 min
September 22, 201665: The Year of the Llama
Russell learns about just how delicious Astronaut Ice Cream is while he waits for his new Note 7 to arrive. Yasmine gets angry at the Google Keyboard. Andy makes a shocking discovery inside Youtube. Of course we also discuss the upcoming October 4th Google Event. GET HYPE PEOPLES!
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 ‘material20’
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Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Evan Blass on Twitter: "Hello, Allo (launches this week)." Cornish Pasty Co. » History Samsung confirms that revised Galaxy Note7s will feature green battery icons in multiple places after software update Lee Ball on Twitter: "Oi! @rustyshelf us Brits CAN bake. We just can't BBQ. Sorry about that." Chris Choate on Twitter: "I know this is at least a week passé, @materialpodcast , but I'd love to hear you pronounce the street in #Houston called "Kuykendahl."" Oct. 4 – Google Google on Twitter: "October is coming. #madebygoogle https://t.co/UNMr2cJXhk https://t.co/LzyswaEBjh" Google: Oct. 4 - YouTube
Watch a search box rectangle turn into a phone-shaped rectangle!
Non-blurry photos of the Google Pixel and Pixel XL leak Official Google Blog: See more, plan less – try Google Trips Behind the scenes of Pokémon Go (John Hanke, CEO, Niantic) - Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher
1 hr 8 min
September 15, 201664: Chuck Who? Please, he's 1/4 of a Ruth Porat.
Andy is upset about some kind of cooking program? Yasmine is letting her Electrons Slack off. Russell becomes an explosives expert. Former Material Hosts are launched to stratospheric heights. Finally Google's CFO is bad ass. BAD. ASS.
Also drone delivered burritos being attacked by hawks. No Really.
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 ‘material20’
Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Electron - Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Paul Betts on Twitter: "hi we completely rewrote the Slack Mac app in Electron and it's way better and now you can all try it: https://t.co/qItdSxiLAo" Google Developers on Twitter: "We’re celebrating #ProgrammersDay by joining our partner @GA and #ilooklikeadeveloper https://t.co/uJJKoL01Kh https://t.co/NshjotjGSf" Annyce Davis on Twitter: "What's my passion? Being on the forefront of change, where anything is possible. #ilooklikeadeveloper @googledevs https://t.co/Wt0gBvY6qL" Material Podcast - Android Edition Sticker Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Recall Is a Nightmare So Far Note to Shelf: My Note 7 Experience – Medium Everybody calm down: that Brooklyn Note7 explosion reported by the NY Post was actually a Galaxy Core Prime Press Release – FAA Statement on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Devices Passenger information on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 | EASA Samsung Lost An Entire HP In Market Value After Note 7 Disaster - BuzzFeed News Google’s VR Cardboard Camera app is coming to iOS - The Verge The Wall Street Veteran Who's Helping Google Get Disciplined Alphabet partners with Chipotle to deliver burritos using drones - The Verge
1 hr 5 min
September 08, 201663: Tick Tick Boom!
Yasmine gives up on mailing our listeners 100s of stickers, and decides to sell them instead. Russell has an explosive story. Andy takes a hit for the team and embarks on a quest to get a Book about Yoga.
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
Squarespace: Enter offer code MATERIAL at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
HelpSpot: The most comprehensive and flexible help desk software around. Get 10% off with the code MATERIAL.
Links and Show Notes:
Find us Online
Support The Show
relay.fm/material
Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review
Material Podcast on iTunes
We want to hear from you, send us a message.
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Follow us on Twitter
Material Podcast - @materialpodcast
Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko
Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf
Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen
Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Material Podcast - Android Edition - Sticker Mule Marc and Russells Project Assets
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Recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Explodes In Winthrop, Paramedics Say « CBS Boston Note 7 ASPLODES in Australia [Statement] Samsung Will Replace Current Note7 with New One – Samsung Newsroom Samsung Establishes U.S. Product Exchange Program for Galaxy Note7 - Samsung Newsroom Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone | The Verge A big part of the Alphabet-owned Nest team is being moved back to Google | Business Insider Google will announce Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, Google Home, Daydream VR viewer on October 4th IFA 2016: All the announcements that matter - Pocket-lint The Thinnest Laptop in the World Needs a Touchscreen Keyboard Lenovo’s Yoga Book reinvents the tablet - YouTube Lenovo is ‘thinking very seriously’ about bringing Chrome OS to the Yoga Book - The Verge Beyoncé - Halo - YouTube
1 hr 5 min
September 01, 201662: Side Loaded Experts
Russell is replaced by an actual expert. Yasmine gets excited for native night mode. Andy nerds out about more camera stuff. All the best from the world of Google beamed right into your ears. It's the greatest Material yet!
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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HelpSpot: The most comprehensive and flexible help desk software around. Get 10% off with the code MATERIAL.
Guest Starring:
Annyce Davis
Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Annyce Davis | Google Experts | Experts | Google Developers Annyce Davis (@brwngrldev) | Twitter Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: ".@marcedwards stole @rustyshelf, don't worry @materialpodcast listenerds, we have a special guest co-host lined up! https://t.co/DYxdK2EsLI" Night Mode Enabler - Android Apps on Google Play Footej Camera Official Google Blog: Search is a Jack of all trades Project Fi's WiFi Assistant is coming to all Nexus devices in the US, Canada, the UK, and more Google Recruiting Web Stars, Hulu for Virtual Reality Push - Bloomberg Tango Material #47: Removed Your Head In Daydream? No Donuts For You! - Relay FM Moving Chrome apps to desktop apps is now easy, thanks to Electron Chrome Progressive Web Apps | Google Developers About | Joe's Real BBQ Teyana Taylor - Google Me - YouTube
54 min
August 25, 201661: Scratch And Sniff Snickers
Russell makes a Note, then makes six more. Yasmine's outruns a haboob even though her Nougat joke making license has expired. Andy turns an odd shade of Fuchsia. We also attempt to pronounce German town names, because at this point, why the heck not?
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "Trying to outrun the HABOOB! Clear skies on the right, dust on the left. https://t.co/Z6DPC8pXsy" Mike Olbinski on Twitter: "Big ol’ dust storm that hit downtown Phoenix earlier. #azwx @JimCantore @weatherchannel @reedtimmerTVN https://t.co/fgC26KxKvQ" Android Apps, Instant and Everywhere with Yasmine Evjen - PHX Android / GDGPhoenix (Phoenix, AZ) - Meetup Samsung Galaxy Note7 | Samsung US Andy Ihnatko on Twitter: "I finally got Nougat tonight, though I was forced to sidestep Google. https://t.co/Oz0b99d5rZ" Android – Nougat Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat | Android Developers Blog Android 7.0 for Developers | Android Developers fuchsia Git repositories - Git at Google
Gitiles
Google is working on a new operating system named Fuchsia - The Verge The repo at https://fuchsia.googlesource.com reveals a rather interesting UI sto... | Hacker News
1 hr 3 min
August 18, 201660: Knock Knock. Who's there? The Material Trio!
Andy falls hard for the Nvidia Shield. Russell pines for his in transit Note 7. Yasmine just wants someone to answer her Duo calls. There's also some uncomfortable revelations about just who is in who's address book.
Material, your source of weekly Google Drama all packed into one neat little bow. A bow that's delivered right to your podcast app of choice. A bow it takes only a few taps to unpack. Honest question...why are you still reading these show notes? I'm really not going anywhere with this analogy it's just me filling in time while this episode uploads. Yes I have slow Internet, but I'm not the stubborn one still reading am I? What's that, you're going to stop...I dare you! I double dare you! Ha, you're still reading. I could literally type anything into this box and you'd keep on reading. I LOVE SHOW NOTES, ULTIMATE POWER.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Best podcast app for Android | Android Central The best podcast app for Android | The Verge GO FOR THE GOLD!!!! Membership - Relay FM HDHomeRun - Watch TV anywhere in your home NVIDIA SHIELD - Android TV Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review: Best New Android Phone - WSJ Official Google Blog: Meet Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app for everyone Google Duo - Android Apps on Google Play Google Allo - Android Apps on Google Play Hangouts On Air moving from Google+ to YouTube Live - YouTube Help
1 hr 9 min
August 11, 201659: Koala Powered Fridge Olympics
Yasmine finally acknowledges that Russell did one thing right, just the one thing though. Andy tries not to mention the 'O' word, running in five circles around it instead. Russell pulls the old 'you made this thing?', 'I made this thing' trick.
Yes kids, it's yet another fun filled episode of Material Podcast! Your one stop shop that you listen to while you get your mop chopped.
This episode of Material is sponsored by:
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Pocket Casts Is the Podcast App Every iPhone User Needs | WIRED Chris Lacy on Twitter: "@rustyshelf @YasmineEvjen @Ihnatko latest beta has a treat for y'all. Long press "Nougat style" All Apps setting 😀 https://t.co/jqRzKWRdAI" “Tasty Treats” graphic designer t-shirt by Virginia Poltrack. | Cotton Bureau: hand-picked tees, tanks, and hoodies for people of all ages. Submit yours today. Official Google Blog: Go bananas for the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games Google Photos: Free Up Space - YouTube Official Google Blog: Let Google be your guide to Rio de Janeiro Yasmine Evjen on Twitter: "For now, Rio 2016 secures a spot in replacing All Apps. Can't stop swiping up Action Launcher, can opening sound. 🙌 https://t.co/7GxHYFa8hl" Official Google Blog: Explore Rio from every angle Rio: Beyond the Map - Google Arts & Culture Membership - Relay FM
58 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…