This week we primarily talk about Google's surprising pre-announcement of the Pixel 4's Soli and Motion Sense features, as well as Pixel sales and the new Android Auto experience.

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Hosts:

Abner Li

Ben Schoon

Kyle Bradshaw

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Official Pixel 4 teaser confirms and details face unlock, Soli, display bezels [Video]

[Update: Privacy details] Google is gathering face data for Pixel 4 in the streets for $5

Opinion: Pixel 4’s ‘massive bezel’ is more than justified by the amount of tech inside

Benchmarks surface for ‘Atlas,’ revealing possible Pixelbook 2 specs

Pixel 3a helped Google increase Pixel sales by over 2x last quarter

New Android Auto rollout officially starts today, available to all in ‘coming weeks’

Android Auto’s redesign makes meaningful changes at the expense of smarts [Video]

Nvidia rolling out Android Pie to Shield TV with Upgrade 8.0

[Update: Remote, dongle] Nvidia Shield TV w/ Android TV pops up at FCC with an updated chipset

Google ADT-3 Android TV developer hardware tipped for late 2019 release

Samsung ‘ready to launch’ Galaxy Fold this September, details fixes

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold won’t be carried by T-Mobile upon re-release

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is a high-end Android tablet w/ Snapdragon 855 for $649

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