December 14, 2021

#SGGQA 233: UPDATES GALORE! Duo 2, OnePlus 9, Pixel 6! And there was NO Phone of the Year AGAIN!

2 hours 24 minutes

2021 might be winding down, but the news just keeps on coming!

Apple’s Do Not Track feature doesn’t really stop companies from tracking you. YouTube publishes data on the MILLIONS of bogus copyright claims that go through. DARPA created a REAL warp bubble!

And we’ve got a TON of leg work to follow up on updates for phones! We should also bbreak down the best phones of the year!

Let’s get our tech week started right!

Stories This Week:

Pixel 6 Pro Camera the good and the bad! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/12/10/pixel-6-pro-camera-4-things-it-gets-right-and-5-things-it-gets-wrong/

OnePlus 9 Android 12 https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/12/08/oneplus-9-on-android-12-what-works-what-doesnt/

Juan’s More Concise Road-Trip Report Card write up! https://www.patreon.com/posts/59335151

Some thoughts on Steam Deck, Snapdragon G3X, and mobile gaming https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/12/03/snapdragon-g3x-steam-deck-delays-and-some-thoughts-on-mobile-gaming/

Sony vs Vivo vs Google BIG camera showdown! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/11/29/the-big-phone-camera-photo-showdown-pixel-6-pro-vs-xperia-pro-i-vs-vivo-x70-pro/

Some Thoughts on the TCL 6-Series TV https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/11/29/tcl-6-series-4k-qled-and-google-tv-to-the-rescue/

RODE AI-Micro: TINY USB Audio Interface https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/11/29/rode-ai-micro-the-tiniest-way-to-hook-up-two-mics/

SomeGadgetGuy Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/somegadgetguy

Apple Do Not Track doesn’t stop tracking https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/apple-reaches-quiet-truce-over-iphone-privacy-changes/

Life360 sells your tile data https://www.xda-developers.com/life360-tile-location-data/

YouTube and Copyright issues… https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/access-all-balanced-ecosystem-and-powerful-tools/

When TV tanks your stock price… https://www.engadget.com/sex-and-the-city-peloton-bike-scene-152028623.html

TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week

Duo 2 Updates! https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-duo-2-update-history-a3e72e49-8165-4ea6-b490-7fdc2a76c262#bkmk_improvements_and_fixes

OnePlus 9 Updates https://www.xda-developers.com/factory-reset-oneplus-9-series-improve-experience-oxygenos-12/

Pixel 6 Updates! https://blog.google/products/pixel/snap-faster-hear-better-and-do-more-your-pixel/

Juan Rambles on about “Phone of the Year” nonsense…

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