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*  Android News

* TicWatch Pro now available for $249.99

* Android P will have intelligent adaptive battery support

* App News

* Moment Pro Camera brings full manual controls to Android

* Google merges in the Pay Send app into Pay, starts adding promised ticket and boarding pass integration.

* Google Assistant gains new UI and names the voices using colors

* Google suggests integrating your apps with Assistant Actions

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* Android News

* Android P adds automatic setting for 24 hour clock

* July security update rolling out for Pixel and Nexus devices.

* New RAMpage attack affects all Android phones released since 2012.

* App News

* Google tries to improve discovery of quality apps and games on the Play Store

* Multi-device and tablet support for Google Duo rolling out

* MX Player bought by Indian Media Giant for $200 million

* Gboard testing smart replies for WhatsApp, Facebook, Allo, Snapchat and more

* In Other News

* LTE Flaw lets attackers hijack your session .

* The Birthplace of the Black and White Cookie has now closed after over a century.

* California approves privacy rules and gives individuals the right to know what PI [personal information] is being collected about them and whether their PI is being sold and to whom; the right to access their PI; the right to delete PI collected from them; the right to opt-out or opt-in to the sale of their PI, depending on age of the consumer; and the right to equal service and price, even if they exercise such rights.

* Harlan Ellison, dead at age 84.

Guru returns

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* Android News

* AAA finds Android Auto less distracting than other car systems

* App News

* Play Store’s algorithm quietly changes, tanking some ratings.

* MX Player passes 500 million installs

* YouTube now supports picture-in-picture without Premium subscription

* Navbar Weather puts local weather forecast in navigation bar

* Firefox 61 released for Android with speed improvements

* Google Maps adds Explore Tab

* Google Android Go lightweight apps list

* Google makes offline file sharing in Files Go app faster

* G-Suite Accounts can no longer review Play Store Content

* Google app will add Cast support in Podcasts, sending Assistant Actions, etc.

* Tasker update,  brings customs setting support, immersive mode, runtime permissions, etc.

* Talkback is now Android Accessibility Suite

* Google Voice adds signed-in devices list, preps incoming call location, emergency service address

* Google Podcasts is on Android

* In Other News

* Supreme Court rules accessing cell phone  location history requires a warrant.

* Google Home now speaks Spanish

* Google Calendar gets out of office notifications and new working hours restrictions by day.

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* Android News

* Android-x86 Project releases first Oreo build

* App News

* Android Messages for desktop browsers is going live

* Datally adds guest mode, daily limits, monitoring of unused apps, and a Wifi map.

* Facer introduces interactive watch faces

* In Other News

* Google Home and Chromecast can leak your location.

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* Android News

* Project Capillary: End to End Encryption for push messaging simplified

* Google’s Digital Well Being Initiative

* App News

* Clean Share removes tracking tokens and other data from a URL before sharing it.

* Google releases standalone Lens app

* Duo passes 500 million installs

* App wants to use phone microphones to enforce copyrights.

* Google Translate offering new offline downloads.

* Version 2.0 of Discogs released.

* Dark Sky 2.0 update released.

* Google Podcast app coming soon.

* Finding Buttons – a Home Automation story

* GSuite users won’t be able to yet try Project Crostini

* Yahoo Messenger to shut down July 17th

* Jerry Maren: Last Member of the Lollypop Guild dies aged 98

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* Android News

* Project Fi adds new phones

* Android Tablets coming to NY taxis

* App News

* Plex adds podcasts

* Carrot Weather, now in beta on Android

* Old Google Voice SMS Messages from Hangouts now appear in the Google Voice app

* In Other News

* Atari co-founder Ted Dabney dead at 81

* Alan Bean dead at 86

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* Android News

* Samsung may ditch Tizen for Wear OS on new watch

* Android P enterprise improvements detailed.

* Trusted Places seems to have been removed as a Smart Lock option

* App News

* Driving Detective brings Automatic Do Not Disturb while driving using official Transition API

* AirMirror from AirDroid arrives to control your phone from another

* Google News for Android replaces Newstand and News and Weather app .

* Google Tasks vs Google Keep: Productivity Extremes

* In Other News

* Computer history museum releases Eudora email client source code

* President Trump thinks smartphone security is too inconvenient

* Chrome will remove secure indicator for HTTPS sites

* Youtube Music will replace Google Play Music and Youtube Red

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* Android News

* Intra, in Early Access, brings DNS-over-TLS to older versions of Android by adding a local VPN.

* Open-source WearOS alternative Asteroids OS now available for several smartwatches

* Android P lets you disable System UI and System notifications

* Treble is turning out to be more important than we thought

* Google to require OEMs roll out regular security patches

* App News

* Microsoft Word is the first Microsoft app to hit 500 million Play Store installs

* In Other News

* Twitter details new API, third-party clients are being shut down as a result.

* EasyMesh would allow mesh routers from different brands to communicate with each other. Qualcomm will begin adding WPA3 into their hardware.

* Google One replaces Google Drive storage.

* Visible offers full self-service unlimited mobile from Verizon for only $40/month but only for iOS

Show Notes

* Android News

* May distribution numbers out.

* Android P adds new biometric API.

* Faster Adoption with Project Treble

* Android P battery estimates tell you when your phone is likely to power off.

* In Android P, notifications for background apps show if they are using the microphone or camera

* App Standby Buckets groups apps by use and adjusts resources accordingly.

* Android App Bundle and Dynamic Delivery reduce app size.

* Hello World, AndroidX

* Google offers machine learning API for Android

* Dashboard, app timer, wind down, and do not disturb look after your digital well being.

* Say Hello to Android Things 1.0

* App News

* Google Lens finally releases some of last year’s promised features.

* Google Assistant is getting new voices, will make calls, and more.

* Morse Code coming to GBoard

* In Other News

* Google Photos will soon be able to colorize old photos

* Linux support is coming to Chromebooks.

* Google Assistant Smart Displays go on sale in July

* PocketCasts acquired by NPR-led group.

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* Android News

* This is what it is like to only use open source software on Android

* App News

* PowerAmp is back.

* Google Now Launcher is now finally dead.

* In Other News

* Congress says Facebook has yet to get back to them on any questions they promised to follow up on

* Cops attempt to use corpse to unlock cell phone

* T-Mobile and Sprint to merge, new company to keep T-Mobile’s name