Long Show Tonight

Show Notes

* Android O Preview

* The Files App now shows in the app drawer

* Granular Battery Usage is gone.

* Install source permission limited to user authorized apps

* Expandable quick settings only work when tapping the text, not the icon.

* Battery percentage inside the battery icon is no longer an option

* Status bar in Notification Shade gets a bit more dense.

* Custom Shortcuts can be added to the lockscreen via the UI Tuner

* Android might be getting native support for themes.

* Settings app has been completely overhauled

* Individual notifications can be snoozed for 15m, 30m, or 1hr.

* Home screen notification badges are now supported.

* Autofill API

* New background limits help save battery life

* Hardware keyboard improvements

* Support for aptX bluetooth streaming

* PiP for all devices and new windowing features

* Network Aware Networking mode for wifi

* Android News

* Shielding MAC addresses from stalkers is hard and Android fails miserably at it.

* Securing Your Devices: Android Year in Review

* Google Talk is dead, Hangouts is the new Slack,

This episode is not brought to you by Dr. Brown’s Soda.

Show Notes

* Android News

* Samsung commits to monthly security updates for unlocked US smartphones

* Google confirms Assistant will not reach tablets.

* Google announces Family Link.

* App News

* Current owner discontinues Link Bubble.

* Google Voice gets first new features since being revived.

* In Other News

* Group asks FCC Chairman to remove more requirements of Charter merger/acquisition.

* Hacked Sites, according to Google, increased 32% in 2016.

* DMOZ closes after 19 years.

* The co-writer of WarGames says he didn’t anticipate the dark side of hacking

* Google reduces JPEG file size by 35%

* Your phone has already fixed chat fragmentation.

* Chuck Berry dead at 90

* No more wheelbarrow or shoe for Monopoly Players

Guru tells an Ikea story.

Show Notes

* Android News

* Malware found preinstalled on 38 Android phones used by 2 companies.

* Detecting and eliminating Chamois, a fraud botnet on Android.

* Google’s new My Android site helps you customize your home screen.

* Platform distribution numbers for March, Nougat jumps to 2.8%, Marshmallow 31.3, 32.5, Kitkat 20.8.

* App News

* Chrome introduces background tab throttling.

* Allo will share your private information with people in a chat with you.

* Some of the best apps using App Shortcuts.

* Google Carrier Services now updated in Play Store. seems to provide carrier capabilities around RCS.

* Android version of Clue released into Play Store.

* Gboard will now translate into another language as you type.

* Google splits Hangouts into Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat for Enterprise.

* In Other News

* Robert Osbourne, host at TCM, dead at 84.

* Muppet Guys Talking explores Jim Henson’s tech, genius, and generosity.

* Republicans introduce proposal to overturn FCC privacy rules.

* Consumer Reports spearheads new privacy and security standards for electronic products.

* Project Fi isn’t innovating, so I’m switching to T-mobile

Squirrel Squirrel Squirrel.

 

Jere spins a conspiracy theory of epic proportions.

Show Notes

* Android News

* The Google Assistant comes to more phones.

* Delivering RCS messaging to Android users worldwide

* App News

* Some negative reviews on new Xfinity app

* Google to stop absorbing costs of Play Store Refunds outside of 24 hours.

* Google renames Messenger to Android Messages.

* Play Music prepares to team up with Google’s Clock app for musical alarms and more.

* In Other News

* Youtube TV launched, 30+ channels for $35/month

* Raspberry Pi Zero W introduced, along with official Pi Zero case.

* Mozilla acquires Pocket.

* Judge Wapner dead at 97

* Google shutting down Spaces on April 17th.

Jere has a milestone next week.

Show Notes

* Android News

* Congressman Ted Lieu(D-CA) and 14 other congresspeople requests that the House Oversight Committee investigate the President’s phone and general cybersecurity practices.

* Gingerbread is officially dead as Play Services support lost.

* App News

* Titanium Backup gains support for Android adoptable storage

* Best Microsoft Apps for Android

* Swiftkey now supports over 150 languages.

* ConnectBot SSH Client gets first update since 2015. Material Design, improved cutting and pasting, IPV6 support, etc.

* BatOn is an app that tries to show the battery of connected bluetooth devices, despite Android limitations on that.

* Google Phone 8 makes voicemail shareable, starts adding RCS support to show an image provided by the other end of a call when talking.

* Hangouts prepares for better integration of chat messages during voice calls.

* HDHomerun and Google team up to bring live channel DVR to Android TV.

* In Other News

* What is T-Mobile Digits and why do I want it?

* You may soon be able to use the Amazon Echo or Google Home to make phone calls.

* Monopoly fans vote the thimble off the board.

* Sundar Pichai answers letter from a 7 year old girl asking for a job at Google.

Jere is tired.

Show Notes

* Android News

* Google’s Verify App menu under Google->Security->Verify Apps shows recently scanned apps.

* Google facing an anti-competitive investigation as to whether they interfered with Samsung’s attempt to develop its own OS to replace Android.

* Lead developer may abandon Android-x86 project.

* Google rolls out Instant Tethering, which uses Bluetooth to establish a quick connection between devices, to Nexus and Pixel devices.

* Google’s new privacy policy rule will be enforced as of March 15.

* Android Wear 2.0 released adds more personalized watch faces, improved Google Fit support, standalone apps, more ways to respond to messages, Google Assistant,

* App News

* Successor to Xfinity TV, Xfinity Stream announced. It will get more than 200 live channels and content when out, and even more when at home. No Chromecast support.

* Google Clock app updated, adds more informative timezones, layout changes.

* Google Maps shareable lists feature rolling out to everyone.

* PDF Framework used in Dropbox and Evernote is now available as a standalone app.

* Muzei gets its first real update in over a year. App now supports runtime permissions, allows the adding of entire folders of wallpaper, quick tile to change wallpaper, artwork info shortcut for your homescreen, direct boot support, other perfromance improvements.

* Wikipedia gets proper beta, adds 2FA and more.

* Youtube Go, not available in all countries, allows downloading videos for offline use.

* In Other News

* Engineering Professor explains how to get ketchup out of a glass bottle.

* Amazon launches Chime a cloud based video conferencing service aimed at businesses.

* Youtube rolls out mobile live streaming to channels with at least 10k subscribers, coming to all soon.

Guru is preparing to weather Winter Storm Niko.

Show Notes

* Android News

* CyanogenInc rebrands as Andrasta.

* Designed with our friends at Google might be the Nexus brand’s replacement.

* Android 7.1.2 adds fingerprint swipe for notifications to the older Nexus.

* Apps News

* Google Maps adds bottom bar for traffic, transit, and places.

* Play Store My Apps section to get Updates tab and allow sorting of installed apps.

* Chrome for Android adds new download features, performance improvements, and more.

* Google is finally making web apps first class citizens on Android

* Google Now Launcher being retired in a few weeks.

* In Other News

* Most smart TVs are tracking you, Vizio just got caught

* Congress is once again trying to make it harder for law enforcement to read your emails

* Judge rules differently than last year’s Microsoft case advising that the infringement of privacy took place in the U.S. not in the overseas data center.

* Petition seeks to rename Pittsburgh Airport after Mister Rogers.

* How we fought bad ad, sites, and spammers in 2016.

Jere and Guru return a day late and a dollar short. Door leaves a message. And what is a Nerdfighteria?

Show Notes

* Android News

* Chrome OS tablets with Android apps are coming soon.

* Google Play services might add FIDO support for secure authentication.

* Study shows the majority of Android VPNs can’t be trusted to make users more secure.

* App News

* Project Fi integration might be coming to Voice…possibly so Hangouts integration can be turned off.

* Google Translate can now do live word lens translations from Japanese.

* Google Voice App to get VoIP calling on Android.

* In Other News

* Facebook launches service to allow you to recover your lost Github credentials

* Cable set top box discussions off the table at the FCC

* Coin officially shutting down support by the end of the month

* Donald Trump secured the POTUS Twitter account with a Gmail account

* Firefox and Chrome start calling HTTP connections insecure.

* Facebook supporting 2FA with FIDO USB keys.

“Goodnight laptop, which, as a repository for all my daily anxieties and fears has been closed for the night.”

Show Notes

* Android News

* Donald Trump has surrendered his Android smartphone

* Google I/O returns to Shoreline Ampitheater from May 17-19

* App News

* Hulu will add offline playback in coming months.

* Google updates Google Voice, both web and app. Separate tabs for text messages, calls and voicemails,  Removes widget, marking messages as unread or starred, changing of voicemail greeting, batch actions, adding credit for outbound calls, number porting, deletion, and transfer, calling new numbers on web, etc.

* Google Calculator updated, adds calculation history.

* In Other News

* Goodnight Smartphone is free on Audible.

* Minnesota court rules against man who was forced to fingerprint unlock his phone.

* Appeals Court says Samsung can’t use in-box warranty to require forced arbitration.

* Secure email service Lavabit relaunched.

* Already on Probation, Symantec issues more illegitimate HTTPS certificates

* A virtual trek through Petra with Google Cardboard

* Signups begin for early access to the new Google Contributor