We're honored to welcome Romain Guy, Director of Engineering on Android at Google to the show as he joins Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards to discuss the history of Android and what it's like to be on the inside behind the OS driving pretty much everything we talk about here on Android Faithful!

Featured in this episode:

INTERVIEW: Romain Guy, Director of Engineering on Android at Google expounds on working on Android and what some of his favorite phones/devices and moments in Android history have been.

NEWS: Android 14 QPR1 Beta 1 is here and it's packed! Google taunts Apple over RCS again and the Patron Pick is all about the redesigned Weather App from Google!

HARDWARE: We've got the full Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro specs as well as details on the Pixel 8 camera offering. Tecno Phantom V Flip launches at nearly half the price of the Samsung Galaxy Flip 5!

APPS: Google expands Studio Bot to over 170 international markets, Threads adds account switching, Passkey support is coming to WhatsApp and...Google Podcasts is dead. Long live Google Podcasts.

COMMUNITY: Miguel Oliveira writes in with his POV on the Google Tablet, and Jeremy writes into Patreon annoyed by the Pixel Watch not being repairable.

Thanks to Romain Guy for joining us and providing Android for us to use every day and talk about here on the podcast!

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