Episode 461 – An Extra Wednesday

By | October 24, 2019
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Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Daydream VR discontinued and will not be on Pixel 4
    • Why Google dropped the fingerprint sensor and why it might not be a good idea
    • Pixel 4 will get Android updates and patches until October 2022
    • Pixel 4’s astrophotography mode is coming to Pixel 3 and 3A
    • Introducing NDK r21: first long support release
    • Pixel 4 will use Frequent Faces to focus on people you often photograph
    • If you have a GSuite account account active on your Pixel 4, primary or otherwise, no new Assistant for you
  • App News
    • Datally has been removed from the Play Store
    • Outlook now supports Actionable Messages.
    • Google Maps can notify you if your taxi goes off route for safety purposes.
  • Home Automation
    • Google Nest debuts Home Routines and Device Access
    • Nest Aware can now use smart speakers and displays to listen for smoke and CO alarms
  • In Other News
    • Chrome rolls out new protections preventing password and data theft: Cookies and passwords can only be accessed by processes related to the corresponding site, and isolation of sensitive resource types. Eats more RAM because of this.
    • Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups
    • You can start a new Google Doc(doc.new), Sheet(sheet.new), Slides(slide.new), Form(form.new), Sites(site.new), or Keep Note(keep.new).
    • Google Clips is dead.
    • Annie Leibovitz photos with a Pixel.
    • Google combining Gmail and Google Account profile photos.

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