Google Play's Epic Beatdown

Android Faithful

We're back with another monster episode, but this time with less hardware and way more Samsung and Apps with Mishaal Rahman, Huyen Tue Dao, Jason Howell and Ron Richards.

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NEWS

• 00:03:58 - The courts lay massive punishment on Google as result of the Epic lawsuit
• 00:17:31 - Samsung's One UI 7.0 may not have been announced yet, but we've seen alot of it!
• 00:21:40 - Unlock your front door with your Samsung Galaxy phone
• 00:25:02 - We've got a first look at Nothing OS 3.0 based on Android 15
• 00:28:46 - Mishaal has the scoop on three security features rolling out to Android phones
• 00:31:05 - PATRON PICK: The Pixel Buds Pro 2 have support for Auracast

HARDWARE

• 00:38:47 -The Pixel 9A is coming soon and in pank!
• 00:44:05 - Motorola's Moto G75 has 'military-grade' toughness, whatever that is!

INTERVIEWS

• 00:53:11 - Record at Droidcon NYC, Siddhika Nevrekar of Qualcomm chats about AI Hub and how it can improve AI development for devs
• 00:59:09 - And Jesse Wilson looks at the success of Android since the early days when he was part of the Open Handset Alliance

APPS

• 01:06:23 - Hey, Samsung has Passkeys too! *eyeroll*
• 01:12:01 - Arc Search has arrived on Android!
• 01:14:39 - Thunderbird for Android is coming!
• 01:18:09 - New AI Search updates from Google
• 01:23:45 - Spotify adds offline backup music support

COMMUNITY

• 01:29:25 - Huyen recommends this great video about how QR Codes work

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