AAA 525: Android 12 is Material You - Privacy Dashboard, Wear, Project Starline, LaMDA, Pixel 'Passport' - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-05-18T22:12:43

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  • Android now powers over 3 billion devices

  • Android 12 Preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design

  • Android 12 Beta: Designed for you

  • Android 12 will have more precise privacy controls, but experts aren't fully convinced

  • Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions on Data-Hungry Apps

  • Android 12 adds kill switches for camera and mic permissions

  • Now You Don't Have to Worry About Losing Your Chromecast Remote

  • Android phones will act more like iPhones in Android 12

  • Google is building a digital car key into Android 12, arriving on select phones later this year

  • Android 12 Beta 1 goes live for Pixel phones at Google I/O 2021

  • What's new for Wear

  • Google Is Finally Taking Smartwatches Seriously

  • Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too

  • Samsung teases plans to release a Wear OS smartwatch w/ support 'long into the future'

  • Fitbit devices will run Wear OS in the future

  • Google Project Starline is a holographic video conference system, and you can't have it

  • Google Assistant is going to get a lot more conversational with LaMDA

  • Google Photos to add more personalized Memories collections, 3D Cinematic photos

  • Google Photos is creating animated cinematic photos out of (nearly) nothing

  • Google Photos finally adds a Locked Folder for your private pics

  • People of color are getting a better camera from Google

  • Incredibly detailed Google Maps will be available in 50 cities this year

  • Google is helping you stay safe with new map routing options and telling you when public spaces are crowded

  • Chrome is automating the most annoying part of dealing with a password breach

  • Android 12 Beta reveals model numbers for Pixel 6 family, including foldable 'Passport'

  • Flutter 2.2 announced for faster, less crash-y apps

  • Flutter SDK will be ready for the new 'Material You' design language

  • Samsung is working to port Google's Flutter SDK to Galaxy Watch and other Tizen devices

  • Jetpack Compose 1.0 launching in July; 'Material You' support coming soon

  • Firebase gains App Check security, revamped Remote Config, and more

Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/2SSWVqA


Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards


Guest: Michael Wolfson


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