AAA 629: The Password Paradigm - Google IO preview, Passkeys launch, Finder Network, Magic Compose, Google TV - a podcast by TWiT

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  • Google IO preview!

  • Google passkeys are a no-brainer. You've turned them on, right?

  • The beginning of the end of the password.

  • Apple and Google team up to bring AirTag-like unwanted tracking alerts to all item trackers on iPhone and Android.

  • Android's 'Finder Network' should support some existing Bluetooth trackers.

  • Google TV update rolling out with performance boost, frees up storage with app hibernation.

  • Improvements to your Google TV Experience.

  • Android update fixes a vulnerability that lets system apps be downgraded beyond the factory version.

  • Improving Consistency of Background Work on Android.

  • @MishaalRahman: Google's working to bring Material Design to Android Automotive OS, but unlike on phones, colors will be chosen by the OEM instead of derived by an algorithm.

  • @MishaalRahman: Following the Bluetooth, WiFi, and UWB stacks, Google will next turn Android's NFC stack into a modular system component, i.e. a Project Mainline module!

  • Tutorial: How to stop apps like Authy, Venmo, etc., from being locked to portrait mode on Android tablets/foldables.

  • Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders.

  • Google Messages 'Magic Compose' AI can reply to friends – or write them a song.

  • @MishaalRahman: According to a few users on Telegram, the Google Play Store is starting to show ads for apps in the search screen. Is anyone else seeing this?

  • JR's tip of the week: Notification alerts!

  • Notification Light - aodNotify.

  • Missed call reminder, Flash on.

  • Another viewer's tablet journey.

  • Why not use a phone as a hotspot to drive the tablet in the car?

Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/42JjzjM


Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao


Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael


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