Google Trackers, Now in Physical Form

It's one week until the Pixel 11 rollout during the Made By Google event and Huyen Tue Dao, Jason Howell and Ron Richards are getting HYPED. Maybe it's the Android Summer heat or maybe it's the mix of weirdness and oddities in the news this week that we're parsing. Either way, it's a fun show this week!

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00:03:30 - NEWS

• Depending on which report you read, Smartphone shipments dropped in Q2'26 OR Smartphone revenue was up in Q2'26
• Where there's smoke...reports coming out of Nothing that they're pivoting away from phones and focusing on AI and general devices, just as they announce new earbuds!
• Happy 5th Birthday Jetpack Compose, featuring a cameo from Huyen!
• PATRON PICK: These leaked renders of the new Samsung Galaxy Buds On are a new look for Samsung ear buds

00:32:01 - HARDWARE

• With Made By Google approaching, we get a teaser of the Pixel 11 with a focus on the Pixel Glow or perhaps it's called something else, like "HiLight"?
• In addition to the Pixel 11, will we get a a "Pixel Tag"?
• The first Googlebooks from Lenovo have leaked and so have the Googlebooks from Asus!
• Tecno is claiming to have to have the first truly bezel-less phone
• OnePlus isn't dead yet! The OnePlus 16 is confirmed to be coming later this year (just not here in the US)

00:55:52 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF

• Google merges a bunch of features under voice search that use....your voice
• Google kills an app before it even launches and then kills Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth less than 24 hours after launching it
• There's a major issue plaguing Spotify on Android right now, but Spotify is aware of it and working on it
• Missing TV Time? The original creator is back with Bingers

01:08:11 - COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

• Daniel wants to turn off the annoying automatic volume lowering feature. Here's how!
• Hilton from Virginia shares adventures in car repair with Gemini
• Mike from Ohio confirms that his Nexus 5 is indeed running Marshmallow/Android 6.0

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