It's a big week of news without Flo, but Andy holds down the fort. Gemini 3 launches alongside an unexpected AirDrop trick between Android and iPhone.
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542: Suddenly BFFs
Google and Epic are still working out the details. The company announces Private AI Compute, which Apple will use to create its own foundation model built on Gemini. And why Google retreated on its planned restrictions for sideloading.
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541: The Settlement
Google and Epic have been fighting for years. Andy talks through the dispute and whether it's finally ended. Plus, why Apple is sticking with Google's Gemini.
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540: Spooky, Scary Earnings
Happy Halloween! We parse Google's _scary_ earnings call (it's scary how much money they made!) and discuss what the new Fitbit personal health coach is like.
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539: Hotel Andy
Andy quietly leads the show from a hotel room as we discuss Samsung's Galaxy XR headset.
Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
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