May 7, 2025 • 6 mins
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy King while she is on vacation in Paris, France. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Windows getting smarter, Amazon unlocking in-app purchases, Samsung’s new tap to transfer feature, and Google’s Pixel 9A review.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining us to explain what's worth your time and what
is just high biscay Ifvice Tech guy Richard Muro from
rich on Tech, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hey, good morning to you, Heather. Thanks for that great intro.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Oh you're welcome. It's so nice to talk with you.
This is one of my favorite segments.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I love you.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Yeah, let's talk about Windows. They just got a lot
smarter with AI. So how exactly does this new feature
work and could it change how we interact with our devices?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah, I think it's actually quite interesting. Windows has been
going through a major evolution. Obviously, Microsoft one of the
biggest investors in open AI, so they've been building a
lot of the AI features into Windows software through Copilot,
which is, you know, their sort of version of CHATCHYBT.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And so you know, things have been changing.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
But one of the things that they're adding I thought
was really cool is this idea of AI to change
the settings on your computer. How many times have you
looked at your mouse and you're like, I wish that
mouse cursor was bigger, or I wish that my screen
would turn off after four minutes and not one minute,
or I want my screen, you know, my keyboard, you know,
I want a different a German keyboard, whatever. Now you
(01:07):
can literally just go into the settings and ask for
what you want to change. The AI will figure out
what you're trying to say and it will.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Do it for you. That's a big shift in how
we work with our computers.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Ooh, that sounds fun. I mean definitely the mouse size sometimes,
especially here when we're kind of following our stories, it's
like where where's my cursor?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Where to it go?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Plus I'm getting old, so it's hard for me to
see things, so that would be allo.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I find.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I find sometimes you know, making the zoom a little
bit better is a little bit bigger is better. But
the other thing is that you know, you may find
settings that you didn't even know you could do, Like
maybe you just didn't even Hey, where's my emoji keyboard?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You know, and it brings that up.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So it's like it's just the idea of Like, to me,
AI is really opening up this idea of natural language computing,
Like we just ask what we want to do and
it helps us do that.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And I think we're going to see that with all
of our devices over time. I love that all.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Right, So Amazon is finally letting users make in app
purchases on iPhones. And to be honest, I thought we
could already do that, is what am I missing here?
I thought, when I go on my Amazon, I can
make app purchases.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Okay, well, this is a this is a big shift
in the way that Apple does business because we had
a court say, hey, you have to let consumers and developers,
you know, lead consumers to third party payment methods on
the iPhone. So right now, on the iPhone, basically, if
you make any sort of purchase, you know, and I'm
not talking the Amazon app where you're making like a
purchase of something that you're shipping to your house. I'm
(02:38):
talking the Kindle app specifically.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Oh okay, you couldn't.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You couldn't buy an ebook from the Kindle app for
many years because Amazon would have to give a thirty
percent cut to Apple for all those ebooks. And of
course they're not going to do that because that's just
a lot of money they're going to waste. And so
now with this court ruling that says you have to
offer alternative payment links and ioa apps, all these major
developers have been updating their apps to be easier where
(03:04):
you can subscribe. Now in the app, you can get
alternative payment solutions. You can be led to a website
that lets you pay outside the app. And so Amazon
has updated their app immediately and now you can actually
purchase an ebook through that app. It's not it's kind
of weird to that leads you to the Amazon website still,
so it's not a perfect system. But at the same time,
(03:26):
this has been a major shift in the way developers
can offer consumers better and different payment methods on the
iPhone outside of.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
The App Store.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
And we're seeing Spotify update their app, We're seeing Patreon
update their app. Pretty much every major app maker is
getting on board because it saves them about thirty percent
off the top.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Okay, well that's going to be really handy. That's going
to be really helpful. Okay, let's talk about Samsung. Their
new tap to transfer payment features sounds a little too easy,
but is this sort of the future of peer to
peer payments.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I just thought this was super cool because you know
the idea that you you know right now when you
like the other day I had to pay someone.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I was like, do you have Venmo? And he's like sure,
He's like, I'd rather use zell.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I'm like, okay, well I don't really want to use Zel,
can we use Venmo? And then he has to transfer
the money to his bank account. So it's like this
whole thing. Whenever it comes to paying someone, you have
to figure out like which payment app do they use?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Right?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Well, Samsung is now letting you literally tap someone's debit
card right to your phone, so you can just tap
their card to your phone and transfer the money. So
if you're like, hey, you know you owe me thirty
bucks for dinner, I don't, Yeah, just literally tap your
debit card to my phone and the thirty dollars will
transfer to me.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So I thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
It's like to pay the store when we check out,
we do the tap to check.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Out exactly, except imagine your phone is now like the
cash registered checkout thing. So I just thought it was.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Kind of thing, a neat thing. Now Apple has introduced
a similar feature. I'm not sure that many people use it,
but it requires it's not just your regular card, like
you have to tap your two iPhones together and you
can exchange cash. I have not used that feature, so
I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I know
they did advertise something at one of their events about that.
I'm not sure how widely that's used, but this is
(05:10):
kind of cool because it's just a debit card. You're like, hey,
tap your card.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Tap your card.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
That's so cool. Okay, really quickly before we let you go.
You just reviewed the Pixel nine A for KTLA. What
makes this phone a standout?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I mean really the price four hundred and ninety nine dollars.
It's got everything you need, it's got a great design,
it's got great AI, it's got an excellent camera, seven
years of software support, so there's really nothing inside this phone.
Like if you just want a value phone, this is
going to be a fantastic device for the next five
to seven years. And the only downside I found is
(05:43):
that a lot of the premium phones now have satellite connectivity.
So if you're in the middle of nowhere and you
need to dial nine one one, you can do that
over satellite, or at least call for help over satellite.
This phone does not have that feature, which is one
sort of downside, But otherwise, if you can live.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
With that, this is a great device for five hundred bucks.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I just don't know if I'm ever ready to give
up my iPhone I know that's terrible.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
But I know that one. I know this is Android.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
So but the iPhone has the iPhone sixteen E which
is six hundred dollars and it's also a great value.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
All right, good to know, all right, everybody. Listen to
Rich on Tech every Saturday from eleven to two on KFI.
You can see him every day on KTLA and follow
him on Instagram at rich on Tech, and of course
go to his website rich on Tech dot TV. Rich
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Have a great morning, you two. Heather
Joining us to explain what's worth your time and what
is just high biscay Ifvice Tech guy Richard Muro from
rich on Tech, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hey, good morning to you, Heather. Thanks for that great intro.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Oh you're welcome. It's so nice to talk with you.
This is one of my favorite segments.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I love you.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Yeah, let's talk about Windows. They just got a lot
smarter with AI. So how exactly does this new feature
work and could it change how we interact with our devices?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah, I think it's actually quite interesting. Windows has been
going through a major evolution. Obviously, Microsoft one of the
biggest investors in open AI, so they've been building a
lot of the AI features into Windows software through Copilot,
which is, you know, their sort of version of CHATCHYBT.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And so you know, things have been changing.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
But one of the things that they're adding I thought
was really cool is this idea of AI to change
the settings on your computer. How many times have you
looked at your mouse and you're like, I wish that
mouse cursor was bigger, or I wish that my screen
would turn off after four minutes and not one minute,
or I want my screen, you know, my keyboard, you know,
I want a different a German keyboard, whatever. Now you
(01:07):
can literally just go into the settings and ask for
what you want to change. The AI will figure out
what you're trying to say and it will.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Do it for you. That's a big shift in how
we work with our computers.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Ooh, that sounds fun. I mean definitely the mouse size sometimes,
especially here when we're kind of following our stories, it's
like where where's my cursor?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Where to it go?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Plus I'm getting old, so it's hard for me to
see things, so that would be allo.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I find.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I find sometimes you know, making the zoom a little
bit better is a little bit bigger is better. But
the other thing is that you know, you may find
settings that you didn't even know you could do, Like
maybe you just didn't even Hey, where's my emoji keyboard?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You know, and it brings that up.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So it's like it's just the idea of Like, to me,
AI is really opening up this idea of natural language computing,
Like we just ask what we want to do and
it helps us do that.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And I think we're going to see that with all
of our devices over time. I love that all.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Right, So Amazon is finally letting users make in app
purchases on iPhones. And to be honest, I thought we
could already do that, is what am I missing here?
I thought, when I go on my Amazon, I can
make app purchases.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Okay, well, this is a this is a big shift
in the way that Apple does business because we had
a court say, hey, you have to let consumers and developers,
you know, lead consumers to third party payment methods on
the iPhone. So right now, on the iPhone, basically, if
you make any sort of purchase, you know, and I'm
not talking the Amazon app where you're making like a
purchase of something that you're shipping to your house. I'm
(02:38):
talking the Kindle app specifically.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Oh okay, you couldn't.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You couldn't buy an ebook from the Kindle app for
many years because Amazon would have to give a thirty
percent cut to Apple for all those ebooks. And of
course they're not going to do that because that's just
a lot of money they're going to waste. And so
now with this court ruling that says you have to
offer alternative payment links and ioa apps, all these major
developers have been updating their apps to be easier where
(03:04):
you can subscribe. Now in the app, you can get
alternative payment solutions. You can be led to a website
that lets you pay outside the app. And so Amazon
has updated their app immediately and now you can actually
purchase an ebook through that app. It's not it's kind
of weird to that leads you to the Amazon website still,
so it's not a perfect system. But at the same time,
(03:26):
this has been a major shift in the way developers
can offer consumers better and different payment methods on the
iPhone outside of.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
The App Store.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
And we're seeing Spotify update their app, We're seeing Patreon
update their app. Pretty much every major app maker is
getting on board because it saves them about thirty percent
off the top.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Okay, well that's going to be really handy. That's going
to be really helpful. Okay, let's talk about Samsung. Their
new tap to transfer payment features sounds a little too easy,
but is this sort of the future of peer to
peer payments.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I just thought this was super cool because you know
the idea that you you know right now when you
like the other day I had to pay someone.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I was like, do you have Venmo? And he's like sure,
He's like, I'd rather use zell.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I'm like, okay, well I don't really want to use Zel,
can we use Venmo? And then he has to transfer
the money to his bank account. So it's like this
whole thing. Whenever it comes to paying someone, you have
to figure out like which payment app do they use?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Right?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Well, Samsung is now letting you literally tap someone's debit
card right to your phone, so you can just tap
their card to your phone and transfer the money. So
if you're like, hey, you know you owe me thirty
bucks for dinner, I don't, Yeah, just literally tap your
debit card to my phone and the thirty dollars will
transfer to me.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So I thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
It's like to pay the store when we check out,
we do the tap to check.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Out exactly, except imagine your phone is now like the
cash registered checkout thing. So I just thought it was.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Kind of thing, a neat thing. Now Apple has introduced
a similar feature. I'm not sure that many people use it,
but it requires it's not just your regular card, like
you have to tap your two iPhones together and you
can exchange cash. I have not used that feature, so
I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I know
they did advertise something at one of their events about that.
I'm not sure how widely that's used, but this is
(05:10):
kind of cool because it's just a debit card. You're like, hey,
tap your card.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Tap your card.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
That's so cool. Okay, really quickly before we let you go.
You just reviewed the Pixel nine A for KTLA. What
makes this phone a standout?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I mean really the price four hundred and ninety nine dollars.
It's got everything you need, it's got a great design,
it's got great AI, it's got an excellent camera, seven
years of software support, so there's really nothing inside this phone.
Like if you just want a value phone, this is
going to be a fantastic device for the next five
to seven years. And the only downside I found is
(05:43):
that a lot of the premium phones now have satellite connectivity.
So if you're in the middle of nowhere and you
need to dial nine one one, you can do that
over satellite, or at least call for help over satellite.
This phone does not have that feature, which is one
sort of downside, But otherwise, if you can live.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
With that, this is a great device for five hundred bucks.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I just don't know if I'm ever ready to give
up my iPhone I know that's terrible.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
But I know that one. I know this is Android.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
So but the iPhone has the iPhone sixteen E which
is six hundred dollars and it's also a great value.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
All right, good to know, all right, everybody. Listen to
Rich on Tech every Saturday from eleven to two on KFI.
You can see him every day on KTLA and follow
him on Instagram at rich on Tech, and of course
go to his website rich on Tech dot TV. Rich
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Have a great morning, you two. Heather
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