Pixel Watch 4... More Like Thick-sel Watch 4

This episode is sponsored by Square's Mobile Payments SDK - Developers, now it’s easier than ever to integrate the market leader for payments into your mobile apps. Get more info here!

It was a week of wearable news as Jason, Huyen, and Mishaal talk about XR glasses at TED, in the news, and in Android Auto, and wonder what are the nubs on the Pixel Watch 4 in a leaky peaky.

Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor

00:02:02 - NEWS

• Google lays off hundreds of employees in the Platform and Devices division.
• Mishaal talks about a couple of features that will make Android devices more secure, including one borrowed from iOS.
• Google gives a first look at their XR glasses being made in collaboration with Samsung
• PATRON PICK: Gboard is working on a meme studio and it’s “mediocre at best”

00:42:46 - HARDWARE

• The newly announced Honor “Power” lives up to its name
• The OnePlus Watch now has a higher price for unsurprising reasons
• A leaky peaky of the Pixel Watch 4 shows that it might be a little bit thicker than the Pixel Watch 3
• The Pixel 10 Pro Fold price leaks
• Jason and Shannon Morse reviewed the Pixel 9a

01:05:02 - APPS

• Mishaal shares his experiences with Google’s advanced video generation model, Veo2
• Google may be adding Circle-to-Search-like functionality to Gemini live
• Gemini is coming to Wear OS and a Google Photos extension is coming to Gemini
• 
  

01:17:25 - COMMUNITY

• Michael O. writes in to ask about Android trackers that do not require Samsung device lock-in.

---

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.