This is the Best Android Update Ever
6/19/20261 hr 40 min
Marques, Andrew, and David start this episode off by diving straight into the new Snap Specs . Then it's all about the new Google Home Speaker with Gemini and everything Android 17. They wrap it up by talking about the proposed U.K social media legislation as well as the ongoing Anthropic vs U.S government debacle. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia. Enjoy!
Links:
CNBC - Interview with Evan Spiegel
In Depth Tech Reviews - Android 17 video
Reddit - Android 17 Megathread
The Verge - Inside the fight over Claude
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:01
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Speaker 20:31
When I scraped my car in that parking garage, I was worried that it could be a long process to take care of it, like a landscaper's first day trimming a hedge maze.
Andrew Manganelli· Host0:39
I have definitely already been here. Now, was it left, right, or right left? Well, maybe I'll cut a path out and find my way back later.
Speaker 20:51
[chainsaw revs] But it wasn't like that. I filed a claim in under two minutes on the GEICO app, and they handled it from there. It was taken care of almost as quickly as it happened.
Speaker 40:59
It feels good to get help quick. It feels good to GEICO.
Marques Brownlee· Host1:02
I have exactly one smart outlet, and every year around the holidays, the Christmas tree goes in that one, and it turns on- Oh ... a certain hour, turns off at a certain hour. Oh, nice. Why don't you use that for other things? Like what? Like, uh, lamps that you don't wanna put a smart bulb in. Lamps. I don't really use lamps. What? I don't think I- I'm sorry.
Speaker 41:20
Do you what?
Marques Brownlee· Host1:20
Wait, what? [laughs] I don't think I have any lamps. This is ... What's- Wait.
Andrew Manganelli· Host1:23
Wait.
Marques Brownlee· Host1:23
[laughs] ... the meme of, like, I don't like the big lights, I just like the little lights? Yeah.
Speaker 41:26
[laughs] You don't have a single lamp in your house?
Marques Brownlee· Host1:28
Wait, I... Uh. What?