52: I have one of those Floaty APKs with Special Guest Matt Birchler

Matt Birchler joins us to talk about "Micro Podcasts", and dive into Google I/O talking about: How good has Google Assistant became, what are the social implications? surprisingly Assistant still takes some cues from Siri, can we trust Google News, Nati's favorite: Android P, and more.

 

Special Guest: Matt Birchler

Twitter: @mattbirchler BirchTree: https://birchtree.me The BirchTree Podcast: http://birchtree.libsyn.com/ Today's Forecast app: https://forecast-app.com

Hosts

Greg Morris - @GR36 Nati Shochat - @natisho

 

Follow Up

Nati’s upload speed is sooooo fast!

 

Topics

Micro Podcasts Google I/O Assistant  Google Assistant gets improved voices - Just like Siri… Assistant just gets better (continuous conversation and multiple actions) - Not like Siri… Pretty Please… WDYT Dad? Assistant in Google Maps - Just like Siri? Google Duplex 🧐 Google News What’s with the sudden interest with text content by Apple and Google? Why should we trust them to serve us the news? Android P Intelligence Adaptive battery - Project Volta V2 Adaptive brightness App actions - deep linking + Slices ML Kit - CoreML copycat Simplicity Swipe up for the multitasking - iPhone X UI clone Scrub through apps - Clone #2 On-demand rotation button Digital wellbeing JOLO Device dashboard Auto DND Wind down mode - greyscale + DND on a specific time? Kind of a public beta Yawn 😴 Maps Google Lens is mighty impressive