All About Android 525: Android 12 is Material You

Android now powers over 3 billion devices
Android 12 Preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design
Android 12 Beta: Designed for you
Android 12 will have more precise privacy controls, but experts aren't fully convinced
Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions on Data-Hungry Apps
Android 12 adds kill switches for camera and mic permissions
Now You Don't Have to Worry About Losing Your Chromecast Remote
Android phones will act more like iPhones in Android 12
Google is building a digital car key into Android 12, arriving on select phones later this year
Android 12 Beta 1 goes live for Pixel phones at Google I/O 2021
What's new for Wear
Google Is Finally Taking Smartwatches Seriously
Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too
Samsung teases plans to release a Wear OS smartwatch w/ support 'long into the future'
Fitbit devices will run Wear OS in the future
Google Project Starline is a holographic video conference system, and you can't have it
Google Assistant is going to get a lot more conversational with LaMDA
Google Photos to add more personalized Memories collections, 3D Cinematic photos
Google Photos is creating animated cinematic photos out of (nearly) nothing
Google Photos finally adds a Locked Folder for your private pics
People of color are getting a better camera from Google
Incredibly detailed Google Maps will be available in 50 cities this year
Google is helping you stay safe with new map routing options and telling you when public spaces are crowded
Chrome is automating the most annoying part of dealing with a password breach
Android 12 Beta reveals model numbers for Pixel 6 family, including foldable 'Passport'
Flutter 2.2 announced for faster, less crash-y apps
Flutter SDK will be ready for the new 'Material You' design language
Samsung is working to port Google's Flutter SDK to Galaxy Watch and other Tizen devices
Jetpack Compose 1.0 launching in July; 'Material You' support coming soon
Firebase gains App Check security, revamped Remote Config, and more

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Michael Wolfson

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