WEBVTT - Google wants to monitor your sleep 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.160 The new Nest Hub watches you as you sleep. But 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:18.079 there's a reason. Chrome adds live captions to pretty much 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.160 any audio or video on the web. Plus an Apple 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:26.560 Store secret and your tech questions Answered? What's going on? 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:29.560 I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.600 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.879 you should know about, and it's where I answer the 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:37.920 questions that you send me. I'm the tech reporter at 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.240 KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Hopefully you are having 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:45.840 a fantastic day wherever you are. So I just used 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:49.040 task grab it for the very first time, and this 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.160 is a company that I kind of actually forgot about. 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:54.640 To be honest, you know, I always have this list 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.160 of things I want to do around the house, but 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.600 I just never do them, and I know it's bad. 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.639 It's bad. It's bad. I've been on a kick though. 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.520 I've really been trying to be more productive in twenty 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.200 twenty one, get through all the things that I need 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.240 to do that. You know, a lot of these things, 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:10.760 like these little things on your to do list, you 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.960 know they cost money, and so you don't necessarily want 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:14.880 to do them because you don't want to spend the 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.080 money but then you sit there and you're like, why 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:18.880 am I not doing this? Why am I not doing this? 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.080 And it really comes down to like just kind of 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.440 coordinating and just saying like, look, I can do it. 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.360 You know, It's like it's not that expensive sometimes. And 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.319 so that was the case with some ring lights that 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.839 I wanted to put up that I've had sitting around 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:36.120 my house for a while. And so finally I forget. 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.000 I actually got a pitch from task grab It for 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:39.920 something totally unrelated, and I was like, oh my gosh, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.479 I forgot about task grab It, And so I went 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.280 on the app and I looked I had my old 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.440 account because I did a story with task grab It, 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:48.640 like many many years ago. Let me see how many 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:53.200 years ago? This was task grab It KTLA uh May sixth, 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.800 twenty fifteen. Okay, so five six years ago. That's a 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.520 long time ago. So I, you know, so I created 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.000 an account back then when you know when I did 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.600 the story with them, but they arranged it, so I, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.600 you know, I met up with a tasker. We did 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.000 a couple of tasks, blah blah blah. It was really cool. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.440 Ikia bought them. Anyway, long story short, I booked this 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.640 guy on task grab it to install these ring lamps, 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.720 and I got to say he did a great job. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.440 He was a little late, but it was finding you 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.240 was such a nice guy that I really didn't mind. 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.000 And total for the two lights was a hundred bucks. 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.000 I mean that's pretty good in my you know, I'm 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.560 not a electrician, but I think a hundred bucks is 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.240 pretty good. And I love how it's all through the app. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.440 It's on demand. You chat with the person that you 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.600 you know, want to use, so you know, you can 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.080 look at you put in what you want to do, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:41.720 and then it gives you kind of like the taskers 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.400 that can do that, and then you pick one you 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.320 you know, I guess book them and then you kind 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.800 of chat with them. The funny thing is if people 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.440 wanted to get around this, they could, They could just 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:52.840 chat and then say like, oh, just call me and 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:54.840 then arrange the job. But then you don't, you know, 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:56.960 it's like you're it's kind of like you don't want 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:58.440 to do that. You know, you don't want to get 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.360 around these systems that these tech company built because there's 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.880 protections built in for you and the person that's doing 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.959 the work at your place, So you know, it seems 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.200 like why wouldn't I just you know, contact them outside 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:10.880 of task grab It and just say, hey, can we 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.400 arrange this for twenty bucks less? But I don't know, 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.760 not really worth it and I love having the receipt 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:19.040 in there and it's great, So I gotta say a 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.959 great little job. I think they did a nice job. 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.480 Everything's working nicely, and I don't know, check it out. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.080 I'll put the link to task grab It in the 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:29.760 show notes so you can check them out if you 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:31.720 have stuff to do around the house, like putting stuff together. 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:33.400 I still have another thing, so I'll be honest. The 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.680 other thing, this is the reason why I thought of it, 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:41.000 is because we got a basketball net for Christmas and 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:45.120 I still have not put it together, and so I 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.280 need to get a tasker to do that as well. 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.120 And again it gives you like a little you know, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:52.600 price and everything like how much it's estimated to be. Anyway, 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.040 I would recommend it. I think task grab It you 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:58.480 did a great job. Thank you. All right, let's talk 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:02.960 about the first item of the week, the new Nest Hub. 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.280 And I love the Nest Hub. It's one of my 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.040 favorite smart displays. But I'll be honest, I'm having a 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.560 little envy with the Amazon side of things right now 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.200 because of all the stuff that works with their stuff. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.760 Whenever I go into the Amazon four Star store, I 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.640 always look at like I saw the new what is it, 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:24.320 the Echo ten, which just looks so nice. It just 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.760 it follows you around, and I'm definitely gonna buy one. 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:28.719 I think I'm gonna get one for my mom and 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.440 my dad because then I can video chat with them 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.520 from across the country and they don't. You know, the 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.240 problem with video chatting on the phone is that it 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.760 doesn't you know, it's just annoying to hold your phone, 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:42.240 it's shaky. This will follow you around. It kind of 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.279 swivels left to right, and it's just easy for video chatting. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:46.560 And my wife was like, oh my god, It'd be 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.120 perfect for our kitchen because then we can chat with 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.360 your mom while we're cooking. We often chat while we're 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:54.200 cooking and it will just follow us left to right. 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.440 The Nest Hub Max sort of does that, but it 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.320 does it on the camera only. Anyway, I digress. The 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.000 new Nest Hub Ub. You know, this is like their 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.640 smaller smart display, and what I love about their smart 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.560 display is the fact that it has Google built in, 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.640 so of course I love that. But it also displays 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.279 your Google Photos, which is really really nice because if 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.720 I got one of these Amazon ones, I wouldn't be 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.360 able to show my Google photos because they don't play nice. 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:18.680 Of course, you know, you have to live in a 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.839 silo with all these things. But the new Nest Hub 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.880 hundred bucks. It does all the stuff that it typically does, 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:29.000 but the big new feature is this Motion Sense, which 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.120 is a radar that's built in low power radar, and 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.400 it tracks your sleep, so it watches you breathe. It 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:39.280 also has a microphone built in, a thermometer built in, 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.960 temperature sensors. I should say, so you get this report 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.280 of exactly how you slept, and you can see your 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.400 disturbances like coughing and storing. And Google is sending me 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.719 one to test, so I can't wait. I know people 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.800 think it's creepy that Google is watching you sleep, but no, no, no, 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.960 sleep is very very important right now. The Apple Watch 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.719 is severely in the sleep department. Fitbit is great, but 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.600 they're owned by Google, so I mean, and you also 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.760 have to wear something on your wrist. This you don't 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.600 have to wear anything you just go to bed, and 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:13.520 it kind of senses that there's a sleep activity happening. 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:14.800 And I asked them, I said, well, what about the 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.719 rest of the stuff that's happening in the bed, and 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.600 they said, no, we only look at sleep, and you know, 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.800 I'm sure it sees other stuff, but it it just 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.000 doesn't count that in your you know, in the activity. 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.240 So I know that's going to take a little bit 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.960 of getting used to. People are definitely not open to 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.719 the idea of Google sensing all this stuff. But I 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.919 think it's great. I think it's awesome. I think that 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.160 the data that you're getting outweighs any sort of the 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.760 privacy concerns. And yeah, it's weird that it's recording audio 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.240 and in your bedroom, but I think it's it's kind 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.640 of neat to have that sleep data. So after a 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:49.960 couple of weeks of getting this sleep data, it's going 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.760 to give you information on how to improve your sleep. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.080 So maybe you should go to sleep earlier, Maybe the 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.200 temperature is not right, maybe a toss and turn all 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.680 the time, and you can you know, maybe your allergies 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.520 are acting up with the coughing, the snoring is keeping 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.200 you up. You just don't know until you see this data. 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.000 The only thing that's kind of weird is you would 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.760 think this would be a free feature, but clearly they 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.960 have plans to charge for this because it says sleep 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.840 sensing is available as a free preview until next year, 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.320 which means that's an indication that this will be a Theoretically, 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.320 they'll charge for it next year sometime. I think they're 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.200 trying to figure out how this is gonna exist with 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.960 Fitbit because Fitbit has a premium subscription of I think 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.240 it's ten dollars a month, so of course we'll it 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.840 be free for those people, probably, but I think they're 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.360 still trying to figure that out. But anyway, the new 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.240 Nest Hub is one hundred bucks. Their pre orders are 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.440 open right now. I don't know when the Nest Hub 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:45.040 is available. I think in the next month. But cool feature. 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.080 I have my Nest Hub in the bedroom. I love 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.760 it in there because it doesn't have a camera. You 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.600 get all the you know. I just did a routine 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.000 where it turns on my night my bedside lamps every 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.920 night at sunset with a nice candlelight color and puts 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.280 on some smooth music so I can relax before I 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.720 go to bed. So I think it's it's a great 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.240 little device for the bedroom. And I think that Google 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:15.680 definitely knows that, because they're Google, they know everything. All right, 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:20.360 let's get to the first. Uh, let's get to the 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.000 first question from Lester Rich. I have an epsn et 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.280 twenty seven to twenty. Recently, I got a message that 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.280 some documents would not print after some past date in 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.800 March because Google retiring some app. Lots of sums in here. 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:34.240 All of a sudden, I can't print anything from my 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.040 iPhone ten s Max. My wife can't print from her 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:41.120 iPhone twelve pro. The epsoin iPrint app just twirls indefinitely 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.080 and never finds the printer. Is there a solution sent 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:49.600 for my iPhone? Lester? Lester, you ignored all of the 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.120 emails that you got about this app and some impending doom, 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.120 and now you're having problems just like they imagined you would, 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.360 and you're emailing me for a solution. So, uh, look, 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.960 I don't want to say, come on, Lester, you gotta 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:04.720 you gotta be on top of this stuff, but the 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.560 reality is you got to be on top of this stuff. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.360 And clearly I don't know what's going on here. I 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.960 don't know what why the Google said they're retiring some 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:17.200 app or whatever EPSOM said, but it kind of warned you. 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.439 And now it's like, oh, and now that I want 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.520 to actually print something, I can't do it. So here's 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:25.120 my advice. Uh, I don't think that the printer stopped 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.960 working with the printer app. Perhaps it's a new app 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:29.840 you need or whatever. So what I would do is 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:33.439 I would delete your printer from the wireless network and 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.280 you know, reform at it to like factory specs. You know, 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:39.240 just do the do a hard reset, and I'm sure 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.480 there's instructions online on how to do that. Usually push 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:45.079 a pin some sort of uh you know, paper clip 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:46.360 in some sort of hole in the back of the 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.440 printer for a couple seconds, let it restart, or maybe 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.160 a hold down two buttons, whatever you do. Get that 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.199 back to factory. Then I would delete the app from 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.120 your phone and I would start over. Reconnect the printer 0:09:56.240 --> 0:10:00.680 to your network, download the app to your phone, log 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.559 it all in, sign it all up, and see if 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.920 that helps. Let me know. But that's what I would 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.520 do personally, or you know, go ahead and look in 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.199 your email for that Google message and see what they 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.320 were saying was gonna change and make this program not 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.520 work so well, But Lester, I know. I'll be honest, 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.120 I have something similar happening. This thing called eb which 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.120 is a photo device. They sent me an email that 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.640 said until unless you update this device, it's not gonna 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.640 work after June fifteenth or whatever. And sure, sure enough, 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.400 they've been sending this email to me for two months. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.400 I've not updated the device. But to be fair, I 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.640 don't really use the device, so I don't need it. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.480 But if I ever did later on in the year, 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.280 I'll be the same. I'll be in the same boat 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.040 as Lester. So I'm not I'm not kind of pooh 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.120 poohing you, Lester. I'm just saying that we're human. This 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:46.760 is what we do. We put things off into the 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.440 last possible minute, and then all of a sudden, it's like, now, 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.760 what was I supposed to do there? And it's too late. 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.000 All right, Let's talk about a feature on Chrome I 0:10:56.040 --> 0:11:00.280 thought was really cool. I just think this is really amazing, 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:04.080 and pretty much Google has added close captioning to the 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.400 entire web. Any audio or video that you can watch 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.520 on Chrome, you can now close caption and this is 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.080 through a feature called live caption, and you can turn 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.719 it on in Chrome Settings. This is Chrome on your 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:22.640 desktop and you basically turn this on and anytime you 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:26.760 start playing a video, it starts transcribing it, which is 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:29.720 just really phenomenal. So, I mean, I'm talking anything, even 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.880 in like your Google Photos. Let me try. Let me 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.240 try doing this. So let's see if I have a 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.720 video on my Google Photos, I'm gonna play and let's 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:44.199 see here, let's see if it actually does it press play? 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.920 Why is this selecting? Oh? I see I've got something selected. Okay, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:51.240 so impressing play. So my kid is doing some multiplication 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.240 and he yep, look at that. I'm gonna do four 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.880 time seven. Oh this is so amazing. I just it's 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.920 such a cool feature. I know you can't hear what 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:00.959 he's saying, but I can see it. I'm just so 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.760 you turn it on, you go into settings, and then 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.679 you go into accessibility or Advanced Accessibility, and then it 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.880 says live caption. You have to have the latest version 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.880 of Chrome for this, but it works across social and 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:16.560 video sites, podcasts, radio content, personal video libraries like I 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:20.160 just said, Google Photos, video players, and most web based 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.640 video or audio chat services. So again, if you're doing 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:27.400 a video chat like a Zoom or a Google Meet 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.600 inside your browser, not on the third party app, but 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.960 inside Chrome, you can get a transcription in real time 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:38.120 of what the person's saying. The transcriptions are created on device, 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.559 which means the content does not leave your computer, which 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.720 means that it's private or as private as it can be. 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.480 It works offline, which means you don't even have to 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.280 have an Internet connection, and that's basically it. I have 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.280 a video of this, I'll put it in the show notes. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.800 I think it's amazing for accessibility, and not just accessibility, 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.240 but for many reasons. I've just left this on and 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.360 it's just kind of cool that I can see whatever 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.920 is being said on my computer. I can now just 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.400 read on the screen and you can move around where 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.120 it is and kind of I don't know if you 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.400 can resize it, but you can resize it a little bit, 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.560 I know. But it's just a great little, great little feature, 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:18.319 and so I'm totally cool with this again, Chrome Live Caption. 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:20.520 Check it out. I've got a video on it, and 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:24.240 it's just a great accessibility feature. Or it even works 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:26.200 when your volume is down in your computer, So your 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.480 computer can be muted as long as that audio is 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.440 coming through the web. As you know, if the volumes down, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:36.559 you can still see what's being said. All right, let's 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.160 get to the next question. Deborah, I have a Note nine. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.240 I keep getting all these messages that I have to 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.040 move my photos to Microsoft. One note, my gallery on 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.920 my Android currently backs up to Google Photos. Is that 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.240 completely stopping as of April first? Will I lose what's 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.520 in Google Photos? After April first? Is Google Photos going away? 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.120 And now I have to use crappy one note, her words, 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.439 not mine with a little limit of fifteen, I'm guessing 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.720 she's meaning gigabytes. Well, my photos taken on my iPhone 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.959 on my phone no longer backup to Google Photos as 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.040 of April first. If you could clearly explain, it would 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:10.240 be much appreciated, Deborah, deborrah, No, you don't have to 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.720 worry about any of this stuff. So there's two things. 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.280 There's a couple of things going on. So the message 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.360 that you're getting on your note is a Samsung message 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.480 with regards to one note. So Samsung used to have 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.560 this thing called Samsung Cloud, but they have basically I 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.960 think given up on that, and now they're moving everyone 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:32.640 to Microsoft one note. Samsung and Microsoft have gotten very cozy, 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.960 and so I think that they're just saying, you know what, Look, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.840 they know how to do cloud storage. Let's just lean 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.680 on them for this. So all their cloud storage is 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:44.200 sort of moving to one note. But anyway, so a 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.760 couple things going on here. Google Photos will not be affected. 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:48.680 This has nothing to do with your Google Photos. I 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.600 know it's a little confusing because you're using Google Photos 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.600 on your phone. That's a Samsung that's giving you this message. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:59.800 But this only has to do with Microsoft. If you 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:04.840 the Samsung Cloud as your backup for your photos. So 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:06.800 I don't think you have to worry about anything. I 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.360 think that you can do the migration now if you want, 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.000 But you don't really have to worry about anything with Google. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:16.800 Nothing is changing with Google Photos with respect to your storage. Now. 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:22.080 There is something that's happening with Google Photos later on 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:26.800 this year, and I think it's happening. Oh gosh, Oh 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.400 my gosh. Now I need to remember when this is happening. 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:35.160 But Google Photos is changing. Oh yeah, June first, Okay, 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.440 Oh my gosh. So now we're confusing a couple different 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:41.360 things so let me explain what's happening. So on Google Photos, 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:45.240 which you say you do use as of June first, 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.400 anything that you upload, any new photos and videos will 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:53.160 count against your fifteen gigs of free storage, so that 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.480 will be changing on June first. Now, I don't think 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.800 most people have to worry about that because for a 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.720 majority of people, you don't. Really you're not going to 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.120 hit up against that limit. Now, if you're someone like 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.880 me who's using two terabytes of Google storage, yeah, I'm 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.480 definitely gonna be affected starting June first, but I've already 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.480 been doing the high quality forever so it really doesn't matter. 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:16.600 But for the rest of you that if you're just 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:21.440 using the high quality in Google Photos, it's starting on 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.680 June first, that will count towards your storage. I know 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.440 it's very confusing. Basically, think about it this way. Anything 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.080 you've had in Google Photos up until now will continue 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.040 to be free forever, and it will not take away 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.040 from your storage as of June first. Anything you upload, 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:38.760 whether it's high quality or original quality, will take storage 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.280 in your Google Photos. If you go over fifteen gigs, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.440 you will have to start paying. It's like two or 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.240 three dollars a month for a couple hundred gigs, so 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.720 it's not really that big of a deal. But yes, 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:53.880 Google is going to start charging for Google Photos, going 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.880 back on a promise that they made many years ago 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.240 that Google Photos was going to be free and unlimited, 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:03.040 and I never said forever, but they kind of implied that. 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.680 And it's it's definitely unfortunate that all these tech companies 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.399 as they get bigger, as everything moves to the cloud, 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.600 as there gets to be less competition. Yeah, they're kind of, 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.760 like I said, the vice grip is just tightening just 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.119 a little bit on us, you know, and especially on 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:22.399 our pocketbooks or our wallets. So I don't think you 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.600 have to worry too much debor That's that's my main 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.080 that's my main takeaway here. So I think that's but 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.000 you do need to know that if you want, go 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:32.639 into your Google Photos app, and I would check to 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:36.480 see just how much, just how much storage you're using. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.959 So if you open your Google Photos app, press your 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.639 little profile icon in the upper right hand corner, and 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.640 it will tell you how much storage you're using out 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.840 of your storage on Google Photos. That's what i'd recommend 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.120 to do. All right, let's move on to Instagram, which 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:53.600 was down for just a little bit today, but no 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:57.359 big deal, let's back up. It seems Instagram is working 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.679 to make it a little bit safer for teenagers. We 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.560 know that you know you're supposed to be thirteen to 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.480 join any of these online services, right, But kids, of 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.280 course lie, parents help them lie. I'm guilty of it. 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.359 My kids have accounts on things, and I get it. 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.119 It's not right, it's not the law, but you know, 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:19.919 this is what people do. So kids under thirteen are 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.240 not supposed to have an Instagram account, but believe me, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.800 if you've been around any child in your lifetime, you 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.320 know that a lot of them do have Instagram accounts 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.919 under thirteen. So how do they get around it? Well, 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:32.640 they just put in a different data birth big deal. 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.720 So Instagram says that they understand that this happens. They 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:38.920 can't really do anything about it because there's no real 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:41.879 ide verification for kids under thirteen. How are you going 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.240 to do that? Right? So they're now using AI to 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.040 figure out, Okay, we see this kid is on here. 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.520 We think they're under thirteen, So we're going to apply 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.199 these special rules to their account. Number one rule, adults 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.560 aren't gonna be able to DM them. So adults, if 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.160 they try to send a DM to someone under eighteen 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.600 that Instagram has identified is under eighteen, whether or not 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:06.000 they said that for real, it's not gonna work. It's 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.920 gonna say sorry, you can't send a message to this kid. 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.199 And so that's number one. Next one is going to 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:15.600 be if kids are interacting with an adult, like if 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:17.960 they're following an adult and they can you know, they 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:22.560 could DM them, and the adult exhibits some weird behavior, 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.359 potentially suspicious behavior, like if they send a large amount 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.800 of dms to kids all the time or under eighteen, 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:32.640 Instagram is either going to block the conversation, it's going 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:35.840 to send a message along with the conversation saying, hey, 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:37.959 you might want to just be on your guard when 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.760 you text with this person. So that's the second thing 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:45.000 they're doing. Next thing they're doing is they're gonna try 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:49.119