WEBVTT - Best ways to free up storage on an iPhone 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.800 What's going on. I'm Richdmiro and this is Rich on Tech, 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:16.000 the podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.760 think you should know about, and it's where I answer 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.520 the questions that you send me. Thanks so much for 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:25.440 listening to the podcast. This is a special edition. I'm 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:31.080 gonna do all your questions. I've gotten so many questions 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.080 it has become almost a full time job. And they're 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:36.279 coming in from everywhere too. This is the weird thing, 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.800 not just California, not just some of the stations that 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.120 I'm on across the US, but kind of like everywhere. 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.240 So it's been really interesting. It's been really fun through 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.559 the pandemic. I feel like I've gotten to know a 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.800 lot of you through Instagram and Facebook and all these 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.520 different places that you get your questions in. So I've 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.920 got a whole bunch of questions here that I've printed 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.920 out for my email, and I am going to do 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.440 my best to get through as many of them as possible, 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.000 and I'm going to be mixing in some other stuff 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.679 along the way. I want to talk first off about 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:16.080 five G because I've been using the Note twenty Ultra, 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:17.840 which if you listen to the last show, you know 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:20.920 it's a really good phone. In fact, I'm so tempted 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:23.280 to switch to that phone, but I'm not sure if 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.119 I can give up everything just yet with my iPhone 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.959 and especially the Apple Watch. Although there is a new 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:33.200 fitbit that's coming out that kind of rivals the Apple 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.720 Watch for me, So we will see. Maybe that will 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.399 be the winning combination. But the Note twenty Ultra is 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.520 a little bit big, especially because you have to have 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:42.920 a case on it. But anyway, so I have been 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.240 kind of checking out five G in different ways, and 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.400 I have a pretty good understanding at this point of 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:52.000 the five G offerings from T Mobile, also at and 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:56.000 T and to a lesser extent, Verizon, because I've yet 0:01:56.040 --> 0:02:00.560 to step into a five G area with Verizon, because 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.840 I believe they are far and few between, few and 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.640 far between, far and few between whatever it is, so 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:11.640 T Mobile. The sim card that Samsung sent with the 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:16.239 review unit of the Galaxy Ultra was a T Mobile 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.239 sim and that was a five G SIM card five 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:23.640 G phone. And I'll be honest, I really am not 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.360 impressed with the five G that I saw on the 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.480 T Mobile network. Now I'm not saying it's not going 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.760 to be good in the future. But it's one of 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.040 these things where I really wanted to believe in it 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.840 and love it and couldn't wait to try it because 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.400 you see all these ads and all these things that 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.000 they've been saying about how they are building like the 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.840 first true five G network everywhere, and they switched the 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.840 switch and it was everywhere all at once, really cool. 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.239 And you have a five G signal on the phone. 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:51.680 The little indicator looks awesome, but when you'd go to 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.480 use it, there were so many times when I couldn't 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.920 even get a good signal. It was super slow. It 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.639 was worse than LTE. I would switch back to LTE. 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.639 So I don't think it's there just yet. And it's 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.320 fine if you have a five G phone and you 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.320 got five G, but I guess my thesis here is 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.480 that you don't necessarily need to switch to five G 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.400 to right now now. On the flip side, AT and 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:19.240 T another phone I have was a AT and T 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.840 simcard that they sent to test out the five G there, 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.200 and I will say very impressed with the five G 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.639 on AT and T. It has a signal and a 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.280 lot of places, not as many as the T mobile, 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.639 but the signal when it was there worked a lot better. 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.880 And I'm talking great speeds like one hundred plus in 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.560 a lot of places. So this is just my observations. 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:46.640 It's casual. There's nothing specific or scientific about this. I'm 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:51.720 just telling you my casual observations. Now, I am considering 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.960 a switch to AT and T because of this. If 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:55.800 I do get a five G phone, I think that 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.560 AT and T would be the network to be on 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:03.080 right now. Verizon, which is my personal carrier, they don't 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.400 have five G. But the thing about Verizon is that 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:09.760 they're so solid just everywhere that it's just like one 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:11.920 of these things, where do you need five G? I mean, 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.600 how many things are you really doing on your phone 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.640 where you need a signal faster than you get with 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.640 your current provider. I'm not sure. Now. For me personally, 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:25.200 as a content creator, journalist, someone who's uploading to Instagram 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.760 and Facebook and videos and all that good stuff, it 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.000 would help me to have something that's really fast all 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.599 the time. And so for that reason, I think the 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.680 AT and T network would be awesome. Verizon apparently is 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.280 just stupid fast when you have a signal, but there's 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.200 not many places you have a signal, so Anyway, I 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:43.920 just figured i'd give you a little update on the 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:48.800 whole five G situation from my personal standpoint, and I'm 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.360 excited for it, and personally, it's funny because I love 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.800 T Mobile as a company. I think I've said this before. 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:56.800 I love them as a company just the way that 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.400 they don't really mess with you is very straightforward, and 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.440 so that's what I like about them. But I just 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:07.520 feel like the signal sometimes lags the advertising that you see. 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.039 But I'm also one of those people where when I 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:12.919 like a product, I'm willing to stick with it and 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:16.320 kind of stick to it. So I don't know. Anyway, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:22.400 let's get to the first question. This comes from Christine Turner. 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.200 She writes, I need to buy a new router and 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.839 really need a quiet one, quiet one along with it 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.560 being strong. There are so many to choose from and 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.960 it's driving me crazy, so I thought i'd ask the expert. Also, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.640 what brand was the twenty seven dollars earbuds on Amazon 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.640 that you tried out? The Samsung ones don't fit me 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.560 and they drop out. Thanks so much, Christine. Well, the 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.600 Wi Fi signal, I'm not sure what you mean by 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.599 a quiet one. I don't know of a loud router, 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.240 but the routers the I have a lot of experience 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.400 with these Wi Fi routers because I've recently upgraded my 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.920 internet at home and so I've been getting the new 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.159 euro devices that can handle the higher speeds. So I've 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.240 got now three of them in my house, and my 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.279 speeds are okay. I wouldn't say it's amazing. I'm getting 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:14.760 a thousand down at the at the at the origination point, 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.280 I guess the source, you can say, and then when 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.480 I get it into the other areas, I'm getting about 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.880 three hundred, maybe three point fifty on a good day, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.520 and sometimes less than that. So I still feel like 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.679 I can do some more work to get this signal better, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.360 but it's still pretty good. I mean, I'm very happy 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:37.520 with it. So the routers i'd recommend are anything with 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.279 a mesh network, which is pretty much all the routers 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.039 at this point. But the brands that I like and 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.880 the brands that I know are Euro, which I feel 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.200 like is kind of like the gold standard. Then you 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.760 also have Google, Nest Wi Fi, which you know, I 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.080 think works pretty well as well and a lot of 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.680 people like it, and then neckgar Orby I have not 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.120 tested that personally, but I do believe that they do 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:00.680 a good job because I get a lot of reviews 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.800 from people saying they love it. As for the earbuds, 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:07.640 so this was something called Let's Fit, and this was 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.320 a story we did on ktla a couple months ago, 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.920 and this company reached out to me Let's Fit, and 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.360 they said, hey, do you want to try these earbuds 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.120 that are dirt cheap. They're only I think it was 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.560 twenty eight dollars. They're called the Let's Fit T thirteen, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.160 and I'm telling you, this was the most popular story 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.720 I've I think ever done on ktla. And these are 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:32.280 now twenty one dollars on Amazon. They have four and 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.440 thirty six reviews. I got a ton of emails from 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.000 people that purchase these and said they love them. And 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.680 I've done sound tests of these devices and I will 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.920 say they sound better than a majority of the more 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.320 expensive earbuds. And they're only twenty one dollars. They don't 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.160 sound better than the AirPods, but they do sound really 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.200 really good for the price. I mean, for twenty one dollars, 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.600 you can't go wrong. So again, those are the Let's 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:02.920 Fit T thirteen earbuds on Amazon. Fantastic little device for 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:08.880 that price. All right, let's move on. Oh you know what, 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.160 let me tell a story real quick. This was kind 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.640 of crazy, So I just mentioned that I ordered the 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.920 Euro so I've been these things. The Eros are kind 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:19.760 of tough to get. I used to have the old Euros, 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.840 which were just the Euro, not the pro and the beacons. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.040 And so when I got the new Internet, I realized 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.960 you needed the faster eros, which are called the euro Pros, 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.640 which have the tryband. It's a whole bunch of stuff 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.760 that you don't necessarily need to know. Well, unless you 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.800 have really high speed Internet then you should know. But 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.600 the Eros are like sold out everywhere, so I've been 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.640 tracking them. You just can't go on Amazon and buy them. 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.439 So I had to buy it from a third party retailer, 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.920 you know, another big name which I won't mention, but 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:55.240 you know it rhymes with let's see nest guy, That's 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.640 what it rhymes with. And I get this package in 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.440 the mail after a week and I open it up 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.440 and the first thing I realized there's no shrink wrap 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.120 on my Euro box. I'm like, that's weird, because the 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.040 last one I ordered from the same exact place, by 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:09.560 the way, had shrink wrap on it, and so I go, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.760 all right, well, I don't know, maybe they for eco 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.719 friendly reasons, they don't shrink wrap them anymore. Well, next thing, 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.600 you know, I open it up and I'm like, that's weird. 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.320 The cord is kind of like mushed and smushed, and 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:20.839 you know how you ever, you know how you take 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:22.480 a cord apart and you have to put it back together. 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.480 You never get it exactly right. Then the court also 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.679 had some scotch tape on it. I was like, that's 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.240 definitely not how euro packages their boxes. Then I look 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:36.080 at the Ethernet cable and it's also repackaged, and also, 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:39.160 by the way, there was a hair stuck in the tape. 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.199 I'm like, this is okay, this is clearly an open 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.120 box that they sent me. I ordered a new one. Ah, 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.080 this is kind of annoying. So I call the company. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:49.679 Of course, it took a half an hour to get 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.719 someone on the phone, and they say, allay, well we'll 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.200 send you a new one. No real apology, just oh, 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:56.679 we'll send you a new one. And I have to 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.360 send back this one. And I said, well, that's kind 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.319 of a pain. I mean, I'm fine keeping this because 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.320 this is clearly an open box. I'm sure it works fine, 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:07.200 you know. Can you just give me a credit for 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.400 my trouble and I'll just keep this one. You don't 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:10.920 have to spend the money to send me a new one. 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:12.400 I don't have to spend the money to send back 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.520 the old one. And they said, all right, hold on. 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.240 After about ten minutes on hold, they finally come back 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:18.720 with their offer and they say, all right, we'll give 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.320 you a twenty dollars credit. Twenty bucks on a two 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.800 hundred dollars device. I was thinking more like forty or fifty. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.319 The whole reason I didn't buy it on eBay is 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.120 because I didn't want a new one, and on eBay 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.120 I could have saved fifty dollars if I would have 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.960 ordered it used. So this whole thing is going on, 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.559 but you know, I just wanted to make things a 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.400 little bit easier, so I decided to keep it. And 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.679 now I've got the device and it's it's working just fine. 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.080 All right. Now that you know that story, let's move 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:49.560 on to a question from Franci. Francie says, Hey, Rich, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:54.120 I need your expertise, advice. You have two handsome kids. Well, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.240 thank you. I have two beautiful girls, nine and seven, 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.760 and now with homeschool, I'm having problems finding the best 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.160 headphones that are safe kids hearing. My daughters don't like 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.600 the earbuds they prefer over the ear headphones, but they 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.280 also need a microphone to talk with the teacher, and 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:11.360 one that's comfortable five hours in class, also safe on 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.600 the volume, no super loud to protect their hearing. The 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.280 best ones are super expensive. We've already spent money on 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.560 two computers. Now we need headphones. This homeschool situation is hard, 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.080 but better to be safe than sorry with this virus. 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.800 Hopefully you can help me, so I will tell you 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:30.439 what I think are really good headphones. And I can't 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.880 take I can't take the credit for this because we 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:39.600 interviewed a person named Lauren Dragon over at the Wirecutter, 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.400 which is a great reviews website, and when I talk 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.280 to her about the best headphones, she said, these are 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.920 the best, and the best are pure O p R 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:54.400 specifically the BT twenty two hundreds or I guess two 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.000 twenty two hundred s and these are ninety dollars. But 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.680 what I would recommend is that you want to make 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.680 sure that you look for some sort of discount and 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:07.920 right now maybe they're not offering them. But I've noticed 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.720 if you kind of watch the website, and this is 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.800 true of a lot of websites, just kind of oh wow, 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:17.600 look at this. See that my little Honey extension Honey 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:22.400 fifteen fifteen percent discount exclusive from Honey. So again, have 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.959 one of these things. I really like this Honey. I 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.160 wouldn't say I really like it, but it's definitely gotten 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.400 me some discounts. But what's the website for that? Is 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:34.400 it get Honey dot com? Uh yeah, get Honey dot 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.640 com or Join Honey there it is join Honey dot 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.360 com and that's a browser extension that looks for coupon 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.240 codes automatically. But anyway, they have a fifteen percent. But 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.720 Puro I think is the best because exactly what you're saying, Francy. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.520 They hit all the marks. They have volume limiting, which 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.360 is really good, they go over your ears, and they 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.280 also have a microphone, and they're super comfortable and they 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.560 last forever. So these are the headphones myke have after 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:05.320 Lauren recommended them, and Lauren tests headphones for a living. 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:07.600 So when she said that these are the best. I 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:09.640 took her word for it, and we've been using them 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.920 ever since and they are fantastic. My kids love them. 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.240 They've had them for I think two years now, and 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:17.040 believe me, they're not taking care of them like you know, 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:18.959 sitting there putting them back in their cases and stuff. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.280 They're just using them all over the place and we've 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.280 had no problems and they work great. They also work 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.520 Bluetooth or wired, which I really like as well. So 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:32.880 again look up. The website is Purosound purosound dot com. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.400 And I just mentioned the BT twenty two s, but 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.720 there are a twenty two hundred s, but there are 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.360 a whole bunch of different headphones. They have them for 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.640 adults and kids. But that is going to be I 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:51.720 think the best case scenario, all right, Mary says, hey, Rich, 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.080 I watch you regularly. I saw the info on the 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.920 Google Pixel recorder on KTLA this morning. I have a 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.800 Pixel one and I went to the Place store to 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:03.160 find it. However it's not listed. Hmm. The website shows 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:07.560 a similar icon, but it's not from Google like yours. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.680 I found the voice recorder smart Moby Tools. I'm unable 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.880 to locate the exact recorder in my Google Pixel Play store. 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.360 Is there anything I can do to locate the app 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.120 that you mentioned? So I did a little digging on 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.680 this one, and it turns out that the recorder app 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:29.440 is only compatible with Pixel two and up. So Mary, 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.760 you are out of luck on this one. And this 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.440 is another thing that happens very often when I talk 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.200 about things on TV and I notice this on my 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.760 Facebook page, I notice it on Twitter, I notice it 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:45.760 on email. People for some reason think that they know 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.680 what I'm talking about and just google things, and next 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.240 thing you know, they're emailing me saying, Rich, I bought 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.600 this and it's you. You were wrong, this is not 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:55.840 or this is cheaper than what you said or what 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.480 you got it. This is why I do the blog 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.760 post on ktla dot com and on my website. I 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.360 make sure that I give you the direct links to 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.920 the things I'm talking about. If you just go on 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.680 Google Play and Google recorder app, what do you think 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.080 is gonna happen. You're gonna find some random app, not 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.680 the exact what I'm recommending. And this was part of 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:18.000 a story I did on KTLA about transcription apps, and 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:23.280 I did some really good recommendations and I'll just go 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.640 through them really quickly. Number one was Google Docs. You 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:30.000 can do voice typing in Google Docs. Number two is 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:33.840 Office three sixty five. They launched a new transcribe feature 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.160 where you can upload audio and it will transcribe it, 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:38.960 or you can just tap dictate and it will do 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:42.760 something similar. The Google Recorder app is only available for 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.720 the Google Pixel, but I'll be honest, I was able 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.840 to install it on my Samsung As or the Samsung 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.400 and testing, I should say, with an APK that I 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.120 got from Xda, say that ten times fast. Now, I 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.520 don't recommend you install APKs unless you know what you're doing, 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:03.160 because there could be some security issues. I trust XDA 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.560 and I did install it and it works fine on 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:09.160 the Samsung. Doesn't work on every phone, and i'd recommend 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.560 this to Mary, but I'm not sure that I want 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:16.640 to be recommending people downloading and installing APKs because you 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:20.880 have to allow your phone to install things outside Google Play, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.040 and unless you're a total nerd and not what you're doing, 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.160 that could be a bad thing. So anyway, that's the 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.720 Google Recorder app. If you do want something similar that 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.160 works on all androids and iPhones, I recommend an app 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:36.240 called Otter Ai and you get six hundred minutes of 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:41.280 free transcription each month, and then finally Descript. This is 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.720 the one that's great for Zoom calls because Otter works 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.840 with Zoom as well. But Descript lets you upload a 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.320 recorded Zoom call and they will transcribe it. Unfortunately, that 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.440 one's only good for three hours a month. After that 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.320 it's twelve dollars a month. So to answer your question, Mary, 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.280 the pixel the recorder thing from Google is amazing. I've 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.720 been using that the most because it's so easy. In fact, 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.479 I use it to transcribe almost all of the virtual 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.240 meetings that I've had in interviews because I just love 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.120 having the transcript and it's unlimited, it's as long as 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:17.280 you want, and it kind of works. So Mary, if 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.640 you're not open to upgrading your phone, then you're probably 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.199 gonna have to do Otter for now. But good question, 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.879 and yeah it happens. Not every app is compatible with 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.119 every Android phone, and that you know, when I do 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.560 my stories, I do think about this stuff. I do 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.600 try to make sure that I find stuff that works 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.560 with a lot of different phones and platforms and cross 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.240 platforms especially. You know, I could do only iPhone apps 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.040 all the time, but then people email me like, rich, 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.000 what about Android. I'm like, I know a lot of 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:48.080 apps come out on Android first, all right, sorry, on 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.119 iPhone first, and then they come to Android, and so 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.760 that's you know, the problem there. So I always try 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.080 to think about, okay, is this app available on both? 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.400 That's really what I'm trying to do, all right. Next 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:10.200 question coming from oh classy lady, classy lady. A classy 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.879 lady on AOL says, how do you screenshot on a 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:18.000 Galaxy X pro cover? How do you screenshot on a 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:22.160 Galaxy x Pro cover? So what I've discovered is screenshotting 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:26.840 is pretty much usually the same across Android. It's usually 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:30.120 the down especially on the Samsung. It's the volume down 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.640 along with the power button, and you hold that down 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.120 for about a second and then you release. You'll see 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:38.480 your screen turn white with a flash, and then it 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.760 will take the screenshot. On the iPhone, it's the opposite. 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.440 It is the volume up and the power button at 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.000 the same time. Or I guess I should say side 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:51.400 button on the new phones, so power button as well 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.640 as the up button on the iPhone that will take 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:55.440 the screenshot. So those are the two ways to take 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.840 the screenshots. There are also other ways on some of 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:02.399 the phones. On the Samsung or what was it not 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.639 was it the Samsung, you can do like these gesture controls. 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:07.560 You can also do the little s pen if you 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:11.119 have one of the notes, you can also do I 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.879 think on the samsungs you can wave your like the 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.600 side of your hand over the phone slowly and that 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:21.040 will take a screenshot if you have that enabled. Those 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.480 are some of the different ways. And then what's the 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.280 other one I saw the other day on the one plus, 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.080 I think they had if you place three fingers on 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.000 the screen and swipe to the right, it'll take a screenshot. 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:34.960 So lots of options for screenshots. Just remember with iPhone 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:38.520 it's usually the volume up plus the side button, and 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:42.560 on Android it's volume down plus the side button. There 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:53.320 all right, Jennifer writes in and says, hey, Rich, my 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:58.280 son is oh thoughts on iPhone eleven versus iPhone eleven Pro. 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.840 My son is looking into getting a new phone. Unfortunately 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.800 his camera stopped working in his Samsung seven Edge. He 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:08.720 has obviously had this phone for four years and well 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:11.640 he needs a camera for his school stuff. So your 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.200 thoughts I'm a single mom of two, and if I'm 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.520 going to invest in this phone he is looking at, 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:18.480 I'd like to know if it's worth the buy. I 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:22.119 appreciate your feedback. And again the subject was thoughts on 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:28.919 iPhone eleven versus iPhone eleven Pro. Well, I think that 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.080 he probably how old is he? Did he say? Did 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:35.760 he say how old he is? I'm a single mom. 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:38.119 I don't know, doesn't say how old he is, but 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:43.200 uh oh, sixteen, so he's sixteen. I would probably recommend 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:44.959 just the iPhone eleven. I mean, why does he need 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.680 the Pro? The Pro is going to give you a 0:20:47.720 --> 0:20:50.600 better looking screen, it's going to give you slightly better 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:53.400 battery life, and it's also going to give you a 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:57.840 better camera because it's got the zoom the telephoto lens. Now, 0:20:57.920 --> 0:20:59.760 you can still zoom in on an iPhone eleven, it's 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.120 just not gonna be as clear as the the Pro. 0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:04.439 And you can do everything you can do on the 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.240 Pro on the iPhone eleven. So for that reason, I 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.720 think that the iPhone eleven is the way to go. 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:12.320 I mean, why would you not. Now I'm gonna throw 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:14.080