WEBVTT - Samsung says no new Note smartphone this year 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.600 Samsung says it won't make a note this year. Zoom 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:19.239 comes to Fire TV PlayStation is a hit. Well, if 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.959 you can get one plus your tech questions answered? What's 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:26.800 going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.080 the podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.440 think you should know about. It's also the place where 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.840 I answer the questions you send me. I'm the tech 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.240 reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Hope you 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:44.120 are having a fantastic day. Wow, the summer is coming 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.400 to a close. I did a story with some kids 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.760 the other day at a camp and if you can 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:53.040 believe it, school starts August sixteenth for a lot of 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.600 the schools in Los Angeles, which when I was a kid, 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:59.080 we always started after a labor day, which I feel 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.000 like makes more sense. But I don't know. I mean, 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:05.120 what do I know? As a parent, it's it's I 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:06.520 guess you want your kids to go back, But I 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.720 don't know. It seems so early, Like I'm like, how 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.920 many weeks is the summer nowadays? One thing I do like, though, 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.200 is that reviews are coming in for Villo. This is 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:20.600 the Mesh networking system I talked about. That's sixty dollars, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.119 and it's always you know, as a tech person, it's 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.760 always interesting to do reports on things that are brand 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.680 new and nobody's ever seen them before, because typically, you know, 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.240 a manufacturer will send me something and I'll have hands 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.600 on time before anyone else. And you know, they have 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.880 this thing called an embargo, and then they lift that 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.120 embargo at a certain time and everyone who had it 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.479 secretly or I guess, comes out and says, oh, I've 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:48.520 had this for two weeks and here are my thoughts 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.800 on it. And so that's what happened with this Villo 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:55.440 Vlo by the way, And I was like, okay, well 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.520 I think it's really good. But I put my review 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.480 out there and you know, started seeing other people's and 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.560 you know, people were saying it was pretty good. But 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.360 then I really wait for all the folks that write 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.960 me to tell me if they purchased one and what 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.399 they think of it. And the good news is, oh, 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.240 music's still on there. Look at that. The good news 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.680 is the reviews are in and people are telling me 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.400 they love it. So they're saying they're getting a great signal. 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.560 They're liking it. It's boosting their Wi Fi and I'm 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.680 very happy because you know, it's like, Okay, I thought 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.520 this was really good, I shared it, and clearly it is. 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:34.640 Let's start with Samsung this week. Samsung is having an 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.880 event on August eleventh, and Samsung is not like Apple 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:41.080 where they just keep everything sort of secret until the 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:45.200 big day. They keep some stuff secret, and you know, 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.120 but they get a lot of hints, right, at least 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:52.440 Samsung does. Apple doesn't really give any hints. So Samsung's 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.160 been coming out with a couple of blog posts in 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.720 anticipation of their big event, and the latest is a 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.200 blog post that is titled the next era of smartphone 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.600 innovation is about to unfold. And I'm guessing the pictures 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.320 they're showing at the top are of the old foldable 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.480 phones because they wouldn't show the new ones, right, But 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.120 they say, you know, all kinds of well, let's just 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.200 get to the good stuff basically. Well, one thing they 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.640 they did a little knock on the open ecosystem. They said, 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.520 as we enter this new era of agile transformation, I 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:29.400 believe that open ecosystems are the only way to accelerate 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.280 innovation and give people more freedom to create their own 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.520 experiences that are best for their lifestyles. Now, I got 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.920 to give that a major because that's really a knock 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.720 against Apple. Apple's been going through this lawsuit with the 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.960 whole you know, Epic games and all this stuff, and 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.560 basically Apple is saying the reason why they're so closed 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.080 down is because they want to keep things secure, and 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.680 that's probably true, but only to an extent. And I 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:59.520 will say that I am continually impressed with how much 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.040 Apple has been able to do with such a closed system. 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.040 Like the other day, I asked to play a song 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.280 on my phone and it did go to Spotify automatically, 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:12.120 which historically that didn't happen, but now Siri apparently learns 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:16.760 which music service you're using, and I flip between a 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.119 whole bunch of them, and so clearly I've been using 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:23.240 Spotify the most lately to test the whole downloading to 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.400 Apple watch the music thing, and Siria apparently has taken 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.120 notice of that. So anyway, in a few weeks, they 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.120 say they're gonna unleash their latest and greatest Galaxy Z series, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.080 and they say they completely improved or we kept improving 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.920 the category with our second generation of foldables, the Galaxy 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.920 Z Fold two and the Galaxy Z Flip with more 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.640 screens and more of the features. Now they're saying the 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.760 third generation are going to open up amazing multitasking capabilities 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:55.719 and enhanced durability. Let's see what else at Samsung, Open 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:59.799 and Secure are never mutually exclusive again, that knock on Apple. 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.240 And for our third generation of Galaxy Z phones, we 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.600 have more partner apps that make use of the versatile 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:11.000 fold out format, optimize video with Google Duo watching videos, 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.520 and flex Mode on YouTube which they've already done. Multitasking 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:18.960 in teams. So what else? Oh, the Z flip is 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.600 more durable with stronger materials. But here's the thing they 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.719 buried all the way, talk about we have this phrase 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.839 in journalism called burying the lead, right, and talk about 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.800 burying the lead all the way. At the end of 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:32.640 this blog post they mentioned, oh yeah, by the way, 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.880 instead of unveiling a new Galaxy Note this time around, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:43.400 what so no note this year? Spoil alert, no Galaxy Notes, 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.080 so they said, but they're going to build an s 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:51.200 pen into one of the Galaxy Z family devices, which 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:52.960 is probably going to be the fold not the flip. 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.720 I know, all these things are so complicated, all these 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.159 terms but anyway, August eleventh, if you were excited for 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.480 a new note, not happening. And that's kind of a 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:06.280 big change for Samsung because typically the note is where 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:10.680 Samsung puts all of its best new things, so all 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:12.920 of its best new camera tech, all of its best 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.520 new screen tech, all of its best new tech in general. 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.240 And so now I guess the Fold is going to 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.160 be the new flagship. And remember that they did make 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:25.200 the S pen compatible with the last generation of S 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.080 twenty one devices, I think just the high end devices 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.480 like the S twenty one Ultra, but you can see 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.320 they're getting away from that reliance on the S twenty 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.440 one Ultra basically became a note device, just without a 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.440 little sleeve to put the note in or the stylus in. 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:48.320 So anyway, August eleventh, all things will be answered. Let's 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.640 get to the first question. AJ says, Hey, Rich, I'd 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.920 like to download Oregon Ducks football picks from Instagram from 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.880 my own entertainment. How do I do that with efficiency? Thanks? 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.960 Love your content. You know that when I first came 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.360 to California, I called Oregon Oregon, and I'll never forget 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.280 being in my freshman dorm room and my friends were like, no, no, 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:11.760 it's Oregon, Oregon. I was like, Oregon, there's no Oregon, 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:16.040 no Oregon. So anyway, maybe it is Oregon, but I 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.440 think it's more Orgon at this point. But anyway, I digress, 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.040 as I typically do on the show. But the thing 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.000 that I like the best, and I use this pretty 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.680 much every day, it is a Chrome extension called Image Downloader. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.520 I know, such a complicated name, image downloader, and I 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.040 give you a website, but I don't really have a website. 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.560 It just search image downloader on Chrome. And you should 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:41.200 see the extension. Let me see how many users are 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.960 using this extension. See if I'm the only one? No, 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:50.040 a million plus users from Vlad Sabev, So clearly people 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:53.080 like this. But what I love about this little Chrome 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.800 extension is that no matter what web page you're on, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.240 this does not handle videos, but it does handle any 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.440 image on a page. So whatever web page you're on, 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.800 you just hit the downloader button and next thing you know, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.200 it will show you all the images on that page 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.240 and you can download them like get you get individual 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.880 download links for all of those and so it's just 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.600 a really simple way of capturing an image and on 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.600 a you know, a full resolution of that image versus 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.440 like a screen shot. And also it shows you sort 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.920 of the multiple versions of that image on a page, 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.160 so if there's like a little thumbnail image, you'll be 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.000 able to tell and that's not the one you want 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:31.920 to download. You want to download the one that's bigger. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.199 And you can also set parameters like I only want 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.840 pictures that are bigger than you know, one hundred pixels 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.960 or you know, images that are only on a link. 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.719 So it's really a really great little app and I 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.480 use it every day for my job, you know, for 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.640 editing purposes if I need a picture off a blog 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.880 post or something really really easy. And I did test it. 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.320 It does work with Instagram. And you may want something 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.680 that's for your phone, and I'm sure there are apps 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:00.360 out there that can do this on your phone. I 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.240 just did not research that, so I don't know, nor 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:04.559 have I used that, but I know a lot of 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.120 people use that, like repost app, which may do it, 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:09.920 but I don't know if it downloads it. But if 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.560 you search the app store, are you on iPhone? Doesn't 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.199 say if you're on iPhone or not. But I would 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.240 just try it on your desktop, just go to the 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.600 Instagram page that you want. Once you download that and 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.440 click the little image downloader and you should get the 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:29.960 pictures that you need. All right. So two way video 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:34.360 calling with Zoom is now available on Amazon Fire TV 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:39.240 Cube and this is big. I tweeted about this and 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.520 I kind of always imagine this, you know, we call 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.880 it a lean back experience, right, the idea of just 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:46.960 sitting on your couch and be able to watch you know, 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:51.280 streaming services or looking at your family pictures. But the 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.600 idea of video chatting, for some reason, has yet to 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.560 come to the television, and I don't know why. Now, yes, 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.840 there are some solutions out there, like Facebook's portal, but 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.840 what is the deal? Why is there such a holdout? 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.600 Is it just because people use their phones? But if 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:10.800 you've ever video chatted on a phone, I feel like 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.040 there's a lot of pressure. There's a lot of pressure 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:14.880 to hold your phone in front of you. There's a 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.199 lot of pressure to hold your phone steady. People are 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.160 moving around all the time. So I don't feel like 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.040 the phone is a good way of video chatting unless 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.440 you know, it's quick, it's simple, it's easy. You know, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.320 most people have a phone nearby but I feel like 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.320 this idea of video chatting on the couch would just 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.760 be so much better if you had a webcam on 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:37.719 top of your TV and you just to sit back 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.160 and you just talk to the other people on the 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.720 other end. And for me, you know, I've got my 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.760 family on the East Coast, it would be so nice 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.360 to just have my parents or my siblings just in 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.320 front of their TV because we just relax, you know, 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.600 and we all just could sit there in our houses 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.480 and chat with each other. Well, anyway, this is a 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.760 reality with the fire TV Cube. Last year they launched 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:01.080 a lex Oh alex A. I had someone write me 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:02.720 in and said, of Rich, if you want to say 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.040 that word on your podcast, you can say alex A. 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:09.120 So I'll say alex A. So if you want, you 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.760 can use alex A to video chat on your Fire TVQ. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.520 But Zoom is much more popular, and so now you 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.360 can use the Zoom ap. But here's the thing. Look 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.600 at all the stuff you need to access to a 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.080 video calling. You'll need to connect a webcam that supports 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.760 USB video class whatever that is with at least seven 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.720 to twenty P resolution and thirty frames per second, using 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:34.160 a micro USB to USB adapter. Now, who in their 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.160 right mind, that's the average person that this is targeting, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.240 is going to know how to do that. And I 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.280 like to use my mom as an example. That's the 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.760 example here. If I'm like, mom, we can finally video 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:45.400 chat on the TV. Just go out and get a 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:51.400 UVC USB video class camera with a seventy seven to 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.040 twenty P resolution and thirty frames per second. Plus you 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.400 know that micro USB to USB adapter you've been wanting 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.040 to use, Yeah, you can use that too. No, no 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.240 one's going to know how to do this, So why 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.360 don't you just make a software update that lets you 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:09.240 plug in a regular video camera to a regular I 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.720 guess it's only micro USB on the back, but it's 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.200 just one of these things that like this is why 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.360 this stuff hasn't taken off. This is way too complicated. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.160 And yes, all the techies that Amazon are saying this 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.679 is so cool, we can finally do this, but no 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:26.640 real person knows how to do this, and even myself, 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.440 I don't want to go out there and buy all 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.800 this stuff. I will to try it out, but it 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.880 just needs to be easy. We've got Apple TV, We've 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.679 got firetvqube by the way. Firetvcube is a high end 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:39.839 fire TV, so not even a lot of people have that. 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.319 Most people have the sticks, and you're not gonna be 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:46.720 able to plug a webcam into the stick Roku same thing. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.520 They've got USB on the back of the big ones. 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:53.320 But most people have the sticks. And so until we 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.800 get a very simple method for plugging a webcam, a 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.520 normal webcam into the back of these TV it's just 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.360 not gonna happen. And yeah, the TV manufacturers just do 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.960 it themselves, cut out the middleman. Why do we need 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.520 why do we need all these boxes? I mean, I 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:11.760 like them, but a lot of people just use your 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:16.640 smart TV. Oh, look at Amazon, put the links. Okay, 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.280 so the webcam I have, the Logitech C nine twenty 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:24.000 does have. It is compatible. They actually were kind enough 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.320 to include a list of compatible webcams and a list 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.240 of compatible micro USB to USB adapter so you know, look, 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.480 it's not tough. It's just one of these things where 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.840 to do all this is kind of a lot. But 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.240 I don't know. I'm tempted. I'm tempted to literally gift 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.280 My mom does use fire TV, so I'm tempted to 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.079 now gift her a cube and then all these other 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.640 little bells and whistles so that we can video chat. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.360 But I think the other side of this is who 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.840 really wants a video camera on top of their TV 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.199 staring at your living room the whole time. I mean, 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.400 it's just one of these things where maybe if there's 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.360 a shutter on these Let me see, do any of 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.240 these video cameras have a shutter, because that would be 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.920 probably the only way that the average person would do that. Okay, 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.400 that one does not have a shutter. This one does 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.560 not have a shutter. This one does not have a shutter, 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:20.120 and that one does not have a shutter. So there 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.720 would probably have to be some sort of shutter mechanism 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:24.960 to really make this thing take off. And I don't 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.840 know if that's gonna happen. Anyway, it is available. It's 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:32.480 available now, and you can join zoom meetings using a 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:41.120 fire TVQ. All right, Robert has the next question. Hey, Rich, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.800 I bought a Fitbit Charge four and was wondering if 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.160 the fitbit app is the best choice to use with 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.080 an iPhone. I see there are other apps that claim 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:53.840 to connect better with Apple Health. What have you heard, thanks, Robert? Robert, 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:56.200 I would say stay away from the third party apps, 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.480 they are not. I guarantee you they're not going to 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.160 connect to Apple Health better than what Fitbit does. And 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.120 quite honestly, I think the reason why you're looking is 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:09.240 because Apple Health probably and I don't know this for certain, 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.320 but I'm pretty sure that Apple Health does not connect 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.480 to Fitbit at all. Now I may be wrong on that, 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.760 and you can you can correct me on that if 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:20.720 I'm wrong, But I think that because Fitbit is made 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.760 by Google, and Google is warring is you know, frenemies 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:29.160 with Apple, as is everyone these days, I think that 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.520 the Fitbit app would be your best way to do it. Now, 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.760 there is one other thing you can do, and I 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.120 think this actually would be your best bet if you 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.120 want that. Now. Here's the thing. What Apple Health does 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:45.840 really well is it integrates health data from various places. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:51.440 And so if you want sort of one thing, you know, 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.160 to look at all of your data, Like let's say 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:55.040 you do a yoga class through an app, and let's 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.040 say you do something on your fitbit and then you 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.240 go for a run using Apple Health. You know, it's 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.320 like or Apple Workout app or whatever. You know, maybe 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.120 you want all that stuff in one place and so 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.240 I understand why you'd want Apple Health. But here's what 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.040 I've done, and it actually works pretty well. And I 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.440 know Fitbit works with it because they're both Google. But 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:17.120 you can download the Google Fit app, and as far 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.000 as I can tell on my phone, Google Fit does 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.360 somehow siphon the information out of Google Health and it 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.720 will also take the information from the fitbit app. So 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.360 if you have both those things feeding into the fitbit app, 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.200 now you've got a one stop shop where you can 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.120 have all of your fitness data in one place. And 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:40.400 Google Fit is actually quite nice. It's simple. I really 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.360 like the design. They have some good tips on you know, 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.920 some insights into what it learns from you as you 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.960 work out. So I think that's that's probably the way 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:55.080 that I would go. So good question. And again this 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.920 is what bugs me. It bugs me that all these 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:02.080 tech companies force us into these silos. And I just 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.959 hate being forced into a silo because it doesn't give 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.639 us as much freedom to choose the services and the 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.480 products that we want to use. And don't get me wrong, 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.399 you know, there's a lot of it that works together, 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.440 but a lot of it does not, and it gets 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.200 kind of tricky. When you know, things just arbitrarily say well, 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.640 we're not going to work together because you know that's 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.160 a that's a product that's kind of in competition with us, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.639 or you know, you got to build things our way, 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:34.840 or you know, it's the highway. So that's where we're at. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.840 It's just a reality of the tech world, and maybe 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.199 that'll change in the future. We're seeing some progress with that, 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.560 especially as these anti trust you know, there's inklings of 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:49.920 anti trust always kind of pitter pattering through the through 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.560 the hallways of tech. So as that kind of scare 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:58.720 stays with these tech companies, it sort of you know, 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:01.240 makes them want to do things that help the consumer. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:05.400 And so if those you know, if that threat wasn't there, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:07.119 I can't imagine the world we live in because I 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.040 feel like a lot of stuff is kind of you know, 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.880 I test a lot of stuff, and I just see 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.680 the silos that people build, and so I don't like those. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.800 All right, let's get to the next story. Instagram, this 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:22.480 is everyone's favorite social media app. Instagram has some new 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:28.240 privacy what do you call it, some new safety measures 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:33.280 for teens. So number one, obviously we know that there's 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.600 this big push and pull when it comes to young 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.720 people on social media. If I, as a parent, had 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:40.879 my way, I would never allow my kid to have 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:44.040 a cell phone until they were like thirty five. But 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:45.960 that's just not the reality. You know, you want to 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.440 be able to get in touch with their kids, and 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.040 next thing, you know, they want to be able to 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:50.480 get in touch with their friends, and they want to 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:52.680 be on social media. They want to become an influencer. 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:54.919 They want to be on YouTube, they want to watch it, 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.240 then they want to make videos, and all of this 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:01.760 stuff is theoretically forbidden under thirteen, but we know that 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:03.840 that's not happening. You know, kids are signing up, they're 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.680 using different you know, data births, they're they're using their parents' phone. 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.720 So it look, the reality is it's there. Kids are 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.879 on these things, and so Instagram knows that and they're 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.080 trying to do things to make it a bit of 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.800 a safer experience. One of those new things is defaulting 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:28.000 people under eighteen into private accounts. Now depends where you 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:32.920 are in the US. It's well, let's see, starting this week, 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:36.000 everyone who is under sixteen years old or eighteen in 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:38.919 certain countries will be defaulted into a private account. When 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:42.399 they join Instagram. Now, so in the US, I believe 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.360 it's sixteen. But here's the thing this is when they 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:47.600 say defaulted, it sounds better than it is. I mean, 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:49.679 the kids who are signing up for this are the 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:52.800 most tech savvy people out there in the world. So 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:56.399 they're not gonna miss a little tiny menu that says, 0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:58.880 you know, do you want to be you know, they're 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.159 gonna miss the thing where says private, where they can 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:03.320 switch it to public. They're not going to keep kids 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:06.520 from switching it to public. They're just going to default. Now, 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.760 if that saves or if that you know, deflects ten 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:14.200 percent of sign ups to being into or defaulting them 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:19.200 into you know, private, then I guess that works. I mean, 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.680 anything's better than nothing. Now, if they have a private account, 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.320 obviously you know the rules. So people have to follow 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:28.800 you to see your posts, you have to choose to 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:33.439 allow others to reshare your content. People can't comment on 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:36.240 your content, they can't see your content at all in 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:39.840 places like Explore or on hashtags. So that's a that's 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:42.399 a good thing I think for kids. Now, Again, like 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:45.560 I said earlier, a lot of kids want or these 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:48.200 are teens, a lot of teens want to become influencers, 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:50.840 and so they're probably going to go to public or 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:52.719 you know, hey, they might just say, oh yeah, I'll 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:54.560 stay private, like all I care about my friends. So 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:59.159 that's cool. Now for the teenagers or young people they 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:02.280 say that already have a public account on Instagram, Instagram 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:04.720 is going to show them a notification saying here's why 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:06.959 we think you should be private, and then show them 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.120 how to change their privacy settings. The other thing they're 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:15.120 doing is using AI to not only identify adult accounts 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:17.879 even if you lie about your age, but also to 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:21.480 identify creepy adults. And they don't use that term, but 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:26.000 they call it potentially suspicious behavior. These are accounts that 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:29.400 belong to adults that have been blocked or reported by 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:33.440 a young person for example. So this is not everything, 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:37.840