WEBVTT - Samsung Fold 3 and Flip 3 review 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:08.840 My review of Samsung's new foldable phones. Apple makes some 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:11.720 big changes to the app store kind of sort of, 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:15.600 plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:18.800 Temiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:20.880 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.800 know about, and it's also the place where I answer 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:26.960 the questions you send me. I'm the tech reporter at 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.960 KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome to the show. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.519 Coming to you this time around from Las Vegas. So 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.320 if it sounds just a little bit different, that is 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.760 why I'm sitting here in the MGM Park or is 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.280 it Park MGM. It's one of those park MGM. So 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.319 I'm sitting here in the Park MGM, which I have 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:52.080 not stayed in for many many years. In fact, I 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:53.920 think it was my bachelor party the last time I 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.560 stayed in this hotel. They've totally redone it, and I 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.320 got to say it's quite nice, you know. I like 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:02.000 the room. It's kind of hip, it's young, it's modern. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.920 It's a smoke free casino, which is really unique. And 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:10.040 you know, even though I do sound a little stuffy, 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.760 probably because I'm in Las Vegas, that's to be expected. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.320 It's such a breath of fresh air when you can 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.720 be on that casino floor and not really have the 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.920 cigarette smoke, which you know, that's a choice, that's a 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.280 choice that they made. They probably lose a lot of 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.840 people that may not stay here or come here if 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.880 they don't want to deal with that. So anyway, I 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:31.840 kind of like it. One thing I noticed in the 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.080 room there is no alarm clock. So, like I said, 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.920 this is kind of a hotel geared towards millennials, and 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.160 it's young, it's hip, it's fresh, and no alarm clock, 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.880 which is kind of interesting because I'm taken aback by that. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.200 But at the same time, when was the last time 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.559 I used an alarm clock in a hotel room. In fact, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.200 I don't even look at the time on the alarm 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:56.280 clock in the hotel room because it's off half the time. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.320 The things are not set. There is a short period 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.600 of time for a couple of years when all hotel 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.080 rooms had an iPhone dock. Do you remember this. You 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:06.880 go into the room and it'd have a dock for 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.280 your thirty pin connector iPhone, and then all of a sudden, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.119 Apple switched to the lightning connector and no hotel ever 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.320 updated those docks. It was like either too expensive or 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.040 they're just like, ah, we got burned one time, we're 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.919 not doing it again. So you never really find an 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.640 iPhone doc. But I was thinking about it. The one 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.040 thing that I would like in a hotel room is 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.280 like a Bluetooth speaker, you know, a way to connect, 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.960 and I've been in a couple rooms where they have that, 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.080 but it's not a big feature that you see in 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.200 a lot of places. So anyway, I'm here in Las 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.440 Vegas for a new attraction they're opening. It's called the Flyover, 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.400 and it's basically if you've ever been on like the 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.760 Back to the Future ride at Universal back in the 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.639 day or the Soar and Ride at California Adventure, it's 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.959 very similar to that, except a little bit more high 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.560 tech because the thing moves in more ways. So I 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.840 was very impressed. I'll have that story on KTLA soon 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.600 and of course you can experience it here in Las Vegas. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.080 It's opening very soon. And then the other thing that 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.080 I checked out, and I'm just giving you lots of 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.160 inside details here. The other thing I checked out. I 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.720 don't know if you saw the story about elon Musk 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.080 living in this fifty thousand dollars tiny home. While I 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.440 tracked down the company, I said, can we come and 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.600 see this tiny house? And can we see it most 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:29.079 importantly unfolding. It's a house that unfolds, and they said, sure, 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.079 come on by. And it took a lot of wrangling 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.880 and figuring out and coordinating, but I did get out 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.520 here to see that, and I gotta say, pretty impressive, 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.000 Like I want this thing in my backyard so badly, 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.120 and I'm trying to like jump to the top of 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.120 the list by saying, like I could really use one 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.920 of these, but they just weren't having it. So I 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.840 can't wait to show you that story. I actually got 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.760 to open full help unfold, I guess you can say 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.920 the house, which was kind of cool. So all in all, 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.640 I'd say it was a very successful four hours in 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:04.120 Las Vegas. A quick trip, but I always love coming 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:08.240 here because there's always something new and there's always something interesting, 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.840 and you know, I just enjoy it. So we had 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.080 a great time yesterday and let's get out with the podcast. 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.520 Oh one more thing that I did at the park MGM, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.800 because it's so high tech and you know, everything is 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:23.640 touchless these days. It's really fascinating to see just how 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:27.960 much impact the pandemic has had on the technology that 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:33.560 companies are using, and especially hotels, restaurants, the mobile ordering. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.680 We've seen all of that, but this was one of 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:39.680 the first times that I actually checked into the hotel 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.520 fully from the phone. And I've done that on Hilton before, 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.720 and I've used my Hilton app as a digital key, 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.800 but this was something that I was not a member 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:54.520 of before. So I literally in the lobby. I saw 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:56.160 there was a self check in and I said, oh, 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.000 that's really interesting, but you had to scan a QR code. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.359 But to get that QR you had to, I guess, 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.440 somehow go on your phone. So I ended up downloading 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.599 the MGM app and somehow it found my reservation. I 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.120 have no idea how. It said, hey, is this your reservation? 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.680 And I said yeah, And next thing, you know, he said, okay, well, 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:14.520 let's just check you in right here on the app. 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:16.680 And so I went through the process and at one 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.960 point the two things I had to enter was my 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.800 date of birth and my phone number to verify who 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:27.000 I was, And somehow they verified who I was based 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.920 on that. So I don't know, the system was pretty cool. 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:31.720 It worked, and then you know, as soon as I 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:33.560 registered it was all good. I said, we'll tell you 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.839 when your room is ready. I got a notification to 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.720 my phone about a minute later it said, hey, your 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.560 room is ready, and it said you could just use 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.560 a digital key. And I did use my phone as 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:46.360 the digital key the whole time here, which was cool. 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.279 The only downside to that, if you follow me on Instagram, 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.320 you saw that I've been using this new mag Safe 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.400 wallet on the back of my phone of pop sockets, 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.760 and that does not play nicely with the digital key, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.279 so you have to remove that from the back of 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.320 your phone. And basically your I'm guessing uses a Bluetooth 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.080 beacon or some sort of It must spit out like 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.960 a Bluetooth code or something. I'm not really sure. It 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.960 could be RFID, but I don't know if the iPhone 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.120 can generate an RFID. I'm not really sure how it works. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.320 I should find this out. I should know this stuff 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.760 as a tech as a tech reporter. But it worked 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.120 every time, and I would say, the only downside to 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.479 that is if your phone dies. So we were in 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.919 a situation out in the desert here recording our story, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.440 and my phone just of course overheated in like five minutes. 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.200 And so if that was the case and I wasn't 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.440 able or the battery fully died, and you were coming 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:37.840 back to your room, that would be a little bit 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:39.320 of a bit of a problem because you would have 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.560 to stop at the front desk and get a key. 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.520 But the other one more thing, I'm not gonna harp 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.479 on all this stuff, but one more thing that was 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.640 kind of interesting. I've never seen this before with a 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.160 self check in area they had here at the Park MGM. 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.760 They had one of those machines where you actually code 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.400 your own key, So they just had a stack of 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.240 room keys and a machine where you tap the room 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:03.000 key to the machine to actually program the key for 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.440 your room. And I thought that was pretty wild because 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.240 I get the whole digital your phone is a digital key, 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.360 but to actually sit there and like code a key, 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.120 like you're literally like a front desk clerk at that point. 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.840 So now I personally like this kind of stuff. I've 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.640 always liked self service. I think that it's interesting. You know, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.520 you always hope for the upgrade at the hotel, but 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.240 I've come to the conclusion that that rarely happens, so 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.880 I've kind of decided the self service, the self check 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.760 in is is better anyway. So, by the way, one 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.760 more tip if you're ever here in Las Vegas, definitely 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:37.000 try to eat at the Nomad Bar or look at 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.000 the Nomad Restaurant. They're so cool. One of the coolest 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.119 places I visited when I was in New York City, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.760 and they have an outpost here and I probably mentioned 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.480 this on the podcast before, but it's such a cool place, 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.120 just such a cool ambiance. And I got the burger 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.160 last night and it was fantastic. So all right, let's 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.400 start with some of the news this week. All right, 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:00.680 let's start with my review of Samsung's foldable phone. So 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.480 I have talked about them a little bit on the podcast, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.320 but I've been playing with the Fold three and the 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.720 Flip three. I'm gonna take a little sip of my 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.280 coffee here since I'm doing this in the morning, but 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.240 the fold Let's start with the Fold three. So now here, 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.280 here's the thing. If you read my review on KTLA 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:21.960 dot com, you know, or you can go to Rich 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.920 on tech dot tv for the link. You might say, oh, Rich, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.200 you're you're a little harsh on these phones. Well, here's 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.360 the thing. I want to be harsh because you have 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.520 to know what you're getting into. These are not phones 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:36.080 for the masses just yet. Now, the Flip three is 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.240 very close to that, and I have no problems recommending 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.560 that phone with some with some caveats, the Fold three 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:47.120 is definitely a very ambitious phone. It is something that 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.240 is not for everyone. Do I love it? Yes, I 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.640 think it's awesome. Do I think it's really cool? Of course, 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.000 You've got this little screen on the outside that you 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.200 can do stuff on, but then it opens up to 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:03.320 this giant screen on the inside, which is basically kind 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.559 of like a tablet, kind of like a kindle, kind 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.600 of like a cool way to watch videos. I mean, 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.200 it's just a nice big screen. So if you're traveling 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.240 a lot, it's amazing. Now, with that said, this phone 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.960 is bulky, it's heavy. You know, we don't know about 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.600 the long term durability of these screens. I think that's 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.000 a big question mark. But here's the thing. If you're 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.080 spending eighteen hundred dollars on a cutting edge device, I 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.680 don't think you're expecting to use this phone for three 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.960 four years. I just don't. I think you're the kind 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.600 of person that's probably buying a phone every year or 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:37.320 every other year, more likely every year, and so for 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.240 that reason, you probably are going to trade this in 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.440 next year when the new one comes out. So the 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.199 screen thing is probably not that big of a deal 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:48.920 because Samsung's also giving you. I think it's one free fix. Overall. 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.800 It's the phone is fast, it's really snappy. The cameras 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:54.959 are good on this thing. They're not Samsung's best, but 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.800 they're really good. I have no problems with them. You 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.400 get that big, giant screen on the inside, you get 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.000 the small screen on the outside, which is kind of cramped. 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.520 Especially like every time I wanted to do something on 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:07.480 the small screen, I would just end up opening it 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:08.920 up to the big screens. I'm like, why am I 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:10.719 messing with this tiny screen? Like, let me just look 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.360 at something on the big screen. And so you do that. 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.040 The opening close is you know, I'd like a little 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.360 bit more of like a click, like a you know, 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.000 a solid like okay, this is open, click, this is 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.600 closed click. When you close it, there's definitely a little 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.040 bit more of like a click, But when you open it, 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:29.040 there's like no you don't really know when it's fully 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.800 open except the fact that it's open. Let's see, I 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.560 mentioned that it's eighteen hundred dollars. Everyone's gonna have questions. 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:37.840 Everyone that sees this phone thinks it's really cool, but 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.520 that's not a reason to get it. The main problem 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.840 is that this technology is not all there yet. So 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.560 when these two sides fold together, they don't completely meet 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.880 in the middle. There is a gap between the screens, 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.360 and obviously what I would expect this phone to evolve 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:56.320 to is being half of the size folded and the 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.480 screens would fold completely flat. But with all that said, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.760 I don't think this is a bad phone. I think 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.040 that it's a really cool phone, and if I was 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.000 traveling a lot, I think that I would definitely consider 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.560 this because it's such a you know, you get your kindle, 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.400 you get your big screen for watching Netflix, and then 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.120 you get, you know, a nice screen that you can 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.240 do stuff. The g board, the Google keyboard is not 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.640 really optimized for such a big screen, so I'd probably 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.959 recommend using the Samsung keyboard. All right, now, let's move 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.400 on to the Flip three. This phone is easily more recommendable. 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.800 I say in my review it is narrow and long, 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:33.840 so when you open it up, there is some weight 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.880 issues where you know, if you're balancing it on your hand, 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.920 it could fall over, you know, because it's it's a 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.240 little top heavy with the cameras on the top, but 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.520 not a deal breaker. It's not easy to open and 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:47.560 close with one hand, and I think that's a big 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.280 deal because if you remember back to the motorole Eraser 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.599 and all those flip phones, they were very easy to 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.679 open and close with just one hand. You kind of 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.760 use your thumb to get in between. You flip it open, 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.200 you do your stuff, boop boop poop, and you close it. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.719 Phone feels like it should do that. It does not. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.480 And it also has this weird like the closure mechanism, 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.320 like the it doesn't like have a good snap close 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.040 or a good snap open, so you're not quite sure 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.320 when it's closed. When it's open, it does it, but 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:18.559 it's not like this reassuring like snap. What else about 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.920 this phone? The cameras on this are definitely a weak point. 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.800 It's they're they're not even they're good, They're not great. 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.400 You're gonna be just fine if you don't really care 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.880 about the best cameras in the world. You're gonna take 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.120 everyday pictures with this thing. It's gonna be just fine. 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.160 I noticed in low light a little slow, little laggy. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.319 It takes a little bit longer than you'd think to 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.040 take a picture, and they don't come out as good 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.439 as the iPhone. But again, this is a really cool phone. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.920 This one's one thousand dollars, so it's still very expensive, 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.600 but you're probably gonna be trading in another phone, which 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.719 is gonna bring the price down, or you might get 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.319 a a you know, some sort of promotion from your carrier. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:56.000 But you know, I like it. I it's the phone 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.360 that I would personally switch to if I was gonna 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.160 switch to a foldable. And I say my review that 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:04.439 I think it's one generation from being perfect. It's close, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.959 but it's not there just yet. So if you want 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:09.920 to read my full review and also watch my video 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:13.839 on the foldables from Samsung, you can go to rich 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.839 on tech dot tv click the link, or you can 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.480 download the KTLA plus app and you can watch it 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:21.920 right there now. Because I'm on the road, I don't 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:26.200 have my little music for the people that email me. 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:31.120 But let's start with Donna's question, Donna says, I tried 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.520 your tip about using Spotify to play music on my 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.720 I Watch, and I can't get it to allow me 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.840 to play on the watch. Do I have to pay 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.360 for the upgraded version to have it give me the 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.280 choice of where it plays? Frustrating, I went back and 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.520 looked at your directions and could not find it. Thanks 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.360 for your help. I do like your spot and Channel 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.520 five News. I hope this gets to you. I am old, 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:55.959 but I'm new at all of this tech stuff. Sincerely, Donna. Well, Donna, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.320 thanks for your question. So you're referring to the tip 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:04.120 I put on on Instagram about downloading Spotify music to 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:07.440 your Apple Watch. So I feel like a lot of 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.439 people just don't know that that's available. And the thing 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.560 about the Apple Watch, I feel like the it's like 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.960 one of these weird things where you don't really need 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:20.600 the music downloaded to it unless you're running without your 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.280 phone nearby. And I'm trying to think of a scenario 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.800 besides running that you would be listening to music from 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.560 your watch that's actually downloaded to your watch where your 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.520 phone is not nearby, and I can't really think of many. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.080 I'm sure there's scenarios, but to me, in my head, 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.480 the only one I can think of is running. But 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:41.040 if you're running, you probably want a cellular connection on 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:44.080 your watch because if there's ever an emergency, if you 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.200 just had your watch, you wouldn't be able to call 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:48.560 for help. Now, I know that's funny because I've been 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:53.040 running for twenty years and I've only had that capability 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.640 in the last like three or five or whatever. But 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.800 now that I have it, I can't live without it, 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.520 and I just think it's such a cool future to have. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.520 So I don't run with my phone. I just run 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.400 with my watch with the music loaded on it. And 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.280 if I ever need help or something, or you know, 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.840 fall into a ditch, I can, you know, call nine 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.280 one one from the cellular capability on the watch. So 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.840 the question that Donna says is do you need to 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:20.800 have the upgraded version? Yes, you do, so to download 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:24.680 Spotify to your watch, you have to have Spotify Premium, 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.640 and that is a ten dollars a month fee. I 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.520 think it's worth it because if you don't have it, 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:35.800 the ads on Spotify are just so so intense. And 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.400 the other thing is that you might be familiar with 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.240 Apple Music that is sort of the default on the 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:45.440 Apple Watch, and that's been around forever. And they've also 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:50.560 had the ability to download music from the Apple Music 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.040 to the Apple Watch. That's been pretty much the only 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.080 provider that allows you to do that, except I also 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.920 believe Pandora does. But now you have Spotify. About six 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.160 months ago maybe they announced that they would let you 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.160 do it, so it's still, you know, coming around. But anyway, 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.000 if you want to do this on your Apple Watch, 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.120 you go make sure the Spotify app is installed on 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.800 your Spotify Watch by going into the Watch app on 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.880 your iPhone, I know, very confusing. Then you choose a 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:20.960 playlist on your iPhone or yeah, I guess iPhone on Spotify, 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.560 and then you click the three little dots underneath the 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.160 playlist name. Like once you're in the playlist, like there's 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.960 like a download button and there's a heart button, and 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.240 then there's three little dots. You press those three little 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:35.000 dots and it says download to Apple Watch, and you 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.600 tap that and it will sync those songs to your 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.680 Apple Watch, which you can now listen to without a connection. 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.040 The other thing is that sometimes you know, because you 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.840 can you can live stream music as well, but sometimes 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.520 when you're out there in the middle of nowhere, the 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.760 cellular connection is not very good, and so for that reason, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.680 it's also good to have the music stored on your phone. 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.240 I just like having music store on my phone. You 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.200 never know when you need it. You get a pair 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.560 of Bluetooth ear butt and you can listen you know, 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.840 wherever you are. But yes, you do need Spotify Premium. 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.879 This week, I've also been testing out Pandora Premium because 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:12.480 I can't believe that there's not a feature on Spotify 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.280 to just shuffle all the music that I've downloaded to 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.160 my phone. Like remember that used to be the main 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.400 feature of the iPod, is that you downloaded a bunch 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.879 of music to your iPod and you could shuffle it. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.600 Now they still have that feature on the iPhone with 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.879 Apple Music, but it's only music that you've added to 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.600 your library, and so that makes no sense in today's 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.800 day and age, because I don't add any music to 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.919 my library. I download playlists. I've got my country playlist, 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.400 I've got my pop playlist, I've got my indie playlist, 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.159 I've got my chill playlist. And what I want to 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.959 do is make like a shuffle of all of those playlists, 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.240 and as far as I can tell, unless I go 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.520 through and manually add every one of those songs to 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.440 my library, I can't do that on the iPhone. And 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.160 I just want that mixture of like, you know, if 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.200 you're in a market where they have the same called 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.439 like jack FM, that's kind of like an iPod on shuffle. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.440 It just plays like random songs one after another, and 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.520 you know, it's just good songs that you like, but 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.719 they're not particularly one genre. And I just want that 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:14.320 on my on my phone because I think that would 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.439 be a really fun way to listen to music. So 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:21.000 Pandora does offer that. But so you pick your stations 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.600 on Pandora and then you can say shuffle all my 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.119 stations and it'll play a country song and then a 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.480 pop song, and then an indie song and then a 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.800 rock song, whatever you want. But the problem with that 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.439 is that they don't let you download that. They do 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.000 let you download that music offline if you are a 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.760 premium subscriber, which I did like the free trial, but 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.199 then when you're offline, they don't let you shuffle. So 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.360 I'm like, what is going on here with all these music? 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.959 Music services they give you like a little portion of 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:49.640 what you want, but they don't give you the whole thing. 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.760 So maybe one day we'll get exactly what we want. 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:57.800 I don't know, let's hope. So all right, so big news. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:05.520 You'll probably hear about this news on the news. Apple basically, 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:10.640 you know, they had this lawsuit and there are it's 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:14.520 a class action suit from developers, and they say Apple 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.480 puts a nice rosy picture on this that it's gonna, 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.720 you know, really help developers with all of their changes, 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:24.840 and the reality is they didn't really change much. So 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.000 the big thing if you've been following kind of the 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:31.120 developer struggle with Apple, is that Apple is amazing. Right, 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:33.679 you get your app on the App Store and it 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.520 could be liquid gold for you if you have a hit. 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.920 And the thing is Apple makes everything so easy because 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:45.040 they handle the payments, they handle the customers, they handle 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:48.640 you know, promotion. If your app is getting a lot 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:51.120