WEBVTT - Rich's Favorite Apps 2024, Android Tips, and Can AI Write Your Will? 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:05.040 Chat GPT gets an eight hundred number. What it's like 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:08.920 to get a massage from a robot, plus your tech 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:13.280 questions answered, and what you're thankful for in twenty twenty four, 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.200 what's going on rich damiro and this is Rich on Tech. 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:19.320 This is the show where I talk about the tech 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.560 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:24.840 place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:29.560 the tech should be interesting, useful, festive, and fun. Phone 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:32.479 lines are open at shriple eight Rich one oh one. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.360 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:37.120 zero one. Give me a call if you have a 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.720 question about technology. Email is also open. Just go to 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.839 rich on tech dot tv and hit contact if you 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:46.560 want to call in and tell me what you're thankful 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:48.480 for this year when it comes to tech, I will 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:53.960 accept that as well. Guests this week Marcia Collier, author 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.960 of Android Smartphones for Seniors for Dummies. She's going to 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.600 join us to share tips from her new book, and 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.880 mind Over Tech founder Jonathan Garner is going to explain 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:07.760 how to develop a healthier relationship with technology. In twenty 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:12.280 twenty five, Well, welcome to the show. I hope you 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.480 are having a fantastic holiday season. I know this is 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:18.720 one of my favorite times of the year. The house 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.480 is cozy, everyone's in a good mood, things are fun 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:26.720 and decorated, lots of holiday festivities. So I am a 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.640 big fan of this time of the year and I 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.720 am thoroughly enjoying it. Hope you are as well. I 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.360 figured I would talk about, since it is the end 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.840 of the year, some of my favorite apps of twenty 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.040 twenty four. So, as you know, I test a lot 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.160 of apps, I make a lot of changes. I'm often 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.600 moving between iPhone and Android, and so I'm really looking 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:51.360 for apps that are a couple of things simple, essential, 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.880 new apps. I'm always looking for a better app than 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.880 the one I have cross platform. Always wants something that 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.120 works on iPhone and an Android, even though it's not 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.320 always possible. AI one of the big trends I noticed 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.480 this year. AI is in just about everything, so it's 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.239 tough to avoid at this point, and sometimes it's fun 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:15.760 to embrace simplifying complexity. That's one of my main things 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:17.480 that I want. I want apps that just help me 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.240 out in life, don't make my life more complicated. And 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.359 of course all of my apps reflect my priorities, which 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:27.520 is staying organized, staying creative, and staying connected. So, without 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.480 further ado, let me go through some of the apps 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.080 that are not only on my home screen but also 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.639 just on my phone in general. And again a lot 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.360 of these come from trial and error. I've tried so 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:39.400 many apps and these are the apps that I kind 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.959 of go back to. So first up Obsidian. So you've 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.760 probably heard me talk about all of the note taking 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.520 apps that I've tried over the years. This year I 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:52.200 was using Notion a lot, and then I finally decided 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.120 to go back to Obsidian when they introduce their web Clipper. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.320 And this is a tool that lets you clip web 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.960 pages and save them into your notes and so I 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.520 like that it's nice and clean. It gives me that 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.320 web page saved forever. And what I like about this 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.280 app is it's basically completely free if you want it 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.520 to be. So, whether you're sinking it on iPhone or Android, 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.720 it's all yours. All the information resides on your system, 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.480 and it could be free forever. They do offer sync 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.320 if you want to sink from your computer to your 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.880 phone and make it easy. They do offer a paid 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:25.960 option for that, but you can do it completely free 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.960 as well. So I've really grown fond of Obsidian. My 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.399 wife saw my Obsidian yesterday or a couple of days ago, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.800 and she looked at us. She goes, wow, you're so organized. 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.120 I was like, well, yeah, you know, I try all right. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:39.880 This is a new one that I'm testing out for 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.160 the new year. You've heard of Duo Lingo, but this 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.160 one's called Speak and it's a new way to learn 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.200 language with the help of AI. So it basically listens 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.080 to you talk and it will talk back to you 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.800 and it's all through AI. So I'm looking forward to 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.320 learning Spanish through this app this year. Rosebud, this is 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.880 one of my new favorites. This is a journaling app, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.440 but it's also powered by AI. Just did a story 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.240 with the folks that created it and interviewed them and 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.720 I got to say I use this app exactly once, 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.480 and I was like, this is incredible. And so you 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.040 write in it gives you questions you write in your journals, 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.840 you know your answers to those, and then it sort 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.400 of acts like a little mini therapist and it kind 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.400 of analyzes what you're writing and it's like, hey, rich, 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.640 we noticed that you really value you know this, this, 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.960 and this, and we feel like what you did today 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.359 goes back to what you mentioned a week ago. So 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.800 the more you use this, the smarter it gets about you. 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:33.640 And I know it's a little scary when it comes 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.640 to privacy. And I asked the guys that I said, hey, 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.120 is this stuff encrypted? Like, who's looking at this? They 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.120 said it all it's all private. So Rosebud is a 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.560 really cool AI journaling app that I'm just gonna I 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.440 think I'm hopefully going to be a better person in 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.479 twenty twenty five thanks to it. I feel like that's 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.800 like what this thing will do for me. Google Photos, 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.680 I mean this I've been using forever. You know, I 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.080 love it. If you listen to me. I think what's 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.440 neat about Google Photos is just puts everything in one place. 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:05.239 It's cross platform. It's not as confusing as iCloud. iCloud. 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.440 People love it and they use it because it's the 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.920 default on iPhone. But the problem is it's very confusing 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.520 and it's very kind of like one side platform. Like 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:18.760 the whole point of iPhoto or of iCloud and iphotos 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.600 is really just to get you into the Apple ecosystem 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.760 and make it so sticky that you can never leave, 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.200 and they've done a very good job with that. Because 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.880 photos is something that everyone has, So I like Google 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.599 Photos because it works across every platform. It works everywhere, 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.560 and especially now with the Ai photo search, finding my 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.760 old photos is just so easy. It's unbelievable. It's scary 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.240 how good it is at finding old stuff, which is 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.200 a couple of keywords. Microsoft to Do. You know, I 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.520 struggle with my to do list, but Microsoft to Do 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.880 is the one I continue to use. And the reason 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:53.840 I like it over every other to do list out 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:57.160 there is that it's free, completely free, and you can 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.839 add files to your to do up to your to 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:02.440 do entries, so if there's a file that you need 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.120 to do something with, you can just drag it into 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.880 your entry and deal with it as well. Google Calendar simple, 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.359 I mean, as you can see, I do love my 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:13.080 Google products. Google Calendar again, cross platform. I live inside 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.720 this app. It is everything to me and I use 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.840 it all the time. Chat GPT. You know, I was 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.360 a big fan of Claude. I still am. I still 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.839 think Claude is better at the English language, but I 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.719 do think Chatchibt is really good at sort of being 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.359 a jack of all trades, so not only can it 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.240 do stuff, and it just keeps getting better with new 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.680 options and features. On a daily basis, I do pay 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.560 for it, but it can also make images, it can 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.280 write code, It could just do everything that you throw 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:43.479 at it. It may not be the best at everything, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.719 but it's good at a lot of stuff, especially with 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.320 web search and things like that. So I have kind 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.400 of gone all in on Chat GBT and it just 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.200 continues to impress me with how natural and easy it 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.200 is to sort of adapt to my needs. Google Gemini 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.320 is great. This is Google's version of AI, and I 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:04.560 find that it's it's good, it's smart, it's clever. It 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.760 tells you how it's thinking, which is a new feature 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:10.520 which is really wild. But I feel like overall, Chat 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.640 GBT is just kind of easier. But Google Gemini is 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.600 great when you want sort of the latest information on 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.560 a topic, It's always up to date. It's kind of 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.880 like Google, but the AI version of it. All Right, Now, 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.120 these two apps I rely on on a daily basis. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:28.120 It's called email Me, and it's both on iOS and Android. 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.400 It's the same thing, different developers. So I have this 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.600 where you can tap this and anything you're thinking, you 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.560 can just email to yourself very quickly, and so I 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.800 absolutely love these apps. I use them all day, every day, 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.360 and it's just so much easier than sort of writing 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.560 things in a notepad or a to do list, because 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.240 my email inbox or my email inbox is my to 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.560 do list, so I kind of put everything in there 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:54.480 and then triage it later when I have the time 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:59.680 for social media. Instagram and X continue to be not 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.040 so much, but really Instagram is the place I go 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.480 to the most when it comes to the short posts 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.040 like X and Blue Sky. Of course, everyone's been hopping 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.880 back and forth. X still feels more active than Blue Sky, 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.160 but I know a lot of people are trying to 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:17.239 make Blue Sky a thing, so we'll see what happens there. Mosey, 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:20.320 this is a new app. This is a social app 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.720 that's more private than typical social media apps. And what's 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.720 unique about this app is that it's only your real 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.520 friends that are in your address book, and so you 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.840 can share your travel plans. And I've always had this 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.839 idea and this kind of image in my head of 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.520 here I am, I landed in Seattle. Who wants to 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.160 have dinner with me in Seattle tonight, and instead of 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.640 texting your entire address book, this would just show that 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:45.880 you're in Seattle and people would say, oh, hey, I'm 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.000 Riches friend. Let me hey, rich I'm here in Seattle. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.600 Let's go have dinner. So that's a really cool new app. 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.080 Still testing it out, kind of waiting into that one. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:57.360 Moz I Mosey Whisper Memos. Again, you've probably heard me 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.840 talk about this. Absolutely one percent game changing. This lets 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.680 you record voice notes from your wrist on the Apple Watch. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.079 It's iOS only, Apple Watch only, iPhone only, so that's 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.320 the only downside of emailed the developer. I said, please 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.760 bring this to Android. We need it on Android. But 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:15.760 I love this because I can just record a note 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.440 for my wrist. It's transcribed and sent to my inbox, 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:21.880 and it's just so fantastic. I absolutely love it all right, 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.640 going down the list here, Popple popl This is what 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.079 I use for my digital business cards. A lot of 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.760 people don't have physical business cards anymore. This just gives 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.959 you a QR code. People can scan it get your 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:38.400 info really really easy. Do like that Raindrop dot io. 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.240 This is not so much handy on my phone, but 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:42.960 on my computer. I use it, and it's just a 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.600 great app for organizing and saving your bookmarks. You probably 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.520 use Chrome or whatever your browser is to organize your bookmarks, 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.120 but Raindrop just takes it a little bit further because 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.160 it helps you organize them as well. So I really 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.679 like that one. And then fly Finn talking about organizing stuff, 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.480 I really like this for tracking my tax deductible expenses. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.840 So you know, I have a couple of different jobs. 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.760 A lot of that stuff is freelance, and so I 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:12.240 like keeping track of all my expenses. And this uses 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.640 AI to say, like, hey, we noticed that you made 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.400 a purchase at office depot. We're going to automatically assume 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.400 that that's a business expense unless you tell us otherwise, 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.280 and it automatically categorizes everything as well. There is a 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.680 yearly fee associated with it, but I think it's well 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:31.000 worth that fee. All right, coming up, I'll tell you 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.679 some more of these when we get back from the break. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.120 But eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:38.319 eight seven four to two four one zero one. I'm 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.800 also talking about what people are thankful for today. Nico 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:46.120 in Nicaragua, ex California resident says, I'm thankful for all 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.720 the free info you share. Thank you Nico eight eight 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.360 to eight rich one o one eight eight eight seven 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.360 four to two four one zero one links to all 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.679 those apps on my website rich on tech dot tv. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:04.560 More of your questions after this, Welcome back to rich 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.560 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.680 technology at triple eight rich one oh one eight eight 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:15.079 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Email 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.440 is also an option. Just go to Richontech dot tv, 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:22.199 hit contact, and be sure to follow me on social media. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:26.440 I am at rich on Tech posted my holiday card 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.480 to you and thank you for all of the amazing 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.680 responses that you wrote on there. I was just reading 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:36.559 through them and it's it's pretty pretty amazing talking about 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.200 tech news. Just how many people you can affect, and 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.880 I do appreciate that. Speaking of what people are thankful for, 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.600 I asked you on my Instagram to say what you're 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.000 thankful for in technology, and Jim in Arizona says, I'm 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.720 thankful for FaceTime so I can keep in touch with 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:55.880 family living in different states. So before the break, I 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.200 was talking about some of the apps that I really 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.200 enjoy on my phone. I'm just going to contin you, 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:01.360 because I do have a lot of them, and I 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.800 think they're very useful. I've got these all linked up 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.240 on the website rich on tech dot tv. But another 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.640 app that I really like this year is called Rocket Money. 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.480 This used to be called True Bill, and this gives 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.319 you a snapshot of all of your recurring bills and 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.880 your spending habits. And it's completely free. They do have 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.080 a paid upgrade if you want. I don't really see 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.280 a need for the paid upgrade, but the free app 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.880 does great things. You connect all of your accounts and 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.080 it kind of tells you, like there's a calendar that 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.360 shows you all of your bills and when they're happening, 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.920 and I really like that, and also how much you're spending, 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.360 so you can tap Starbucks and see how much you've 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.480 spent there. We were going through the other night and 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:40.559 it's like, all right, how much do you think we 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.200 spent here? How much do you think we spent there? 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.080 And I knew Amazon was going to be the most, 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:47.800 and sure enough it was, and then something like Starbucks 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.880 actually wasn't that much. I'm not a big Starbucks, like, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.080 I don't go there all the time, and so I 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.600 was like kind of surprised how little I spent there 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.960 throughout the year. Another mon money app is called Monarch Money. 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.960 This is a great Remember Mint went out of business, 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.800 that was a fantastic app for tracking your net worth. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:07.880 Monarch Money sort of fills that gap and it's kind 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.080 of like Rocket Money as well. But it has a 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.160 great net worth feature. So you can put all of 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.400 your accounts in one place. You can put your cars, 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.000 you can put your house if you have multiple cars, 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.559 you can put your four oh one K, you can 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.200 put every account that you have. You link it up 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.600 to this Monarch Money and then it will show you, 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.360 you know, your net worth, which is kind of like 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:30.120 I guess that's everything you have minus what you owe. 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.480 So if you have debt, credit cards, that kind of stuff, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.280 it'll take it all out and it'll show you like 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.240 how much you have. And it's just a great app. 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.480 It really does a nice job. The only downside is 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.240 it does have a yearly fee, which I get it. 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.960 It's a smaller developer, so they got to make money somehow, 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.840 and there's no ads or things like that. So you know, 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:49.839 with Mint, they were making money on the back end 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.640 by collecting your data and of course, selling that against 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.360 advertising or whatever marketing monarch money is just more like 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.920 this is you. We're gonna charge you, but you're gonna 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.720 have a great app. All right, this photo, this app 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.320 if you put a if you put one app on 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.280 your phone, this is it. No matter what kind of 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.840 smartphone you have. It's called Radiant Photo. And before you 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.480 post anything to social media, just put the photo through 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.040 this app. Takes one tap and it makes it look better. 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.520 He uses AI. It's incredible. As far as I can tell. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.960 It's free. I've never paid for it and it works 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.040 really well. Radiant Photo. Got to give a shout out 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.360 to my pal Jefferson Graham, who does all the photo stuff. 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.680 He was the one that recommended that to me, and 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.960 it's great. Canva this is to me. If you remember 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.280 print shop back in the day, this is the modern 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.359 version of print shop. So I do all my Instagram 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.880 posts now, I'm not an expert in design, and you 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.040 can definitely tell that if you follow me on Instagram 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.320 you see my helpful posts. They are nothing special, but 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.120 they get the information across and I use I use 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.120 Canva to do that, and to be honest, I'm doing 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.920 these very quickly. You'd be surprised how long it takes 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:53.600 to make one of those little posts on Canva. And 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.680 I get it. The influencers, they do a great job. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:15:00.560 They're beautiful. But the thing is the the amount of 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.880 time it takes them to make those is a lot. 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.360 And I just don't have all that time, so I 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.240 just want to get the information out, so I'll just 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.560 do it on Canva quickly. Award Wallet, I love this app. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.880 I put all my It just automatically scans my Gmail 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.200 and finds every reservation I make and puts it into 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:20.080 one giant timeline. I love it, whether it's a restaurant, hotel, 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:24.280 no matter what. Award Wallet is incredible for that upside. 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.000 I've talked about this, save money, get cash back on 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.760 gas and groceries. I love it. I've gotten like a 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:33.840 couple hundred dollars back through this app. It's really really cool. Upside. 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.280 If you're in La, sick of Citizen LA. I don't 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.280 know how you pronounce this app, but it's La It 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.200 nine one one La at nine one one. It's kind 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.440 of like Citizen but just for La. All the police 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:48.280 activity in your area. You can see what's happening, watch 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.520 duty very similar, but for wildfire activity in your area. 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.440 It's called watch Duty. Libby also one of my favorites 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.600 for free books I can read on my Kindle. Flighty. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.600 If you're flying, Flighty is fantastic for all of your 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.400 flight details in one place. It is the best flight 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:08.680 tracking app out there. It is incredible. It's iOS only, unfortunately, 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.160 but it's really really incredible. Cap Cut is what I 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.640 use to edit videos on the go on my phone. 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.400 Caffeine if you have an Android. Caffeine is excellent. If 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.000 you want to keep your screen awake, like maybe you're 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.960 making a recipe or something. One tap Caffeine will keep 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.680 it awake for fifteen minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes. It's 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.920 so great if you're reading something, don't want your screen 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.440 to go dark. Zero Cam this is what I'm just 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.000 kind of playing with. But this is a camera app 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.680 that uses no AI, so just takes a picture, doesn't 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.040 use any AI to affect it. Kind of the opposite 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.440 of the other one I told you about, the Radiant 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.760 Photo and then Ways absolutely love Ways. For one feature, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.800 it's called time to Leave, So if I need to 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.840 be somewhere at six pm, I pop it into ways. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.760 It says leave later, and you can see exactly what 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.800 time you need to leave your place to get there 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.960 on time at six pm. Again, all of these apps 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.480 linked up on my website rich On tech dot TV 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.880 eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.200 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming back, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.080 We'll take a call and have more of what you 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:20.560 are thankful for here on rich On Tech. Let's go 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:25.000 to Diana in Torrance, California. Diana, welcome to the show. 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:29.760 Hi Realich, thank you for taking my call. I use 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:34.640 a Mac and Apple devices, and I was wondering is 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:40.400 there any possible kind of either software app or hardware 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.520 device that would allow. 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.280 Me to connect to my home Wi. 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:48.960 Fi network when I'm out of range of the home 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.760 Life Fine network or in a remote location. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.080 What do you mean by connect to your home Wi 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.760 Fi network? You want to tap into your your internet 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.000 or you want to tap into your computer at home? 0:17:59.080 --> 0:17:59.840 Like what do you want to do? 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:01.359 Well? 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.640 I want to be able to connect to the Wi 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.640 Fi as if I were at home. Like let's say, 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:11.000 if I have my Mac with me and I'd like 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:15.119 to connect to my home Wi Fi from like a 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:15.960 remote location. 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.760 Okay, there actually is a startup that's doing this, and 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:24.359 I'm trying to find the Okay, I think here it is. 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.520 So it's interesting what you're talking about. There's not a 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.240 way to do it easily, and what you're saying like, 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.600 you can't really you can connect your home network from 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:36.439 AFAR using something like a team viewer or you know, 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:40.119 remote file sharing or remote desktop or Chrome has a 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.159 version of that, but that'll just get you into your 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.120 computer network. If you want to connect to your Wi Fi. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.439 There's actually a company that's working on this called clever 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:55.080 Phi c L e v er Fi, and so what 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:59.160 they're doing is they are coming up with a system 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.920 that kind of lets you log into your home network 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.520 using your Wi Fi from anywhere you are. It's really 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:07.600 like I couldn't even understand when these people were telling me, 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:11.640 like what this means. But that's the company is clever Fi. 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:13.119 And I'm not going to try to even explain it 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.080 because I don't even really understand. But the idea is 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:21.600 that if you're a hotel or a you know, coffee place, whatever, 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.280 you would sign up with this clever Fi software and 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.640 then when you get to that hotel somehow you can 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:29.959 just log in with your credentials from home. I don't know, 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.840 it's weird, but it's that's kind of what you're talking about. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.840 And I think that's the company that's working on it. 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:40.240 But again, this all depends on the place enabling this 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.040 kind of software. So the company is Cleverfi dot com. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.159 It's a startup. I think it's out of Italy, but 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:47.800 they were working on that. Now. When it comes to 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:51.520 just kind of accessing your computer from outside of your home, 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:53.440 which many people might want to be able to do, 0:19:54.160 --> 0:19:57.200 there is software that can do this. Chrome Remote Desktop 0:19:57.240 --> 0:20:01.560 is probably the easiest. It's free from Google and you 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.480 just install it on your computer and then you can 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:06.760 share the screen, access files, whatever. Apple also has something 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.600 called screen sharing that's built in. I've been using this 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:11.479 at home. You just turn it on in your computer 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:14.720 and when you go to your network from other computers, 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:18.399 you can see your Mac on that network. So that's easy. 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:21.919 And then of course there's software like Teamviewer. Team Viewer 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.800 is free sort of remote connectivity software and that will 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:28.520 allow you to do the same thing. Thanks for the question, 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:32.560 Diana there in Torrance. Hope you're having a great holiday season. 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:36.000 Coming up later on the show, if you're into Android, 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:38.880 We've got Marcia Collier. She wrote a new book called 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:42.800 Androids Smartphones for Seniors for Dummies. I've got a copy 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.639 of it right here, and reminds me a lot of 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:48.200 the book that I wrote about the iPhone. I wrote 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:50.760 one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone. 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:54.600 Now I self published that book. But this is through 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:56.800 the dummies. You know you've seen those dummies books, right, 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:59.080 But it looks like you know, same thing. I did 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:01.960 all little screens shots and all the circles around things 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.840 to show you where stuff is no easy feat when 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:07.880 you're writing a how to book for for phones, there's 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:09.600 a lot that goes into that because there's just so 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:13.200 much that you got to think about. Let's see here. 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:17.280 Let's go to Spencer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Spencer, you're 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:17.880 on with Rich. 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:19.720 How are you doing, Rich? 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.040 I'm doing great? What's can I help you with? 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:26.360 I have a system that I built based on Asus 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:30.719 Toughs Gaming X five seventy plus WiFi motherboard. 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:35.000 Okay, it's floaded with loaded with Windows ten. 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:40.600 Now I want to upgrade, but Windows says that I 0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:43.879 have to have TPM turned on and I have to 0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:45.160 have U e F. 0:21:45.200 --> 0:21:48.679 I turned on. Yes, but when I went to the 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:50.600 bias and. 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:53.359 Turn those on, it refuses to boot. 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:55.520 Oh am, I stuck. 0:21:55.920 --> 0:21:58.439 I don't want to have to reload the I have 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:00.000 about one hundred programs on here. 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:04.640 I'd have to go fishing for keys or is there 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:05.520 any way I can. 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:11.280 Do this without having to reformat the hard drive because 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:11.800 then I'd have. 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:14.240 To buy the Windows eleven instead of getting it free. 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:17.800 Yeah right, No, So, yeah, you're right, there are some 0:22:17.840 --> 0:22:21.399 requirements for Windows eleven on these systems. It sounds like 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.280 your system. Did you build this yourself? 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:24.560 Yes? 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:27.600 Okay, so it sounds like to me that you've got 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:29.600 the requirements, and you know because you built this thing 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:32.040 that you have these things that you need. It's basically 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:34.240 the security of the system. It's like it's kind of 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.080 at the base level of the system, this security chip 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.320 that it requires. It's kind of the same thing with 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:41.879 Apple too. They did the same thing on their computers, 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:44.960 but it's you know, it's like base level security, and 0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:47.240 they want you to have that on your system to 0:22:47.280 --> 0:22:50.280 be able to install Windows eleven moving forward, just for 0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:52.600 a lot of reasons. So you're saying you have that 0:22:52.920 --> 0:22:54.000 on your system. Correct. 0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:57.400 I have it on the system, but when I turn 0:22:57.440 --> 0:23:00.000 it on, it no longer boots. 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:03.080 Oh okay, well that's. 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:05.240 Oh apparently it won't boost Windows tan. 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:10.160 Oh okay, so that's interesting. So yeah, that's a problem. 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:10.320 Then. 0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:14.400 Now there are some blog posts about forcing the Windows 0:23:14.400 --> 0:23:17.280 eleven upgrade. Have you checked that or tried that? 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:19.760 Uh? No? 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:23.720 Okay, all right, So I'm looking at howtogeek dot com 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:26.399 and this is, uh, you know, how to force the 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:30.439 Windows eleven update. Now, this is from last year, so 0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:34.240 I don't know how current it is, but this is 0:23:34.240 --> 0:23:38.760 gonna This says that you can force this. Okay, yeah, 0:23:39.280 --> 0:23:45.000 you can bypass. I'm just reading through this. It looks 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:48.840 like it looks like you'll probably be able to do 0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:52.840 it using this guide if you. The problem is you 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:57.360 got to download this Windows eleven Installation Assistant, which let's 0:23:57.359 --> 0:23:59.440 see if they still even have that available, because this 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:01.840 was from a y or ago. Looks like they do, 0:24:02.480 --> 0:24:03.600 so you might do that. 0:24:03.680 --> 0:24:03.760 Now. 0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:05.440 Is your computer fully updated? 0:24:07.040 --> 0:24:09.840 Yeah, it's the bias is updated. 0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:12.600 I've got everything up to. 0:24:14.560 --> 0:24:16.119 One bias beyond. 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:20.080 Requirements from Windows eleven. 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:21.920 Okay, I don't they'll. 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:24.440 Have another window to load, but I think. 0:24:25.200 --> 0:24:27.640 The bias system that I got in there right now 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:28.720 is good to go. 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:31.359 Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna link this up on the 0:24:31.359 --> 0:24:34.080 website on the show notes. This this how to geek 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:37.119 article because it actually it looks like it brings you 0:24:37.240 --> 0:24:40.760 to a pretty good help page for Windows that will 0:24:40.760 --> 0:24:44.360 help you download this Windows eleven Installation Assistant, and then 0:24:44.400 --> 0:24:47.320 if you don't want that, you can also create a 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:52.080 Windows eleven Installation media and then you can download a 0:24:52.119 --> 0:24:54.600 disk image as well. So this kind of gives you 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:57.160 all the tools that might help you get that on there. 0:24:57.160 --> 0:24:59.000 It sounds like you know what you're doing, so I 0:24:59.040 --> 0:25:00.720 think that these would be thing that you would be 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:03.359 able to figure out if you're going through the standard 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:07.600 you know, Windows eleven update through your Windows ten. It 0:25:07.640 --> 0:25:09.760 may not allow you to do that because, like you said, 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:11.879 these things are not turned on. Once you turn it 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:14.920 on in the bios, it's not booting up, so it's 0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:18.760 signaling to the Windows eleven Assistant that hey, this computer 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:22.080 is not supported. And we've also seen some articles come 0:25:22.119 --> 0:25:24.679 out in recent weeks that say you can force this 0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:27.800 on more computers, although Microsoft ended up coming out and 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:30.760 saying no, no, we didn't say that. So I'll link 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:32.840 these up on the website rich on Tech dot tv 0:25:33.000 --> 0:25:34.399 so that you can get an idea of some of 0:25:34.400 --> 0:25:36.000 these things that you might be able to work around. 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.560 But yeah, you've got about a year to figure this out, 0:25:39.640 --> 0:25:42.280 so you've got some time. And of course we know 0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:45.800 Windows eleven they're gonna Windows ten is going to stop 0:25:45.840 --> 0:25:49.520 being supported as of October of twenty twenty five. But 0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:51.280 if you want to keep it for that extra year, 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:53.399 and Spencer, maybe you just want to do this, you 0:25:53.400 --> 0:25:55.520 can pay an extra thirty dollars to keep it for 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:58.680 one more year past that deadline, and they will give 0:25:58.680 --> 0:26:02.000 you all those security updates. Good question, eighty to eight. 0:26:02.040 --> 0:26:04.040 Thanks for the call. Eighty to eight. Rich one O 0:26:04.119 --> 0:26:07.000 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:26:07.119 --> 0:26:11.000 zero one. Coming up, I've got a whole bunch of 0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:15.920 whole bunch of stuff to talk about, but I'll talk 0:26:15.920 --> 0:26:18.119 about some chat GBT things. They've got a couple of 0:26:18.200 --> 0:26:21.520 new things this week, including making search free and there's 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:24.159 an eight hundred number to call chat GBT. I'll explain 0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:31.760 coming up next. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:35.720 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:39.040 eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 0:26:39.080 --> 0:26:41.720 to two four one zero one the website for the 0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:45.760 show richon tech dot TV. Once you go there, you 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:48.760 can get the show notes by hitting the light bulb, 0:26:49.280 --> 0:26:51.439 or it just might be on the homepage. This is 0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:57.000 episode one oh two one o two. There you go 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:00.800 reading what you submitted to me as what you're thankful 0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:05.600 for for the tech world, Robin in Anaheim says she 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:09.480 is thankful for my ring peephole camera, my dash cam, 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:13.439 and my smart watch. Those are three solid things to 0:27:13.480 --> 0:27:16.280 be thankful for. And this week, did you know you 0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:20.159 can call chat GPT. I know it sounds silly, and 0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:23.320 there's been a lot of chatchybt news lately because they've 0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:26.200 been doing this like twelve Days of Christmas thing or 0:27:26.240 --> 0:27:28.760 something similar to that, and so every day they've been 0:27:28.760 --> 0:27:31.560 like releasing new features and so there's been a lot 0:27:31.600 --> 0:27:34.560 of stuff with chat GBT. But this is an eight 0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:38.840 hundred number. It's literally one eight hundred chat GPT. So 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:41.320 you can dial that phone number from any phone and 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:44.760 it will bring you to their AI assistant and you 0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:47.840 can ask a question. You get up to fifteen minutes 0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:51.159 for free each month, because you know they want to 0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:53.879 make sure everyone can use this. And I thought this 0:27:54.040 --> 0:27:57.560 was interesting because it sounds silly and it's like, Okay, 0:27:57.640 --> 0:28:00.480 well don't most people have an app to use chatch 0:28:00.480 --> 0:28:03.399 ebt through? Well, not everyone. And I love the idea 0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:06.639 that now this is available through any phone. So you know, 0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:09.520 you've got someone elderly, you've got a senior in your life, 0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:12.560 you've got someone that maybe doesn't have a computer, doesn't 0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:15.080 you know, use a smartphone, they can just call this 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:18.879 number and talk to AI. And I think especially for 0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:21.720 some of the uh, you know, more elder folks out 0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:23.560 there that may not have a lot of experience with 0:28:23.640 --> 0:28:26.159 AI to be able to ask about something like in 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:30.840 their childhood or history or you know, it's just the 0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:34.520 amount of information and knowledge that AI has that they 0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:37.400 can tap into from a traditional phone call. It's pretty wild. 0:28:37.920 --> 0:28:39.360 So I think this is kind of cool and it 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:41.960 reminds me. I was reading The Verge. They have a 0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:46.560 newsletter called the Installer, and they they kind of reminded 0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.720 me of two other phone numbers back in the day Google. 0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.200 Remember Google had their own eight hundred number for four 0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:57.160 one one. It was like one eight hundred Google four 0:28:57.200 --> 0:28:59.680 one one. I think it was yeah, Google four one 0:28:59.760 --> 0:29:02.800 one and you could literally dial that. And remember back 0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:05.680 in the day, four one one used to cost money 0:29:05.760 --> 0:29:07.760 to get a phone number. Like you would dial that 0:29:07.840 --> 0:29:09.000 and at the end of the month you'd see your 0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:10.520 phone bill and be like, oh, I called four one 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:13.720 one seven times. It's like you know, at one point, 0:29:13.760 --> 0:29:15.280 I think it was like a dollar each time you 0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:18.840 called or something. And remember, I mean this is going 0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:23.520 way back. Oh wow, oh wow, my Google AI is 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:24.920 is activated. 0:29:24.960 --> 0:29:25.120 There. 0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:29.680 Back in the day, an operator, like a human being 0:29:29.840 --> 0:29:31.600 used to answer four one one. I mean, I just 0:29:31.680 --> 0:29:34.200 I kind of forgot about that until just now. You 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:36.440 would call and be like hey, they'd be like what 0:29:36.640 --> 0:29:39.760 city and what city enlisting or somehow. They'd answer the 0:29:39.800 --> 0:29:43.440 phone and you would say, uh, you know Montclair, New Jersey, 0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:47.400 the AMC theater or whatever movie theater it was back then, 0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:49.920 and they would be like, Okay, hold on, here's your number, 0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:52.520 let me connect you. And you like this stuff just 0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:56.120 sounds like why would you ever need that now? But 0:29:56.520 --> 0:29:58.200 sure enough we went through a whole phase with that. 0:29:58.320 --> 0:30:01.840 And remember this one seven seven seven film. Remember you 0:30:01.880 --> 0:30:05.200 would call a phone number to get the movie times. 0:30:05.840 --> 0:30:10.840 Hello and welcome to moviefone press one for whatever, and 0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:12.920 you know that was that was a thing that went 0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:19.480 on for a while. Oh what's that? Oh I don't 0:30:19.480 --> 0:30:23.960 remember that one. Oh you dial for time? Oh okay, Adam. 0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:27.280 Adam's on the board today. He's telling me that that 0:30:27.440 --> 0:30:29.320 wasn't over the air, right, you're just talking to me, okay. 0:30:29.440 --> 0:30:32.120 And you can't hear him, but I can. He's the 0:30:32.240 --> 0:30:35.320 voices in my head. He said, you would dial popcorn 0:30:35.440 --> 0:30:37.800 for the time. I have not heard of that one. 0:30:38.480 --> 0:30:42.400 Get out of here, Popcorn. Yeah, kqed used to be 0:30:42.440 --> 0:30:45.480 able to call popcorn and get the time. Okay. That 0:30:45.680 --> 0:30:48.840 was apparently in northern California that was based there. 0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:49.440 There you go. 0:30:49.600 --> 0:30:52.720 Well, I think anyone could dial it, but maybe there 0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:55.640 you go the time at the tone, the time is 0:30:55.840 --> 0:30:59.880 currently eleven fifty three. Whatever it was. We've come a 0:31:00.120 --> 0:31:02.440 long way, baby, that's for sure. Okay, So you got 0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:04.560 the one eight hundred chat GBT. The other thing chat 0:31:04.640 --> 0:31:07.920 GBT did this week is they made their search, their 0:31:07.960 --> 0:31:11.400 web search, their real time web search, free for all users. 0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:13.160 Now this one kind of annoyed me because I paid 0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:15.840 twenty bucks a month for open Ai for a chat 0:31:15.920 --> 0:31:18.080 GBT for this feature and then they made it free. 0:31:18.680 --> 0:31:20.960 My kid was using chat GBT and he's like, oh, Dad, 0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:22.440 I can search the web. Now. I'm like, wait, what 0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:25.040 are you on my account? He said, no, it's free 0:31:25.120 --> 0:31:28.720 for everyone, so what So yeah, So now on chat GBT, 0:31:29.560 --> 0:31:32.120 if you go there, you'll notice in the search bar 0:31:32.680 --> 0:31:35.840 there's a little globe icon and if you tap that, 0:31:36.120 --> 0:31:38.520 it's going to bring you it's going to kind of 0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:41.920 search the real time web for information, which is really 0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:44.920 cool because it's great for travel, it's great for a 0:31:44.960 --> 0:31:47.880 lot of things that require real time data. So you 0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:52.000 can literally anything that's in the news, say give me 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:58.400 an update on bitcoin whatever, and it will. And if 0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:00.680 you tap that little globe, it will give you the 0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:04.480 latest data on bitcoin based on the articles. And so 0:32:04.640 --> 0:32:07.760 right now it's telling me literally as of this moment, 0:32:07.960 --> 0:32:11.360 exactly what it's trading at, how much its surpassed, and 0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:13.840 all the different things that has contributed to this. I mean, 0:32:13.920 --> 0:32:16.920 that's pretty incredible. And if you just had regular chat 0:32:17.040 --> 0:32:19.239 GBT without the web, it would just give you kind 0:32:19.240 --> 0:32:21.360 of what I call like a book report on bitcoin. 0:32:21.400 --> 0:32:26.200 It wouldn't give you that real time information. Uh, let's see, 0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:28.880 Lido writes in Hey, Rich, I remember an episode of 0:32:29.280 --> 0:32:33.240 KTLA where you described how to reset instagram suggested content 0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:36.720 to a factory setting. I haven't been liking the suggestions 0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:39.160 on my account lately and would love a fresh start. 0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:42.160 Can you remind me how to do this? Yes, Lido. 0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:46.440 The worst words in the tech language are rolling out, 0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:49.600 and when I mentioned something is rolling out, that means 0:32:49.680 --> 0:32:52.280 it is not available to everyone at the same time. 0:32:52.920 --> 0:32:55.520 So I've been checking for this feature on a daily 0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:58.840 basis because I can't stand the recommendations I'm getting on 0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:01.320 Instagram right now. But they're going to let you do 0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:05.440 a master reset of your recommendations, which I think every 0:33:05.600 --> 0:33:08.120 single app should have this. I think your music app 0:33:08.160 --> 0:33:11.280 should have this. I think your social media apps should 0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:14.680 have this, your fitness apps. Every app should just offer 0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:18.400 you a master reset switch. And maybe it's locked behind 0:33:18.480 --> 0:33:20.440 like a pin or something so that you don't mistakenly 0:33:20.520 --> 0:33:22.880 do it. But sometimes you just want a fresh start. 0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:26.080 Like maybe you're listening to holiday music on whatever music 0:33:26.120 --> 0:33:28.680 app you're using, and in January, all of a sudden, 0:33:28.680 --> 0:33:30.760 those songs come up. Now, I feel like the music 0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:32.600 app should be smart enough to say, okay, let's not 0:33:32.720 --> 0:33:35.960 give them holiday songs in January, but you never know. 0:33:36.680 --> 0:33:38.600 So this feature, if you want to check for it, 0:33:38.720 --> 0:33:42.240 you tap your profile on Instagram and then you go 0:33:42.360 --> 0:33:45.640 into the upper right hand corner the three little dots 0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:47.560 or the three little lines that are the menu, and 0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:51.600 then you scroll down to where it says content preferences 0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:54.080 and you tap in there and you're going to see 0:33:54.120 --> 0:33:57.400 all this stuff interested, not interested, hidden words, sensitive content, 0:33:57.480 --> 0:34:02.840 political content, hide suggested, reduced by fact checking in. There 0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:06.040 will be a new option called reset, and it will 0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:08.800 be there any day. I don't have it yet on 0:34:08.920 --> 0:34:10.719 any of my devices, but that's where it's going to be. 0:34:10.840 --> 0:34:11.040 Leado. 0:34:11.160 --> 0:34:13.960 I cannot wait for that fresh start. Hopefully this comes 0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:16.600 by the beginning of the year. Eighty to eight Rich 0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:19.799 one O one rich on tech dot tv coming up 0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:22.880 more of your calls and questions and what you're thankful for. 0:34:23.239 --> 0:34:28.920 Right here, Welcome back to rich on tech. Rich Demiro 0:34:29.080 --> 0:34:32.359 here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple eight 0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:35.360 rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:34:35.440 --> 0:34:39.120 two four one zero one, the website for the show 0:34:39.520 --> 0:34:44.160 richon tech dot TV. There you can watch my TV 0:34:44.360 --> 0:34:48.719 segments that I do for KTLA Television here in Los 0:34:48.760 --> 0:34:52.759 Angeles and also assorted TV stations around the US, so 0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:56.800 you can watch them all right there. I asked you 0:34:56.920 --> 0:34:59.800 on Instagram at rich on Tech what you're thankful for, 0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:03.759 got a lot of responses. Alfonso and La Puente said, 0:35:04.320 --> 0:35:09.760 my Galaxy Watch six. I've made healthier choices as a result. 0:35:10.480 --> 0:35:12.440 I do think that the smart watches do that. I 0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:15.680 think they make you more aware of how many, you know, 0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:19.000 steps you're taking, how many minutes you're getting all that 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:21.640 good stuff. So I'm glad you liked that. And by 0:35:21.680 --> 0:35:23.880 the way, it took me a couple of tries, but 0:35:23.960 --> 0:35:28.840 I did dial the time and temperature and apparently. 0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:31.600 Imp cure is coming up after this. 0:35:32.080 --> 0:35:34.759 So apparently the phone number is still working. But it's uh, 0:35:35.760 --> 0:35:37.840 it's it's like it says the time and temperature is 0:35:37.840 --> 0:35:39.919 coming up after this, but then there's like an AD, 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:42.040 a long AD, and then it does the time temperature. 0:35:42.080 --> 0:35:44.960 So I think someone bought that, and I don't did 0:35:45.000 --> 0:35:46.680 it have an AD back in the day. Probably not, 0:35:46.960 --> 0:35:49.840 probably just had no just had the time. So anyway, 0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:51.960 but it didn't work for different area codes except for 0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:53.840 the San Francisco area code, so I guess that was 0:35:54.080 --> 0:35:57.600 more of a regional thing. I guess. Let's see, let's 0:35:57.680 --> 0:36:03.200 go to Brenda in Orange County. Welcome to the holiday party. 0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:10.640 Hi rich, Yeah, Hi, I'm in much need of your advice. 0:36:10.840 --> 0:36:14.480 I don't understand much tech. I need to know if 0:36:14.560 --> 0:36:16.840 I bought the right TV yesterday. 0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:17.640 Okay, my. 0:36:19.680 --> 0:36:21.840 Old RCA TV quit working. 0:36:22.360 --> 0:36:23.759 R How old was it? 0:36:25.320 --> 0:36:27.040 It was about fifteen years old? 0:36:27.239 --> 0:36:29.120 Wow, okay, I think you got your money's worth on 0:36:29.200 --> 0:36:29.520 that one. 0:36:29.880 --> 0:36:34.760 Yes, yes, it was before you know, the smart TVs existed. 0:36:35.520 --> 0:36:39.080 I just watched local channels over the air broadcast with 0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:42.520 my indoor rabbit ears antenna my TV. 0:36:42.719 --> 0:36:45.120 How much does that costs? How much they charge you 0:36:45.200 --> 0:36:45.360 for that? 0:36:47.600 --> 0:36:47.960 Nothing? 0:36:48.239 --> 0:36:49.600 I was just kidding, that was a trick question. 0:36:50.239 --> 0:36:56.360 Oh okay, I thought what Okay, Now I don't have 0:36:56.560 --> 0:37:02.239 internet in my home or Wi Fi, my smart I'm on. 0:37:02.640 --> 0:37:06.400 I'm on my son in law's AT and T family plan. Okay, 0:37:06.440 --> 0:37:08.880 so I can I can browse the internet, you know, 0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:11.480 I paid him for the phone, and I can order 0:37:11.560 --> 0:37:14.160 online if I wanted to. But I don't now the 0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:16.879 TV I bought yesterday. I assume it was a hundred 0:37:16.880 --> 0:37:20.319 and twenty vote. It's an it's a smart TV. It's 0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:25.640 an LG U h D Okay, and you know, but 0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:28.560 I don't need all those extras at this time. 0:37:28.680 --> 0:37:29.600 Maybe in the future. 0:37:30.000 --> 0:37:33.480 So will this smart TV just work by just plugging it, 0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:35.960 plugging it in and playing the local channels? 0:37:36.880 --> 0:37:41.040 Typically? Yes, it depends on the model. So I'm assuming 0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:44.320 there is an RC like a coax jack on the 0:37:44.360 --> 0:37:46.440 back for the antenna. Have you checked. 0:37:50.120 --> 0:37:53.080 I have an open Oh I haven't opened the box. 0:37:53.120 --> 0:37:55.239 Okay, what's the actual model number of the TV? 0:37:55.360 --> 0:37:55.800 Do you have that? 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:58.719 Okay? On the front of the TV it says four 0:37:58.760 --> 0:38:03.040 to three to seven zero mm. 0:38:04.239 --> 0:38:06.279 That's it. Forty three okay, So here it is. So 0:38:06.400 --> 0:38:09.719 we've got this and we're just this is so this 0:38:09.880 --> 0:38:14.440 does have LG's smart system, which is called web OS, 0:38:15.040 --> 0:38:19.120 so it is on there. But all we're looking for is, 0:38:19.680 --> 0:38:24.799 let's see the inputs here, connector types. Let's see here. 0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:29.279 I mean, I would assume every TV has a jack 0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:31.880 on the back to connect this antenna, but you never know, 0:38:33.320 --> 0:38:34.880 you know, it could be that it doesn't let me 0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:37.520 see uh here, I'm looking trying to find the specs 0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:39.680 that actually shows me the back of the TV. If 0:38:39.680 --> 0:38:43.080 you can plug in an antenna on this thing. Okay, 0:38:43.600 --> 0:38:50.680 I see the back and it interesting. I'm gonna have 0:38:50.800 --> 0:38:53.359 to I gotta find the specs on here. I'm trying 0:38:53.400 --> 0:38:57.200 to find the exact Okay, let's see. I would assume 0:38:57.360 --> 0:39:00.400 that it has a way to plug in the antenna. 0:39:01.239 --> 0:39:03.600 Let's see. Okay, TV tuner. Yes, it does have a 0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:07.040 TV tuner, so you are good to go. And so 0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:09.799 you would just plug in that antenna and you can 0:39:09.920 --> 0:39:12.160 use it as a regular TV. Now what I would 0:39:12.200 --> 0:39:15.520 do for the first time you set this up. Do 0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:17.920 you have the hotspot feature on your phone or no? 0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:23.600 I do, but I don't understand it. Okay, I have 0:39:23.719 --> 0:39:27.160 a friend that's going to do V the hookup. He's 0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:29.200 an IT tech, but he don't even have a TV. 0:39:29.760 --> 0:39:32.239 Oh wow, he's one of those. 0:39:33.960 --> 0:39:35.480 He just uses his laptop. 0:39:35.719 --> 0:39:38.120 Okay. Well he's all streaming and all that good stuff. 0:39:38.200 --> 0:39:40.920 So well, okay, so if he's an IT person, he 0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:43.040 knows how to activate the hotspot what I would do, 0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:44.600 and he'll do this, he'll know how to do that, 0:39:44.680 --> 0:39:47.000 or they'll know how to dis services. They'll know how 0:39:47.040 --> 0:39:49.960 to do this. But you basically, I would connect this 0:39:50.120 --> 0:39:53.440 TV to your phone's hotspot the first time, just to 0:39:53.520 --> 0:39:56.360 get the software up to date on this phone. And 0:39:56.560 --> 0:40:00.440 it also may download information for the channels. It may 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:04.160 download a program guide or just whatever some and and 0:40:04.440 --> 0:40:06.760 you know, it's some information to go along with those channels. 0:40:07.120 --> 0:40:08.839 So I would do that the first time, but then 0:40:09.440 --> 0:40:12.440 I would make sure he turns off the either so 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:14.319 I would either turn off the Wi Fi on the TV, 0:40:14.760 --> 0:40:17.120 or you can just toggle the hot spot off on 0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:19.320 your phone so that your TV is not always tapping 0:40:19.400 --> 0:40:22.040 into it. But if you want it to, you can 0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:24.480 have the TV tap into it just by turning on 0:40:24.560 --> 0:40:26.120 the hot spot on your phone or turning the Wi 0:40:26.200 --> 0:40:28.840 Fi on your TV on. I know that sounds very complicated. 0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:30.520 You don't need any of that stuff. If you don't 0:40:30.520 --> 0:40:32.760 want to do anything on the web, just use the channels, 0:40:32.920 --> 0:40:36.200 tune them in. You're fine, You'll be okay, okay. 0:40:36.320 --> 0:40:38.520 So I really don't have to do the connect to 0:40:38.560 --> 0:40:39.800 the hot the hot spot. 0:40:40.080 --> 0:40:43.320 I I would probably just to get the software on 0:40:43.400 --> 0:40:45.400 the TV up to date. There might be some features 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:48.160 or some bug fixes or whatever. You don't have to 0:40:48.239 --> 0:40:51.640 do that. It's optional, but it may require that on setup. 0:40:51.760 --> 0:40:53.400 It may it may ask you to do that when 0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:55.440 you set it up. There may be a way to 0:40:55.520 --> 0:40:58.279 bypass it, but your friend who's the it guy, they 0:40:58.320 --> 0:40:59.520 are going to know how to do that. If it 0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:01.920 says like, hey, you have to connect to internet, there 0:41:01.960 --> 0:41:03.960 may be a way to bypass and say, hey, just 0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:07.680 set this up without Internet. But I probably do it 0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:09.520 just to make sure my TV is up to date 0:41:09.560 --> 0:41:10.480 and then I disconnect it. 0:41:12.239 --> 0:41:18.400 Okay, so he's okay to activate that connected to my 0:41:18.560 --> 0:41:21.600 phone hot spot to update the software on TV. 0:41:22.000 --> 0:41:24.600 Correct if if he wants to do that, you don't 0:41:24.640 --> 0:41:27.600 have to. But I think most TVs are assuming that 0:41:27.640 --> 0:41:31.400 you're connecting to a Wi Fi connection upon startup, so 0:41:31.960 --> 0:41:33.719 you know they're just because they're all smart TV. So 0:41:34.480 --> 0:41:36.560 if there may be an option that says on that 0:41:36.680 --> 0:41:39.840 TV screen like bypass this for now, typically there is 0:41:40.320 --> 0:41:42.080 you would just bypass all that. If you just want 0:41:42.120 --> 0:41:44.640 to go to the tuner and you plug in your antenna, 0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:46.960 you do a scan of the channels. It's gonna remember 0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:49.400 the channel numbers and the ones you get and that's it. 0:41:49.760 --> 0:41:50.560 Beyond your merry way. 0:41:51.400 --> 0:41:53.880 Yeah, oh, thank you so much. Rich. I I was 0:41:53.920 --> 0:41:57.200 afraid that something that made and why find in the 0:41:57.239 --> 0:41:59.800 future I may plan to you know, to set that 0:41:59.920 --> 0:42:02.200 up if I want to do those streamings and stuff. 0:42:03.000 --> 0:42:07.360 I did buy a searge protector strip and but I 0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:10.400 don't know, maybe I didn't buy the most the highest 0:42:10.760 --> 0:42:14.400 volt or jewels that I should have. The one I 0:42:14.480 --> 0:42:17.560 got it said nine hundred jewels. But I looked online 0:42:17.680 --> 0:42:19.640 earlier today and it kind of come and maybe a 0:42:19.719 --> 0:42:23.200 TV needs at least a thousand jewels. Do you know 0:42:23.239 --> 0:42:23.960 anything about that? 0:42:26.160 --> 0:42:29.839 I mean not really, but uh, I would say, you're 0:42:29.840 --> 0:42:32.040 probably gonna be fine. I don't even plug my stuff 0:42:32.080 --> 0:42:36.200 into a protector, so I think they'll be okay, Okay, 0:42:36.320 --> 0:42:39.000 I think I think that. Uh yeah, I'd have to 0:42:39.080 --> 0:42:41.160 do some research on that to see what what you 0:42:41.320 --> 0:42:45.359 need for it. I'm looking at this nine hundred let's see. Yeah, 0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:47.839 I'd have to see like what that's good for. I'll 0:42:47.920 --> 0:42:50.239 do some research and see and I'll mention on there 0:42:50.280 --> 0:42:50.600 as well. 0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:55.240 All Right, my home is one hundred and twenty volts, 0:42:55.520 --> 0:42:57.360 and I presume that that TV is one hundred and. 0:42:57.360 --> 0:43:01.480 Twenty volt, right, that's the standard AC in the US. Yes, 0:43:01.600 --> 0:43:02.880 so that should be fine. 0:43:02.960 --> 0:43:05.880 And the search protector for some reading that says it 0:43:05.960 --> 0:43:08.640 says use only with one hundred and twenty vote AC power, 0:43:08.880 --> 0:43:10.840 and then down at the bottom of the package it 0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:13.520 says ratings one five V. 0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:15.000 I'm confused. 0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:18.640 I don't understand. I don't want to be playing something. 0:43:18.920 --> 0:43:20.960 No, you'll be fine. I wouldn't unless you bought this 0:43:21.080 --> 0:43:22.759 thing in Europe. You're not really gonna have to worry 0:43:22.760 --> 0:43:25.680 about that. And most Yeah, everything standardized here in the US, 0:43:25.800 --> 0:43:28.600 so I think you'll be okay, Brenda, thanks for the call. 0:43:28.719 --> 0:43:31.080 Do appreciate it. Uh, you're gonna love the new TV. 0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:34.480 I mean, fifteen years of the old one compared to 0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:35.960 the new one. I think you're gonna You're gonna be 0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:38.840 a lot happier with that, So thanks for the call. Appreciated. 0:43:38.920 --> 0:43:42.080 Eighty eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:43:42.200 --> 0:43:45.680 four two four one zero one. Speaking of TVs, Amazon 0:43:46.320 --> 0:43:50.080 added some new accessibility features to their Fire TV. So 0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:53.600 Amazon Fire TV, after a software update, now has a 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:59.000 dual audio function, so users with a compatible as HA 0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:02.560 enabled here aid can now listen to that hearing aid 0:44:03.000 --> 0:44:06.439 listen to the audio from the fireTV on their hearing aid, 0:44:06.520 --> 0:44:09.920 but also the audio can go through the TV speakers, 0:44:10.920 --> 0:44:13.000 so that means that you can have hearing aids be 0:44:13.120 --> 0:44:16.080 listening to the programming and someone you're sitting with who 0:44:16.120 --> 0:44:18.799 doesn't have hearing aids can listen to the programming through 0:44:18.840 --> 0:44:20.640 the speakers on the TV, so now it's more of 0:44:20.719 --> 0:44:23.960 a shared viewing experience versus one or the other. So 0:44:24.080 --> 0:44:27.640 that's a new feature on the Amazon firetvs. They've also 0:44:28.200 --> 0:44:31.920 expanded some of the support for hearing aids. Looks like 0:44:32.000 --> 0:44:36.360 it's mostly on the TV sets and the cube, not 0:44:36.440 --> 0:44:40.120 necessarily the fireTV sticks, so just check if you're hearing 0:44:40.160 --> 0:44:43.359 aid didn't work with the fireTV before, it may work 0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:48.200 with it now. And finally, they also put some looks 0:44:48.239 --> 0:44:54.840 like tactile raised dots on the fireTV packaging so blind 0:44:54.920 --> 0:44:58.000 and low vision users can easily access set up information. 0:44:58.120 --> 0:45:01.759 So Amazon doing a couple things for accessibility always a 0:45:01.840 --> 0:45:05.560 good thing to make products more inclusive. Eighty eight rich 0:45:05.680 --> 0:45:07.879 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:45:08.040 --> 0:45:11.799 four one zero one website for the show Richontech dot 0:45:11.920 --> 0:45:15.080 TV coming up. Got a question about saving money on 0:45:15.160 --> 0:45:18.439 a cable bill and finding where to watch a show. 0:45:19.239 --> 0:45:22.239 We'll talk about that plus more of what you are 0:45:22.440 --> 0:45:30.040 thankful for right here on rich on Tech talking about 0:45:30.080 --> 0:45:32.320 things people are thankful for. You submitted these on my 0:45:32.480 --> 0:45:36.640 Instagram at rich On Tech, Yvonne in El Centro, California said, 0:45:36.640 --> 0:45:39.480 I'm grateful for One Note. I use it as a 0:45:39.680 --> 0:45:43.160 manual and use it every day. Yeah, one Note. I 0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:46.000 was talking about Obsidian earlier. One Note is pretty much 0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:48.800 very similar to that. The only problem I have with 0:45:48.920 --> 0:45:51.480 One Note. And I think it's a great, great program, 0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:54.880 and it's the only problem I have with it. And 0:45:54.960 --> 0:45:56.400 you can use it for free if you use your 0:45:56.560 --> 0:46:01.160 included you know, storage space from micros. But the only 0:46:01.200 --> 0:46:03.600 problem I have with it is the infinite canvas. I'm 0:46:03.640 --> 0:46:06.200 not a fan of that because it's like you can 0:46:06.280 --> 0:46:08.640 paste anything anywhere in one note, which I'm sure a 0:46:08.719 --> 0:46:10.800 lot of people that use it like that. For me, 0:46:10.960 --> 0:46:13.440 I'm too much of a neat freak. I like everything aligned, 0:46:13.920 --> 0:46:16.320 and so it's like I can't use it because of 0:46:16.400 --> 0:46:18.480 that reason. And also there's no real print option for 0:46:18.560 --> 0:46:20.920 some reason. There is, but it's like it prints all 0:46:20.960 --> 0:46:23.800 over the page, like it's not format it anyway. Again, 0:46:23.880 --> 0:46:25.759 I'm too much of a neat freak. So I need 0:46:25.840 --> 0:46:28.560 the Obsidian, I need the order. I need order in 0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:31.560 my note keeping app all right. Earlier, we had a 0:46:31.640 --> 0:46:35.800 caller that asked about jewels and a surge protector. And 0:46:36.000 --> 0:46:37.640 I had to read up on this a little bit, 0:46:37.960 --> 0:46:43.279 and so basically jewels are basically how much energy a 0:46:43.440 --> 0:46:46.880 surge protector can absorb. So it's kind of like a 0:46:46.920 --> 0:46:50.759 buffer between you, your electronics and a surge that comes in. 0:46:51.239 --> 0:46:53.480 So if there's like an electrical storm or something or 0:46:53.560 --> 0:46:56.799 whatever happens and a surge of electricity comes through your 0:46:57.440 --> 0:47:01.040 your power outlets, these jewels would kind of absorb that 0:47:01.280 --> 0:47:03.759 searche So the more jewels you have, I guess, the 0:47:03.880 --> 0:47:08.839 more can absorb. So a thousand basic protections small electronics 0:47:08.920 --> 0:47:12.279 like lamps and phone chargers. A thousand up to two 0:47:12.360 --> 0:47:16.120 thousand good for home office setups like computers, monitors, printers. 0:47:16.719 --> 0:47:19.239 Over two thousand is for high end electronics like a 0:47:19.280 --> 0:47:23.719 gaming PC, home theater, something like that. So I would 0:47:23.800 --> 0:47:26.760 probably say for a TV, you probably need a thousand 0:47:26.800 --> 0:47:29.040 to two thousand. So that nine hundred that she had 0:47:29.080 --> 0:47:34.759 probably wasn't very good. But that's the deal with search protectors. 0:47:35.239 --> 0:47:37.040 I don't even know if I have a search protector 0:47:37.080 --> 0:47:40.239 on my stuff. I think I need to look into that. Maybe, yeah, 0:47:40.280 --> 0:47:41.960 but I've never really had a problem knock on wood 0:47:42.000 --> 0:47:44.840 in all these years, but I guess it's probably a 0:47:44.880 --> 0:47:46.680 good idea to have it. And they do wear out 0:47:46.760 --> 0:47:49.319 apparently over time, so if you have one that's really old, 0:47:49.880 --> 0:47:53.080 maybe get a new one. So think about that. All right, 0:47:53.640 --> 0:48:01.719 let's see here, let's go to Kirk in is it Atlanto, Lano, California. Kirk, 0:48:01.760 --> 0:48:02.880 Welcome to the show. What's up? 0:48:04.520 --> 0:48:07.840 Yeah, Well, the question is I had taken some pictures 0:48:08.360 --> 0:48:12.600 on a microscope about four years ago, and I ran 0:48:12.640 --> 0:48:15.400 them through an app. I was searching for doing some 0:48:15.520 --> 0:48:19.120 research on parasites, and I ran pictures through an app 0:48:19.200 --> 0:48:26.040 called parasite ie on through my Chromebook. So I just 0:48:26.120 --> 0:48:29.560 had a small Chromebook that I used with with an 0:48:29.600 --> 0:48:33.520 email address, and I'm trying to retrieve the pictures but 0:48:34.200 --> 0:48:37.840 I'm not sure exactly how to do that. The email 0:48:37.960 --> 0:48:42.000 is still active, but the phone I'm having trouble getting 0:48:42.040 --> 0:48:47.120 into the I'm having trouble getting into the email account 0:48:47.200 --> 0:48:50.520 because the phone that I had that number is out 0:48:50.520 --> 0:48:52.640 to read and I got a new phone. And when 0:48:52.680 --> 0:48:54.360 I got the new phone, I set up a typical 0:48:54.400 --> 0:48:57.600 email because that email was basically just for the parasite ideas, 0:48:58.440 --> 0:49:01.600 and so I'm having trouble getting ratification. 0:49:02.160 --> 0:49:05.320 So you've got you've you've got these pictures somehow stored 0:49:05.400 --> 0:49:08.160 in your Google account, but you can't access the Google account. 0:49:08.560 --> 0:49:09.920 Yeah, so they're on a jpeg. 0:49:10.239 --> 0:49:10.520 Got it? 0:49:11.120 --> 0:49:14.759 And I was wondering if if the camera that I 0:49:14.920 --> 0:49:18.880 used for my microscope would possibly have a connection to 0:49:19.239 --> 0:49:22.839 the jpeg picture because it was do they identify the camera? 0:49:23.160 --> 0:49:24.200 You still have the camera? 0:49:24.920 --> 0:49:25.080 Yes? 0:49:26.880 --> 0:49:28.800 Can you connect it to your computer with USB? 0:49:29.680 --> 0:49:34.160 Yeah, that's that's how it doesn't take it's yeah, that's how. 0:49:34.320 --> 0:49:35.680 That's the only way you can take a picture is 0:49:35.719 --> 0:49:37.240 with USB. Doesn't have a cards or anything. 0:49:37.239 --> 0:49:38.000 It's just the camera. 0:49:38.440 --> 0:49:42.600 Oh okay, so so your computer acts as the recording device, 0:49:43.120 --> 0:49:45.879 like the computer captures the photo. 0:49:46.400 --> 0:49:50.799 Right, and then the camera is just the camera and the. 0:49:52.280 --> 0:49:55.600 Computer is acting as right right, the computers that is 0:49:55.640 --> 0:49:58.880 where everything is happening. Okay, So how can I help you? 0:49:58.920 --> 0:50:00.239 You're trying to figure out how to get into your 0:50:00.360 --> 0:50:01.040 Gmail account. 0:50:02.400 --> 0:50:04.440 That would help because then I'd be able to go 0:50:04.520 --> 0:50:06.440 with curse that idea and just pull up pull it 0:50:06.520 --> 0:50:10.560 all from there because I have an account. I'm lot 0:50:10.600 --> 0:50:10.920 getting there. 0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:12.680 Oh god, but you can't. But you don't know that 0:50:12.760 --> 0:50:14.880 one either. You can't get in there either, right. 0:50:14.760 --> 0:50:16.640 Because I don't know the g You can't get in 0:50:16.719 --> 0:50:17.160 the Gmail. 0:50:17.200 --> 0:50:17.719 Got it all? 0:50:17.800 --> 0:50:17.920 Right? 0:50:18.000 --> 0:50:22.719 Well, Google has a help page that will will help 0:50:22.800 --> 0:50:26.480 will kind of guide you through the process of recovering 0:50:26.560 --> 0:50:28.560 your account. And a lot of people they set up 0:50:28.600 --> 0:50:31.360 these phone numbers as the account recovery and then they 0:50:31.440 --> 0:50:32.800 get rid of the phone or they get rid of 0:50:32.840 --> 0:50:34.920 the phone number. So you have to go to this 0:50:35.000 --> 0:50:39.960 special Google account recovery page and it's at account dot 0:50:40.080 --> 0:50:46.200 Google dot com, slash sign in, slash recovery. And before 0:50:46.239 --> 0:50:48.080 you do that, I'm going to link up these pages 0:50:48.160 --> 0:50:51.960 on the on my show notes read through. You want 0:50:52.000 --> 0:50:55.560 to use familiar device and location. You want to use, 0:50:56.000 --> 0:50:58.160 you know, an email connected to your account. So there's 0:50:58.160 --> 0:51:00.239 a lot of things that Google says to do to 0:51:00.360 --> 0:51:02.719 make sure you get this right. This is rich on 0:51:02.840 --> 0:51:08.800 Tech mentioning what you're thankful for. I asked you on 0:51:08.920 --> 0:51:11.080 Instagram at rich on Tech, what are you thankful for 0:51:11.320 --> 0:51:14.919 in the tech world? And Daniel in Granada Hills said 0:51:14.960 --> 0:51:19.520 he is thankful for slick Deals. Daniel, you're speaking my language. 0:51:19.600 --> 0:51:23.000 I check slickdeals dot net every single day of my life. 0:51:23.160 --> 0:51:26.040 And if there is a deal out there. I'm actually 0:51:26.120 --> 0:51:28.360 looking at these the deal on the front page, just 0:51:28.400 --> 0:51:32.040 for these little cookies that I actually bought off this 0:51:32.680 --> 0:51:35.600 well during the prime season Prime Day they had all 0:51:35.680 --> 0:51:37.920 these like things on sale. I ordered like a giant 0:51:38.000 --> 0:51:41.480 box of like baked lays, like you know, chips, like 0:51:41.520 --> 0:51:43.000 a whole bunch of My wife's like what is this? 0:51:43.800 --> 0:51:45.480 Are you bringing these to the kids school? I'm like, no, 0:51:45.560 --> 0:51:47.640 these are just for us. And then these like little 0:51:47.680 --> 0:51:50.920 they're called rip van I don't know what rip van winkle. 0:51:50.960 --> 0:51:53.560 What are they called rip van wafers? These are little 0:51:53.640 --> 0:51:55.960 wafers you eat like cookie that you eat with your coffee. 0:51:56.040 --> 0:51:58.840 It's like a I don't know, it's good anyway. So 0:51:58.840 --> 0:52:00.760 I have a whole box of those from slick Deals. 0:52:01.080 --> 0:52:03.560 Slick deals dot net great place to find deals. If 0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:05.160 there is a deal on the internet, they have it 0:52:05.800 --> 0:52:09.920 all right Now. On the show, welcoming Marcia Collier, author 0:52:10.080 --> 0:52:15.400 of Androids Smartphones for Seniors for Dummies, brand new book 0:52:16.200 --> 0:52:20.160 Heating up the Charts on Amazon. Marcia, Welcome to the show. 0:52:20.920 --> 0:52:23.680 Hi, it's so great to talk to you. Rich. Yeah, 0:52:23.840 --> 0:52:27.480 it's the second edition. There's a first edition that Amazon's 0:52:27.480 --> 0:52:30.400 still trying to push. But I saw that this is 0:52:30.520 --> 0:52:33.319 the second edition. Yeah, it led me to the first 0:52:33.360 --> 0:52:35.359 and it said it did say there's a newer version. 0:52:35.440 --> 0:52:38.000 So I was like, okay, good because you know, you 0:52:38.040 --> 0:52:40.960 can still buy the first, but the second edition is 0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:44.879 the one that's most up to date. So, Marcia, you've 0:52:44.920 --> 0:52:47.200 been on the show before talking about ebays, you've written 0:52:47.239 --> 0:52:50.279 books before, you've written how to guides. What made you 0:52:50.360 --> 0:52:54.160 want to tackle Android, especially for seniors. Well, you know, 0:52:54.280 --> 0:52:57.120 this is, as I said, the second edition, and I 0:52:57.280 --> 0:53:01.600 write in the for Dummy series over forty books, seniors 0:53:02.040 --> 0:53:06.279 feel left out. Seniors often don't want to ask questions 0:53:06.440 --> 0:53:11.959 of their children. They don't want to feel stupid. Let's 0:53:12.040 --> 0:53:13.759 just say that they don't want to hear all the 0:53:13.800 --> 0:53:16.759 fluff you just mentioned slick deals. There's a whole thing 0:53:16.840 --> 0:53:20.080 in the book about websites like slick Deals, and I 0:53:20.200 --> 0:53:22.920 mentioned a bunch of others, you know, like Woot and 0:53:23.080 --> 0:53:27.160 Bradsteals and all that. Yeah, and they don't know about 0:53:27.239 --> 0:53:30.520 those things. So I try to bring the information that 0:53:30.680 --> 0:53:35.960 is not common knowledge. For example, an unlocked phone. What 0:53:36.239 --> 0:53:37.320 is an unlocked phone? 0:53:37.360 --> 0:53:37.840 And I don't know. 0:53:38.640 --> 0:53:40.760 Yeah, Well, if you look in the book, it'll explain 0:53:40.840 --> 0:53:43.880 to you why and why an unlocked phone is the 0:53:43.960 --> 0:53:44.920 best phone for you. 0:53:45.320 --> 0:53:49.120 Ooh, I would agree with that. It's funny you said 0:53:49.120 --> 0:53:50.560 the thing about that I didn't want to ask you 0:53:50.680 --> 0:53:53.320 because you have no idea how many times my family 0:53:53.440 --> 0:53:56.560 members will make a major tech decision. And I'm like, wait, 0:53:56.640 --> 0:53:58.799 why don't you ask me? I could have told you, right, 0:53:58.960 --> 0:54:00.400 I didn't want to ask you. I didn't want to 0:54:00.440 --> 0:54:02.759 bother you. You can bother me. I do a radio 0:54:02.800 --> 0:54:05.040 show every week. People bother me. I get emails every day. 0:54:05.080 --> 0:54:06.960 People bother me. It's not bothering, it's what I do. 0:54:07.080 --> 0:54:09.319 I'm trying to help and so do. 0:54:09.360 --> 0:54:11.640 I and I get emails from people all the time too. 0:54:11.800 --> 0:54:15.239 So you know, after writing the first edition, I got 0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:18.200 a lot of new queries, which gave me some information 0:54:18.400 --> 0:54:21.160 as to extra things to include. Like even in the book, 0:54:22.000 --> 0:54:25.239 you know, if somebody has placed an air tag on you, 0:54:25.640 --> 0:54:29.000 you know, the Apple air tag, to track you or 0:54:29.760 --> 0:54:32.880 whatever reason. It's great for luggage, but it has been 0:54:33.000 --> 0:54:37.440 used for nefarious reasons. You can get a notice on 0:54:37.600 --> 0:54:40.360 your phone letting you know you're being tracked. And in 0:54:40.520 --> 0:54:43.120 the book I tell you how to go in to 0:54:43.320 --> 0:54:46.160 Apple to find the last three digits of the phone 0:54:46.239 --> 0:54:50.680 number that are tracking you. Oh wow, so yeah, I 0:54:50.760 --> 0:54:53.640 give those things that people don't know even exists. 0:54:54.840 --> 0:54:57.239 So what what do you think like writing this book? 0:54:57.280 --> 0:54:58.560 I mean, what do you think are some of the 0:54:59.080 --> 0:55:01.120 common shalut beside it's not asking for help? What do 0:55:01.160 --> 0:55:03.319 you think some of the common challenges senior's face when 0:55:03.400 --> 0:55:06.440 using androids? And also, I mean, before we get into 0:55:06.480 --> 0:55:08.920 that hold on Android versus iPhone, I know you've been 0:55:08.960 --> 0:55:11.920 a longtime Android person, right, so what makes you gravitate 0:55:12.000 --> 0:55:12.880 towards this platform? 0:55:13.440 --> 0:55:17.520 My husband is an iPhone. I've had iPhones in the past. 0:55:17.680 --> 0:55:19.800 I used to have iPod, you know, up until the 0:55:19.880 --> 0:55:23.960 most latest iPod that I still run on Wi Fi 0:55:24.080 --> 0:55:24.560 in the house. 0:55:24.719 --> 0:55:24.959 Wow. 0:55:25.160 --> 0:55:28.200 Now we talk about Wi Fi calling in the book too. 0:55:28.960 --> 0:55:33.120 But the point is I get a little lost, and 0:55:34.160 --> 0:55:37.160 when I wasn't close to being a senior, I get 0:55:37.200 --> 0:55:40.680 a little lost on Apple to find out all the 0:55:40.800 --> 0:55:44.719 things I exactly wanted to do. And you can get 0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:48.719 lost on an Android phone as well, but with this book, 0:55:48.960 --> 0:55:52.160 it tells you where did I use six different phones 0:55:52.239 --> 0:55:55.160 to write the book, So I'm checking from phone from 0:55:55.239 --> 0:55:59.360 brand to brand to brand, because each brand is like 0:55:59.520 --> 0:56:02.920 a different phone, but they're all based on Android, and 0:56:03.120 --> 0:56:06.160 Android is the heart of the operating system that is 0:56:06.360 --> 0:56:10.799 common to all these devices. And once you learn the basics, 0:56:11.680 --> 0:56:16.360 you can switch to any phone, any brand, OnePlus, Google, Samsung. 0:56:17.000 --> 0:56:19.200 It's all explained in the book. But the difference is 0:56:19.320 --> 0:56:20.319 between the each one. 0:56:21.280 --> 0:56:23.719 Which one do you think has the best sort of 0:56:23.840 --> 0:56:25.759 skin for most people? Like I mean, because you know, 0:56:25.800 --> 0:56:27.520 it's a big debate, like do you like the clean 0:56:27.640 --> 0:56:29.440 of the pixel? Do you like all the features of 0:56:29.560 --> 0:56:33.359 the Samsung the one plus has you know, one plus 0:56:33.480 --> 0:56:36.040 is kind of morphed into being much more iphony. 0:56:36.160 --> 0:56:42.279 Right exactly. I'm I became a pixel fan. Google had 0:56:42.320 --> 0:56:44.480 sent me a couple of pixels to write, you know, 0:56:44.600 --> 0:56:46.719 to use for my research in the book, and I 0:56:46.840 --> 0:56:49.160 have to tell you, I find that the cleanness of 0:56:49.239 --> 0:56:51.840 the pixel is a whole lot less confused and without 0:56:51.960 --> 0:56:56.239 the skin without having to join somebody's club and sign 0:56:56.360 --> 0:56:58.239 up sign up for this, and sign up for that, 0:56:58.840 --> 0:57:02.160 You've got an Android phone, which is straight technology, and 0:57:03.080 --> 0:57:07.040 on a Pixel phone, you get everything first. Now, whether 0:57:07.120 --> 0:57:11.160 they continue the feature or not, this is another question, 0:57:12.120 --> 0:57:15.279 but you get to have everything first, So if you 0:57:15.440 --> 0:57:18.680 hear the slightest bit about how okay the iPhone can 0:57:18.840 --> 0:57:23.520 do this oddside that's been downloaded to your Android phone 0:57:23.600 --> 0:57:25.360 and you've got it already. 0:57:25.840 --> 0:57:29.120 That is so true. It's so when I use the Pixel, 0:57:29.760 --> 0:57:32.800 I feel like it's actually to me, the Pixel is 0:57:32.880 --> 0:57:36.200 the smartest smartphone on the market. Like just the home 0:57:36.280 --> 0:57:39.120 screen where and I know you can set widgets on 0:57:39.160 --> 0:57:41.960 the iPhone, but like just the home screen on the Pixel, 0:57:42.120 --> 0:57:44.640 it just kind of like it looks in your Gmail 0:57:44.720 --> 0:57:47.680 for information and Rice surfaces it and like stuff you're 0:57:47.720 --> 0:57:49.600 not even thinking about. Like the other day, something popped 0:57:49.680 --> 0:57:51.440 up and I was like, whoa wait, Oh was a 0:57:51.480 --> 0:57:53.480 package delivery or something. I'm like, oh, I don't even 0:57:53.520 --> 0:57:56.640 know I've had a package delivery today exactly. 0:57:56.800 --> 0:58:00.360 And when we had recently the strike with the Amazon, 0:58:01.000 --> 0:58:03.640 I had packages that I was expecting and I could 0:58:03.800 --> 0:58:07.320 get that notification and it said which delivery center it 0:58:07.440 --> 0:58:10.240 was coming from. Oh, so that really helped me know 0:58:10.880 --> 0:58:12.200 that I would get my package. 0:58:12.320 --> 0:58:14.640 Yeah, all right, So what give me some tips from 0:58:14.640 --> 0:58:16.200 the book. What do you think is a great tip 0:58:16.280 --> 0:58:17.000 that you want to share? 0:58:17.880 --> 0:58:20.880 Well, first thing I mentioned is buying an unlocked phone. 0:58:21.560 --> 0:58:25.000 Everybody thinks, oh, I need to go into this the 0:58:25.120 --> 0:58:27.240 T Mobile store, and they're going to set it up 0:58:27.280 --> 0:58:30.640 for me. Now, I like T Mobile, I use T 0:58:30.800 --> 0:58:33.520 Mobile myself, So this is not a diss on them, 0:58:34.160 --> 0:58:37.240 but any at and T any phone store. Those people 0:58:37.280 --> 0:58:40.880 who work there are salespeople. They have a talent for 0:58:41.000 --> 0:58:44.600 working the phones. Yes they understand, but remember there's a 0:58:44.640 --> 0:58:49.440 commission on everything that they sell you. It is kind 0:58:49.480 --> 0:58:51.360 of like buying a car old style. 0:58:51.960 --> 0:58:55.320 Mm hmm, I saw phones, I know, right, yeah. 0:58:55.200 --> 0:58:58.120 Right, it's it's and those who didn't like the old 0:58:58.240 --> 0:59:01.080 car buying experience or walking into a dealership with the 0:59:01.240 --> 0:59:04.560 finance guy and this and that. That is what you're 0:59:04.640 --> 0:59:08.840 dealing with in a phone store. If you need help 0:59:08.880 --> 0:59:10.760 with your phone, You've got my books, You've got Rich 0:59:10.840 --> 0:59:14.560 on Tech, you've got my podcast. There are a billion places, 0:59:14.600 --> 0:59:17.680 and I talk about it in the book because you 0:59:17.880 --> 0:59:22.280 need to get it, and not necessarily from reviewers. Now, 0:59:22.400 --> 0:59:24.640 Rich you and I both know. We go to cees, 0:59:24.840 --> 0:59:27.560 we get technology, we look at it, and they would 0:59:27.720 --> 0:59:30.360 like us to write a review on a phone immediately. 0:59:31.520 --> 0:59:34.440 Now we all know you need to run a phone 0:59:34.480 --> 0:59:37.880 for a couple of months to know exactly what's going on. 0:59:38.520 --> 0:59:41.120 I mean, anybody can copy a press release with many 0:59:41.200 --> 0:59:46.680 people do. But I worked all of these phones, Samsung, 0:59:47.240 --> 0:59:53.120 Pixel and OnePlus, and I found out any flaws, anythings, 0:59:53.200 --> 0:59:57.200 any whatever changes made over time, and little tips and 0:59:57.280 --> 1:00:00.680 tricks that make those phones work better for you in 1:00:00.720 --> 1:00:04.680 the long run. So never just buy, in my opinion, 1:00:05.040 --> 1:00:07.360 a phone on all the reviews you see so so 1:00:07.560 --> 1:00:08.800 many of them are sponsored. 1:00:09.320 --> 1:00:12.680 Yeah, that's a whole other conversation. Right now, I'm looking 1:00:12.760 --> 1:00:16.400 through the book and it's very thorough. It's in full color. 1:00:16.560 --> 1:00:19.680 You've got lots of illustrations, lots of screenshots, which I 1:00:19.760 --> 1:00:23.400 know probably took a while painstakingly to collect. But you've 1:00:23.440 --> 1:00:26.360 got everything that you can imagine that you need to 1:00:26.440 --> 1:00:29.680 learn about with your Android phone. It is all in here. 1:00:29.840 --> 1:00:35.160 It's all lined up, and it's useful, helpful information, especially 1:00:35.240 --> 1:00:38.560 if you are trying to I love this. Oh, you've 1:00:38.600 --> 1:00:41.720 got the must do You've got Marcia's let's see here. 1:00:42.200 --> 1:00:44.920 I like this part Marcia's Must Do Things for your Phone, 1:00:45.320 --> 1:00:50.000 Chapter sixteen. You've got all the basics, screenshot, do not disturb, 1:00:50.560 --> 1:00:56.160 Wi Fi, VPN, wireless charging, emergency calls. Okay, that's great. 1:00:56.280 --> 1:00:59.080 So there you have it. The phone is called Android 1:00:59.160 --> 1:01:04.960 Smartphone for Seniors for Dummies. Second edition available on Amazon. 1:01:05.040 --> 1:01:08.360 Makes a great gift for someone or yourself. Malci Collier, 1:01:08.880 --> 1:01:10.200 thanks so much for joining me today. 1:01:10.920 --> 1:01:15.120 Thank you Rich. Happy holidays and yeah, it's a great book. 1:01:15.080 --> 1:01:18.560 Really, I promise thanks for sending it along. Happy holidays 1:01:18.600 --> 1:01:21.600 to you and very exciting. I will probably see you 1:01:21.680 --> 1:01:24.560 a sc yes, all right eight eight eight rich one 1:01:24.600 --> 1:01:27.360 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:01:27.440 --> 1:01:29.120 one zero one. The website you want to link to 1:01:29.160 --> 1:01:31.920 the book, just go to rich on tech dot TV. 1:01:32.200 --> 1:01:38.320 It's all right there. Coming up, the FTC is eliminating 1:01:38.520 --> 1:01:42.640 some junk fees. We'll explain about that or I guess yeah, 1:01:42.680 --> 1:01:44.720 we'll talk about that. And how do you find a 1:01:44.760 --> 1:01:47.040 show that you want to watch on the right service. 1:01:47.560 --> 1:01:49.880 I'll answer that coming up right here. I'm rich on tech. 1:01:56.120 --> 1:01:59.760 What are you thankful for? Many of you replied, Patty said, 1:02:00.240 --> 1:02:03.880 tile tracker. We have them on our keys, backpack, luggage 1:02:03.960 --> 1:02:06.960 and camera bag. So I know that the air tag 1:02:07.040 --> 1:02:10.080 gets all the publicity. This is me talking now, not Patty. 1:02:10.480 --> 1:02:14.240 But the tile is still a formidable tracker. And when 1:02:14.280 --> 1:02:16.360 I like about the tile, I did review the latest 1:02:16.400 --> 1:02:18.680 tile trackers this year, they just came out with brand 1:02:18.720 --> 1:02:22.680 new ones. Tile was purchased by a company called Life 1:02:22.720 --> 1:02:26.280 three sixty. They make a popular app, a family tracking app, 1:02:26.600 --> 1:02:28.880 so it makes sense that the family tracking app would 1:02:28.880 --> 1:02:32.200 also have family trackers and tracking devices built in. They've 1:02:32.200 --> 1:02:34.479 got one for your remote control. It's like a little 1:02:34.520 --> 1:02:36.280 sticker you put on the back of your remote so 1:02:36.360 --> 1:02:38.840 you can find that with a sound. They've got a 1:02:39.040 --> 1:02:42.360 pro tracker, they've got a standard tracker with less distance, 1:02:42.880 --> 1:02:45.680 and then they've got a tracker that slips into your wallet. 1:02:46.240 --> 1:02:49.200 And so again, actually let's see here, if I type 1:02:49.240 --> 1:02:52.960 in into my website tile trackers, there it is. You 1:02:53.040 --> 1:02:54.840 can search for that on my website as well and 1:02:54.960 --> 1:02:58.800 see all my review on the new tile trackers. Look 1:02:58.840 --> 1:03:01.560 at that the tile Mate twenty five bucks, Tile Pro 1:03:01.760 --> 1:03:04.880 thirty five dollars, Tile Slim is the one that goes 1:03:04.920 --> 1:03:07.080 in your wallet. That's thirty bucks, and then tile Sticker 1:03:07.200 --> 1:03:10.360 is twenty five and some of them have a replaceable battery. 1:03:10.440 --> 1:03:13.000 So the Pro I think is the best one because 1:03:13.000 --> 1:03:15.720 it's got a five hundred foot range that's Bluetooth, and 1:03:15.800 --> 1:03:18.880 then it's got a one year replaceable battery. Oh sorry, wait, 1:03:18.960 --> 1:03:21.440 that one is yeah, yeah, replaceable, so you can replace 1:03:21.520 --> 1:03:24.439 the battery in that. So if you have the tile 1:03:24.520 --> 1:03:26.680 mate is a little bit cheaper. It's got a shorter range, 1:03:27.040 --> 1:03:29.919 but a three year non replaceable battery. And of course 1:03:29.960 --> 1:03:32.680 when I talk range on these things, there's two things happening. 1:03:33.080 --> 1:03:36.880 You've got bluetooth. So let's say that this tile tracker 1:03:36.960 --> 1:03:39.959 is in your backyard at your house. Your phone would 1:03:40.000 --> 1:03:43.240 help you lead to it based on the bluetooth because 1:03:43.280 --> 1:03:45.920 it can go five hundred feet. But if let's say 1:03:45.960 --> 1:03:48.960 you leave this a purse with a tracker in it 1:03:49.080 --> 1:03:53.000 at the airport, Now that tracker relies on a crowdsource 1:03:53.160 --> 1:03:55.880 tracking network. So all the other people that have the 1:03:55.960 --> 1:03:59.240 tile app installed on their phone, they are now helping 1:03:59.320 --> 1:04:03.240 you locate your tile tracker. So again it's bluetooth for 1:04:03.320 --> 1:04:06.120 the local stuff, and then for the worldwide stuff, it's 1:04:06.240 --> 1:04:09.200 everyone that has the tile app installed on their phone. 1:04:11.520 --> 1:04:15.520 Let's see. The FTC this week introduced some new regulations 1:04:15.720 --> 1:04:18.760 that go into effect in April twenty twenty five that 1:04:18.960 --> 1:04:23.800 say certain businesses have to display the total purchase cost 1:04:23.960 --> 1:04:28.760 of your products, including mandatory fees and the two businesses 1:04:28.840 --> 1:04:33.000 they targeted. Here are hotels and live event tickets, so 1:04:33.080 --> 1:04:35.040 you know who I'm talking about, ticket Master, all those 1:04:35.080 --> 1:04:37.800 different ticketing services. Let's say you go to buy a 1:04:37.880 --> 1:04:40.800 ticket for your basketball game. Oh, it's twenty five dollars. 1:04:40.880 --> 1:04:43.200 By the time you get to check out that same 1:04:43.360 --> 1:04:45.919 ticket with all the fees and all these different things 1:04:46.000 --> 1:04:48.840 they add on, is more like eighty five bucks. And 1:04:48.960 --> 1:04:50.840 by the way, you're probably not even finding a ticket 1:04:50.880 --> 1:04:53.880 for that cheap these days. Hotel same thing. You get 1:04:53.920 --> 1:04:56.800 the hotel price. And it's all about the search engines, 1:04:57.240 --> 1:04:59.880 because what people do is they put I want to 1:04:59.880 --> 1:05:03.560 s stay in a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, and the 1:05:03.680 --> 1:05:07.600 hotel search engine, like a Kayak or a Google Hotels, 1:05:08.240 --> 1:05:11.640 they put all that information in a list and people 1:05:11.800 --> 1:05:14.400 sort by the cheapest and so if this hotel comes 1:05:14.480 --> 1:05:16.600 up to the cheapest, you select it. And then by 1:05:16.600 --> 1:05:18.400 the time you put all your information and it says, oh, 1:05:18.480 --> 1:05:21.080 by the way, you've got parking for thirty five dollars, 1:05:21.440 --> 1:05:24.120 you've got the resort fee for fifty dollars, which includes 1:05:24.200 --> 1:05:26.600 long distance phone calls. And then by the time you 1:05:26.680 --> 1:05:30.640 get to the end, your hotel nightly fee is way 1:05:30.760 --> 1:05:33.000 more than it was in that first page. So now 1:05:33.040 --> 1:05:36.840 they got to put everything up front. Convenience fees, service fees, 1:05:37.240 --> 1:05:41.360 resort fees all have to be up there. FTC estimates 1:05:41.400 --> 1:05:44.360 this will save consumers up to fifty three million hours 1:05:44.440 --> 1:05:48.880 annually that would otherwise be spent searching for total prices. Now, 1:05:48.960 --> 1:05:52.200 the one industry they did not put in here, which 1:05:52.240 --> 1:05:56.160 is a big, big offender, is the airline industry. So 1:05:56.360 --> 1:05:59.040 it is my biggest pet peeve when you go on 1:05:59.160 --> 1:06:01.840 Google Flights and you're looking for a flight somewhere and 1:06:01.960 --> 1:06:04.360 a super cheap flight comes up from one of these 1:06:04.480 --> 1:06:07.960 carriers that you know, they're fine, And yes, if you're 1:06:08.080 --> 1:06:10.080 just a college student or someone who just wants to 1:06:10.120 --> 1:06:12.760 get somewhere for fifty three dollars and not pack a 1:06:12.920 --> 1:06:15.520 bag or have a carry on or drink of water 1:06:15.640 --> 1:06:18.600 on the flight, sure it's amazing that we have that ability. 1:06:19.240 --> 1:06:21.800 But if you've got a family of four like myself, 1:06:22.120 --> 1:06:24.800 you got luggage you got to carry on. You know, 1:06:25.000 --> 1:06:26.960 back in the day we had strollers and all this stuff. 1:06:27.160 --> 1:06:29.320 You know, you want to see what that total prices. 1:06:29.480 --> 1:06:32.640 You can compare it against the other airlines, and a 1:06:32.720 --> 1:06:35.920 lot of these these low cost carriers. You've got to 1:06:36.000 --> 1:06:38.880 go through the entire flow before you can see how 1:06:38.960 --> 1:06:41.000 much it's going to cost you for your bag. And 1:06:41.120 --> 1:06:43.960 so the FTC did not mandate that airlines have to 1:06:44.040 --> 1:06:46.120 do this, which I think is a major miss. But 1:06:46.240 --> 1:06:49.320 I get it. It's all about competing on price and 1:06:49.440 --> 1:06:52.440 that's what these things do. So junk fees, they're still 1:06:52.440 --> 1:06:55.080 gonna be there, just gonna be a little bit more transparent. 1:06:56.680 --> 1:06:59.920 Anonymous rites in Rich, Happy holidays, Thanks for all your insights. 1:07:00.040 --> 1:07:01.840 I have a quick question. I just bought a new 1:07:01.920 --> 1:07:05.479 iPhone sixteen Promax and updated it to iOS eighteen. Maybe 1:07:05.520 --> 1:07:08.640 I'm crazy, but sometimes it feels like the camera is 1:07:08.720 --> 1:07:11.680 being turned on remotely. Is there a way to lock 1:07:11.880 --> 1:07:15.280 the camera? I don't know of a way to completely 1:07:15.360 --> 1:07:18.240 disable the camera on the iPhone, but you can manage 1:07:18.280 --> 1:07:22.080 which apps can access it. So go to Settings, Privacy 1:07:22.160 --> 1:07:24.320 and Security and Camera and you'll see a list of 1:07:24.400 --> 1:07:27.600 all the apps that have accessed your camera recently, and 1:07:27.640 --> 1:07:30.480 you can turn off camera access for any or all apps, 1:07:31.440 --> 1:07:33.160 so you can do that. I don't think there's on 1:07:33.280 --> 1:07:35.880 the Android side of things. On Pixel there is a way, 1:07:36.600 --> 1:07:39.120 maybe on Samsung as well, but I know on pixel. Specifically, 1:07:39.240 --> 1:07:41.920 you can turn off the camera globally so that no 1:07:42.400 --> 1:07:44.560 app can access it. The other thing you can do 1:07:44.680 --> 1:07:47.200 is look for a case that has a physical slider 1:07:48.000 --> 1:07:51.200 for both the front and back cameras. So I was 1:07:51.240 --> 1:07:54.040 looking up online. You can find one. Spyfi is one 1:07:54.120 --> 1:07:57.880 brand that has it. Spy dash Fi fy so a 1:07:58.000 --> 1:08:00.479 case that has a built in slider to physical block 1:08:00.560 --> 1:08:03.440 the camera. Eight eight eight rich one O one eight 1:08:03.560 --> 1:08:05.960 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:08:06.440 --> 1:08:09.320 What's a massage from a robot like? That's coming up next? 1:08:12.760 --> 1:08:15.640 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here with 1:08:15.840 --> 1:08:21.280 you hanging out talking technology. Phone lines open at eight 1:08:21.320 --> 1:08:23.960 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:08:24.080 --> 1:08:26.479 four to two four one zero one. You can also 1:08:26.640 --> 1:08:29.639 email me. Just go to the website richon Tech dot 1:08:29.840 --> 1:08:36.559 tv and uh you can hit contact there. Jerry, I've 1:08:36.600 --> 1:08:40.080 been asking folks what they're thankful for in technology. I 1:08:40.160 --> 1:08:42.920 asked on my Instagram at rich on Tech. Jerry wrote 1:08:42.960 --> 1:08:47.120 in my GPS golf watch, I'll never lose it. Accurate, 1:08:47.320 --> 1:08:52.280 rechargeable and reliable. But does it improve your golf game? 1:08:52.400 --> 1:08:52.679 Jerry? 1:08:53.560 --> 1:08:57.519 I bet it does. It's amazing how all these tech 1:08:58.000 --> 1:09:01.000 products have helped in so many different fields, right, Like 1:09:01.040 --> 1:09:04.479 you almost feel like you're cheating, Like golf, tennis. They 1:09:04.640 --> 1:09:07.360 actually have an app for tennis that will like record 1:09:07.439 --> 1:09:12.120 your swing. I think it's called swing Vision. Yeah, oh, 1:09:12.360 --> 1:09:15.760 AI stats for tennis and pickleball, So I'll give you. 1:09:15.920 --> 1:09:18.200 It'll process your video in real time to track the 1:09:18.280 --> 1:09:21.880 ball trajectory and player movements. Probably help you, you know, 1:09:21.960 --> 1:09:24.360 become a better player. But it's just all the stuff 1:09:24.400 --> 1:09:26.880 that like you just didn't have and now you have it. 1:09:27.479 --> 1:09:29.400 And by the way, it's all through the phone, or 1:09:29.439 --> 1:09:32.040 it's all through GPS, it's all through your smart watch. 1:09:33.160 --> 1:09:36.080 It's pretty cool. All right, let's go to Monica in 1:09:36.320 --> 1:09:41.280 u Upland, California. Monica, you're on with Rich Yeah. 1:09:41.200 --> 1:09:41.519 Thank you. 1:09:42.760 --> 1:09:45.439 My question is very simple. I would like to know 1:09:45.640 --> 1:09:48.559 if I could use AI to write my will. 1:09:49.800 --> 1:09:53.160 Oh, why such a dark question. Now, I'm just kidding. 1:09:53.200 --> 1:09:56.040 I mean, I'm old and I'm getting there, so I 1:09:56.120 --> 1:09:57.080 better be prepared. 1:09:57.360 --> 1:09:59.559 And the lawyers are very expensive. 1:09:59.720 --> 1:10:02.880 Yes. Well, I am actually very proud of you for 1:10:03.000 --> 1:10:05.280 thinking of this because so many people do not have 1:10:05.400 --> 1:10:09.320 a will, and it is very important to have a will, 1:10:09.439 --> 1:10:11.680 even if it's a simple one, because why do you 1:10:11.760 --> 1:10:14.360 want the state having to fit you know, your loved ones, 1:10:14.360 --> 1:10:15.719 Why do you want to have to have them figuring 1:10:15.760 --> 1:10:18.760 out with a state? You know, like it's just to me, 1:10:18.880 --> 1:10:20.519 it's like, just get a will. I know we don't 1:10:20.560 --> 1:10:22.719 want to think about this stuff, but it is very important. 1:10:22.760 --> 1:10:25.880 So here's the thing. I think that AI can one 1:10:26.600 --> 1:10:29.400 write your will. Do I want you to use that 1:10:29.640 --> 1:10:33.400 as your will? Probably not, So I think that the 1:10:33.640 --> 1:10:36.439 AI can come up with a rough draft. I think 1:10:36.479 --> 1:10:39.479 the AI can give you some things to think about 1:10:39.520 --> 1:10:41.280 when it comes to your will. And I'm sure if 1:10:41.280 --> 1:10:43.160 you ask chat GBT to write a will for you, 1:10:43.800 --> 1:10:49.080 it probably could. But I think that it may not 1:10:49.200 --> 1:10:51.640 be the best way. Now. I'm not a lawyer and 1:10:51.720 --> 1:10:55.040 I don't know what the legal requirements are for a will. 1:10:55.120 --> 1:10:57.559 I believe that you probably just need something in writing 1:10:57.640 --> 1:11:01.040 and have a witness to that. I'm not sure, but 1:11:01.560 --> 1:11:04.360 I know that there are many many companies out there 1:11:04.520 --> 1:11:07.719 like legal Zoom that can walk you through a process 1:11:07.840 --> 1:11:10.840 to create your own will, and they do it every day, 1:11:11.400 --> 1:11:15.200 all day long, and so I would say that's probably 1:11:15.600 --> 1:11:18.880 a better way of doing it, just because you want 1:11:18.920 --> 1:11:21.120 to be sure that this is done properly on the 1:11:21.200 --> 1:11:22.960 up and up, and I'm looking at legal Zoom. It's 1:11:23.040 --> 1:11:28.040 ninety nine bucks for a standard will that include your 1:11:28.120 --> 1:11:31.120 last will and testament, healthcare directive, financial power of attorney, 1:11:31.600 --> 1:11:35.000 hipA authorization, thirty days of revisions, printing and shipping of 1:11:35.080 --> 1:11:38.400 one set of documents. So now I could be wrong. 1:11:38.479 --> 1:11:40.640 I know people may email me after I say this 1:11:40.720 --> 1:11:42.479 and say, Rich, of course use AI. 1:11:42.640 --> 1:11:42.920 Why not? 1:11:43.680 --> 1:11:46.760 Now I will tell you, Monica that I have used 1:11:46.760 --> 1:11:50.519 AI to look at every single contract I sign or 1:11:50.720 --> 1:11:54.920 deal or document, and I have it analyze everything, and 1:11:55.040 --> 1:11:59.840 so there is no shortage of information that AI has. 1:12:00.680 --> 1:12:02.599 So I'm gonna ask chat GPT. I'm just gonna say, 1:12:02.640 --> 1:12:06.519 can you help me create a will? And let's see 1:12:06.520 --> 1:12:10.479 what it says. Yes, I can help you draft a will. 1:12:10.560 --> 1:12:12.640 It's important to note that while I can provide a 1:12:12.720 --> 1:12:17.599 structured template, legal requirements for wills vary by jurisdic addiction. 1:12:17.840 --> 1:12:20.880 For a legally valid will, you should consult with an 1:12:20.920 --> 1:12:23.719 attorney or use a legal service tailored to your area. 1:12:24.400 --> 1:12:27.960 Here's a general outline to get you started. Title, declaration, 1:12:28.200 --> 1:12:34.559 appointment of executor, exidor executor. Oh oh yeah, hey, Rich, 1:12:34.920 --> 1:12:38.760 Good reading Rich. See, this is how you know I'm 1:12:38.840 --> 1:12:41.400 human because I still make mistakes. You know, you get 1:12:41.439 --> 1:12:44.240 my newsletter, there's always like a misspelling in there, like 1:12:44.320 --> 1:12:46.080 a little like you're like, that doesn't make sense, or 1:12:46.120 --> 1:12:47.920 I leave out a word. This is how you know 1:12:48.000 --> 1:12:50.040 that there's an actual human behind the stuff that I do. 1:12:50.880 --> 1:12:55.040 There you go, uh yeah, the executor. It's a totally 1:12:55.280 --> 1:13:03.120 different thing. Oh, distribution of ass guardianship for miners, other instructions, signatures, 1:13:03.120 --> 1:13:07.840 and witnesses. Example of a witness statement, self proving affidavit. 1:13:08.360 --> 1:13:11.400 So I bet you in this world there are probably 1:13:11.479 --> 1:13:13.439 many many people that have been using AI to create 1:13:13.479 --> 1:13:17.800 a will, and it probably works if you're hitting all 1:13:17.880 --> 1:13:21.080 the right you know, dotting all the crossing all the 1:13:21.160 --> 1:13:24.080 t's and dotting the i's like you, probably it probably works. 1:13:24.840 --> 1:13:26.840 But I don't know if I want to leave it 1:13:26.960 --> 1:13:29.760 to that chance just yet. So i'd probably have someone 1:13:29.840 --> 1:13:32.040 look at this, or I wouldn't even have someone look 1:13:32.040 --> 1:13:34.080 at it, because Monica, if you're trying to save money 1:13:34.120 --> 1:13:36.439 and not pay an attorney, then I would probably just 1:13:36.520 --> 1:13:38.080 do something like the legal zoom. And by the way, 1:13:38.080 --> 1:13:42.040 there are many there are many other products like legal 1:13:42.120 --> 1:13:48.800 Zoom you can type in on interesting on Google. Yeah, 1:13:48.880 --> 1:13:50.679 I'm sure if you just type in on Google last 1:13:50.760 --> 1:13:56.400 Will and Testament, it'll probably have a million companies that 1:13:56.479 --> 1:13:59.880 are willing to take your money to do this. Rocket Lawyer, 1:14:00.840 --> 1:14:05.439 Free Will, law Depot, so many trust and Will. I 1:14:05.479 --> 1:14:07.519 mean there are companies that just specialized in this. I 1:14:07.560 --> 1:14:10.120 think you could probably get a pretty good deal. And uh, 1:14:10.200 --> 1:14:11.680 you know, look for a promo code. I bet you. 1:14:11.800 --> 1:14:13.439 I bet your legal Zoom probably has some sort of 1:14:13.520 --> 1:14:16.840 promo code that'll save you even more. So that's what 1:14:16.960 --> 1:14:21.160 I would do, Monica, just to be sure. But I guess. 1:14:21.360 --> 1:14:23.639 I mean, theoretically, if you make this thing on AI 1:14:24.200 --> 1:14:27.200 and you go, you're not really gonna have to worry 1:14:27.240 --> 1:14:30.120 about what the implications are, right, I mean, you don't 1:14:30.160 --> 1:14:32.080 know any better. It's someone else is gonna have to 1:14:32.120 --> 1:14:36.800 worry about it, you know. Anyway, Thanks for the question. 1:14:36.960 --> 1:14:39.640 That's that's an interesting one. I do love AI for 1:14:39.720 --> 1:14:41.479 all this stuff though, and it is it is changing 1:14:41.520 --> 1:14:44.680 the way we do stuff like emails and stuff like. 1:14:44.720 --> 1:14:47.760 I can tell half the email pitches I'm getting now 1:14:47.840 --> 1:14:51.120 are all AI. It's all just like Okay, let's let's 1:14:51.120 --> 1:14:55.080 summarize this. Let's bullet point it, let's put emojis, let's 1:14:55.200 --> 1:14:59.639 use these words like furthermore and lastly. And conversely, Ai 1:14:59.720 --> 1:15:01.960 has a way of writing that is just a little 1:15:02.040 --> 1:15:07.080 bit unhuman, and it always ends with a waffling statement 1:15:07.120 --> 1:15:10.840 at the end. While some people like this, others find that. 1:15:11.120 --> 1:15:13.519 And it always says it at the end, and then 1:15:13.520 --> 1:15:15.839 at the beginning it always says something kind of flowery 1:15:15.880 --> 1:15:19.040 as well. So I love it, but it's it's got 1:15:19.080 --> 1:15:22.720 a little ways to go. Okay, So Craig writes in 1:15:22.800 --> 1:15:25.840 I've got a smart TV, Internet and local HDTV, but 1:15:25.920 --> 1:15:27.880 I don't want one hundred dollars cable bill just to 1:15:27.960 --> 1:15:32.360 watch Alaska the Last Frontier on Discovery Channel. I'm retired 1:15:32.439 --> 1:15:34.360 and willing to pay five to ten dollars a month 1:15:34.439 --> 1:15:38.679 any affordable options, So Craig, I'm not familiar with this show, 1:15:38.760 --> 1:15:43.360 but it sounds good, Alaska the Last Frontier. So what 1:15:43.439 --> 1:15:47.240 I would do is pop this into Google. And Google 1:15:47.280 --> 1:15:50.200 has a feature that says where to watch upper right 1:15:50.240 --> 1:15:53.759 hand corner. And I'm looking at this and the different 1:15:53.920 --> 1:16:01.639 services come up. You've got Filo Max, YouTube TV, Apple TV, 1:16:02.120 --> 1:16:06.120 Discovery Plus, YouTube, Hulu, so it's on a lot of 1:16:06.200 --> 1:16:09.280 these things because I think it's a TV show. Looks 1:16:09.320 --> 1:16:11.800 like it's a TV show on Discovery Channel. So I 1:16:11.840 --> 1:16:14.720 think what's happening is if you've had Filo, I bet 1:16:14.760 --> 1:16:16.600 you they have Discovery Channel so you can watch it. 1:16:17.040 --> 1:16:20.639 If you got Max, do they include Discovery? Oh yeah, 1:16:20.640 --> 1:16:22.280 because Max is part of that as well, so yeah, 1:16:22.320 --> 1:16:25.200 they probably have it. So what I would do is 1:16:25.280 --> 1:16:27.920 look at these subscription services and see which one is 1:16:27.960 --> 1:16:32.120 the cheapest and subscribe there. I'm guessing it is Discovery Plus. 1:16:33.040 --> 1:16:36.000 And so if I go to the third let's see 1:16:36.000 --> 1:16:40.759 the second second listing on Google Alaska, the last Frontier 1:16:40.880 --> 1:16:43.120 is on Discovery so it looks like a Discovery Channel show. 1:16:43.880 --> 1:16:46.680 I would say Discovery Plus is going to be your 1:16:46.720 --> 1:16:50.880 best bet. Let's see what is this show about? The 1:16:51.040 --> 1:16:54.640 Kitcher The Kilture family works together to survive on a 1:16:54.720 --> 1:16:58.160 homeland in Alaska. Stream now, So if you click that 1:16:58.280 --> 1:17:02.439 Discovery Plus this show is on there, it confirms that. 1:17:03.000 --> 1:17:04.919 And then you just have to see how much Discovery 1:17:04.960 --> 1:17:09.080 Plus costs. Sign up now and let's see, Okay, Discovery 1:17:09.120 --> 1:17:12.200 Plus four ninety nine a month AD free eight ninety nine, 1:17:12.600 --> 1:17:15.760 where's our bell? That is correct? Craig you can do 1:17:15.880 --> 1:17:19.400 this for five to ten dollars a month. Discovery Plus 1:17:19.560 --> 1:17:21.360 is your friend. Now there are other apps that do this. 1:17:21.479 --> 1:17:24.560 There you go, there's another. There's other apps that do this. 1:17:25.400 --> 1:17:27.840 There's an app called Real Good Our E E L 1:17:28.120 --> 1:17:31.519 g oo D. You can type in the service in there, 1:17:32.120 --> 1:17:36.479 or just watch. Just watch is another one. And these 1:17:36.520 --> 1:17:38.000 are apps that you can put on your phone. And 1:17:38.080 --> 1:17:40.719 this goes for anything, anything that you want to watch. 1:17:41.360 --> 1:17:43.360 These apps will help you find where that is. So 1:17:43.360 --> 1:17:46.639 I'm gonna put this into just Watch. What's the show 1:17:46.720 --> 1:17:52.160 called Alaska the Last Front Tier there it is. The 1:17:52.200 --> 1:17:54.640 show has been going on since twenty eleven. It's got 1:17:54.680 --> 1:17:57.639 eleven seasons, so Craig, you can catch up on some seasons. 1:17:57.680 --> 1:18:00.560 So I'm looking at this and it's telling me the 1:18:00.600 --> 1:18:03.439 different ways to watch it, and if I want to 1:18:03.479 --> 1:18:08.000 do it's, uh yeah, you've got Max, You've got Discovery Plus. 1:18:08.120 --> 1:18:09.720 Those are the pretty much the ways to do it. 1:18:10.200 --> 1:18:11.800 Those are the main ways, and then of course you've 1:18:11.840 --> 1:18:14.599 got the show on other ways. But that's for any 1:18:14.680 --> 1:18:16.240 movie or TV show. If you want to figure out 1:18:16.240 --> 1:18:18.240 where to watch it, Google is a good first stop. 1:18:18.280 --> 1:18:22.280 They've got all that data. But Real Good and just 1:18:22.400 --> 1:18:26.280 watch her. Also two great ways to do that eight 1:18:26.320 --> 1:18:28.439 A eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:18:28.560 --> 1:18:30.640 four to two four one zero one. The website for 1:18:30.840 --> 1:18:35.280 the show rich on Tech dot TV. Coming up this hour, 1:18:35.800 --> 1:18:39.559 we're gonna talk to mind over Tech founder Jonathan Garner. 1:18:40.360 --> 1:18:44.040 He's gonna explain how to develop a healthier relationship with technology, 1:18:44.120 --> 1:18:46.519 and coming up right after the break, I'm gonna tell 1:18:46.520 --> 1:18:51.160 you what it's like to get a massage from a robot. Yeah, 1:18:51.600 --> 1:19:00.400 stick stay stick around for that. Well, become back to 1:19:00.520 --> 1:19:02.760 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you. 1:19:03.720 --> 1:19:08.040 Let's go to uh Mark in Los Angeles. Mark, you're 1:19:08.080 --> 1:19:08.559 on with Rich. 1:19:09.040 --> 1:19:10.000 All right, Rich, how you do it? 1:19:10.080 --> 1:19:12.320 Have the very Christmas seconds? 1:19:12.600 --> 1:19:14.680 Absolutely same to you. What can I help you with? 1:19:15.120 --> 1:19:19.440 I have a quick question. I've seen these translating earbuds, 1:19:20.240 --> 1:19:23.280 and I've had no good luck with the earbuds, you know, 1:19:23.400 --> 1:19:26.920 regular ones, but these translating ones. I'd see him all 1:19:26.960 --> 1:19:29.040 over the internet and I've seen them from ten dollars 1:19:29.120 --> 1:19:32.200 on up to one hundred and fifty dollars, and I mean, 1:19:32.560 --> 1:19:34.320 I don't if they do the same thing. I'm just 1:19:34.800 --> 1:19:37.200 trying to find out which one's a good one and 1:19:37.360 --> 1:19:38.720 what do you based it on? And if you have 1:19:38.800 --> 1:19:40.560 any idea where to go and how to you know 1:19:40.640 --> 1:19:41.280 which ones to do? 1:19:42.200 --> 1:19:45.800 Okay, so this, uh, these must be advertised everywhere because 1:19:45.800 --> 1:19:48.400 I get this question so often, and I guess they 1:19:48.479 --> 1:19:50.280 must be on a lot of Facebook ads. That's what 1:19:50.280 --> 1:19:52.000 I'm guessing. Are you seeing these like online? 1:19:52.200 --> 1:19:55.160 I'm not on Facebook anymore. Okay, They're all over the internet. 1:19:55.240 --> 1:19:57.040 And I told somebody. 1:19:57.680 --> 1:19:58.599 I told somebody about them. 1:19:58.720 --> 1:20:01.040 She had no idea about them. She was flipping in 1:20:01.080 --> 1:20:02.680 the air. She couldn't believe they had them. 1:20:02.720 --> 1:20:03.640 And I said, yeah, I've seen them. 1:20:04.320 --> 1:20:05.400 I was when COVID hit. 1:20:05.479 --> 1:20:08.360 I was, I was on the I was on the 1:20:08.400 --> 1:20:10.400 web and I saw a pair company that was in 1:20:10.439 --> 1:20:13.000 New York and they I couldn't get a hold of anybody. 1:20:13.000 --> 1:20:14.479 I could just they would just do it by email. 1:20:14.479 --> 1:20:17.000 And I contacted them again. And I don't if I 1:20:17.080 --> 1:20:18.559 can't talk to somebody, I don't know if I want 1:20:18.600 --> 1:20:19.000 to buy them. 1:20:19.080 --> 1:20:21.799 Oh that's a that's a great tip, right there. Absolutely. 1:20:21.800 --> 1:20:24.400 I always checked for the UH. Always check for the 1:20:24.600 --> 1:20:29.160 contact information and the customer service information before you make 1:20:29.200 --> 1:20:32.400 a purchase. But to answer your question, so yes, there 1:20:32.439 --> 1:20:37.160 are many, many claims of translating earbuds, but there's a 1:20:37.200 --> 1:20:40.120 couple of brands and services that I think I would trust, 1:20:40.640 --> 1:20:42.920 and I've I've seen these things. I've tried them to 1:20:43.000 --> 1:20:45.120 a certain extent, but I don't know if there's like 1:20:45.280 --> 1:20:48.080 one killer kind of brand out there just yet. I 1:20:48.120 --> 1:20:50.800 think the one that comes up over and over with 1:20:50.920 --> 1:20:54.519 the best reviews is the time Kettle. So I have 1:20:54.640 --> 1:20:59.519 not personally tested these, but those, you know, it's sort 1:20:59.560 --> 1:21:02.760 of like they're business and so they do, you know, 1:21:02.960 --> 1:21:06.280 translating earbuds, and that's kind of like what their entire 1:21:06.400 --> 1:21:08.920 world is. So I probably look to those. Number One, 1:21:10.200 --> 1:21:12.400 let's see how much they are. So they've got the 1:21:12.800 --> 1:21:16.880 latest W four pro. Let's see how much these things are. 1:21:19.360 --> 1:21:21.560 Four hundred Oh wow, those are expensive, four hundred and 1:21:21.560 --> 1:21:25.120 fifty bucks. So I think that that's, you know, one option. 1:21:25.240 --> 1:21:26.599 It looks like they have a whole bunch of different 1:21:26.600 --> 1:21:29.840 options under their website Time Kettle. But I will tell 1:21:29.880 --> 1:21:31.800 you that I think this is going to be a 1:21:32.720 --> 1:21:36.400 something that will be tackled in twenty twenty five by 1:21:36.439 --> 1:21:38.599 a lot of companies, and I'm already seeing the trend. 1:21:39.040 --> 1:21:42.160 So Number one, Samsung earbuds. This year, they came out 1:21:42.160 --> 1:21:45.280 with something called Interpreter Mode, So that is something that 1:21:45.360 --> 1:21:48.600 you can get on Samsung devices with these earbuds, and 1:21:48.680 --> 1:21:50.640 in real time, you can hear what someone's saying in 1:21:50.720 --> 1:21:52.760 a different language. So that's number one. You have to 1:21:52.760 --> 1:21:56.519 have a Samsung phone for that. Pixel pixel buds do that. 1:21:56.760 --> 1:21:59.479 So these I don't know if you need the pixel phone, 1:21:59.520 --> 1:22:01.280 but I know you need the pixel buds to do this. 1:22:01.880 --> 1:22:03.920 But the Pixel buds also have a feature where they 1:22:03.960 --> 1:22:06.320 can translate in real time, and obviously it's Google, so 1:22:06.360 --> 1:22:09.360 they're gonna be good at it. Then you've got the 1:22:09.640 --> 1:22:13.519 ray Band Meta smart glasses. They just came out with 1:22:13.640 --> 1:22:16.960 a software update that will let you hear what someone's 1:22:17.000 --> 1:22:19.439 saying through these glasses in a different language. So if 1:22:19.479 --> 1:22:23.920 someone speaking French, Italian or Spanish, it will translate that 1:22:24.120 --> 1:22:26.880 into English that you can understand it, and it's done 1:22:27.120 --> 1:22:29.360 all in the glasses. And I think that AI is 1:22:29.400 --> 1:22:31.880 a big part of this. I think that AI is 1:22:31.960 --> 1:22:35.200 going to be a huge win for this sort of situation. 1:22:35.520 --> 1:22:38.200 But that's why i'd look for something that is maybe 1:22:39.600 --> 1:22:43.200 not super duper cheap, but I would look for something 1:22:43.320 --> 1:22:45.840 like the Time kettle I think is pretty well known. 1:22:46.680 --> 1:22:48.560 This other brand keeps coming up, but I have not 1:22:48.720 --> 1:22:51.800 heard of it. Yeah, I'm I don't know if I'm 1:22:51.800 --> 1:22:54.400 gonna mention that one because I'm not really sure. This 1:22:54.600 --> 1:22:59.240 brand is called and Fear a n F I E 1:22:59.520 --> 1:23:03.439 er and they have the M three offline, So that's 1:23:03.439 --> 1:23:05.960 the other thing depends if these are online or offline. 1:23:06.360 --> 1:23:08.880 Offline is obviously going to be easier because you don't 1:23:08.880 --> 1:23:10.439 need to be connected to the internet. Those are one 1:23:10.479 --> 1:23:13.320 hundred bucks. They get three and a half stars on Amazon, 1:23:13.479 --> 1:23:15.960 so I'd be a little cautious with those. Let's see 1:23:15.960 --> 1:23:19.360 what their M six get. Those get a little bit better. 1:23:19.400 --> 1:23:21.400 Those get four and a half stars. Those are ninety bucks. 1:23:21.920 --> 1:23:26.240 So a couple of options there. Mark choose wisely, all right. 1:23:26.360 --> 1:23:30.559 So this week I got a massage from a robot. 1:23:30.800 --> 1:23:35.280 Yes it is quite weird. It's called Escape, but this 1:23:35.479 --> 1:23:38.599 is the future. So this is a basically a robotic 1:23:38.680 --> 1:23:42.240 massage table. You lay down, you put on this spandex suit. 1:23:42.960 --> 1:23:44.960 There's no oil, so you put on this tight fitting 1:23:45.000 --> 1:23:48.040 body suit so these arms can move over you and 1:23:49.000 --> 1:23:51.080 you kind of choose what you want to do. It's 1:23:51.160 --> 1:23:53.200 kind of like an uber of massages, So you book 1:23:53.240 --> 1:23:55.640 it all online through the app. You go to one 1:23:55.640 --> 1:23:58.000 of these places and it's pretty much self serve, except 1:23:58.080 --> 1:23:59.599 for the first time you go. Someone's going to tell 1:23:59.600 --> 1:24:01.519 you how to do it, and you know, help you, 1:24:01.760 --> 1:24:04.080 you know, pick out this suit to put on that 1:24:04.200 --> 1:24:05.960 they will provide to you. So you put on the suit, 1:24:06.040 --> 1:24:08.760 you lay down, you press start, and next thing you know, 1:24:09.040 --> 1:24:12.439 the thing uses cameras to scan your body. I'm told 1:24:12.520 --> 1:24:14.720 the cameras don't actually take pictures. They just kind of 1:24:14.800 --> 1:24:18.000 use like topography map kind of thing of your body, 1:24:18.120 --> 1:24:21.360 of your back and uses AI to come up with 1:24:21.560 --> 1:24:24.320 a program. And once it does that not only takes 1:24:24.400 --> 1:24:26.479 like a minute or so, and then all of a sudden, 1:24:26.520 --> 1:24:29.000 this thing gets to work and these arms come down 1:24:29.439 --> 1:24:31.439 and they start moving on your back and kind of 1:24:31.479 --> 1:24:35.360 massaging you. And it reminded me of sort of what 1:24:35.520 --> 1:24:38.479 Peloton did for cycling. This is not going to replace 1:24:38.520 --> 1:24:40.400 people going out on bikes, not going to replace the 1:24:40.520 --> 1:24:43.680 human you know therapists out there massage therapists. But I 1:24:43.720 --> 1:24:46.120 think it's just going to give people another option. So 1:24:46.240 --> 1:24:48.320 it felt good. It was a little scary the first 1:24:48.360 --> 1:24:50.599 time those arms hit my back. I was like, oh gosh, 1:24:50.640 --> 1:24:53.120 are these things gonna crush me to death? They didn't. 1:24:53.439 --> 1:24:55.760 There is an emergency button if you need it, but 1:24:56.000 --> 1:24:58.200 I didn't have to use that. And if the power 1:24:58.320 --> 1:25:00.400 goes out or whatever, you can just push these off 1:25:00.400 --> 1:25:01.760 of you. It's not a big deal. It's not like 1:25:01.840 --> 1:25:05.679 they're big and heavy. But again, the company is escape 1:25:05.800 --> 1:25:09.240 a e Scape. They're putting them in at the rich 1:25:09.360 --> 1:25:13.160 Carlton Equinox. You can see the level of clientele they're 1:25:13.200 --> 1:25:16.439 going for. I went to a place called Pause in 1:25:16.520 --> 1:25:19.040 Studio City, California. It's kind of like a wellness clinic. 1:25:19.720 --> 1:25:21.439 And again, I think this is just going to give 1:25:21.479 --> 1:25:24.760 people one more option for a massage, someone who may 1:25:24.800 --> 1:25:27.559 not be comfortable going to a traditional massage, or someone 1:25:27.560 --> 1:25:30.360 who just wants a little more tech forward of an experience. 1:25:31.120 --> 1:25:32.840 I try it. You can check the video on the 1:25:32.880 --> 1:25:35.720 website rich on Tech dot TV. Coming up, we're going 1:25:35.800 --> 1:25:39.480 to talk about developing a healthier relationship with your technology. 1:25:39.680 --> 1:25:46.760 Right here on rich on Tech. Jerry wrote in and 1:25:46.880 --> 1:25:50.400 says what he's thankful for my new AirPod pro twos 1:25:51.080 --> 1:25:54.599 for my loss of hearing. Such a blessing. I asked 1:25:54.640 --> 1:25:56.479 you on my Instagram what you're thankful for. And that's 1:25:56.520 --> 1:25:59.320 a good one, Jerry. That's a new feature. Definitely check 1:25:59.360 --> 1:26:01.920 it out if you have not if you are hearing, 1:26:02.400 --> 1:26:04.080 if you have any sort of hearing issue, it can 1:26:04.120 --> 1:26:06.200 really help with a wide range of those. All right, 1:26:06.280 --> 1:26:09.920 joining me now is a mind Over tech founder Jonathan Garner. 1:26:10.000 --> 1:26:13.000 He's got a new book coming out next year and 1:26:13.520 --> 1:26:16.640 he's going to explain how to develop a healthier relationship 1:26:16.720 --> 1:26:19.000 with technology. Jonathan, thanks for joining me today. 1:26:20.000 --> 1:26:22.639 Yeah, very welcome. You're mentioning time. 1:26:22.720 --> 1:26:25.639 It's ten thirteen evening here in Berlin where I'm based. Yeah, 1:26:25.680 --> 1:26:28.439 see that's what it's definitely definitely code outside. 1:26:28.680 --> 1:26:31.680 You know. I actually did a show from Berlin and 1:26:32.520 --> 1:26:34.960 it was The show was I think it was from 1:26:35.080 --> 1:26:37.800 eight to eleven at night and I was in a 1:26:37.840 --> 1:26:40.200 hotel room but some for some reason, I didn't realize 1:26:40.240 --> 1:26:42.800 there was like a lounge club underneath the room I 1:26:42.920 --> 1:26:44.920 was staying in, and all of a sudden at night 1:26:44.960 --> 1:26:48.080 it was just like the music, the drums, the singing, 1:26:48.200 --> 1:26:49.560 and it was I don't think you could hear on 1:26:49.600 --> 1:26:52.280 the radio, but it was pretty wild. So what do 1:26:52.360 --> 1:26:54.720 you think our relationship is with technology? What do you 1:26:54.760 --> 1:26:56.559 think the problem, Well, what do you think the problem 1:26:56.680 --> 1:26:58.560 is with our relationship with technology? 1:27:00.560 --> 1:27:03.080 I think the problem is that it's just very complicated. 1:27:03.280 --> 1:27:06.719 At the same time, technology brings us so many incredible benefits, 1:27:07.360 --> 1:27:10.559 and at the same time, I think anyone be lying 1:27:10.600 --> 1:27:12.280 if they didn't say that there were things they wanted 1:27:12.320 --> 1:27:15.360 to improve about their relationship with tech or that quite 1:27:15.360 --> 1:27:17.439 a lot of the time they felt like they didn't 1:27:17.439 --> 1:27:20.040 actually have full control over the way they. 1:27:20.000 --> 1:27:20.560 Were using it. 1:27:21.640 --> 1:27:24.080 So I think, yeah, there's like a deep love hate 1:27:24.120 --> 1:27:26.160 relationship involved in that. 1:27:26.640 --> 1:27:29.639 I can understand that. So you have an organization mind 1:27:29.680 --> 1:27:31.280 over Tech. What is that all about? 1:27:33.040 --> 1:27:34.720 That's right? So, yeah, mind over Tech. 1:27:34.840 --> 1:27:38.680 We work with organizations to help people look into their 1:27:38.720 --> 1:27:42.160 relationship with technology, but specifically we work with people on 1:27:42.280 --> 1:27:45.639 the behavior level, looking at their digital habits. So basically 1:27:45.720 --> 1:27:48.599 the moment to moment kind of interactions with our digital 1:27:48.680 --> 1:27:52.200 devices every day, and we do that to create space 1:27:52.280 --> 1:27:56.080 for people to actually be more intentional with how they 1:27:56.200 --> 1:27:58.680 use their technology. So trying to turn it from a 1:27:58.760 --> 1:28:02.600 toul distracts us into a tool which actually aligns with 1:28:02.760 --> 1:28:06.000 our kind of professional and personal goals as well. 1:28:06.439 --> 1:28:09.400 Okay, we work with yeah, sorry, go on. 1:28:09.880 --> 1:28:12.040 Well, I'm just I mean, okay. So here's like, so 1:28:12.160 --> 1:28:14.960 this is what happens with me personally, is that I'm like, okay, 1:28:15.120 --> 1:28:17.360 I'm going to be less on my phone, I'm going 1:28:17.439 --> 1:28:19.280 to be with my kids. I'm going to be present, 1:28:20.000 --> 1:28:21.479 And all of a sudden, it's like, oh, what time's 1:28:21.520 --> 1:28:23.320 that movie playing? Well, where do you have to go 1:28:23.400 --> 1:28:24.840 for that? You got to go to your phone? Oh 1:28:25.000 --> 1:28:26.400 let me see how long does it take to drive 1:28:26.439 --> 1:28:27.960 to that place? Oh? You got to go to your phone. 1:28:28.640 --> 1:28:31.240 Did someone call me or leave a message or text 1:28:31.320 --> 1:28:33.519 me or whatever? I mean, it's like, you know, or 1:28:33.760 --> 1:28:36.000 your wife is you know, still out in your home, 1:28:36.120 --> 1:28:37.799 and it's like you want to make sure you're available 1:28:37.840 --> 1:28:39.880 for a phone call or your kid's school. So I 1:28:39.960 --> 1:28:44.000 feel like this the smartphone specifically, is like this really 1:28:44.200 --> 1:28:46.800 interesting tool that, like you said earlier, it gives us 1:28:46.840 --> 1:28:49.840 so many benefits and it does so many things, but 1:28:50.120 --> 1:28:52.680 at the same time, it's like to disconnect from it 1:28:52.800 --> 1:28:54.639 is really tough because of all those reasons. 1:28:56.280 --> 1:28:59.240 Yeah, absolutely, And you know, like the reason why that's 1:28:59.240 --> 1:29:02.640 so incredible because you know, your smartphone particularly is this 1:29:02.880 --> 1:29:06.519 portal which allows you to do almost anything, which is 1:29:06.600 --> 1:29:09.439 incredibly liberating and fereing to live these kind of very 1:29:10.120 --> 1:29:12.640 complex lives that we live these days. But on the 1:29:12.680 --> 1:29:15.400 flip side of that, as you're pointing out, there was 1:29:15.560 --> 1:29:18.280 very little boundaries set within those devices. 1:29:18.320 --> 1:29:21.879 They're very slippery. So actually, like for me, I'll. 1:29:21.680 --> 1:29:23.280 Often go to pick up my friends to check the 1:29:23.320 --> 1:29:26.120 time and then suddenly I'm lost down some rabbit hole 1:29:26.240 --> 1:29:29.559 somewhere completely forgetting to check the time in the first place. 1:29:29.600 --> 1:29:31.920 And I think that a lot of this problem stems 1:29:31.960 --> 1:29:35.360 from the fact that actually most of us use our 1:29:35.439 --> 1:29:39.160 technology with the default settings. Maybe not listeners of your 1:29:39.200 --> 1:29:41.200 show people that kind of get eeky about Peck, But 1:29:41.920 --> 1:29:45.840 actually there was a really interesting study looking into how 1:29:45.920 --> 1:29:49.599 people use Microsoft Word, so perhaps not the most kind 1:29:49.600 --> 1:29:52.680 of kind of current piece of technology, but interestingly there 1:29:53.000 --> 1:29:55.719 they found that ninety five percent of people never changed 1:29:55.720 --> 1:30:00.559 the default settings of using Word. And I think extrape 1:30:00.560 --> 1:30:02.200 it out that that's true for most of us with 1:30:02.320 --> 1:30:06.120 most of our technology. And whilst technology is amazing, actually 1:30:06.240 --> 1:30:09.679 the default settings don't often work for everybody. It really 1:30:09.760 --> 1:30:12.479 takes time kind of pays off to take the time 1:30:12.560 --> 1:30:14.880 to dig in a little bit and set your technology 1:30:15.000 --> 1:30:18.240 up in a way that really works for you, and 1:30:18.439 --> 1:30:21.080 that's you know, working with your digital habits. The book 1:30:21.160 --> 1:30:23.640 that I've written is called Your Best Digital Life, and 1:30:23.800 --> 1:30:26.479 that's really about looking into Okay, what can you do 1:30:27.040 --> 1:30:30.680 to actually dig it a bit deeper, reflect on how 1:30:30.720 --> 1:30:33.680 you use your technology and change those settings so that 1:30:33.760 --> 1:30:37.360 it becomes a power tool to really align with your goals. 1:30:37.760 --> 1:30:39.840 So true, like go into those settings. You're not going 1:30:39.920 --> 1:30:42.320 to break anything. And people think like, oh, if I 1:30:42.439 --> 1:30:44.559 turn this off, it's going to like ruin my phone, 1:30:44.640 --> 1:30:46.800 Like you can always change it back. My brother and 1:30:46.840 --> 1:30:48.840 I were talking about this yesterday because you said, you know, 1:30:48.840 --> 1:30:51.880 I'm getting like thirty notifications a day from this app. 1:30:52.000 --> 1:30:53.680 And I call it for some of these apps like 1:30:53.800 --> 1:30:57.800 notification abuse because let me get an example of a 1:30:57.920 --> 1:31:01.600 delivery app, right, Like an app delivers food, right, So 1:31:02.400 --> 1:31:04.960 you need to keep those notifications on for that app 1:31:04.960 --> 1:31:06.919 because you want to know when your food's getting delivered, 1:31:07.000 --> 1:31:09.439 an update if there's a problem. But what that app 1:31:09.479 --> 1:31:12.080 does in the off time is spam you with a 1:31:12.200 --> 1:31:14.880 hundred different things like hey, you're I noticed you looked 1:31:14.880 --> 1:31:16.680 at an Enchilada today, do you want to order that? 1:31:16.960 --> 1:31:19.280 Or I saw you checked out Chipotle? Do you want 1:31:19.320 --> 1:31:21.400 to order your ball from there, So it's like they're 1:31:21.439 --> 1:31:24.360 abusing you with like all these other things, but yet 1:31:24.439 --> 1:31:28.840 you need to leave that on for the important notifications 1:31:28.880 --> 1:31:31.840 that you need to get. So that's just one tiny example. 1:31:32.960 --> 1:31:34.960 Absolutely, And the thing is that we all know that 1:31:35.160 --> 1:31:39.360 we could improve that situation by changing our notification settings, 1:31:40.240 --> 1:31:43.200 but the reality is that most of us never actually 1:31:43.240 --> 1:31:45.080 get around to doing it. So a lot of what 1:31:45.200 --> 1:31:47.519 we teach at mind O of Tech is not things 1:31:47.560 --> 1:31:50.240 that people haven't heard of before, but actually saying, how 1:31:50.280 --> 1:31:52.120 can you create a system which allows you to move 1:31:52.200 --> 1:31:55.000 from this being something that's you know, a nice to 1:31:55.080 --> 1:31:55.880 have to something that you. 1:31:55.960 --> 1:31:57.360 Actually regularly practice. 1:31:57.840 --> 1:32:00.560 And we actually created a number of years ago a 1:32:00.680 --> 1:32:02.200 resource called the Digital Habit Lab. 1:32:02.240 --> 1:32:02.760 I've got it here. 1:32:02.800 --> 1:32:06.160 It's like a deck of fifty experiment cards and actually, 1:32:06.320 --> 1:32:08.200 to your point, one of the experiments in there is 1:32:08.680 --> 1:32:13.559 have a notification strategy. So this is a basically encouraging 1:32:13.600 --> 1:32:17.280 people to spend ten minutes digging into those notification settings 1:32:17.320 --> 1:32:21.160 to understand how they work to filter out those useful 1:32:21.640 --> 1:32:24.920 notifications from the unuseful ones. But the whole point here 1:32:25.040 --> 1:32:28.840 is actually everyone's need from technology is different. Some people 1:32:28.880 --> 1:32:31.760 don't need any notifications at all. Others may need to 1:32:31.800 --> 1:32:34.760 be alerted straight away when loved ones need assistance. Like, 1:32:35.439 --> 1:32:39.080 there's an infinite spectrum of needs. And our belief is 1:32:39.120 --> 1:32:42.040 that by regularly running experiments like the one I just mentioned, 1:32:42.439 --> 1:32:45.000 it allows you to actually understand what you need on 1:32:45.080 --> 1:32:48.599 your own terms and start to shift your behavior about 1:32:48.640 --> 1:32:50.920 how you use your technology, so it is aligning more 1:32:51.000 --> 1:32:52.080 with your goals. 1:32:52.439 --> 1:32:54.559 Well, speaking of I know we're kind of getting fixated 1:32:54.600 --> 1:32:57.960 on notifications, but speaking of that good good tip on 1:32:58.040 --> 1:33:00.200 the iPhone is that when you get a notification from 1:33:00.240 --> 1:33:02.639 an app and you don't need a notification from them anymore, 1:33:03.120 --> 1:33:07.000 instead of just swiping it away, slow swipe it from 1:33:07.080 --> 1:33:09.080 the right to the left and you'll reveal this new 1:33:09.200 --> 1:33:12.240 options button and you can tap that and you can 1:33:12.360 --> 1:33:15.880 turn off those notifications all together, or you can mute 1:33:15.920 --> 1:33:18.320 them for an hour or for the day. But it's 1:33:18.360 --> 1:33:20.080 something that I do all the time. I'll just clean 1:33:20.160 --> 1:33:21.920 up my notifications when I get one from an app. 1:33:21.960 --> 1:33:23.400 I'm like, I don't need to. You know, you sign 1:33:23.520 --> 1:33:25.360 up for like one of these store apps to get 1:33:25.400 --> 1:33:27.519 a discount the first time you use it, and all 1:33:27.560 --> 1:33:29.200 of a sudden they just start spamming you with all 1:33:29.280 --> 1:33:30.840 kinds of stuff. It's all right, I already use the 1:33:30.880 --> 1:33:33.320 ten percent off coupon. Let me just swipe over and 1:33:33.439 --> 1:33:36.559 turn off these notifications and you don't need them. Okay, 1:33:36.600 --> 1:33:38.439 So you've got the book, You've got the book coming out, 1:33:38.800 --> 1:33:41.360 and we've got about a minute left. What do you 1:33:41.400 --> 1:33:45.600 think when people say they're addicted to their phone? What 1:33:45.680 --> 1:33:47.519 do you think the real issue is there? What do 1:33:47.560 --> 1:33:47.840 you think? 1:33:48.920 --> 1:33:51.840 Yeah, so I think I mean smartphone addictions possible, but 1:33:51.960 --> 1:33:53.799 most of the time it's quite uncommon. 1:33:54.520 --> 1:33:56.800 And because the thing is addiction creates. 1:33:56.640 --> 1:33:59.040 Actually a sense of pleasure in the brain and removes 1:33:59.160 --> 1:34:02.320 the discomfort from cravings, which but actually I think what 1:34:02.479 --> 1:34:05.519 most people experience is more of compulsion. So and the 1:34:05.560 --> 1:34:08.920 difference there with the compulsion is that actually it kind 1:34:08.920 --> 1:34:10.599 of creates the urge to do something, but it doesn't 1:34:10.600 --> 1:34:13.880 actually necessarily saytiate your your brain. 1:34:13.960 --> 1:34:17.479 So this is really driven by dopamine, I guess. 1:34:17.720 --> 1:34:20.120 But the interesting thing with dopamine is that we often 1:34:20.160 --> 1:34:21.840 think that it's given as a reward at the end, 1:34:21.960 --> 1:34:24.000 like I eat ice cream and then I'm rewarded with 1:34:24.040 --> 1:34:27.120 that dopamine. But actually the most dopamine has released an 1:34:27.160 --> 1:34:30.000 anticipation of a reward. When you hear the ice cream 1:34:30.040 --> 1:34:33.080 truck in the distance, your dopamine is released at the 1:34:33.160 --> 1:34:35.439 potential of getting a reward there. So actually a lot 1:34:35.439 --> 1:34:38.640 of the time we feel addicted, but actually we're just 1:34:39.000 --> 1:34:42.600 it's a very deeply ingrained habit from these kind of 1:34:42.680 --> 1:34:45.439 dopamine loops, which basically drew us to pick up our 1:34:45.479 --> 1:34:48.720 phone because actually, you know, there are good reasons, like 1:34:48.880 --> 1:34:51.000 often when you pick up your phone, there's very important 1:34:51.040 --> 1:34:53.160 information there, but a lot of the time there isn't. 1:34:53.280 --> 1:34:57.760 So our brain secretary is very much geared towards. 1:34:57.320 --> 1:35:00.320 Compelling us to look at that, and a lot of 1:35:00.360 --> 1:35:02.520 what we look at in the book and our methodology 1:35:02.600 --> 1:35:05.360 is how can you use a mindful approach to actually 1:35:05.400 --> 1:35:08.680 become aware of that behavior, to notice those patterns and 1:35:08.800 --> 1:35:11.519 actually start to build behaviors which help you use it 1:35:11.560 --> 1:35:13.640 when you want to, but not when you don't, and 1:35:13.680 --> 1:35:16.080 therefore help you get more done and feel less anxious. 1:35:16.800 --> 1:35:21.560 Good information. Mindover tech dot com is the website the 1:35:21.680 --> 1:35:25.880 book Your Best Digital Life that's coming out in April. 1:35:25.960 --> 1:35:28.920 You can pre order that now on Amazon. Jonathan Garner, 1:35:29.040 --> 1:35:30.280 thanks so much for joining me today. 1:35:31.760 --> 1:35:32.479 Yeah, you're welcome. 1:35:32.600 --> 1:35:35.439 And there's a free chapter one available for danod on 1:35:35.479 --> 1:35:37.200 the website, so do check that out. 1:35:37.360 --> 1:35:40.680 All right, mindover tech dot com download it, see what 1:35:40.800 --> 1:35:43.040 the deal is with you and your phone and get 1:35:43.120 --> 1:35:48.479 some healthier phone sort of management skills for twenty twenty five. 1:35:48.680 --> 1:35:51.680 Really appreciate you coming on the show today. Coming up, 1:35:51.800 --> 1:35:54.000 we are going to open up the feedback. These are 1:35:54.080 --> 1:35:56.840 the emails, the comments, the questions that you have sent 1:35:56.960 --> 1:36:00.400 to me this week. Dare I say it maybe the 1:36:00.479 --> 1:36:05.519 last one of the year. Wow, rich on Tech dot TV. 1:36:05.560 --> 1:36:07.320 If you want to get in those last minute comments, 1:36:07.360 --> 1:36:16.080 will be right back. Welcome back to rich on tech. 1:36:17.200 --> 1:36:21.280 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology, sharing 1:36:21.400 --> 1:36:23.200 some of the things that you wrote in that you 1:36:23.280 --> 1:36:29.479 are thankful for. Kristin writes in Claude AI Brad from Lakeland, 1:36:29.560 --> 1:36:36.760 Tennessee rights in perplexity, AI. Karen writes in grammarly let's see, 1:36:37.640 --> 1:36:41.439 and Matt writes in my Tesla for driving me around town. 1:36:42.960 --> 1:36:46.719 So AI, very people are very thankful for AI apparently 1:36:47.320 --> 1:36:50.679 and the Tesla for driving around town. All right, let's 1:36:50.800 --> 1:36:53.679 open up the feedback. If you listen to the show, 1:36:53.800 --> 1:36:55.519 you know this is the part of the show where 1:36:55.560 --> 1:37:00.320 I read your questions, your comments, your emails. I get 1:37:00.360 --> 1:37:03.439 a lot of them, and I do try to write 1:37:03.520 --> 1:37:05.960 back to most of your questions, but it is just 1:37:06.120 --> 1:37:09.120 impossible to get to them all, so I address some 1:37:09.200 --> 1:37:11.000 of them on the show. So if you write to me, 1:37:11.560 --> 1:37:14.280 you may hear your name on the show. That's what 1:37:14.360 --> 1:37:16.479 happened with Rudy from San Jose, he writes in I 1:37:16.560 --> 1:37:20.639 wanted to comment on your recent show. A caller mentioned 1:37:20.680 --> 1:37:23.400 having issues with an EPSOM printer on AT and T 1:37:23.560 --> 1:37:27.000 wireless internet, where sometimes it prints and sometimes it doesn't. 1:37:27.439 --> 1:37:30.560 One thing to note that routers create two networks, a 1:37:30.640 --> 1:37:33.519 personal network and a guest network. It's possible that the 1:37:33.560 --> 1:37:36.120 caller's phone or computer is connected to one network and 1:37:36.160 --> 1:37:38.680 the printer to the other, which would cause them not 1:37:38.880 --> 1:37:40.880 to see each other. We had a similar issue at 1:37:40.920 --> 1:37:45.400 home and this was the solution. Love your show, Regards Rudy. Okay, 1:37:45.520 --> 1:37:47.479 that's one option. Always make sure you're connected to the 1:37:47.680 --> 1:37:51.519 same network as the device that you're trying to connect to, 1:37:51.640 --> 1:37:53.400 and that is tricky because sometimes people do have a 1:37:53.439 --> 1:37:56.599 guest network or a separate network, and that's not always 1:37:56.640 --> 1:37:59.840 the case. Along the same lines, Darren from Walnut writs 1:37:59.880 --> 1:38:02.280 in Hey, Rich, love your show and never miss it 1:38:02.400 --> 1:38:05.760 regarding the caller who had trouble connecting as printer using 1:38:05.840 --> 1:38:08.479 AT and T five G home Internet. I've had a 1:38:08.680 --> 1:38:12.559 similar experience with T mobile home Internet when I had 1:38:12.600 --> 1:38:14.600 cable Internet. I did not have the issue with the 1:38:14.640 --> 1:38:18.439 same setup. I've noticed devices like my iPhone or Dennin 1:38:18.520 --> 1:38:21.680 av box sometimes take ten minutes to an hour to 1:38:21.840 --> 1:38:25.160 reconnect after being turned off or restarted. That might explain 1:38:25.240 --> 1:38:27.960 the caller's problem. If he's turning off his iPad when 1:38:27.960 --> 1:38:30.000 he's not using it, I suggest he keeps it on 1:38:30.280 --> 1:38:35.240 or avoid restarting it before printing. Yeah, that's another solution there. 1:38:35.439 --> 1:38:37.760 It's funny we always make the joke about this show 1:38:38.040 --> 1:38:41.519 that printer problems are the number one issue. Everyone has 1:38:41.560 --> 1:38:44.040 a printer issue. In fact, I was printing my stuff 1:38:44.080 --> 1:38:45.880 for the show today. Yes, I still print out some 1:38:45.960 --> 1:38:49.120 of these things. I try to say paper whenever possible, 1:38:49.240 --> 1:38:51.120 like right now I'm reading off of PDFs on my 1:38:51.200 --> 1:38:55.320 computer screen, so I don't waste paper. But you know, 1:38:55.439 --> 1:38:57.639 I was printing this morning for some of my show, 1:38:57.920 --> 1:39:00.599 and the printer it was like sorry, you're not connected. 1:39:00.680 --> 1:39:03.240 It's like what Sure enough, I go into the office 1:39:03.320 --> 1:39:06.479 and the printer had been turned off, and you know, 1:39:06.680 --> 1:39:09.000 turn on the printer. And as soon as I did 1:39:09.040 --> 1:39:11.640 that took about ten seconds, my computer found it and 1:39:11.720 --> 1:39:14.000 it went to it. But I will say there's been 1:39:14.080 --> 1:39:17.160 times when my computer, or rather my printer has gone 1:39:17.160 --> 1:39:19.840 into sort of a deep sleep, and I feel like 1:39:20.000 --> 1:39:22.599 that's when you have the connection problems. Like maybe if 1:39:22.600 --> 1:39:24.160 you're not using it for a long time, it just 1:39:24.200 --> 1:39:26.120 says sorry, like you need to like tap the screen 1:39:26.200 --> 1:39:29.800 or something and wake it up. David writes in Hey Rich, 1:39:29.880 --> 1:39:32.120 big fan of the show and listen to the podcast 1:39:32.240 --> 1:39:34.599 every week. It's my go to source for tech news 1:39:34.680 --> 1:39:37.680 and opinions. I really appreciate your insights and the way 1:39:37.720 --> 1:39:40.840 you introduce listeners to new products and helpful apps. I 1:39:41.000 --> 1:39:43.559 wanted to share a cool app I recently discovered called 1:39:44.040 --> 1:39:47.719 local Send. It's a game changer for easily transferring files 1:39:47.760 --> 1:39:51.000 between Mac, Android, and Windows devices on my home network. 1:39:51.360 --> 1:39:53.719 The fact that it's open source is a big plus 1:39:53.840 --> 1:39:56.280 for me. I don't recall hearing you mention it on 1:39:56.400 --> 1:39:58.840 your show. I thought you might find it interesting. Thanks 1:39:58.880 --> 1:40:03.000 again for the great content. David. I have mentioned local 1:40:03.120 --> 1:40:05.720 send on the show and I think it is fantastic 1:40:06.320 --> 1:40:08.720 and I have used it personally. It's kind of like 1:40:08.760 --> 1:40:10.439 the best way to describe it is sort of like 1:40:10.520 --> 1:40:13.720 air drop, but for every device. Keep in mind you 1:40:13.800 --> 1:40:16.240 do have to be on the same network, so airdrop. 1:40:16.320 --> 1:40:19.320 What's beautiful about that is that it works ad hoc. 1:40:19.520 --> 1:40:21.400 So if you are in the forest in the middle 1:40:21.400 --> 1:40:24.320 of nowhere with no signal, no Wi Fi, and you 1:40:24.400 --> 1:40:26.800 had an iPhone and your friend had an iPhone, you 1:40:26.840 --> 1:40:29.280 would be able to send a file from your iPhone 1:40:29.320 --> 1:40:33.400 to their iPhone without any sort of like cellular network 1:40:33.520 --> 1:40:37.320 or Wi Fi network. Local send you do need to 1:40:37.360 --> 1:40:40.120 be on the same network, but it is free, it's 1:40:40.200 --> 1:40:43.559 open source, it's cross platform. It works really well. There 1:40:43.600 --> 1:40:45.800 are some other apps like this. One of them is 1:40:45.880 --> 1:40:50.880 called a pair drop pai r DRP dot net. So 1:40:51.000 --> 1:40:53.400 if you're ever with someone and you want to exchange 1:40:53.439 --> 1:40:57.679 something quickly, just have them openpairdrop dot net on their browser. 1:40:57.920 --> 1:41:00.439 You can open up paardrop dot net on your browser 1:41:00.720 --> 1:41:02.800 and as long as you're on the same network, you 1:41:03.000 --> 1:41:07.240 can exchange files, or you can even make a public 1:41:07.360 --> 1:41:09.759 room and you can exchange stuff like that. So lots 1:41:09.760 --> 1:41:13.920 of options. Thanks for the suggestion there, David, appreciate it. 1:41:15.120 --> 1:41:17.920 Jony from Carmel writes in thanks for your podcast. I 1:41:18.040 --> 1:41:20.920 almost bought ink on Amazon that looked like HPS, complete 1:41:20.960 --> 1:41:23.799 with the logo, but the brand was listed as dzeng 1:41:23.960 --> 1:41:26.400 and raised a red flag. The ninety nine dollars knockoff 1:41:26.479 --> 1:41:30.200 was even labeled as Amazon's choice. Meanwhile, the real HP Inc. 1:41:30.320 --> 1:41:32.640 Was twenty five dollars cheaper. How was it legal for 1:41:32.760 --> 1:41:37.639 sellers to use HP's logo on counterfeit items? Big fail? Amazon. 1:41:38.439 --> 1:41:40.400 Thanks for letting me vent Merry Christmas to you and 1:41:40.439 --> 1:41:43.880 your family. Brian writes in great show, Rich, I really 1:41:43.920 --> 1:41:47.120 appreciated the coinbase guest you had on. Unfortunately, I was 1:41:47.160 --> 1:41:50.400 a victim of a pig butchering crypto scam, so while 1:41:50.439 --> 1:41:52.320 the advice came too late for me, I hope it 1:41:52.400 --> 1:41:56.040 helps stop future targets. I reported the scam to the police, 1:41:56.320 --> 1:41:59.160 the FBI, and the FTC, but never heard back. It 1:41:59.240 --> 1:42:03.160 feels like there's very little digital protection, whether for cryptocurrencies 1:42:03.360 --> 1:42:06.400 or data breaches. I'd love to hear an interview specifically 1:42:06.439 --> 1:42:09.719 about what happens to companies that get compromised. It seems 1:42:09.840 --> 1:42:13.080 like consumers end up bearing the brunt. Sorry that that 1:42:13.320 --> 1:42:15.680 happened to you, Brian. That's why I do interviews like 1:42:15.760 --> 1:42:18.960 that to help folks be aware of these things that 1:42:19.000 --> 1:42:21.640 are happening. And yes, you should report things to the 1:42:22.040 --> 1:42:25.920 IC three. I think it's called IC three Internet Crime 1:42:26.000 --> 1:42:28.240 Complaint Center, but it does say on there that they 1:42:28.280 --> 1:42:31.240 will not necessarily respond to your complaint, but they will 1:42:31.280 --> 1:42:34.599 take it into consideration. Chris writes in I enjoy your program. 1:42:34.720 --> 1:42:37.040 I am at best tech challenge, but I appreciate learning 1:42:37.120 --> 1:42:40.559 everything I can. Thanks for providing a great show. 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