WEBVTT - Cord Cutting Keeps Getting More Expensive 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:06.880 At and T launches five G in more cities, But 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.520 can you use it connected dash cams? 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.440 Amazon employees listening to your Alexa commands? 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:16.120 How to change that? And T Mobile launches TV. What's 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.000 going on? I'm rich Damiro. This is rich on Tech. 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.560 Welcome to the podcast. Welcome to a fresh day on 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.520 the podcast. In fact, it's the first time I have 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:27.160 someone here to help me out with the podcast. So 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:30.160 this is my producer, Megan from KTLA. Meghan, welcome to 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:30.520 the show. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:32.839 Hello, thank you for having me. 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.880 Megan helps me out at KTLA with producing the tech 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.400 report tech smart as it's said on TV, and you've 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:41.760 also probably seen her in some of my videos. She 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.040 is ready to high tel it out of here to Coachella, 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:45.680 so we're gonna probably. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.320 Speed up this podcast for her. Yes. Excited to be 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.200 here to do some viewer questions today. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.680 Yeah, I'm so excited. Thanks for letting me read some questions. 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:54.080 Yeah. 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:56.560 So, I know every week on the podcast I say 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:58.800 I'm going to bring back the phone calls. That is 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:02.360 definitely part of the rich on Tech podcast. Technically it's 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.720 just been a challenge. But I will tell you we 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.120 have Megan, we have new equipment, and we will be 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.080 getting those phone calls into the podcast. But for today, 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:12.840 you know, you guys send me a lot of emails, right, 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.520 So today I've selected a couple of emails and Megan's 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:17.080 going to read them and I'm going to answer them 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:19.080 as well, in addition to the normal tech news I 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.200 do here. So if you're new to the podcast, if 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:25.000 you found me through Leo or some other method, this 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:26.760 is the podcast where I talk about this stuff that 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.360 I think you should know about that happens in the 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.000 world of tech. 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:30.200 Right. 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:34.280 It's not the podcast for you know, this specific tech nerd. 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.480 It's basically kind of just a lot of things that 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.720 I find interesting, unique, and kind of the tech stuff 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:41.720 that I think the average consumer should know about. So 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.360 let's start with the story kind of of the week. 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:45.840 And this is kind of one of those stories that 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.560 it's a no brainer, like we know this is happening, 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.560 but when it's put in print, all of a sudden, 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.080 people get up in arms. Right, And this is a 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:56.120 story about Alexa and Amazon workers listening to what you 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.680 say to Alexa. So how did you think that Amazon 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.200 was able to improve the Alexa service? 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.000 Right? This thing is not a vacuum. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:08.160 So what happens is, according to the Bloomberg article, Amazon 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.919 has thousands of people around the world that are listening 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.200 to these recordings that are captured in Echo owners' homes 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.679 and offices, and what they do is they make sure 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.480 that Alexa responds in the way that you might imagine, right. 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.639 So I gave the example of my video I made 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:25.799 for YouTube of if you say, hey, Alexa, play music 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.000 from the weekend, and all of a sudden, Alexa says, 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:29.920 you know, what time would you like me to make 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.440 your appointment this weekend? You know that doesn't make sense, right, 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.359 So that might be something that one of these employees 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.080 listens to and says, oh, interesting, the weekend is also 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:38.880 the name of a band, So we need to tweak 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:40.000 what Alexa says. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.960 And response to that. That's what's going on here now. 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.640 Obviously, in the process of listening to these things, what 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:46.760 do they hear, Well, all the stuff that goes on 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.600 in your home, right, kids screaming in the background, people 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:51.880 singing in the shower. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:53.760 In fact, some of the workers that they. 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.200 Picked up what they believed was a sexual assault, So 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.760 pretty crazy stuff. But as you imagine, with millions and 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.320 millions of people using these smart speakers. There's a lot 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.840 of stuff out there. So Amazon said to Bloomberg that 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:10.880 they take security and privacy very seriously. And here's what 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:12.880 I'm saying, you just need to know about this stuff. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.840 Obviously Google's doing the same thing. I'm imagining that Apple's 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.000 doing the same thing. But if you do want to 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:22.280 turn off the ability of Amazon employees to listen to 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.840 your recordings, and they're not just doing this, you know, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.359 like if I work at Amazon, I can't just be like, hey, 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.560 let me go ahead and listen to a couple of recordings. No, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.960 these are teams that are doing this professionally, you might hope. 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.440 I mean, obviously people are probably laughing at some of 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.520 the things that they hear. They're human, right, and they're 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.840 listening to these things. But if you do want to 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.920 turn off these settings, here's the privacy options. Number one, 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.560 go to Amazon dot com slash Alexa Privacy and that's 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.280 your privacy page for all things Alexa. You can actually 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.800 listen to all the recordings that you've all the things 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.200 you've ever said to Alexa will be on there in 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:55.600 a list. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.360 You can listen to those. They're kind of funny. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.160 But if you want to change this privacy setting, go 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:04.400 to the Alexa Privacy manage how your data improves Alexa, 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.360 then help develop new features, and toggle that off. 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.720 If you're on the mobile app, it's pretty much the same. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.320 Open up the Amazon Alexa app, go to the menu, 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.280 which is a three bars in the upper left hand corner. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.000 Then Settings, then Alexa Account, then Alexa Privacy, then manage 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.960 how your data improves Alexa, and then help develop new features. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:22.680 Toggle that off. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.800 It sounds like a lot, but believe me, once you 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:29.159 get into the Alexa settings, it's pretty darn easy. All right, Uh, Megan, 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:30.640 do you want to do the first question because it 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:31.600 is related to this right? 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:32.400 Yes, it is. 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:33.200 So. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:38.600 This first question is from Kelly Russell, and she writes, so, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.400 the Alexa app does keep a list of commands that 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.880 Alexa heard. It's a manual process, but you can delete 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.960 the commands in the app. So are they deleted locally 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.360 or on a server somewhere? That's her first question, okay, 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.640 And then her second question is in regards to Apple, 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.919 So she would like to know if Apple makes it 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.640 possible for SERI users to review and delete their Siri 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.200 commands or if this will ever be an option for 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:06.000 Siri users. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:07.839 Best Kelly Russell. 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:13.000 Okay, Kelly Russell, Thanks Kelly, great question. So number one, yes, 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.400 when you delete, so first has to do with the recordings. 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.720 And it is nice that Amazon allows you to hear 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.000 your recordings, right, because it is eye opening to hear 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:24.600 what you've said in pretty private settings to this voice assistant, right, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:26.880 And people probably say some pretty private things as well, 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:28.919 So that's number one. 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:29.440 They do that. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.599 Google does that, so you can also do the same 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.359 thing for Google. You can go in and listen to 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.280 all the things that you've said to Google Assistant and 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.760 you can delete them as well. Now you're asking are 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.640 they deleted locally? Are they deleted on the server? They 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.200 are deleted on the server, but we don't know what 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:46.000 the timeframe is. 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.840 Are they deleted instantly? Are they cued for deletion? 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.159 And in the case of let's say, any sort of 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.320 crime or any sort of police you know, if there's 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.400 something where the police want a recording, I bet that 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.720 they can pro probably magically bring those recordings. 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:02.799 Back to life. 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:04.960 So just because you hit that delete on that weird 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.240 question you asked Alexa, does not mean in my brain 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.680 that it goes away forever. So that's number one and 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.200 on Google. When it comes to Apple, Apple is a 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.480 little different than these other companies. As you know, they're 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.240 much more private, They're a little bit different in the 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:21.480 way they handle things they say. 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.440 They take privacy very seriously. As far as I know, 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.040 you cannot access the things that you say to Siri. 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.200 Now. I think part of that maybe is that they're 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.560 doing some local processing on the phone and they're not 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.200 necessarily sending it to the server. I'm not sure about 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.680 that part, but at this point, no, you cannot get 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.279 a listing of anything that you've said to Siri, and 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.240 you can't delete them from Apple standpoint. 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.080 So thank you, Kelly. I do appreciate that question. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.160 All right, now, let's talk about YouTube TV. So I 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.560 was at the launch of YouTube TV about two years ago, 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.560 and they promised and I loved it back then, by 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:55.440 the way, and I still do. 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.039 I still think it's pretty amazing. I think what YouTube 0:06:58.040 --> 0:06:58.880 did was awesome. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.719 They basically built a cable box into an app and 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.279 a web version of TV, and they when they launched 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.320 it was thirty five dollars. There was just a couple channels. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.720 There was a couple dozen channels available. There were some 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.360 that were good, there was some. Here's the thing, like everyone, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.840 when it comes to cord cutting, all they really want 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.760 to do is subscribe to the channels they want. 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:20.320 Right. 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.040 I don't need fifty I don't need one hundred channels, right, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.000 I just want right now, I just want two channels, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.760 which is Disney Junior and Nick Junior for my kids. 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.920 And guess what I have to pay fifty dollars a 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.160 month just to get those two channels through direct TV 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.800 now because it comes with eighty other channels that I 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:35.720 could care less about? 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:35.880 Right? 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.400 Are they nice to have? Sometimes? Sure? 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.680 If someone's like, oh, there's this great show on Investigation Discovery, 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.840 sure it's nice, But I don't need that, right And 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.720 I can certainly get that show a la carte if 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.560 I need it. So what we really want in our 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.280 world is a la carte channels. Clearly, nobody's giving that 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.520 to us, except for things like HBO and Showtime and cinemas. 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.440 But those are really expensive, right, So people just want 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.720 ESPN for five bucks a month or ten dollars a 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.800 month some of these channels, Bravo for a dollar a month, right, 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.280 CNN for a buck a month, but we're not getting 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:06.360 that anyway. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:07.000 I digress. 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.840 But YouTube tv is raising prices once again, showing that 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.640 it's really tough to compete with cable. So their price 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.800 is going up to now fifty dollars a month. So 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:16.840 in the past two years we've seen from thirty five 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.160 to now fifty dollars a month. And YouTube is defending 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.720 it by saying, look, we're adding discovery channels, So now 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:27.960 you get Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.760 Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and Motor Trend. And as if 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.600 that's not enough, Oprah Winfree Network is coming later this year. 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.000 But is it good enough? 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.160 And here's the thing everyone's complaining on Twitter that like, 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.400 oh see these cord cutting companies, none of it matters. 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:41.400 It's all the same price. 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.679 And I agree with that, But here's the difference to me, 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.000 and I've said this before, I'm not cutting the cord 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.000 because of saving money. 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:49.240 Right. 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:50.600 I understand that. 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.480 If you're Time, Warner or Warner Media whatever they're called now, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.679 and Discovery and HBO and all these big companies, they're 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.440 not just gonna let their business go by the wayside 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.520 by saying okay, fine, We'll give you whatever channel for 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.960 a buck a month. You know, Animal Planet, We'll let 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:09.480 you have that for a dollar a month, because we 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:10.960 understand that you want to cut the cord and you 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.320 want to save money. No, they sell these things as 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.240 a bundle for a reason, because they need to keep 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:19.200 up the costs to do their programming right. And so 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.760 the reality is that I did not cut the cord 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.240 for the money savings, right. I don't think I'm saving 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.320 any money. I'm paying fifty bucks for DirecTV now, I'm 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:33.280 paying sixteen dollars for Netflix. I'm paying let's see what's 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:34.920 the other one I do, and then I do sixty 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.240 five bucks a month for my internet. So I mean, 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:38.880 you add all those things up, and yeah, it might 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.480 be cheaper than what I was paying for DirecTV before, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.800 but it's still it's to me, it's not about saving 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.800 the money. It's about the fact that I can cancel 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:48.680 at any time I want. If I don't want that, 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:49.960 I can get rid of direct TV. 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:50.280 Now. 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.160 If I don't want HBO, I can get rid of HBO. 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.400 If I don't want Stars, I can get rid of Stars. 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.480 It's also the interface of the software. It's way better 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.120 to have the interface from these apps than it is 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:02.920 on a cable TV box. Have you used a cable 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.959 TV box lately? They're terrible, right, I tried to use it. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.439 We're in a hotel room last week and they had Spectrum. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.000 Sorry to call you out, Spectrum, but the box was 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.960 like navigating something from the eighties or seventies. I kept 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.400 pressing buttons on the remote and it like didn't even 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.280 respond to me, and so I kept like mispressing everything 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.440 because it was so slow. I don't find that on 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.760 my Apple TV or my Fire TV. And so that's 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.840 why I enjoy having even direct TV now, which is 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.640 still you know, big conglomerate. At least the software on 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.920 DirecTV now is way better than what direct TV was. 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.080 It was so bad when I had that. It was 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:37.960 like this is what I'm paying like three hundred bucks 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:42.000 a month for. So anyway, now you got a big 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:45.240 price increase if your YouTube TV and Netflix. This month 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.840 was a rough one because you got an increase on 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:52.360 Netflix and an increase on YouTube TV as well. Now, 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.760 speaking of TV, T Mobile is starting up TV once again. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:00.480 They are starting something called t Vision, and this is 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.319 kind of a relaunched version of something called Layer three TV, 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.280 which they bought a couple of years ago, and they're 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:09.400 relaunching this cable service in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philly, 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:13.520 San Francisco, and Washington, DC, all on April fourteenth. Now, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:17.120 I thought that they were going to deliver this via wireless, 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.640 right they bought the company and Layer three TV pretty 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.240 much delivers it through regular conventional cable right. But they're 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.640 big thing T Mobile is saying because this isn't much 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.000 cheaper than cable. It's one hundred bucks a month. There's 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.920 a little discount if you're a T mobile customer, and 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.720 for people that sign up early, if you sign up 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.439 right now, you actually get the T Mobile customer discount, 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.480 which is ten dollars a month. So that's available to everyone, 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.520 and you get all the channels. But here's the magic 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:43.520 they're doing. They're saying, look, we're going to give you 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.079 the best of cord cutting and the best of conventional 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.839 cable TV because you get all these channels plus all 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:51.839 your apps or a majority of the app or I 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.240 shouldn't even say majority because I'm not really sure, but 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.800 they're promoting that they have Netflix or they're going to 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.360 have Netflix they're going to have Amazon Prime Video and 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:04.800 also Pandora. Now this is an unknown I'm not sure 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:06.600 I'm gonna get some hands on time with this thing 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.040 next week, but here's my thoughts on it. My thoughts are, 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.360 this is a good in between, Like if you're not 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.120 ready to one hundred percent cut the cord and go 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.000 to Apple TV or fireTV or antenna, this is kind 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.720 of an in between technology, right because you're still getting 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.640 all that goodness of cable but sort of packaged and 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:27.080 delivered in a relatively newer and better way. You're not 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:28.800 saving much money cause I alread said it's a hundred 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.360 bucks plus you have to pay for your Internet, but 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.640 it's smarter. The software is way better, so what it 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.440 looks like on screen is much better than. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:40.960 Your typical cable box. But what I don't like about 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:41.600 this is that. 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.960 You're not on one of those platforms and being on 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.080 an Apple TV or a Fire TV or even a Roku. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.280 That's where all of the progress is right now with 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.720 these apps. So you really think that the Netflix of 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.920 the world really cares that much about their app for 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.160 T Mobile t Vision, which like one hundred thousand people 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.280 are on versus Rope who where like a million people 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.440 are on or more. So That's why to me, it 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.440 pays to be on one of these big platforms because 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:10.480 you're getting the latest, greatest features, the optimizations much faster 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.559 than you are if you're on something that's a much 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.840 smaller platform like Android TV. 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.839 People give me a hard time, like Android TV is 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:17.480 perfectly good. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.520 Well, guess what, nobody's using Android TV, So the apps 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:22.480 on there are kind of forgotten and the selection is 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.719 not very good. All right, Megan, I haven't forgotten about you. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.240 Oh hello, So do we have any more questions we have? 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.200 Have you selected the next best question? 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.560 Have you? Have you put placed these as a special order? 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.439 No, it's it's not in any particular order. But now 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.559 that I know that there should be an order, well, I. 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.200 Mean, you know they're all good questions. 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:41.920 Yeah, they're good. 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:43.240 You have another good one for yes. 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:47.920 This next question is from rich Landryth and he writes, Hi, Rich, 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.319 I have a Pixel XL and I have your phone, 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.520 and I have a problem with my track phone coverage. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:56.520 Where I live, I get poor reception. 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.680 Is it possible to switch to a VoIP when I 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.000 am home and use track phone on the road? 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:10.199 Ooh, good question. So let's see. So track phone. Okay, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.280 so you're using Trackphone with a Pixel too XCEL. So 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.959 the good news about Pixel two XL. What's really cool 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.200 is that it is unlocked, so you can pretty much 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:19.680 use it for anything. So it sounds like you're saving 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.760 some money by going with Trackphone. 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.160 And the coverage is not very good at your house. 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.920 Okay, so what i'd recommend is number one, the vope 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.680 calling thing is kind of a pain because you're gonna 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:31.640 have to switch numbers and everything. There's not like a 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:35.000 way to just turn on voiceover IP calling on your. 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.920 Pixel two easily. 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:38.840 It supports it, and yeah, you can use something like 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:42.080 Skype or a Google Voice or whatever. But the reality is, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.360 I think that's going to be a very annoying thing 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.000 for you to do. Every time you get home, you 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.040 got to use this thing to call people and this 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:49.440 and that, and every time you leave you got to 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.160 use something else the track phone. 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.280 So what you need to do is you need to 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.480 figure out. I'm on the Trackphone website. 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:59.360 Right now and it says that that Wi Fi calling 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:03.560 is supported for track Phone, So that's good news. 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.440 And I think. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:08.480 It looks like you have to be eligible for it, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.400 so it's not just like a given where you can 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:13.040 be eligible, but Wi Fi calling most of the phone 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.320 support it these days. Basically what happens is is with 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.320 AT and T, Verizon, T Mobile, all these carriers, once 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.760 you're in a Wi Fi place like your home that 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.280 has a good signal, it says, oh, we can route 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.800 these calls over Wi Fi instead of our cellular network, 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:28.480 and we'll just do that, and it's very seamless, you 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.960 don't even notice. Personally, I don't like Wi Fi calling. 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.520 I don't think it sounds as good as traditional cellular calling. 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:36.880 But so I leave it turned off on my phone. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.320 My wife does leave it turned on on hers, and 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.280 she seems to have good luck with that. 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:42.600 I don't like it. 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.400 But there is a place where we go, my in 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.040 laws house. They do not have cell phone service in 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:47.520 their home. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.240 I don't know why. It's been ten years and they. 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:53.440 Just it's just clearly for some reason, AT and T 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.600 and Verizon just have not found their way there. Only 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.440 T Mobile and Sprint work there. So when I go there, 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.480 my phone just basically does not work. The Wi Fi 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:03.480 does just not the calling, and I'm fine, I'll take 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.480 no calls anyway. Looking on their website, it does say 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:09.680 that they support Wi Fi calling. But here's the thing. 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.320 It just depends on the phone. So the phone has 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.240 to support it, which I know the pixel does, but 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.360 does it support it for the track Phone network. So 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.680 all you have to do is go into your phone settings, 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.040 turn on Wi Fi calling, see if that works. And 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.960 also you go on this Trackphone website. It looks like 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.720 you can just enroll in Wi Fi calling by entering 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.480 your phone number. And then after you enter your phone number, 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:35.200 rich you just type in this mobile code to confirm it. 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.320 And it looks like you're all set up. So it 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.280 looks like there is something a little bit of setup 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:40.960 that you have to do, but I think it will work. 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.560 So, Megan, do you have good service at your place? 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.280 Do not get me started on this. 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.320 I have the worst service, like ever I have AT 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:51.440 and T, and. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.800 So a're using Wi Fi calling at home? Okay, to 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:55.520 use Wi Fi calling? Do you notice a difference that 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:57.440 it may be better with AT and D. 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:03.240 Sorry? Sorry, yeah, I mean it's fine, but Wi Fi 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:04.560 calling is just what I have to do. 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:06.359 Yeah, And then it says on the top of your 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.760 phone like msell or something like that, or like, yeah, 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.159 Wi Fi calling or whatever. We used to have actually 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.440 my in laws house the micro cell so it was 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.200 actually a little mini cell phone tower that you'd install 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.120 there and that would route the calls through the internet 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.000 that way. It's kind of funny because now that's just 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.119 basically built into cell phones, so you don't need that 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.040 extra piece of equipment, which is really cool. 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:26.960 All right, good question, keep them coming. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.320 I'll let you prepare for the next while I talk 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.680 about AT and T being the first to offer mobile 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:37.280 five G in seven more cities, including Los Angeles and 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.320 also Austin, Nashville, Orlando, San Francisco, and San Jose. But 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.199 good luck trying to use this. This brings AT and 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.520 T's five G now to nineteen cities across the nation. 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:54.240 And what do you know about five G? Me? Oh god, 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.040 you just know it's faster, yeah. 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.280 And that you can do like cooler things with it. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.119 Like I can't really elaborate, but you can do cooler 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:03.640 things with it. 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.840 It's gonna be better. Have you gotten that little icon 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:07.840 on your AT and T phone? Because they started rolling 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.199 out like a five GE icon. Has that happened on 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:10.600 your phone? 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:10.679 No? 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.840 Okay, So someone emailed me and said, oh, is this 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:14.480 mean and I have five G if you have that 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:15.680 little five GE. 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:17.840 Icon on your iPhone. No, it does not. It just 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:22.080 means they're using a slightly faster LTE network in your area. 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.320 But it's not really true five G. 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.600 We do not have true five G yet for reals, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.440 because there's no phone that supports it on the AT 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.560 and T network. Later this year, we will see the 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:34.480 Samsung Galaxy S ten five G. 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.920 Remember we went to that event, so we will. 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:38.840 See that good times. 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.200 And right now, the only device that you can use 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:45.520 to access this is the Netgear Nighthawk five G mobile hotspot, 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:47.880 which is five hundred bucks. By the way, five g's 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.120 also going to cost you more money on your monthly bill. 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.000 Verizon's charging ten dollars a month. Here's the thing about 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.200 AT and T launching this. They're so proud to send 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:56.959 me an email and say, hey, Rich you know, can 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.240 you cover this? This is AT and T is launching 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.520 five G. But there's no information about it. You go 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:03.119 on the AT and T website, I can't tell you 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:04.879 how to sign up for it. I can't tell you 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.080 how to find it on a map. There's no coverage map. 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.359 I can't figure out which device I need for it. 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.520 So right now, all these wireless companies are doing is 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:16.159 bragging about five G, but they're not truly delivering in 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:19.040 a meaningful way. So you hear all the hype to me, 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:20.960 you're hearing it from rich on tech today. 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:25.960 It is twenty eighteen. Wait, it's twenty nineteen. Yeah, Rich, 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.080 twenty six guy, I doesn't even know what the year is. 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:30.080 It's twenty nineteen. 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.159 You do not have to worry about five G until 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:36.400 twenty twenty, mark my words. Rest of this year it's 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:40.080 a throwaway. Even next year it will be touch and go. 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.639 We may have it in a meaningful way, we may not. 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:42.840 Now. 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:45.040 Don't get me wrong. I can't wait for five G. 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.359 I cannot wait to have this on my phone. I 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.160 can't wait to have it at my house. It's gonna 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:53.600 do things for the home, like you can maybe potentially 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:56.960 replace your home internet service with wireless five G, which 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.119 is gonna give some competition to the Spectrums and the 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.879 other companies. And also someone doesn't have to come to 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.960 your house to install cable or a cable connection. But 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:06.600 I can't wait for five G, So don't get me wrong. 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:08.480 I'm not pooh pooing it. I'm just saying, like, just 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.560 just hold your horses with five g Let these companies 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:13.840 build up the networks before we actually get all hyped 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:17.120 up about this, all right, speaking, I think I said 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:17.760 that last time. 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:19.040 Speaking of. 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:23.520 Dash cams, we did a story this week on these 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.199 new dash cams, a new breed of dash cams that 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.160 have cellular built into them, right, and so we looked 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:31.560 at two of them. One is the owl Cam. Got 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:33.720 to go a little bit hands on with this at CS. 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:36.040 I did not test this personally, but this is kind 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:40.200 of the Rolls Royce of connected dash cams. They invented 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:43.240 the genre, kind of like Ring invented the video doorbell. 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:46.160 So they're the best, but they're also the most expensive. 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.840 They have the most features. So basically, what happens when 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.000 you build an LTE connection into a dash cam is 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.199 you get a couple of benefits. The first benefit is 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:58.040 that your video files are automatically sent to the cloud, 0:20:58.080 --> 0:20:58.960 which is really cool. 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:00.320 So let's say, worst. 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:02.040 Scenario, you get into a really bad car crash and 0:21:02.080 --> 0:21:06.240 your car's damaged, your windshields damaged, and your your dash 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:08.800 cam is damaged. Like you can't recover the files off 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:12.320 that you're okay, thank god, right, but the dash cam 0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:14.280 is damaged. So now it's like, oh my gosh, you 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.200 got into this terrible accident, obviously got to go through 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.080 insurance all this stuff, and I can't even see what happened. 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.359 So that's the number one thing is like basically now, 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:24.600 of course you might say, rich, well, I mean, if 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:26.360 the dash cam's damage, how's it gonna get the video 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:28.760 up to the cellular connection. Well maybe it's doing it, like, 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:31.000 you know, quicker than it gets that it fries out. 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.680 I don't know, but stay with me here. So again, 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:36.040 your your video clips are sent to the cloud in 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:40.600 real time. So for instance, if someone bashes your front 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:43.600 windshield with a baseball bat, your little video camera will 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:45.399 record that and send it to the cloud immediately. And 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.440 they're like, oh, shoot, someone just captured that in the camera. 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:49.639 Let me take that camera too. Well, the clip is 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:51.920 already gonna be in the cloud. She'll at least see 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:55.159 the person who did it. Also, they have an on 0:21:55.320 --> 0:21:57.880 star feature in the owl cam, which if you get 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:00.760 into an accident and you're unresponsive, it will call an 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:03.480 operator to you know, get you help. So that's kind 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:05.960 of nice. Owlcam is three hundred and fifty dollars a 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.320 year that includes a year's worth of Sorry, Owlcam is 0:22:09.359 --> 0:22:12.120 three hundred and fifty dollars that includes a year's worth 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.320 of subscription fees, and after that it's ten dollars a 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.080 month or one hundred bucks a year for the connectivity features. 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:18.960 It's pretty useless. Don't get it if you're not going 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:20.600 to do the subscription, because it's useless. 0:22:20.840 --> 0:22:21.000 Now. 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:23.240 The other camera I tested is called the pure Gear 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:25.639 Pure Cam, and pure Gear is a company known for 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:29.480 its mobile accessories. This camera, this device has two cameras 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:32.879 as well, so it records inside and outside your car simultaneously. 0:22:33.160 --> 0:22:34.919 The other cool thing is you can live stream from 0:22:34.960 --> 0:22:37.199 this camera, so you can see what's going on inside 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:39.560 or outside your car from your phone, which is a 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:41.080 new concept, kind of like when we got the Ring 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:43.320 video doorbell, same thing. You can check on your house 0:22:43.359 --> 0:22:46.000 from afar. This has GPS so you can see where 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:48.600 you parked. And the setup process was pretty simple. I mean, 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:51.560 the toughest part about installing these cameras is really running 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:55.240 the cable from the power cable from the camera itself. 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:56.959 Kind of gonna have to do it like you kind 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.439 of like move your I don't know your car, like 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.840 insulation or whatever like that. It just it goes in 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:03.960 there though pretty easily. I was able to do it myself. 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:07.560 And you plug this into your car's obdport and this 0:23:07.680 --> 0:23:10.960 is like your onboard diagnostic port, so not your cigarette lighter. 0:23:10.960 --> 0:23:13.199 That's where I wanted to put it in, but it 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:14.440 does not work with that. You have to have a 0:23:14.480 --> 0:23:17.080 certain amount of voltage. And also it does draw some 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:19.920 power when your car is parked to keep this thing 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.400 alive in case of, you know, if it notices something 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.560 going on. So with that said, there is a g 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:29.000 shock sensor in this, so it automatically starts recording if 0:23:29.040 --> 0:23:31.399 it notices any movement around your car. This was my 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:34.359 favorite part. So every time my car is touched or 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:37.840 moved or whatever this little sensor, I get an alert 0:23:37.880 --> 0:23:40.119 to my phone. And it's really cool because it's like, oh, 0:23:40.200 --> 0:23:41.840 there's motion by your car, and you can look at 0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:43.760 the video and you can see like, Okay, was it 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:45.880 just you know, someone threw a ball at my car 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:47.880 or did someone just take my car. 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:49.520 Right and on the flip side. 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:52.400 When I brought my car in for valet parking at 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:55.680 the Burbank Airport. The guys who got in my car 0:23:55.720 --> 0:23:57.359 to park it like, I got a little video clip 0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:59.600 of them sent to me, which cracked me up. So 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:02.280 you find some funny things with this stuff. It also 0:24:02.320 --> 0:24:04.600 doubles as a Wi Fi hotspot, which is good for 0:24:04.640 --> 0:24:05.640 the kids in the back seat. 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:09.879 And that's basically it. I mean, the pure cam I'm 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:11.600 pretty impressed with. It's two hundred dollars. 0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:14.560 And the benefit of this one versus the owlcam is 0:24:14.560 --> 0:24:16.840 that you can bring your own network. So if you've 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:18.600 got a SIM card, you can pop in that SIM 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:21.440 card as long as it's GSM and it will work 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:24.399 inside this. So GSM is things like AT and T 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:30.879 T Mobile. Basically everything except Sprint and Verizon is GSM. 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:33.320 So if you want a prepaid SIM you can do 0:24:33.359 --> 0:24:36.320 that with like something like you know, Trackphone or Family 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:40.000 Mobile from Walmart, whatever, Cricket. You can put those SIM 0:24:40.000 --> 0:24:42.960 cards inside and it will work. So I'm a big 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:45.760 fan of the dash cam. I think it's in between 0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:48.320 technology because in the future, the cameras that are already 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.440 built into our cars, hopefully we'll take over this functionality 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:52.680 because you have them on the front of cars, you 0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:53.879 have them on the back of cars, you have on 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:57.480 the sides of new cars. So hopefully car manufacturers will 0:24:57.480 --> 0:25:01.480 start building in DVR functionality for basically twenty four to 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:03.360 seven recording of everything that's going on in your car. 0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:06.480 I think Tesla already does that, but other cars that 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.600 would be nice. And also the wireless functionality so that 0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:12.359 when something does happen, when there is movement detected, it 0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:14.480 will send that video straight up to the cloud kind 0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:15.240 of in the same way. 0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:19.840 I also wonder if car insurance companies are gonna want 0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:22.479 to make sure that everyone has a camera in their 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:24.720 car now, because then they'll be able to see, oh, 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:27.560 you were texting when that turn happened, and that's why 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.399 the crash happened, or you know what I mean, which. 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:30.200 Is scary for privacy. 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:32.199 That brings up a huge privacy concerned because a lot 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.320 of people are thinking from the way I was thinking of, oh, 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:38.320 protecting me, but oh, hold on, what if I get 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:40.320 into an accident and I'm like, oh, shoot, I was 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:42.359 on my phone. Not that I would be because I'm 0:25:42.400 --> 0:25:44.359 on my phone while I drive, But now it's like, 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:46.520 now my insurance company is suing me because They're like, well, 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:48.600 we want to see that video from inside your car, right, 0:25:48.760 --> 0:25:51.720 and yeah, that's an interesting another side of this. I 0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:55.280 actually got rear ended coming out of the airport one time, 0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:57.000 and I knew the lady was on her phone. 0:25:57.040 --> 0:25:57.479 I watched. 0:25:57.560 --> 0:25:59.159 I saw it in my cause I could see she 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.200 was like on her phone behind me, and all of 0:26:01.240 --> 0:26:02.520 a sudden, I just saw a slam. 0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:03.120 Into the back of my car. 0:26:03.600 --> 0:26:05.639 And sure enough, I'm like, oh my gosh, if I 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:08.200 had my rear camera on the back of my car 0:26:08.359 --> 0:26:11.560 recording this would be like I would just show that now. 0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:14.280 I was okay. Anyway, Like I still she gave me 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:16.840 the money whatever. We worked it out through insurance. But 0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:19.480 like the reality is her insurance company is probably pretty 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:21.760 angry because they're like, shouldn't be on your phone and 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:24.119 now you just cost us like ten thousand bucks or whatever. 0:26:24.440 --> 0:26:26.640 You know, you get the smallest ding on your car 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:28.879 and it's like three thousand dollars to repair it these 0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:29.560 days because. 0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:30.200 They're so expensive. 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:34.040 Yeah, Okay, so good point producer Megan. Who's next with 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:34.600 the questions? 0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:38.080 Okay, next up we have David Moore. The subject is 0:26:38.520 --> 0:26:42.200 cell phone insurance. Hi, Rich, my new s nine is great. 0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:45.720 Thanks again. I have a question. My son has a 0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:49.840 few mishaps with his iPhone. Se can you recommend cell 0:26:49.880 --> 0:26:54.200 phone insurance companies? Verizon wants thirteen dollars a month, Thanks 0:26:54.280 --> 0:26:55.119 Rich David. 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:58.080 Oh great, So I must have recommended David his S 0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:01.119 nine a while ago, so I'm glad you're enjoying that phone. 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:03.640 My favorite, so most people when they think of insurance 0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:04.520 for their phones, they go. 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:05.119 To two places. 0:27:05.160 --> 0:27:07.520 They go to Apple for Apple Care and they go 0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:11.280 to their carrier, which the carrier insurance is always going 0:27:11.320 --> 0:27:13.920 to be the most expensive, but there is and I'll 0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:16.320 tell you my alternative, but there is a caveat. So 0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:20.119 my favorite is Square Trade. So Square Trade is a 0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:23.159 third party company. They are actually just recently bought by 0:27:23.160 --> 0:27:25.080 all State, which is really funny because now the car 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:28.160 insurance company is also the insurance company for your phone. 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:29.640 But the good news. 0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:33.159 About Square Trade is they're very simple, Like you basically 0:27:33.359 --> 0:27:37.080 go online, you can sign up in literally minutes. It's 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:39.880 nine dollars a month, no matter basically whatever phone you have. 0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:41.960 And they do have some coupons out there, so be 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:43.960 on the lookout for like promo codes like do a 0:27:43.960 --> 0:27:46.040 little Google search because you might be able to find 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:48.600 like even cheaper than eight nine bucks a month. But 0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:51.919 you buy your plan, you buy it online, and that's it. 0:27:51.920 --> 0:27:55.720 It basically covers you for everything. And here's the caveat 0:27:55.760 --> 0:27:58.600 Like I mentioned, so with the cellular plans, and Apple 0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:03.240 has this as well, if your phone is lost or stolen, 0:28:03.560 --> 0:28:05.640 you can still get it replaced through the cellular plans. 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:08.040 That's why they're so expensive, right, So the way Square 0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:10.680 Trade saves money is that if your phone is lost 0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:12.679 or stolen, they're not going to replace it. So the 0:28:12.760 --> 0:28:14.520 only way they will do your phone is if it's 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:18.280 physically there. So in the case of my dad, his 0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:20.800 phone was ran over like ten thousand times by a 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:24.520 truck the other day a couple months ago, so if 0:28:24.520 --> 0:28:26.399 he was not And by the way, he lost it 0:28:26.480 --> 0:28:28.960 on a highway, so he actually went back and found 0:28:28.960 --> 0:28:30.040 his phone like a day later. 0:28:30.200 --> 0:28:31.960 Wait, so how did that fits? 0:28:32.119 --> 0:28:32.320 Oh? 0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:33.119 How did it happen? 0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:35.320 He left and he's like, rich text me. He's like, 0:28:35.359 --> 0:28:36.720 I was in New York City. I put my phone 0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:38.480 on the roof of my car and I drove away. 0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:41.080 I'm like Dad, He's like, and I think I know 0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:43.040 where I lost it. It had to be somewhere in 0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:45.480 between the city and the Lincoln Tunnel. I said, all right, 0:28:45.560 --> 0:28:47.480 let me go find my iPhone. So I turned on 0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:49.080 Find my iPhone on his phone, and sure. 0:28:49.000 --> 0:28:49.520 Enough I saw it. 0:28:49.560 --> 0:28:53.040 I pinpointed it on the freeway from between where he 0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:54.920 lives in New Jersey and New York. But it was 0:28:54.960 --> 0:28:57.560 still there, so I think it was the last known location. 0:28:58.160 --> 0:29:00.640 So long story short, he went back, can found it 0:29:00.760 --> 0:29:01.400 and it's this. 0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:01.880 Thing was crushed. 0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:03.320 You can look on my Instagram and go back a 0:29:03.360 --> 0:29:06.120 little bit. But his phone was crushed into a million pieces. 0:29:06.280 --> 0:29:08.920 It was still like, sorry, the screen was crushed into 0:29:08.920 --> 0:29:10.840 a million pieces. The phone was actually safe because he 0:29:10.840 --> 0:29:12.880 had a spec case on it, which is my favorite case. 0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:14.440 I've got my phone right here. 0:29:14.640 --> 0:29:15.160 There we go. 0:29:15.320 --> 0:29:17.880 So and of course this is my dad. No, it's 0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:20.160 not sponsored. This is my dad. Being the older generation. 0:29:20.600 --> 0:29:23.080 He actually took the case that was run over a 0:29:23.160 --> 0:29:25.040 billion times and put it on his new phone. 0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:28.520 He's like, are you serious? Right now? 0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:29.080 That's funny. 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:31.080 I bought my mom her case and she's been using 0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:33.200 it for the last two years and it's like a 0:29:33.240 --> 0:29:34.640 ten dollars case from Amazon. 0:29:34.720 --> 0:29:35.480 Oh my mom, same thing. 0:29:35.520 --> 0:29:37.160 I bought our ten dollars case from Amazon and it 0:29:37.240 --> 0:29:39.360 was like the thing was like all grimy and stuff. 0:29:39.360 --> 0:29:41.320 I'm like, Mom, really it's like where you bought it from. 0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:41.880 I mean yeah. 0:29:41.880 --> 0:29:44.800 Anyway, so long story short, even if you bring your 0:29:44.800 --> 0:29:47.400 phone to All State in like a plastic bag filled 0:29:47.400 --> 0:29:49.480 with pieces, as long as they can identify that that 0:29:49.560 --> 0:29:51.320 was the phone that you ensured, they will give you 0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:52.560 a new one or you know. 0:29:52.520 --> 0:29:54.960 Replace it whatever. But that's it. 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:58.920 So my recommendation, David is to go with Square Trade. 0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:01.400 I think you'll save some money, especially for kids. And 0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:04.040 also you don't necessarily have to send your phone in 0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.360 if it's something like a crack screen. They work with 0:30:06.400 --> 0:30:08.480 a lot of suppliers around towns where you can just 0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:10.760 go on put in your zip code and it will 0:30:11.040 --> 0:30:13.560 they can do the warranty service like at a little 0:30:13.840 --> 0:30:17.520 local shop that they work with, kind of like autobody repair. 0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:18.680 Right, you can just go to your lot. 0:30:18.720 --> 0:30:20.320 You don't have to always bring it to like the 0:30:20.360 --> 0:30:22.960 All State you know, auto body shop. You can bring 0:30:23.000 --> 0:30:25.000 it to like any autobody shop that works with them. 0:30:25.240 --> 0:30:28.640 So great question. All right, a couple more stories. We'll 0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:30.640 move a little bit quicker here because these are the 0:30:30.720 --> 0:30:34.480 smaller things, but Audible changing the way they do their 0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:37.960 memberships now and specifically membership credits. 0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:40.680 So I love Audible, I love audio books. 0:30:40.720 --> 0:30:43.560 But what happens is with Audible, I subscribe, I get 0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:45.880 really pumped around, you know, Prime day when they have 0:30:45.920 --> 0:30:48.080 these great deals. I get a bunch of credits, and 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:49.520 then all of a sudden, I have too many audiobooks. 0:30:49.560 --> 0:30:52.120 I can't listen to them all, so I get rid 0:30:52.120 --> 0:30:55.080 of my membership. But they let you keep your credits, right, well, 0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:59.000 I didn't realize, but your credits expire after six months. 0:30:59.040 --> 0:31:01.560 I didn't know that. Wait what yeah, so you can 0:31:01.720 --> 0:31:03.520 you only have six months to use them. Now they're 0:31:03.600 --> 0:31:05.440 changing it where it will work up to a year, 0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:07.520 so that's nice. And this is all this is an 0:31:07.520 --> 0:31:11.200 Amazon being kind. This is actually a class action lawsuit 0:31:11.480 --> 0:31:14.240 against Amazon, and so that's why these things changed. 0:31:14.560 --> 0:31:16.560 So the suit alleges that Audible. 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:18.680 Was not transparent about how it charged the customer's card, 0:31:18.680 --> 0:31:21.280 which I do agree with. And they also moved to 0:31:21.320 --> 0:31:24.600 a secondary card on your Amazon file in case the 0:31:24.600 --> 0:31:28.600 first one didn't work, which, oh, that's not very nice. 0:31:29.040 --> 0:31:31.239 And also I will say that this is the thing 0:31:31.240 --> 0:31:33.400 about audible. If you don't look at your statement, you 0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:35.320 kind of forget because you don't get an email that says, hey, 0:31:35.360 --> 0:31:37.400 we just charge you for another month, and you kind 0:31:37.400 --> 0:31:39.080 of forget, and that's part of their business plan. 0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:39.800 I am sure. 0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:43.360 Well, now monthly members are going to get an email 0:31:43.400 --> 0:31:46.760 statement every month saying how many credits they have, and 0:31:47.080 --> 0:31:48.800 you know, saying that they're going to get charged and 0:31:48.880 --> 0:31:52.520 how many unused credits they have along with their expiration dates. 0:31:52.640 --> 0:31:54.480 So I think this is I hate that it took 0:31:54.520 --> 0:31:56.800 a class action lawsuit to change these things into the 0:31:56.800 --> 0:32:00.800 consumer's interest, but they did a pretty nice job. All right, 0:32:00.960 --> 0:32:02.000 but do you we have one more question? 0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:06.840 Yes, we have one more question from Carol Hamilton. She writes, 0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:11.440 let's see Prime savings at Whole Foods. I do not 0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:15.240 have a smartphone, only a flip phone, but I am 0:32:15.280 --> 0:32:17.880 an Amazon Prime member. Tell me how to get a 0:32:17.920 --> 0:32:21.160 Prime membership card to show at Whole Foods when I shop. 0:32:21.320 --> 0:32:22.400 Ooh, good question. 0:32:22.520 --> 0:32:25.120 This is a little bit on the outskirts of like 0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:27.520 tech questions, but it's true. If you're a Prime member 0:32:27.560 --> 0:32:31.000 and you go to Whole Foods, you will save a 0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:32.800 little bit of money on your purchases. 0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:34.400 I find that it's kind of a joke. 0:32:34.720 --> 0:32:36.880 So every time I go to Whole Foods, which, to 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:38.920 be honest, is now I'm not going his office and 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:41.640 I used to because you know, I've got this thing 0:32:41.680 --> 0:32:42.640 called Milk and Eggs. 0:32:42.440 --> 0:32:43.720 Which I've talked about, which I love. 0:32:43.760 --> 0:32:46.640 They deliver fresh produce to my house and I love it. 0:32:46.680 --> 0:32:50.440 So it's actually cheaper than Whole Foods. It's in the 0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:52.480 LA area. I'm sure there's something similar in your area 0:32:52.480 --> 0:32:56.960 if you're listening outside La but I so anyway, when 0:32:57.000 --> 0:32:58.640 you shop at Whole Foods, if you're a Prime member, 0:32:58.720 --> 0:33:01.960 there is a little code on the Amazon app that 0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:04.440 you scan it checkout, like a QR code that gives 0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:07.040 your discount, which is ten percent off of anything that's 0:33:07.080 --> 0:33:09.880 on sale, which for me, I don't think it's ever 0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:12.120 been over eighty cents off my entire bill, which is 0:33:12.200 --> 0:33:15.080 kind of stupid. But anyway, if you don't have a 0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:17.760 mobile phone, you say you have a flip phone, the 0:33:17.800 --> 0:33:21.000 second option is to just basically link your mobile phone 0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:25.400 number with your Prime membership and that will serve as 0:33:25.440 --> 0:33:27.280 your membership card. So if you ever go to something 0:33:27.280 --> 0:33:29.640 like Ralph's or all these grocery stores, you know they 0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:31.640 all they ask for your phone number at checkout, you 0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:34.200 type it in and you get your Rauph's Club or whatever. 0:33:34.560 --> 0:33:37.000 Whole Foods does the same thing. It's just not as advertised. 0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:39.640 It's not widely advertised. So to do it, just go 0:33:39.640 --> 0:33:43.440 to Amazon dot com slash Prime Savings and there's option 0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:46.080 number two, which is update your mobile phone number. You'll 0:33:46.120 --> 0:33:47.720 link up your phone number and next thing, you know, 0:33:47.760 --> 0:33:49.120 when you get to check out, you can just say, hey, 0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:50.320 can I pop in my phone number? 0:33:50.360 --> 0:33:53.080 And they will let you do that. All right. 0:33:53.320 --> 0:33:56.080 A couple more stories here too that deal with speakers. 0:33:56.080 --> 0:33:59.640 Ikia and Sono's teaming up for a new line of speakers. 0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:02.800 So they've got two. It's you. You had to help 0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:05.640 me pronounce this, Megan, sim fuonesque. 0:34:05.960 --> 0:34:10.920 Let me see it, sim funness, sim fun. 0:34:10.920 --> 0:34:12.400 Esque, sim funesque. 0:34:12.400 --> 0:34:14.360 Okay, I don't know why I say it with a little. 0:34:14.120 --> 0:34:17.080 Bit of sim simp fun esque. So two things. 0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:18.799 You've got a table lamp for one hundred and seventy 0:34:18.880 --> 0:34:21.320 nine dollars and a bookshelf speaker for ninety nine dollars. 0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:24.480 Both are shipping in August. I cannot tell you how excited. 0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:25.040 I am for this. 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:26.040 It looks really cool. 0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:28.120 They look really cool. I have sons. Do you have 0:34:28.160 --> 0:34:28.799 Sonos at home? 0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:29.280 I don't. 0:34:29.360 --> 0:34:31.880 Okay, do you know about it? Yes, it's amazing. 0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:33.240 And I know it sounds. 0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:36.319 Whenever I hear people's like Sono speakers, I'm always like, 0:34:36.360 --> 0:34:37.239 why don't I have this? 0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:39.560 Because it's expensive. It's super duper expensive. 0:34:39.600 --> 0:34:41.480 And I've built my collection of these speakers over the 0:34:41.520 --> 0:34:45.799 past like seven or eight years, so it's it's an 0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:49.799 expensive thing to have. But I will say I've my 0:34:49.880 --> 0:34:52.279 speakers I bought from Sonos. I've had now for going 0:34:52.320 --> 0:34:54.680 on eight years, like some of the earlier, the older 0:34:54.680 --> 0:34:58.440 ones right, but again, great quality. I love how it 0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:00.279 all works. It's seamless, and I get it. We live 0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:02.520 in a world of you know, Amazon. 0:35:02.120 --> 0:35:04.799 Google, Alexa, but this is just. 0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:07.399 There's something about every time I come home, I open 0:35:07.480 --> 0:35:09.440 up the Sonos app, I pick something from all the 0:35:09.440 --> 0:35:12.960 different music services I have, I select all speakers, and boom, 0:35:13.000 --> 0:35:14.600 I have the same music playing throughout my house. 0:35:14.640 --> 0:35:16.960 I love it. It's one of my favorite things to do. 0:35:17.040 --> 0:35:19.520 So now the fact that I can get speakers, I'm 0:35:19.520 --> 0:35:22.120 already thinking for the bedroom on the night stands. I'm 0:35:22.120 --> 0:35:23.839 going to get one of these speakers on each side 0:35:23.840 --> 0:35:25.719 because you need a light, right, you also want some 0:35:25.800 --> 0:35:28.520 music in your room, so that's cool. Then the bookshelf 0:35:28.520 --> 0:35:31.080 speakers will be awesome for the office. And then I 0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:33.680 can reuse some of my Sonos speakers in rooms like 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.279 the kids rooms, or maybe put them in other places 0:35:36.320 --> 0:35:38.000 in the house, so you can never have too many 0:35:38.000 --> 0:35:38.760 speakers in one. 0:35:38.640 --> 0:35:40.320 Room, right, and in tech center. 0:35:40.640 --> 0:35:43.240 Yes, I would like to get some here at KTLA. 0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:46.040 I will bring a speaker in here for KTLA as well, 0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:48.960 But again, these come out in August. I have not 0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:51.399 seen the quality, but since Sona's is putting their name 0:35:51.400 --> 0:35:52.359 on them, I'm assuming. 0:35:52.040 --> 0:35:52.640 They're pretty good. 0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:55.120 And the other side is, yeah, they're more expensive. One 0:35:55.200 --> 0:35:57.080 hundred and seventy nine dollars for a table lamp is 0:35:57.200 --> 0:36:00.680 very expensive. But you're getting to me. It's all about 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:03.239 one less cord, so I only have one thing to 0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:04.759 plug in. Now I get a light and I get 0:36:04.800 --> 0:36:07.399 a speaker. I wish, wish, wish these had a. 0:36:07.400 --> 0:36:08.120 USB on the phone. 0:36:08.160 --> 0:36:09.680 I was gonna ask, so there's no USB. 0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:12.759 I don't know, I am you know, I'm looking at 0:36:12.760 --> 0:36:15.000 these press pictures here and I don't see the USB, 0:36:16.440 --> 0:36:19.320 but that would have been the million dollar thing to have, right, yeah. 0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:20.719 Because then you can plug in. Maybe they have it, 0:36:20.760 --> 0:36:22.960 we don't know. That would be epic, but we'll see. 0:36:23.120 --> 0:36:25.719 And another speaker, the home Pod, which is also a 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:29.239 really nice speaker, but super duper expensive. Talk about expensive. 0:36:29.680 --> 0:36:31.719 It was three hundred and forty nine dollars. Now it's 0:36:31.719 --> 0:36:34.279 two hundred ninety nine dollars. So Apple has cut the 0:36:34.320 --> 0:36:35.640 price by fifty dollars. 0:36:35.400 --> 0:36:38.320 On that speaker. The HomePod is really cool. 0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:41.240 If you are an iPhone world you don't mind spending 0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:43.759 a lot of money on a speaker, It's great. And 0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:47.359 my favorite feature of the HomePod is that you can 0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:50.680 transfer your iPhone call to the HomePod and use it 0:36:50.680 --> 0:36:53.440 as a speakerphone, which is really fun. So I've done 0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:56.160 that a couple of times and it sounds amazing. If 0:36:56.160 --> 0:36:58.000 you have this thing in your office, you basically have 0:36:58.080 --> 0:37:01.240 a nice, beautiful speakerphone in a day to a speaker. 0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:03.400 But I find that the HomePod is a little limited 0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:06.200 because you have to airplay everything to it versus sons. 0:37:06.239 --> 0:37:09.279 That sort of works as as the other speakers do, 0:37:09.640 --> 0:37:13.840 which is through the Internet. And finally, Microsoft confirms that 0:37:13.880 --> 0:37:18.000 you don't really need to safely remove USB flash drives 0:37:18.000 --> 0:37:20.840 anymore by ejecting them. So if you've ever used a 0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:24.120 Windows computer, you know that it always or any computer basically, 0:37:24.719 --> 0:37:26.239 and this is a pet peeve of mind because I'm 0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:26.719 always moving. 0:37:26.719 --> 0:37:30.720 Do I move really fast? Megan, Yes, I'm like always 0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:31.399 kind of like going. 0:37:31.480 --> 0:37:33.560 Yeah, You're like, what's next, what's next, What's next? 0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:36.640 All the time, So pretty much that's me. 0:37:36.880 --> 0:37:39.440 Yeah, And so for me to have to eject, to 0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:42.920 take that extra fraction of a moment to eject a 0:37:42.960 --> 0:37:45.719 flash drive out of my computer really annoys me. So 0:37:45.880 --> 0:37:48.200 on Windows ten, you basically don't have to do that anymore. 0:37:48.360 --> 0:37:52.200 They've admitted this because back in October when Windows ten 0:37:52.280 --> 0:37:56.360 version eighteen oh nine came out, they quietly changed the 0:37:56.440 --> 0:38:02.640 default flash drive setting between So it used to be okay, 0:38:02.719 --> 0:38:05.640 let's see, it used to be safely remove hardware and 0:38:05.680 --> 0:38:10.960 eject media. So let's see, Okay, there's something called quick removal. 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:14.239 So quick removal is now the new default, and quick 0:38:14.239 --> 0:38:16.720 removal means that the computer knows that you're in a rush, 0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:19.480 and so it will allow you to remove it at 0:38:19.520 --> 0:38:22.440 any time. That is now the default now here's the caveat. 0:38:22.600 --> 0:38:24.480 You still don't want to remove this drive while it's 0:38:24.520 --> 0:38:27.160 writing files or you could lose stuff. And so that 0:38:27.239 --> 0:38:30.319 was always the danger in removing the flash drive is 0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:33.000 that it could have been the state of we're ready 0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:35.279 to write a file at any time. Now it kind 0:38:35.280 --> 0:38:37.320 of puts it in a sleep state. So I'm sure 0:38:37.640 --> 0:38:40.239 that by changing this setting, things are a little bit 0:38:40.239 --> 0:38:42.440 slower when it comes to accessing the flash drive, like 0:38:42.440 --> 0:38:43.040 for the first. 0:38:42.840 --> 0:38:44.040 Time when you go to drag a file. 0:38:44.280 --> 0:38:46.080 But on the flip side you can just pop it 0:38:46.080 --> 0:38:47.640 out at any time and you're good to go. 0:38:48.000 --> 0:38:49.440 So are you excited about that? 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:53.680 Well my question, Yeah, I was just about to say so. 0:38:54.800 --> 0:38:57.120 Hopefully Apple will add that next I think. 0:38:57.160 --> 0:38:57.239 So. 0:38:57.320 --> 0:39:00.520 It's one of those things always I agree, so do I. 0:39:00.560 --> 0:39:02.480 And it's like and I and I used to I 0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:05.319 used to literally always take it out without worrying every 0:39:05.320 --> 0:39:07.439 single time, be like, come on, yeah, I'm a tech guy. 0:39:07.520 --> 0:39:09.400 I don't really need to listen to these little warnings. 0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:11.920 And now, of course, when I showed someone I think 0:39:11.960 --> 0:39:13.879 I did like a YouTube video or something, and someone 0:39:13.920 --> 0:39:16.360 saw me do that and like, no, rich actually, or 0:39:16.440 --> 0:39:19.000 maybe I tweeted and it, people are like, no, no, 0:39:19.200 --> 0:39:21.600 you really need to eject it. So there is a reason. 0:39:22.040 --> 0:39:23.880 On the Mac you still want to do it. And 0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:26.920 on Windows unless you've updated to the latest Windows, if 0:39:26.920 --> 0:39:29.400 you're all up to date, then you're probably okay. Personally, 0:39:29.480 --> 0:39:31.120 I'd still want to go into those settings of the 0:39:31.120 --> 0:39:33.200 flash drive and just make sure that that's the setting, 0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:35.480 but you should be okay. 0:39:36.200 --> 0:39:39.000 That's gonna do it all right for today? Thanks Megan, 0:39:39.040 --> 0:39:41.920 that was fun. Thanks for coming on the show. How 0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:43.920 can people get in touch with you? What's your oh? 0:39:44.640 --> 0:39:45.120 On Twitter? 0:39:45.560 --> 0:39:51.360 I am on Instagram and Twitter. Megan mcmonagall is my name. 0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:53.520 And I'm gonna have her change that to producer Megan. 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:55.919 Producer Megan much easier fun. 0:39:56.200 --> 0:39:57.920 I mean, yeah, my last name is a little bit 0:39:57.920 --> 0:39:59.040 difficult to remember. 0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:02.640 Professor mcgonagalls. You know, it's like that. 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:04.520 But with is that a Harry Potter reference? 0:40:04.640 --> 0:40:06.440 Yeah, yeah, you know Harry Potter. 0:40:06.480 --> 0:40:06.759 I know. 0:40:06.840 --> 0:40:08.520 I only read the first half of the first book 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:12.120 to watch all the movies. Yeah, I watched all I 0:40:12.120 --> 0:40:12.920 didn't watch the movies. 0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:14.520 Yeah, I grew up with Harry. 0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:17.080 Yeah see I did not Harry Styles or Harry Potter. 0:40:17.239 --> 0:40:20.000 Oh I your generation, right. 0:40:20.680 --> 0:40:22.560 No, it is it is both. It's definitely both. 0:40:22.640 --> 0:40:24.120 Yeah, for sure, we digress. 0:40:24.160 --> 0:40:26.439 Well, thanks so much for listening to the podcast. Follow 0:40:26.520 --> 0:40:29.000 Megan she we will see. We'll see how she does 0:40:29.000 --> 0:40:31.239 on this show and then if we'll see if you 0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:31.560 want to be. 0:40:31.560 --> 0:40:32.320 A recurring character. 0:40:32.400 --> 0:40:33.480 Right, yeah, we'll take a poll. 0:40:33.640 --> 0:40:35.800 I like the I like the questions from the emails, 0:40:35.840 --> 0:40:39.520 so keep those coming. Hello at rich on tech dot tv. 0:40:39.880 --> 0:40:43.120 You can find me on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. 0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:47.359 I am at rich on tech on most places. And 0:40:47.640 --> 0:40:50.600 the newsletter. Have you been reading my newsletter? It's a 0:40:50.600 --> 0:40:53.759 brand new thing. 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