WEBVTT - Galaxy S10 First Impressions; Discounted Gift Cards; Secret Cameras and Microphones; Curating Google Home Hub Pics 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:07.240 Initial thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S ten, a way 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:11.480 to get discounted gift cards, cameras on the plane, and 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:15.680 Google's hidden microphone. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.279 is rich On Tech. Welcome to the podcast where I 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:20.200 talk about this stuff I think you should know about 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.560 that happened in the world of tech. Omrich Demiro, tech 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.160 reporter at KTLA five News in Los Angeles, also at 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:32.640 richon Tech, dot TV and Man. This week, wooa lots 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.720 of good stuff. Samsung finally taken the wraps off the 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:41.600 Samsung Galaxy S ten, their flagship smartphone. I was in 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.479 San Francisco for the big unveiling they call it Unpacked, 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.479 and it was a good one. We saw a lot 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.160 of new stuff from Samsung. Now this is the show 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.120 where I talk about this stuff that I think average 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.560 consumers should know about. So foldable phone, I'm not going 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:59.200 to go into all the details on that, the five 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.400 G phone, not going to go into all the details 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:03.200 on that, because what I think you need to know 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:07.440 about those two devices is skip them for now. Foldable phone, 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.480 very first generation. That is something that early adopters are 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.720 going to get, something that just a very select crew 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.000 of people are going to be interested in well, I 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.560 think a lot of people will be interested in it. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.720 I don't think a lot of people will actually purchase it, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.520 and I don't think the average consumer should purchase it 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.280 because it's a first generation technology. It's something that is 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.039 very rough around the edges, something that will get better 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.640 with time. So I say wait on that one. When 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.240 it comes to the five G phone, same kind of thing. 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.600 I don't think you need a five G phone right now. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.720 I don't think that the five G phone that Samsung 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.880 is delivering will be the phone that you need just yet. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.240 I think the four G LTE phones will be just 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:49.360 fine for at least the next year or so. Maybe 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.800 next year will have those networks in a better place 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.360 where they will be much more useful. I could be wrong. 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.600 I know Verizon said they're gonna have thirty markets doing 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.720 five G in this year, but the extent of what 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.720 that coverage is gonna be, how it's gonna work, if 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.960 it's gonna be bulky, but there's gonna be some growing 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.280 pains at the beginning. I say stick with the four 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.000 G LTE let the guys like me try out the 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.680 five G networks. See if they work, and then you 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.000 can go ahead and see if that works for you. 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.400 So let's talk about the S ten because this is 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.840 a very big lineup. There are three different phones, and 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.840 you've got the S ten E, you've got the S 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.480 ten and the S ten plus the S ten E 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.959 is kind of the iPhone ten R of the group. 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.600 So this one has a five point eight in screen. 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:40.240 It's not their best screen. It's a full HD versus 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.680 a quad HD, but again it's got most of what 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.120 you need. It only has a rear camera with only 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.720 dual cameras on the back instead of a triple camera, 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.720 and there is no fingerprint sensor in the screen. There's 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:56.120 also not a let's see what else is that? I 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.200 think that's about it. I mean, it's basically it. The 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.160 differences are, yeah, there's no finger sensor in the screen, 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.720 and there's not the triple camera array on the back, 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.400 and the screen is just a little bit less than 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.480 the higher end models. But again, this is entry level 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.960 device seven hundred and fifty dollars and it's gonna be 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.600 good if you just kind of like the idea of 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:17.239 a nice small device that is gonna work. You get 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:18.919 a lot of the great specs. You know, the same 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.480 kind of processor and stuff, but you're just not getting 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:25.480 every single thing that these upper phones have. But is 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.040 it a good phone? Yeah? I think so. I mean 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.760 I didn't have too much hands on time with that one. 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.200 I think the phone that most people are gonna be 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:36.160 interested in is the Galaxy S ten and the S 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.280 ten plus. So the S ten is basically just a 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.120 smaller version of the S ten plus. The main difference 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.760 here again is on the S ten plus there is 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.640 an extra camera on the front, so it's not really 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.880 a camera, it's a depth sensor. And what that depth 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:54.720 sensor allows you to do is take better selfies, especially 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.240 when you're doing selfies with some of the fun, cool 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.560 little tricks that they have built in, like the live 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.440 focus selfies so you know at the blurry backgrounds. But 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.840 real quick, this phone is beautiful. I've been playing with 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.480 it ever since they announced it. It is the best 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.280 Samsung Galaxy device I've ever seen, probably one of the 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.920 best smartphones I've ever seen, and yes that includes the iPhone. 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:19.520 I think the iPhone is still an amazing device, but 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.000 what Samsung has delivered is something that has a lot 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.560 less compromises than almost any device out there. So the 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.080 big difference is number one, the cameras are cut out 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.000 of the front of the display. Now they call it 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:35.520 the Infinity O display. So when you actually go to 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.720 take a picture with the selfie cam, you'll see the 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.559 little selfie cam lights up like this little ring around 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.320 it lights up to let you know where the selfie 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.640 camera is, because that's how sort of hidden in the screen. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.280 When you have a white screen, you could definitely see 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.640 where it is. Otherwise on other screens you might not 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.279 even notice where the cameras are. On the front. On 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.520 the back of the device, you've got three cameras, so 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.200 you've got a wide angle lens, you've got a regular lens, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.760 and then a telephoto lens, so you are covered in 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:05.560 so many different aspects of taking video and also taking pictures. 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.680 The wide angle is so much fun. From what I've seen, 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.280 it's not as clear, not as good as perhaps the 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:16.160 standard the standard lens, but it is still really good 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.719 and it's just so much fun to have this trio 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.080 of lenses. And I always think of the example of 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.000 when you're at like, you know, your kids recital, They're 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.960 on stage somewhere and you're all the way in the back. 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.520 It's really nice to be able to flip right into 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:32.520 that telephoto zoom right from your phone. That's actually someone 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:34.640 asked me today, well, what's the difference. I can just 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.280 zoom in on my phone. No, the difference is when 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.359 you're zooming in using pinch to zoom on a typical device, 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.440 you're literally just zooming in on that picture. It's the 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.760 same amount of pixels, it's the same amount of stuff. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:50.520 It's the picture quality is degrading significantly when you use 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.839 a pinch to zoom. When you're actually using a lens 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.479 to zoom, you're getting optical zoom, which means the lens 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.000 is physically taking you closer to what you're trying to capture, 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.960 and the quality is going to be better. So those 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.479 are the main things. The fingerprint scanner is in the 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:09.960 front of the screen. I'm finding this is not ideal, 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.479 but it works. I've actually turned on face recognition on 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.400 the S ten and that's actually working a little bit 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.680 better for me. And don't forget this is new. This 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.760 device is still in beta. It's not the software is 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.880 not the final shipping version of the software. So hopefully 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.919 after some software updates, before the device comes out, we 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:30.960 will see some polish, but right now I can tell 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.200 things are a little rough around the edges. But it 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.400 does ship with Android nine. It also has their new 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:40.280 one UI interface, which is really good. If you can tell, 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.760 I can't say enough good stuff about this device. I 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.920 think the S ten will be the first device that 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:50.120 seriously has iPhone users contemplating a switch, and I think 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.520 the reason for that is a lot of different reasons. 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.640 Number one, you get a device that has so many 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.160 different features, like all the things you want. You get 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.520 the fingerprint scan, you get expandable memory, you get a 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.040 headphone jack, you get this amazingly great screen, You get 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.839 a ton of based storage one hundred and twenty eight gigabytes, 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.200 so there's so much to love. You get the triple cameras, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.160 you get all the software features you need, and then 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.120 you know, you get to the price, and the price 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.160 is on par It's a good price, and it just 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.440 seems like Samsung has really listened to users and is 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.440 making a device that works for a lot of different people, 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.920 and that's why I'm really loving it. And the other 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.480 thing you get wireless power share. This is the feature 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.360 that lets you rest another device on top of the 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.960 back of your device, and you can charge that device. 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.680 As long as it's CHI certified, you can charge it. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.040 And that includes an iPhone or Samsung's new Galaxy Buds, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:48.760 which are their earbuds, So that's kind of like the 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:53.400 Samsung Galaxy S ten A in a nutshell. They've got 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.920 faster wireless charging, so wireless two point zero, so if 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.680 you do plug it in, it's gonna are sorry. Wireless 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.200 charging is faster, it's got still the water and dust resistance, 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.560 it's got the better processor. It's got Samsung Pay that 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.960 works everywhere, right, So Samsung Pay uses something called MST 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.680 which means you can use Samsung Pay to Tap to 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:15.560 pay even at places that don't necessarily accept mobile payments. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.080 And what they're doing is they're actually sending through your 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:24.120 credit information through a wireless almost like a transceiver instead 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:28.200 of NFC, So it's sending that signal magnetically to the 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.320 little strip reader that normally reads the magnetic strip. It's 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.559 basically turning your phone into an emulated magnetic strip that 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.280 the reader thinks is it's just being swiped. So that's 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.640 pretty brilliant. They bought a company many years ago a 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.440 couple of years ago that they incorporate I think it 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.120 was called loop, but I can't remember, but that was 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.079 a brilliant move on their part. Now, obviously the whole 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.880 world has turned towards mobile payments, but still in the 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:55.160 past three four years now that they've had this, it's 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.480 helped a lot of people use Samsung Pay in a 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.240 lot of places where other things are not accepted. Also, 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.160 the storage, like I said, one hundred and twenty eight 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.600 gigs is standard, but you can get up to a 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.160 terabyte of storage on board, by the way, and then 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:10.920 on top of that, you can add five hundred and 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.280 twelve gigs in a micro SD card. So, by the way, 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.000 to get the one terabyte of storage, you have to 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.640 buy a special version of the phone, a ceramic version. 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.520 This is a premium model. They have it in black 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.920 and white, and I held it. It's very nice. It's 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.640 the phone that I want, but I'm not going to 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.360 spend the extra money for it, because I don't really 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.559 see the point. If you're putting your phone in the case, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.000 you're just spending extra money for the ceramic and you 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.760 don't really need it. But if you want to get 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.599 that one terabyte you have to go ceramic, so otherwise 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.880 you can go up to five hundred and twelve on 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:48.360 the on the devices. But yeah, kind of crazy that 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.640 you can get this much. So pricing starts, like I said, 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.640 seven fifty for the Galaxy S ten eight, ninety nine 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.040 for the Galaxy S ten nine to ninety nine for 0:09:56.080 --> 0:10:00.000 the Galaxy S ten plus, and I would tell you 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.640 to definitely check out the promotions they have going for 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.360 pre orders because if you pre order this device, you 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.120 can get up to five hundred and fifty dollars as 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:12.080 a trade in credit using your old device. Now to 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:13.360 get the five point fifty you have to have a 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.920 pretty recent device like the Galaxy S nine or the 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.320 No eight. But again they're giving you a lot of 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.520 money on top of what you normally get for your 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.120 trade in, So go to Samsung dot com and check 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:25.840 out how much you would get. You also get the 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.040 free wireless earbuds if you preorder. That's one hundred and 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:33.080 thirty dollars value, and compare what your carrier would give 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.280 you because sometimes your carriers will do something pretty good 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.160 as well. There's also a student discount that you can get, 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.960 so if you're a student, Samsung does offer an educational discount, 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:45.600 and I tried it out. It's it's basically signing up 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.480 with a dot edu email address. That's how they verify 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:50.120 that you're a student. So if you have one of those, 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.800 you should qualify your teacher. Student you've got a dot edu, 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.000 you can qualify. They're giving you up to ten percent 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.000 off on the regular models, on the new models, and 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.880 a little bit more on the older models. So if 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.400 you price it out, you can upgrade to this new 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:09.240 device for a pretty decent amount that I think is 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.440 pretty good. I mean, I will tell you the selfie 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.640 camera on the S ten has gotten significantly better than 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.199 the S nine. The camera on the back I don't 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.680 I can't say yet that it's significantly better, but I 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.840 will tell you that it's significantly more fun because you 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.600 do have the wide angle lens. And having a wide 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:32.480 angle lens is just so fantastic in a variety of situations. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.120 You can get creative with it, shooting video. It's so 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.240 much fun because you can get that nice wide angle. 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.640 So it is a great thing to have, and I 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.840 think if you have a Galaxy and you're thinking of upgrading, 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:48.000 definitely make the switch. During that pre order time, especially 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.240 if you have an iPhone and you're thinking about moving 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:53.199 over to the dark side. And Okay, don't come at 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.720 me for saying the dark side. I'm sorry. I'm just kidding. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.240 It's just another side. But if you're thinking of moving 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:03.560 over to Android from the iPhone, this is the device 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.000 that could take you to that side, and you, I 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.040 think would be pretty happy. Now you're not gonna get 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.680 I message and you're not gonna get you know, some 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.560 of the other things that Apple. I think Apple still 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.160 does CarPlay better. I think that some of the features 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.640 inside the apps are better. Like oh my gosh, I 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:22.440 can just tell you when I use Facebook, the creator 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.800 app on iPhone versus Android, it's like night and day. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.760 On Android, it seems like I'm using a program that's 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.840 like ten years old. On iPhone it seems just amazing, 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.719 Like you get every feature. So Instagram, I will tell you, 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:38.360 I think that Instagram is neck and neck. So on 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.840 both devices, Instagram is nearly the same experience, which is 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.200 really nice. One of the few apps I've seen to 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.160 do that. Twitter is another. They're pretty much the same 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.920 on both platforms, and we're seeing more and more of 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.720 this where it used to be, iPhone always had the 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.760 better app and now we're seeing where Android is getting 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.120 better at that some of the features still not there. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.120 When it comes to video editing, a lot of the 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:04.920 better apps are on iPhone. But during the event, they 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.480 did announce that my favorite editing program right now, Adobe 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:13.240 Premier Rush is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S ten 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.559 first and I cannot wait for that. I pay ten 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.320 bucks a month with that program. I use it on 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.960 my computer and on my phone. I love, love, love 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.200 Adobe Rush. So that's coming to the S ten. Believe me, 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.800 I think I'm gonna be getting this phone. I think 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.440 it might be my next phone. I know, crazy to think, 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:33.400 but I really really like this device. And one thing 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.760 that's really good about Samsung listening to their customers is 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:41.320 they are finally gonna let folks remap the Bixi Bixby button. 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.000 So the bixb button is on the side of the 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.960 last couple of generations of their Android devices. On the Galaxy, 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.520 it's right below the volume button. Many of you may 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.720 have tried to push the button for or mistakenly push 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.480 the button. Now they will let you remap it to 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.960 something else, so if you want it to open. Oh, 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.960 I don't know Google or Google Assistant or another app 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.280 you can have it do that. I cannot wait. I 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.280 will be remapping my Bixby button when I can, and 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.560 I can't do it just yet. That feature has not 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:15.679 made it to my review unit, but the day will 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.840 come and I will be very excited about that. Nothing 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:21.600 against Bixby. I'm just not ready for another virtual assistant 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.720 in my life. And finally, one more thing they announced. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.280 There's just so many things to talk about with the 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.720 S ten, but there is built in support for Instagram 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.360 right from your camera, which is kind of cool because 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.040 I don't know about you, but if you ever tried 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.680 to do a story on Instagram, you take a picture 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:38.600 in your camera and then you go to post it 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.880 to Instagram Stories and it doesn't line up right. You're 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:42.800 taking a picture in four x three on your phone 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:44.920 and then you're putting it on Instagram Stories, which is 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.360 closer to nine by sixteen, so the whole proportions are 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.200 all off, so you either have to like try again 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.840 or zoom in or zoom out whatever, and it just 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:56.160 doesn't look good. So now on the S ten, you 0:14:56.200 --> 0:15:00.480 can take a picture in Instagram mode and so well, 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.600 really Instagram Stories mode, and when you do that, your 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.680 entire screen fills to show you what your story would 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.360 look like taking that picture. So and then once you 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.000 take it, your screen literally turns into kind of Instagram 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.200 Stories where you can add all the little things on 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.240 top and just send right to your story. So that's 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:21.240 another cool feature. I got to say one hundred percent 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:26.160 impressed with what Samsung did this time around. Good job, Samsung, Apple. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.360 I understand you're doing a fantastic job as well, but 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.200 Samsung is definitely giving you a run for your money 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.880 this time around. By the way, on this week's show, 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:37.800 there will not be any phone calls. I was up 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.040 in San Francisco for the big Samsung event, so that 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:41.760 kind of took all my time. I was not able 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.240 to do the calls. So during this podcast there won't 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.360 be calls. But don't worry, they're not going away. I 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.800 will just have to bring them back in next week's show. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.960 But let's talk about Ambient Mode. This is the feature 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.480 on your Google smart displays like your Google Home Hub 0:15:56.520 --> 0:16:00.160 and Chromecast that features one of my favorite features, all 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.720 your photos. Right, so I have it set to show 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.200 curated photos, or actually I used to curate. Now, I 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.000 just kind of let Google do it. They can just 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.440 pick some of your recent best pictures. You can also 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.640 do news, you can do artwork or whatever you want. Right. So, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.320 one thing that has always been kind of interesting is 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:22.200 Google's algorithm for selecting which pictures are shown on the display. Well, 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.800 Android Police says that you know, Google's algorithm definitely looks 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.200 at your pictures before displaying them, so it filters out 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.880 the bad ones. Right, So, anything that's like blurry, anything 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.600 that doesn't have someone smiling, terrible resolution, Google tries to 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.520 keep those off your smart displays. Right, Well, if you 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.440 want those on your smart display, there's now a feature 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.800 that you can turn on, and it's called, let's see 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:48.840 what it's called. Uh, where is this called? Uh, objectively 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:53.880 bad photos. So Google calls the new feature objectively bad Photos. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.360 So you can go into your Google Home app, select 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.920 a device, find the personal Photo curation option, and select 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.159 live albums, and then you can turn on the objectively 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.520 bad photos and yes, Google will start to put your 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.880 bad pictures into the mix. I don't know why you'd 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:12.680 want to do that, but you know, at least Google's 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:16.000 giving you options now. I think sometimes there's a couple 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.200 other things you need to know about this, because I'm 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.600 kind of personally fascinated by the pictures that Google chooses. 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.480 In fact, I love looking at these pictures, especially the 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.040 ones on my smart display that Google kind of does 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.480 mashups of. So they'll put like a picture of my 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.520 kid from like when he was little to when you 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.919 know he's now, and it's pretty cool that they do 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.200 stuff like that. Or they'll show like the other day, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.600 they showed both me and my kid eating smores and 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:42.600 we were in two separate pictures, but they put those 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.080 pictures together side by side, so it had me taking 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.359 a bite of the s'mores and then my little kid 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.199 taking a picture a bite of the s'mores. So it 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.720 has like almost like a sense of humor, a sense 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:55.760 of like wonder where it's like, hey, let's surprise you 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:57.280 with some of these pictures and some of the things 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.760 we do with them. So I love that idea. Now, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.600 a couple of other things. Android Police mentions if you 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.960 want to include a picture in your you know, your 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.560 Google photos, like algorithm whatever, if you do a favorite, 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:14.400 if you favored it, it will show up eventually. Those 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.280 are not filtered out so this happened on Twitter. I 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.600 saw a tweet about one downside of using the pixel 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.679 as a work camera of Vlad from the Verge tweeted 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.119 that a lot of photos show up on his Google 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.680 Home Hub right, and so he said he should he 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:32.360 you know, there should be a way to like kind 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.399 of filter some pictures out. So I said, yeah, my 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.399 favorite is when my work pictures show up at my 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.280 Google Home Hub in between me pictures of me and 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:42.399 the kids, right, So all of a sudden, you'll be 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:43.960 looking at me and the kids of the pumpkin patch, 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:45.800 and the next thing, you know, like the one plus 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.360 six ' t will like show up from every angle right. 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:53.040 And then Liz Phillips on my Twitter also said she 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.880 takes pictures of her pantry and fridge before she goes 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.399 grocery shopping so she knows what to buy, and those 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.840 pictures show up on her display in between family pictures. 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:06.520 Then Reja from Google tweeted he said, it's kind of 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:08.399 like your pantry is a piece of art. But if 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.600 you don't like a photo that's showing, you can say 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:15.080 to your device, remove this photo and it will archive 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.760 it for you, or you can go into Google Photos 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.000 and archive a picture and it will not show up 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.480 on Google's curated list. So I thought that was kind 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:24.639 of a cool little tidbit. So bottom line, if you 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:26.959 have a Google Home Hub and you see a picture 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:30.159 on it that you don't like, just tell Google remove 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:32.320 this photo, and it will archive that photo and it 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:34.280 won't show it again. It won't delete it, but it 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.720 just won't show it again. Or if you know there's 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:38.560 a picture on your Google Photos that you don't want 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.040 to be displayed on your Google Home Hub, all you 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.639 have to do is just go into Google Photos and 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:46.360 archive it and it will not show you that picture. 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.960 I found this one interesting. Airlines now apparently have cameras 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:54.040 built into the seatback entertainment systems in front of you. 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.639 So I did this story on KTLA. I think it 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.600 was this week, or maybe it was last week Singapore Airlines. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.399