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Speaker 1: Google has a bunch of new gadgets, a rundown of

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Speaker 1: the new Chrome, cast, Pixel and smart speaker, Facebook Messenger

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Speaker 1: your tech questions answered.

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Speaker 2: What's going On?

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Speaker 1: I'm Rich Damiro and this is Rich on Tech, the

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Speaker 1: podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think

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Speaker 1: answer the questions that you send me What's going on?

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Speaker 1: My name is Rich Damiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel

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Speaker 1: five in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 2: Did I just say what's going on? Twice in a row?

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Speaker 2: I must really want to know.

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Speaker 1: What's going on? But I do want to know what's

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Speaker 1: going on because there's a lot going on. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is the wildest time in history, right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we're all stuck at home, we're working from home. You know,

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Speaker 1: the news cycle is just like you can't write this stuff.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's really pretty wild. But when it comes

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Speaker 1: so many new gadgets. I can barely keep up. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we had Google this week, we have I mean, there's

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Speaker 1: I just love seeing the innovation, and it's gotten to

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Speaker 1: at this point because these gadgets do what we need

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Speaker 1: and I almost need like a reason to change out

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Speaker 1: my TV or my internet. Oh yeah, euro came out

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Speaker 1: the new Internet, the Wi Fi six one. I don't

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Speaker 1: And so you might have seen the or heard the

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Speaker 1: So I mean it's been really fun. I love that

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Speaker 1: Let me know what you think of them at rich

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Speaker 1: on tech on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook or whatever.

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Speaker 1: But I'm going to keep them coming. You're listening to them,

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Speaker 1: So I'll keep doing those until you tell me to stop.

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Speaker 1: But let's get to the top story of the week.

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Speaker 1: And Google had their launch night in Google launched a

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Speaker 1: it'll say hey, hey, hurry up, get over here, get

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Speaker 1: to your phone, and you can do that.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Is that much different than just leaving your phone on speakerphone?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, what's the difference to me?

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Speaker 1: That's what I do if I ever have to wait

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Speaker 1: on hold. But you know, it's Google's way of doing things.

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Speaker 1: And we'll see if it's any better. I think the assistant,

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Speaker 1: I guess we'll maybe talk to the person, maybe do

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Speaker 1: a little like pitter patter, be like, hey.

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Speaker 2: I'm the Google assistant. I'm just I'm just here until

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Speaker 2: the you know, hold on, Hey Jim, get over here.

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Speaker 2: You got the person just picked up.

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Speaker 1: So maybe that's what I'll do, all right, So let's

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Speaker 1: go into Bob's question. Bob says, I just saw this

450
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Speaker 1: phone because I got an email from slick Deals.

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Speaker 2: Is it worth it? Is it a good phone?

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Speaker 1: I think I can trade in my Galaxy S seven

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Speaker 1: and get a good deal. I'd love your thoughts, Bob,

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Speaker 1: and he sent a link along with the Samsung unveils

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Speaker 1: Galaxy S twenty fe for every fan. So Bob, to

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Speaker 1: answer your question, I have been using the Samsung Galaxy

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Speaker 1: S twenty fan addition, and last in the last podcast,

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Speaker 1: I talked about how this could be my perfect phone,

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Speaker 1: and I'll be honest, it is a fantastic little device.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I think Samsung did a great job in

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Speaker 1: this device. And I can't really find any major issues

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Speaker 1: with this device.

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Speaker 2: It's got.

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Speaker 1: It's a six hundred and niney nine dollars device, which

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Speaker 1: it's already been on sale for five ninety nine and

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Speaker 1: like you said, Bob, you saw it for a two

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars trade in offer, and so this is a

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Speaker 1: mid range device. It's got a great screen, it's got

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Speaker 1: a nice refresh ratest, good battery life. I did test

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Speaker 1: the battery a little bit more. It's working very nicely.

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Speaker 1: I'm very happy with this device. The only thing I'm

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Speaker 1: missing on it is a nice case. And I think

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Speaker 1: this device is actually so good you can use it

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Speaker 1: without a case, but who wants to risk that, right,

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Speaker 1: It's got a nice grip to it, It's got a

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Speaker 1: nice feel. The camera is excellent. Is it an iPhone camera? No?

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Speaker 2: Is it the best camera? No? But is it a

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Speaker 2: really good camera? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I'm loving the pictures I'm taking on this thing. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sitting there wanting more. I mean, I'm looking through

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Speaker 1: some of these shots I took at the beach and

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Speaker 1: they look fantastic. In fact, I need to tweet some

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Speaker 1: of these out.

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Speaker 2: Is it the pixel? No? And I think that many.

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Speaker 1: People would be better served with a pixel, But I

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Speaker 1: don't think you're gonna get that same deal you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get from the pixel that you get for this phone.

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Speaker 2: Like, Samsung likes.

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Speaker 1: To make things a certain price, and then the carriers

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Speaker 1: take over and they discount these things and they kind

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Speaker 1: of run with it. Hundred dollar six nine becomes a

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Speaker 1: three ninety nine phone, or, like you said, a one

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Speaker 1: ninety nine. So I can I can definitely one hundred

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Speaker 1: percent recommend the Galaxy S twenty Fan Edition. I think

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Speaker 1: it is a perfectly great phone for every fan, not

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Speaker 1: just every fan, and it's it's really a phone for

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Speaker 1: the every person. So it's just a great phone for

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Speaker 1: the every day user, and I can definitely recommend it.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the next item of the week.

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Speaker 1: This is a big announcement from Facebook and they are

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Speaker 1: just integrating their services a little bit more. Facebook is

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Speaker 1: effectively building Facebook Messenger into Instagram. Let that sink in

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Speaker 1: for a moment. Facebook is building Facebook Messenger into Instagram.

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Speaker 1: Why are they doing this? Well, it makes a lot

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Speaker 1: of sense. It expands their reach. Let's let's be honest here,

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Speaker 1: there's been a a little pushback on Facebook from the

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Speaker 1: younger generation. They are not so much on Facebook anymore.

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Speaker 1: Maybe their parents are, but they're not. They're on Instagram

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Speaker 1: and they love Instagram even though they don't necessarily care

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Speaker 1: about Facebook. And what does this mean for Facebook? It

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Speaker 1: means hmmm, well, that's kind of frustrating because if let's

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Speaker 1: say you're on Instagram and your mom's on Facebook, well

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Speaker 1: that kind of sucks that you can't text her through Instagram.

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Speaker 1: Why don't we make these things work together? And so

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Speaker 1: that's exactly what they're doing. So you can now chat

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Speaker 1: with folks cross platforms, so to say, or cross app

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Speaker 1: so to say. So here's what's happening. You open up

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Speaker 1: your Instagram app, it'll say, hey, do you want messenger

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Speaker 1: inside Instagram? And you say sure, And once you do that,

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Speaker 1: there's no going back. Beware, you cannot go back to

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Speaker 1: the old Instagram experience of DMS and boringness. Once you

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Speaker 1: up grade now. Once you upgrade to Messenger, it is

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Speaker 1: a party inside Instagram. You're gonna get all kinds of

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Speaker 1: new features, including watch together so you can watch a

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Speaker 1: little videos together. You're gonna get disappearing messages if you

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Speaker 1: want to turn that mode on, selfie stickers, emojis, animated

527
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 1: message effects, gradient colors for your texts, all kinds of stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's a little circus inside your Instagram and it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be fun. Because Instagram was pretty boring for messaging. I

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Speaker 1: think this is awesome. I know I'm probably in a

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Speaker 1: smaller minority of opinion there, but the reason I think

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00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 1: it's awesome is because whatever makes it easier for me

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Speaker 1: to message folks and break away from I Message, I

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Speaker 1: am all for it. Every single person in the US

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Speaker 1: seems to have Instagram installed on their phone, so if

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Speaker 1: I can now message them through Instagram in a way

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Speaker 1: that seems like texting, I am all for that, and

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00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 1: I love I Message, but I'll be honest, it's really

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Speaker 1: frustrating that the American's reliance on I Message is just

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00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: so annoying, Like, oh, you're trying to send me a

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Speaker 1: picture and it comes through one tiny half megapixel because

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Speaker 1: you're sending it from an Android to my iPhone.

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Speaker 2: Or a video.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever have someone try to send a video

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Speaker 1: from an iPhone to an android? I mean, try watching that.

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Speaker 1: So if I can say, oh, I can just send

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Speaker 1: you that full res picture or a nice resolution picture

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Speaker 1: through Instagram and it's actually sent through Messenger, Oh I

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00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: can do that, that's awesome.

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Speaker 2: So I am a huge fan of this.

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Speaker 1: I know that there's a lot of talk about Facebook

552
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: trying to wrap itself up into a tighter bundle so

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00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: that the antitrust folks can't get through to them. But

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Speaker 1: let's be honest here. Is Facebook Messenger really a dominant

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00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: messaging platform. No, No one's saying, hey, use Facebook Messenger

556
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: to message. Nobody's saying that you can only get I

557
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: Message if you have an Apple product.

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Speaker 2: It only works to other Apple products.

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Speaker 1: Apple has not done anything to open up I Message

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Speaker 1: in any way to any other platform besides their own,

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Speaker 1: and it has a strong armhold on us users here

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Speaker 1: who are on the iPhone, and they love their I Message.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I would venture to say that people would

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Speaker 1: switch to an Android if they weren't so wrapped up

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Speaker 1: in I Message.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is the truth.

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Speaker 1: But I also just see the bigger picture of things

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Speaker 1: in that they have built a force to be reckoned

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Speaker 1: with with I Message, and nobody can touch that here

570
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Speaker 1: in the US. At least outside the US, people don't

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Speaker 1: understand it. They say, why are you so obsessed with

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00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: I message? I Message? I Message? We use WhatsApp, we

573
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: use line. In Japan, we use we Chat. In China,

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Speaker 1: we use SMS, we use Snapchat, we use Facebook Messenger,

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00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: we use WhatsApp, we use Instagram, But no everyone here

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00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: uses I message anyway.

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Speaker 2: Just be on the lookout for that.

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Speaker 1: Was that about the Okay, I don't know where I

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00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: am right now, mine a new question, I think I am.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Amanda.

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Speaker 1: Amanda says, I moved into an older relative's house. She

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Speaker 1: does want me to install cable right now.

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00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 2: I'm assuming you mean doesn't.

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Speaker 1: What Wi Fi product could I purchase that doesn't cost

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00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: an arm and a leg and gives me unlimited data

586
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Speaker 1: that you could recommend? Would appreciate any suggestions. I am

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Speaker 1: new at this.

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Speaker 2: Thanks.

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00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: Well, if she doesn't want you installing anything, you're probably

590
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Speaker 1: gonna have to go with a mobile hotspot. So when

591
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: it comes to mobile hotspots. I recently recently reviewed one

592
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 1: called the Zte max Connect. And what I like about

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00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: this device is it's unlocked. It's ninety dollars for an

594
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Speaker 1: unlocked device. And what this Wi Fi hotspot does is

595
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: it allows you to put in pretty much any SIM

596
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: card and then it will spit out a Wi Fi network.

597
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Speaker 1: And so ninety dollars gets you this device. Then you

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Speaker 1: have to buy the SIM and the service, and you

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00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: can do that in a few ways. You can buy

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Speaker 1: a prepaid SIM and pop it in there. What I

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Speaker 1: would do. Oh and by the way, the SIM networks

602
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Speaker 1: that it supports is T Mobile, metro by T Mobile, Sprint,

603
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: gen Mobile, Boost Mobile, Simple Mobile, Ultramobile, Red Pocket. Haven't

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00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: heard of that one, Republic Wireless, and other GSM networks.

605
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: So I mean, just find a plan that you like

606
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: that's cheap, you pop in the SIM card and there

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Speaker 1: you go, You've got WiFi. That's what I would do.

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Speaker 1: Your other option is to sign up for a mobile

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Speaker 1: hotspot from a carrier, But why would you do that

610
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Speaker 1: when you can buy this for ninety dollars unlocked and

611
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: there's no contract. You can even just go buy a

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Speaker 1: prepaid card. Even if you want to try it out,

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Speaker 1: buy the router for ninety bucks. They actually, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if they're still coming with the free plan. It

615
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: was coming with three gigs of data to try it out.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it's still doing that thirty days

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Speaker 1: of no contract service from Gen Mobile. Maybe it does

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00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: come with that still, I'm not sure. But anyway, you know,

619
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Speaker 1: try it out and just see how it works.

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00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 1: It's called the Zte max Connect Unlocked Mobile Wi Fi

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00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: Hotspot four g lt E GSM router MF nine two

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Speaker 1: eight up to one hundred and fifty megabits download speed,

624
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: connect up to ten devices, create a wirewland anywhere bundle.

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00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: So just search that on Google and you should find it. No,

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00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: you can find a link in the show notes. By

627
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: the way, do you know I link up everything in

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Speaker 1: the show notes.

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Speaker 2: I hope you know that.

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00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: I hope you're looking at those links because I have

631
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: no way of knowing if you're clicking those, tapping those

632
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Speaker 1: or whatever.

633
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 2: All right, more Google News.

634
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the Nest Audio speaker. Google was

635
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: kind enough to send me one of these to try out,

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00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: and uh, I can't really say my review yet. Apparently

637
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: reviews are embargoed until Monday, but I will say that

638
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: it is a very nice looking speaker. Oh well, I

639
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: guess Google search for me. It's a nice looking speaker,

640
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: and it replaces the original Google Home, which was just

641
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: when that thing came out. I remember going up to

642
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: that event in San Francisco when the Google Home speaker

643
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: came out.

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00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 2: It blew my mind.

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00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: Because here you are Google Assistant built into a speaker

646
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: that can do all kinds of stuff. We never had

647
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: anything like that before except Alexa, but this was Google,

648
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: so I was more intrigued.

649
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 2: And what do you get with this new one?

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00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: You get better hardware, better software, a better design, whole

651
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Speaker 1: home audio, faster Google Assistant. They say that all these

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00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: things sound better on this. They've got this ambient IQ feature,

653
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: which means when you're using like a you know, toothbrush

654
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: or the water's running, Google a system's automatically gonna sound louder,

655
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: so you don't have to like sit there and oh

656
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: do I have to just the volume again because I'm

657
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: like the dishwashers running no media. IQ automatically changes the

658
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: equalization depending on what you're listening to, whether it's the

659
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: voice music or podcast music. Recommendations. You can just say

660
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: hey G, hey G, recommend some music and it will

661
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: speaker groups, which is intriguing me at this point. I'll

662
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: be honest, you know, I built this Sonos. I built

663
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: this Sonos world in my house over the past many years,

664
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: and I have a Sonos in pretty much every room.

665
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: And I love Sonos but and I love the one

666
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: speaker that I bought recently, which is the Go Anywhere.

667
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: It's like the it's four hundred dollars, it's like rechargeable.

668
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: It's just great.

669
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: But I'll be honest, and I have this Sonos Bar

670
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: which hooks up to my TV, and then I've got

671
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: the two speakers paired behind that for stereo sound. But

672
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: I am really intrigued with kind of using these these

673
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 1: Google speakers throughout my house because I feel like it's

674
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: more fun at this point. And I've got almost all

675
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: these speakers in rooms too, and between the Mini and

676
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: then this new one, which is one hundred dollars by

677
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: the way, and then you've got the Max and then

678
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: you've got the Smart displays, you can build a pretty

679
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: good whole home audio system using these things. And the

680
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: cool thing is you get voice control, which unlike my

681
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: so nos, I don't really have voice control. Technically, it's

682
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: there because of the one speaker I have that has

683
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: it the uh what's that one called the move? But

684
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 1: I've never used that because it just seems too cumbersome.

685
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: But with this, you can say h or no not HG,

686
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,760
Speaker 1: hey G, move the music into this room and boom

687
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: your music stream moves into this room. Or eight, hey G,

688
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: put the play music in all my rooms. That is

689
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: pretty compelling to me. Or I keep forgetting what the

690
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: syntax is, hey G, play music in my living room.

691
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:54,320
Speaker 2: That's pretty cool.

692
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: So I may set up these speakers across my entire

693
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: house and just see how I like it. But I

694
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 1: kind of think this might be overtaking my sonos. The

695
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: one thing it's not gonna do I need to test

696
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: this out is I've got my sons hooked up to

697
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: my TV. But I'm thinking if I can somehow pair

698
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: these speakers in my living room, but I don't know.

699
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 2: I think that's where it's gonna end.

700
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 1: So that means I have to use my sonas setup

701
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: for the living room, just for the TV, and then

702
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: the rest for everything else. That's not very good. That

703
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: doesn't sound very clean. I want to clean setup. But

704
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: I will say the Sonos app has been lacking. I've

705
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: got I'm on that gross s one app, which is

706
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: like the old version. Now it's got the yucky icon

707
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: and it's kind of slow these days, it doesn't work

708
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: very well. I just feel like Sons is at this point.

709
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: It's too high end, it's too expensive, and I just

710
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 1: feel like Google with these speakers, had one hundred dollars.

711
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: You could put a speaker in every room so easily,

712
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: compared to a Sonos speaker that's way more expensive. I

713
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: think their minimum is two hundred. But I do love

714
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: my Sonos, so I'm not I'm not totally trashing them.

715
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: I just feel like this seems more compelling to me

716
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: at this point, and I will see if I need

717
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: to switch to this this new Google setup. Anyway, that

718
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,479
Speaker 1: speaker launches, probably by the time you hear this, it'll

719
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: be launching.

720
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 2: I'm sending one.

721
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: I'm purchasing one for my sister. She's building a little

722
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: home gym. She's a personal trainer, so she was She

723
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: asked me, she said, hey, Rich, can you recommend a

724
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: Bluetooth speaker?

725
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 2: And I was thinking about it and I like the

726
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 2: UI boom.

727
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: So then as I thought, I'm like, whoa hold on,

728
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: stop the presses here. Why would I not just get

729
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: you a Google Nest audio speaker. I mean, doesn't that

730
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: make sense? And so that's what I'm buying her. I'm

731
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 1: gifting her this speaker, not the one that Google sent me. No,

732
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 1: that doesn't doesn't work that way. I'm gonna buy her

733
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: one on the website and have it shipped to her.

734
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 1: I ask her, ask her which color she wanted. It

735
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: comes in these five cool colors, and she chose the uh,

736
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: the black, which is like, okay, can we be any

737
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: more boring? I mean it's nice. I think that it's

738
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: charcoal is the the official color. But they've got like charcoal,

739
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: They've got this sky, they've got this green, They've got

740
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: just some really nice colors gray, I've got the sky

741
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: blue that they sent me. But you know, it's like, okay,

742
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: I guess you want to be boring and go with

743
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: the most basic of all tech colors. But anyway, I

744
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: think she's gonna love it. And I asked her, I said,

745
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: you have a streaming service, like for music. She does

746
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: not subscribe. But the cool thing about this is. There's

747
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: so many services you can use. I just tested iHeartRadio

748
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: with it and it sounds fantastic. You can just you know,

749
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: she can use her phone with the iHeartRadio app and

750
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: cast it to there, or she can just like call

751
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: up a radio station. Or you can use Spotify for free,

752
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: or you can use the ad supported YouTube music. I mean,

753
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 1: there's so many options versus just the standard Bluetooth speaker

754
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: that needs to be you know, bluetoothing from your phone

755
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: the whole day.

756
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 2: Which is gonna, you know, be annoying.

757
00:37:58,719 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: You walk out of the gym and you got to

758
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: walk upstairs to do something and your music stops. So anyway,

759
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 1: I think she's gonna love it, and I am more

760
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 1: than happy to spend the one hundred dollars on her

761
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 1: to get her that speaker. That's the kind of person

762
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: I am.

763
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 2: I love.

764
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: I love buying people technology, Like my niece. I bought

765
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: her the new iPad because it's like, this is awesome stuff.

766
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: And since I get to test it, I know that

767
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: it works awesomely, and of course I share it with

768
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 1: you too, I share the info. Oh, speaking of iHeart Radio, Oh,

769
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: do I have another question? Well, let me just do

770
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: this real quick. iHeartRadio now has a standalone Apple Watch app,

771
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: which is really neat.

772
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 2: iHeartRadio.

773
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if you realize, but they have a

774
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: really good service going. And I'm not just saying that

775
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: because I do. I do things for KFI. You know,

776
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: I'm on there with Bill Handle and Jennifer Jones Lee

777
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: every week. But I think what iHeartRadio does is pretty awesome.

778
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: They've got all these radio stations, which you know, you

779
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 1: can listen to in the iHeartRadio app, but they also

780
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: have kind of like their equivalent of like serious stations.

781
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: So there's a station called like hit Nation. There's a

782
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: station that's like hit Nation for kids, which is like

783
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: a kid friendly hit Nation. There's a hit Nation Top twenty.

784
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: There's an iHeartRadio Country. I mean, they have really good stations,

785
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: and what I like about it is that they do

786
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: blend in the DJs, and yeah, it's kind of like

787
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,800
Speaker 1: you know, it's look, it's DJs.

788
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 2: Sometimes they're fun.

789
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's like nonsense, but I kind of like having

790
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: the person telling me what that song is, right. I

791
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: already went through this with with Apple Music Country and

792
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: Serious XM. Serrius XM has made it a thing to

793
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: have DJs on their stations. They don't need to have them,

794
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: but it differentiates them from something like Spotify. And as

795
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 1: I get older, I and I've always loved radio DJs.

796
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: I like the perspective, Hey, here's the latest song from

797
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: you know what was it Carly Pierce. The other day

798
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: they gave like a little introduction as to like, you know,

799
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: she just broke up with her husband, and it's like,

800
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 1: here's the song she wrote MM pretty much about him.

801
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: And so it's that little bit of perspective that I

802
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: think radio DJs have always offered when it comes to

803
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: new music. When I'm listening to Spotify, a song comes

804
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: on and I've said this before, I have no clue

805
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: is that song brand new or was it done ten

806
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: years ago? And it just happens to show up in

807
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 1: my playlist because of AI. So that's why I like

808
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio because you get that perspective from the DJ. So anyway,

809
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: if you have an Apple Watch, you've got the iHeartRadio app.

810
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: You can listen like I tried this on my run

811
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: the other day, where I can just listen to the

812
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: station streaming live. And so yeah, you have to have

813
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: a data connection to do that or Wi Fi. But

814
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 1: it's kind of cool because there's one more way to

815
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: kind of free up your Apple Watch from the iPhone.

816
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: And it did not work in my case, I'll be honest.

817
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 1: I was on the Santa Monica bike path and signal

818
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: is notoriously terrible along that bike path for me on Verizon.

819
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it's like that with other carriers,

820
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: but it's really bad and it just it could not

821
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 1: keep the signal, and so I ended up listening to

822
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: my my music that was saved on my Apple Watch

823
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: because I just couldn't just kept going out.

824
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 2: It just would wouldn't do it.

825
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: So I'm not sure if there's a way to save

826
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: stuff to your Apple Watch from the iHeartRadio app. I'll

827
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: play around with it a little bit more, but I

828
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: think it's something you should have on there if you

829
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: like to run with your watch. I mean, they've got

830
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: I did a cool running workout. Let's see what do

831
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: I have on here? They have Let's see what do

832
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: I have iHeartRadio. Let's see come on, where's my so

833
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: my library is, Let's see my stations. I've got the

834
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: twenty four hour Cardio mix and I think that's from

835
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: twenty four hour Fitness Country Workout Radio, Hit Nation, Junior

836
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: Hit Nation, iHeart Country Radio KFI.

837
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:43,879
Speaker 2: Of course, iHeart.

838
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 1: Christmas, which is a fantastic station, Dave Ramsey Channel, Rich

839
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: Demiro's Favorites KTLA five. You know you can listen to

840
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,879
Speaker 1: that on iHeartRadio, American Top forty, Today's Mix again, one

841
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: of their kind of satellite radio stations, Eclectic Rock, which

842
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: is just fantastic. My favorite radio stations on iHeart, and

843
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: then Coffee Shop Radio, which I'm listening to on the weekends.

844
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: So anyway, check it out. I can't speak highly enough

845
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: and it's totally free, and I'll be honest, I don't

846
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: pay for the iHeartRadio stuff and I still rarely rarely hear.

847
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:16,439
Speaker 2: Commercials on there.

848
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: So all right, another question here, Tim says, Hi, Rich,

849
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: I watch your segments all the time. I was asked

850
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: by a new client for an e business card, but

851
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: I've never heard of them. Can you suggest an app

852
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: or give me an idea on how to create one?

853
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:35,959
Speaker 2: Thanks? Tim?

854
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 1: Yes, I will so. I first saw this at the

855
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: Toy Fair in New York City and it was like

856
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 1: mind boggling. So this guy, I can't remember his name,

857
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: but he tapped this business card to my iPhone and

858
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: next thing, you know, his contact information was right on

859
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,120
Speaker 1: my phone. I was like, what did you just do?

860
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: And he's like, isn't that cool? And I forget what

861
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,040
Speaker 1: the specific name of the card he had. I I

862
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: think I took a picture of it, but he's like, oh,

863
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,880
Speaker 1: it's coming out. It was like thirty five dollars. But anyway,

864
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: they have a couple of these things. So the first

865
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: one I've been testing out is called I think I

866
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: don't know how you pronounce it, but it's a big

867
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: ad ont on a TikTok. It's called Popole pop l

868
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: dot co. And this is kind of for the young kids,

869
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: but you can use it, you know, no matter what age.

870
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: These are fifteen, fifteen to twenty dollars little dots that

871
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:25,720
Speaker 1: stick on the back.

872
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 2: Of your phone.

873
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: And the main thing here is that it's an NFC

874
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: dot and you stick it on your phone and then

875
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: you tap this to a friend's phone and the NFC

876
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: takes over and it leads you to a website with

877
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: your popoll profile. And so that's that's basically it. And

878
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: on your propol profile you have your Instagram, your TikTok,

879
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: text messaging, Snapchat, Venmo, Spotify, whatever you want. You can

880
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: you know, you can have it open to a one thing.

881
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: You can have it open right to your Instagram if

882
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 1: that's how you want to share, or you can have

883
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 1: it open up right to your VCF. You're you know,

884
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,240
Speaker 1: is that what it's called? The card file? VCF file?

885
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,280
Speaker 1: I think so, no v card. I don't know v card.

886
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: I think it's a v card. Yeah, VCRD file v card.

887
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 2: I thought it was VCF. Maybe it's not.

888
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, VCF virtual contact file. You can have it open

889
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,440
Speaker 1: up to that. So this is really cool. That's an

890
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: easy solution. And it sticks on the back of your phone.

891
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: I don't like anything stuck to the back of my phone,

892
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: including remember you know those pop sockets everyone loves. I

893
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: just can't have anything stuck to my phone. I like

894
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: a clean phone experience. So I have this thing stuck

895
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: to the back of my computer. But it doesn't really

896
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 1: do much good there anyway, poppol is really cool. I'm

897
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,720
Speaker 1: gonna do a story on them. These are some UCLA

898
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: students that started this, and I want to do a story.

899
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: But the problem is, you know, we're not really supposed

900
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 1: to be, you know, socially meeting random people right now.

901
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: So it's kind of tough to recommend a product where

902
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,840
Speaker 1: you're meeting a whole bunch of random people and popping

903
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: your phones together, right So anyway, I'll do that when

904
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: the time is right. But the other one is Blue

905
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: Social And this might have been the card that the

906
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 1: guy tapped. I'm not sure, but it's the same thing.

907
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: It's just in a business card form and it has

908
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: that little NFC chip in it, and you know, you

909
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: tap it to someone's phone and it brings it up.

910
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: Just tim what I'd look for is NFC business card.

911
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 1: I'd probably recommend the Poppol honestly, because there's a most

912
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 1: momentum behind them, and I think they're They're look and

913
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 1: feel is pretty clean, so I think i'd go with

914
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: that one. And they've got a bunch of different styles

915
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: you can choose from, so they look really cool, from

916
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 1: like glittery.

917
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 2: To just standard.

918
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 1: That's what I'd probably go for. The other way you

919
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: can do this is just a QR code. Now that

920
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: people are finally clued into QR codes because of all

921
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: these menus everywhere, you know, the contactless menus at restaurants.

922
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:52,720
Speaker 2: People are figuring out.

923
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: Oh, what is this QR code That's been around forever,

924
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: but people are finally figuring out that we can use them,

925
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: and thankfully because QR codes are great. Every other country

926
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: in the world uses QR codes except America. Why is

927
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 1: America so strange when it comes to their adoption of technology? Like,

928
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 1: I mean, what is up with that? QR codes were

929
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 1: just like standard fair everywhere else, NFC standard fair everywhere else.

930
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: But it took Apple Pay for that to become popular.

931
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 1: You know, Tap to pay was popular everywhere, but like

932
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Apple does it, and now it's like,

933
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 1: oh yes, uh NFC is amazing. All right, I do

934
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 1: want to get through a couple other things. I know

935
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: I'm going along here, but let's see that's not that exciting.

936
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 2: Let's talk about this.

937
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: If you want a free Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers

938
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: thirty five, this is kind of cool. It's it's kind

939
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: of like inspired by you know, Mario Super Mario Brothers,

940
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: but it's a it's a thirty five player twist on it,

941
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: so it's a it's a it's like a Fortnite kind

942
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: of thing, right, A Battle Royale thirty five players. They

943
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: all start at the same time and they compete in

944
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 1: this gameplay.

945
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 2: Now. I have not played this yet. I downloaded it

946
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 2: to my kids.

947
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: I got my kid for his birthday Nintendo Switch Light,

948
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 1: and he loves it. But I've got to get the

949
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 1: games on there, so I downloaded this one and it

950
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 1: looks awesome. I'm gonna play it this weekend and I'm excited.

951
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: So it's kind of like that idea of playing online

952
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: with friends. So you need the thing you need here

953
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: is a membership to Nintendo Switch Online. That's twenty bucks

954
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: a year. If you don't have it, you do need

955
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: that to play this game. And this game is only

956
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 1: available until March thirty first, twenty twenty one, digital only,

957
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: so go download it. It looks really fun and it

958
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: kind of you know what I like about. My kids

959
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 1: love Rodblocks, which I hate. You know that I've talked

960
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,240
Speaker 1: about it. They like Minecraft, which I think is fine,

961
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,680
Speaker 1: but I personally would love if they played the Switch

962
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: more because to me, the Switch is like good old

963
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: fashioned gaming. The games have a start, a middle, they

964
00:47:56,719 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: have an end. They're fun, They're created by people that

965
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 1: are you know, their entire world is gaming, like Nintendo people,

966
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: and so I really really like that, and I like

967
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: the idea of them playing that. So anyway, and it

968
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: reminds me of my childhood. You know, you'd get sick

969
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,439
Speaker 1: of stuff and you'd play this game until you beat

970
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,240
Speaker 1: it and then you'd be sick of it or whatever.

971
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: So anyway, that's a quick game. Again, it's called if

972
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: you want to download it? Why did I put this

973
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: over here? It's called the Super Mario Brothers thirty five.

974
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: So maybe I'll get on there and I'll tell you

975
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 1: my username and we can all play it, all right.

976
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:42,800
Speaker 1: One last question from Pam. Pam says, what what your suggestion?

977
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: People write me really fast. I think because these questions

978
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:50,720
Speaker 1: like what your suggestion of good car play wireless adapter

979
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: like CarPlay to Air? I think what Pam is saying

980
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: is what do you think of or do you have

981
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: a suggestion of a good car play wireless adapter like

982
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: car Play to Air? And my answer is no, do

983
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: not get a wireless car play adapter. I don't care

984
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: how sexy they look on YouTube.

985
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:13,839
Speaker 2: Don't get one. I'll tell you why you don't.

986
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,839
Speaker 1: Okay, so give you some background. I just finally tried

987
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: out wireless car play for myself. Apple gave me a

988
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: demo of it a couple of years ago, but it

989
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: was only in like a high end BMW. It was

990
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,279
Speaker 1: very limited, but I tested. I recently did a test

991
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:30,439
Speaker 1: drive of the Nissan Rogue, which has wireless car play

992
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:33,440
Speaker 1: in its Platinum edition, and so I got to try it.

993
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: You know, when Apple did it, they sort of you know,

994
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: they held the ball. They they did it. They showed me,

995
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,279
Speaker 1: they led me through it. I wasn't able to play

996
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: around with it in this car. I was able to

997
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: play around, and it is awesome. Let me tell you.

998
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 1: Wireless car play is seriously, seriously cool, and it solves

999
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: a lot of problems. It solves a problem of when

1000
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: I get when I'm doing errands around the how or

1001
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 1: around the neighborhood, I'm getting into my car and getting

1002
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: out a bunch of times I don't want to. I

1003
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: end up not plugging in my phone after the first

1004
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: time because it's too much work to plug it in

1005
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 1: every time. So I get why they came up with

1006
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 1: wireless CarPlay, and it's really cool. In the Rogue, it

1007
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: worked phenomenal. It was so cool, it's slick, it's the

1008
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 1: you do one one time kind of like set up,

1009
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: and then after you get in your car boom, you

1010
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: just put your phone wherever it is and it just

1011
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 1: shows up on the screen. So it's streaming CarPlay from

1012
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 1: your phone. It's actually using like a Wi Fi direct

1013
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,919
Speaker 1: connection to do it. I think maybe it's blending at

1014
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 1: with Bluetooth but to get the signal or whatever, or

1015
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: to kind of get the connection. But it's literally like

1016
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: chrome casting your phone screen or what's happening on your

1017
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: phone to the screen.

1018
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 2: But it works the same way.

1019
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: It's great and anyway, so these Wi Fi you know,

1020
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,800
Speaker 1: CarPlay adapters. I looked at this one that she mentioned,

1021
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 1: this CarPlay to air and it's one hundred and thirty

1022
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 1: dollars number one. That's expensive for an adapter that very unproven, right.

1023
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: I looked at their YouTube video. They spelled the word

1024
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:58,760
Speaker 1: chord wrong. They said, oh, you got lots of chords.

1025
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 1: It was spelled hrd. Another red flag. They didn't have

1026
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: social media on their website, which again is another red

1027
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 1: flag and the biggest thing I think you need if

1028
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: you're going to do wireless car play, Otherwise it defeats

1029
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: the purpose. You need a wireless charger in your car,

1030
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: and so if you're adding wireless car Play to your car,

1031
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: you probably don't have a wireless charger. Now, my car

1032
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,439
Speaker 1: is a couple of years old, and I actually do

1033
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 1: have a wireless charger like a CHI charger, which is

1034
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:28,879
Speaker 1: one of the things I wanted. I never use it,

1035
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 1: and I do have car Play, and I could potentially

1036
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 1: use the wireless car Play and then pop my phone

1037
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 1: in the Chi charger to wirelessly charge, but that's all

1038
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:39,800
Speaker 1: too much work. I can just plug it in. So anyway,

1039
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,319
Speaker 1: my advice to you, Pam is just to deal with

1040
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 1: wired CarPlay for now, because I'm not sure how good

1041
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: these wireless adapters are. And I think that, you know,

1042
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: just let technology evolution take its course, which when you

1043
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: get a new car, eventually wireless CarPlay will be there.

1044
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: And right now we're just starting to see it come

1045
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: up on the you know, higher end additions of certain cars.

1046
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,440
Speaker 1: You know, like with the Rogue it was a platinum

1047
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: edition and it wasn't available in the other or maybe

1048
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,320
Speaker 1: it was in the lower options, but like as an option,

1049
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: but it comes with the platinum, or maybe you have

1050
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: to get the platinum. I think you have to. I

1051
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,719
Speaker 1: gotta check on that. But anyway, so just kind of

1052
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: just plug in. It's not that big of a deal.

1053
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,240
Speaker 1: I know it's kind of a pain, but when everything's

1054
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: wireless these days. But I will say it is awesome,

1055
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 1: and I'm really looking forward to wireless car play when

1056
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 1: I can fully take advantage of it. But if I

1057
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:33,840
Speaker 1: switch that Pixel five, I don't know, I'm gonna have

1058
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 1: to use wireless Android auto.

1059
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:37,239
Speaker 2: I don't know how's that gonna work.

1060
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, so complicated with all this stuff, I mean,

1061
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: isn't it.

1062
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, what is that to hear? Is that

1063
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 2: the music?

1064
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 1: Oh?

1065
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:48,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is.

1066
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,919
Speaker 1: Oh no, it is the music. You know what that means?

1067
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 1: They're playing me off. I'm being played off my own show.

1068
00:52:57,719 --> 00:53:01,240
Speaker 1: How rude? Remember that on a full house?

1069
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:04,839
Speaker 2: How rude? What was that? What was that girl's name?

1070
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:07,760
Speaker 2: How rude? I think she's stolen the new one.

1071
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it for this episode of

1072
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: the show. Thanks so much for listening. If you would

1073
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 1: like to submit a question for me to answer, just

1074
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:19,400
Speaker 1: go to richon tech dot tv and hit the email

1075
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: button at the bottom of the page. Now we'll try

1076
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:26,880
Speaker 1: something new. If you want to send me a audio question.

1077
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,480
Speaker 1: Just record it on your phone and you know, use

1078
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 1: your voice recorder app on iPhone or whatever voice memos

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Speaker 1: and just send it off as an email to Hello

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Speaker 1: at richon tech dot tv. Hello at richon tech dot TV. Also,

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Speaker 1: I would love it if you would rate and review

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Speaker 1: this podcast. Just go to rate this podcast dot com

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Speaker 1: slash rich on tech two hundred and one reviews or ratings.

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Speaker 1: I should say on Apple Podcasts five out of five.

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Speaker 2: Love it. Oh my gosh, this let me read one.

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Speaker 1: Let's see happy years, says this young man has turned

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Speaker 1: tech sharing into an art. Stay blessed, rich Thank you art.

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Speaker 1: I love it, And if you leave a review like that,

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Speaker 1: yes I will read it on the show. You can

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Speaker 1: find me on all social media at rich on tech.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget to look at my website every once in

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Speaker 1: a while rich on tech dot TV. That's where I

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Speaker 1: post all the good stuff I'm doing on KTLA and

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Speaker 1: other places. You know, You've got me doing a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff these days. I'm on KTLA, I'm on my

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Speaker 1: other TV stations and places like we just added Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: We're on in San Diego, Sacramento, Cleveland, gosh, all over

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Speaker 1: the nation and also this new show called News Nation,

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Speaker 1: which my company's doing, and that's a nightly newscast on

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Speaker 1: WG in America, so look for that. Also this new

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Speaker 1: show called la on scripted. So I am working hard.

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Speaker 1: So if I don't respond to your email on the

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Speaker 1: first day, I know it's tough. I'm working, but I'm there.

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Speaker 1: My name is Richard Meiel. Thanks so much for listening.

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Speaker 1: Stay safe, I'll talk to you real soon.