WEBVTT - Chromecast with Google TV hopes to organize streaming confusion 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:14.040 Google has a bunch of new gadgets, a rundown of 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:19.000 the new Chrome, cast, Pixel and smart speaker, Facebook Messenger 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:23.960 comes to Instagram, a fun free new Nintendo game, plus 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.080 your tech questions answered. 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:27.240 What's going On? 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:29.880 I'm Rich Damiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:32.320 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:35.440 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.720 answer the questions that you send me What's going on? 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.880 My name is Rich Damiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:42.919 five in Los Angeles. 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:44.920 Did I just say what's going on? Twice in a row? 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:46.519 I must really want to know. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:48.720 What's going on? But I do want to know what's 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:51.720 going on because there's a lot going on. I mean, 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.520 this is the wildest time in history, right. I mean, 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.120 we're all stuck at home, we're working from home. You know, 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.760 the news cycle is just like you can't write this stuff. 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:08.720 I mean, it's really pretty wild. But when it comes 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.640 to tech, man, oh man, oh man, there have been 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:17.080 so many new gadgets. I can barely keep up. I mean, 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.040 we had Google this week, we have I mean, there's 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:21.840 just so many things coming out. We still haven't even 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:25.600 gotten to the main event. Which is the iPhone, the 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:30.080 iPhone twelve. That's still by the time you listen to this, 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.640 maybe we'll have heard something about when the event is. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.000 But I mean, we just got through like Apple Watch 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.479 and new iPads and now we've got all this Google 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:39.800 stuff and new Samsung. Samsung just keeps coming out with 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:40.640 the phone every week. 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:42.400 It's a lot. 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.800 I just love seeing the innovation, and it's gotten to 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.200 a point where it takes a lot to be innovative 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.559 at this point because these gadgets do what we need 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:54.320 and I almost need like a reason to change out 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.840 my TV or my internet. Oh yeah, euro came out 0:01:56.920 --> 0:02:00.480 the new Internet, the Wi Fi six one. I don't 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:02.360 know if you notice, by the way, I've been doing 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:06.920 some bonus episodes. So my idea with the bonus episodes 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.440 is to do interviews with folks that I find interesting 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:14.600 that can you know, add some perspective to the various gadgets, 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.239 you know, kind of take a deeper dive into things. 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.160 And so you might have seen the or heard the 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:25.040 one with Roku. Also, I did one with the new 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.280 Nest audio speaker, so I talked to the head on that. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.720 So I mean it's been really fun. I love that 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.480 kind of stuff because if I'm into something, I want 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.359 to know. I want to absorb as much information as 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.880 I can about that thing. And so when I do 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:40.920 these deep dive interviews. For me, if I have a 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.919 Roku or any other gadget, I want to hear what 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.679 the people behind that gadget have to say in a 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.960 much longer form than just, you know, a SoundBite or 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.720 a press release or just you know. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:53.280 So anyway, I love doing those. 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.040 Let me know what you think of them at rich 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.120 on tech on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook or whatever. 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.160 But I'm going to keep them coming. You're listening to them, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.800 I mean I could tell because of the numbers, so 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.000 that's good. But just tell me what you think of those, 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:06.639 and if you have any ideas for who you want 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.200 me to actually talk to. Right now, it's been just 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.000 kind of like new gadget people, but I was thinking 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.680 of just making it sort of a ten minute interview 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.760 every week with someone or something that I find interesting. 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.600 So I'll keep doing those until you tell me to stop. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.480 But let's get to the top story of the week. 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.920 And Google had their launch night in Google launched a 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.240 whole bunch of new products. Was it the most exciting event. No, 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.639 definitely not. It was It was almost like just watching 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:35.600 a YouTube. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.120 Video, which was kind of weird. 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.240 The way they shot it, the way they did it, 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.440 there was no real cohesive like manner to it. But 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.960 that's fine. I mean everyone's trying these things or trying 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.840 to be different, trying to do it in their own way, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:49.800 so I don't fault Google for that. I mean, these 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.040 are this is some Really it's different than standing up 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.560 on a stage and presenting something when you're you know, 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.160 if it's not live, you can do things in different ways. 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.600 So anyway, the event was fine. They sent a whole 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:05.080 bunch of stuff to a journalist. It was like a 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.640 little box of like stuff to use while you watch 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:10.960 the show, which, by the way, they called it Launch 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.040 Night In and it was at eleven and I kept 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.760 wondering if it was eleven PM, because why would you 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.440 call it Launch night In when it's eleven am. So 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.359 that really confused me. But I got there, I was 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.960 on time, watched the video, and they sent like a 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.520 pair of Google socks. They sent some coffee, they sent 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:30.760 some candy and a candle which actually smells really good. 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:35.400 Hold on, I've got it. Right here smells like a 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.479 cozy night in. Oh it's cedar wood. Okay, that's well. 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.000 I've decided that I really like the smell of cedar wood. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.640 I had this thing burning in my office yesterday and 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.200 my kid came in and he goes, wow, why is 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.239 your office smell so good? And I said it's this candle. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.440 They said, oh, wow, your office has got a candle now. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.800 So I anyway, if you like cedarwood, go smell one 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:00.120 of those at your local wherever you buy candles these days. Yes, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.120 it's bed, Bath and Beyond still the thing, or what's 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:03.600 that other one? 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:04.559 Bath and body works? 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.080 But what's the one in the mall They have the 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.080 really good scented candles there. I always like to go, 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:11.800 like once a year, I'll be in the mall and 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.800 I'll stop there and I'll just buy like all those 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.040 soaps and all the and so for like a couple 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.839 months or weeks. In our house, everything smells really good. 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.560 The soaps are really like good smelling, and then. 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:22.320 We forget about it. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.159 Okay, So, I think the most exciting thing about the 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:31.120 Google event was actually not the pixel but the Chrome 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:35.560 cast with Google TV. This is their brand new streaming device. 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:39.800 It's fifty bucks, and it seems to kind of hit 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:43.360 all of the things that I've wanted, which it really 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.880 frustrates me. I use an Apple TV on my primary TV, 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.720 and I think it's just okay. What I like about 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.839 it is that every app is on there. The apps 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.680 work really nice. The remote is horrible. I mean it's horrendous. 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.600 It gets lost all the time. There's no way to 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.680 find it's just the moving around on the touch area 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:08.200 is just terrible. And it's just okay. It's like my 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.400 least favorite Apple experience. It's like it just works, you know. 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.400 The screen savers are great, but since I don't use 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.200 Apple Photos, I don't get my own pictures in there, 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.160 so that really annoys me. And so this Chrome Cast 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.080 with Google TV is very intriguing because it brings together 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.960 two things that I love, the Google Assistant, a watch list, 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.600 a remote control, and my own Google Photos as a 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.560 screen saver when I'm not using my TV. So this 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.279 device is a tiny you know, it's like a Chrome Cast. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:39.280 It's a dongle that plugs into the back of your 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.640 TV and then it has remote control and so it 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:49.040 does four k HDR sixty. It also supports HDMI pass 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.640 through of Dolby audio content. It has that remote control, 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:57.279 which has the buttons you need. It's got the volume buttons, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.919 it's got the input buttons, it's got the void assistant button. 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.640 It's got YouTube and Netflix, which I don't like. I 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.080 don't like how they're pulling a Roku on me by 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.400 giving me two branded buttons. 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:09.280 And I get it. 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.080 Netflix, Okay, everyone watches Netflix. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:12.600 YouTube. 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.240 It's probably not something I would have wanted on there 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.640 because my kids are like addicted to YouTube and that's 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.320 of course what they're going to go to. So I 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.800 hope I can set some restrictions on that. But you know, 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.240 give us the old Google would have given us two 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.280 buttons that we could have programmed in. But you know, 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.560 the new Google and all these other tech companies are 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.880 all about deals. And you know that they got money 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.240 from Netflix or there's some sort of deal signed and YouTube. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.120 You know there's some sort of deal there. Obviously they 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.120 own it, but you know it's like, come on, why 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.480 does everyone It's not one size fits all Google, and 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.120 you know that this is not the Google that we 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.080 used to know. That's something that Apple would probably do 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.480 or something that you know Roku pioneered, but Google, come on, 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.280 But that's that's the world we live in now. So 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.880 what's unique about this service is that they're trying to 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.440 make a watch list that works across all of your 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.840 streaming services. So you know how frustrating it is when 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.160 you sit down. I go into Hulu and I pop 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.080 through there and see what's on there. I go into 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:14.680 Amazon Prime and I pop into there and see what's 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:16.520 playing on there. I go into Netflix, see what's playing 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.000 on there. It's a very frustrating and really slow process 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:21.160 to find something to watch. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:22.120 Well, this is. 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:26.000 Doing much more broad categories like horror movies. It'll show 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.720 you movies across all the different services on the home screen. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.440 And I'm just making that up, but that's kind of 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.920 what their idea is. So that's really cool. So it'd 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:34.720 be like Halloween and by the way, at the bottom 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:36.720 it'll say HBO Max, Oh cool, I have that, let 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:39.439 me pop in there. So that's really neat. It works 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.920 with a bunch of apps. YouTube, Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.480 HBO Max Prime Video are the ones they mentioned. Those 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.040 are the pretty popular big ones. The one I noticed. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.760 I don't think it's gonna work for right off the 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.880 bat is Apple TV. Now I've only watched one show 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.160 on there, which was The Morning Show, so I'm not 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.920 too worried about that losing that if I switched to this, 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.760 which I probably am this weekend, so you know, maybe 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.199 I'll just have to watch like I was gonna watch 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.520 Greyhound and I went to Bookmarket on the new Google 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.040 TV app on my watch list and I couldn't. And 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.720 that's the other cool thing about this. They're making a 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.800 universal watch list. So now I used to use that 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:15.920 app called real Good or I use that app called 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.120 real Good, and that works, you know, across everything, but 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.199 you still have to go in and like look at 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.320 it and then go to your device and find it. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.440 But with this, you can use the Google TV app 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.240 on your phone or just Google add things to your 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.280 watch list and they show up on your TV screen. 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:35.319 So I think this sounds really, really awesome. You've got 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.400 the slideshow of your Google photos when you're not using 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.600 the device, which is really awesome for me because I 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.240 love that feature. You can also do Google Meet on 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.959 Chrome Cast, which is kind of cool, and of course 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.079 it just works as a Chrome cast as well. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:50.800 This is fifty dollars. 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.920 I think, and according to some of the early reviews, 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.800 they did not send me a review unit, but some 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.360 of the early reviews are really saying this thing is awesome. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.400 Not as customizable as you'd like for the home screen, 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:05.199 but you know again, I ordered mine from best Buy. 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.719 I'm getting it today, I'm setting it up immediately. I'm 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.560 a switch. Of course, my whole family over to this. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.439 They're gonna hate me for it, but I am very 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:16.640 excited for this device. I think that it's Google's best 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:21.240 chance at kind of making some sense out of the 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.600 streaming TV landscape, and if anyone can do that, it 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.400 is Google. Now, don't forget. Apple TV has a very 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.760 similar feature with their what is it? What do they 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.560 call it? Like Apple TV up next I think is 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.120 what they call it. The problem is not many people 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.600 use Apple TV up next requires the use of an 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.200 Apple device to add stuff to it. It's not perfect, 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.280 and in my case, I've never really used it because 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.040 it just doesn't really work for my workflow. But this 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.200 Google watch list will really work for me. And plus 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.040 you have Google Assistant, you can just say what should 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.839 I watch? So I think that this is like I 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.200 don't know, I have very very high hopes for this 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.600 Google TV, and I'll have more about that as I 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:10.880 test it. All Right, let's get to the first question, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:15.320 and just FYI little housekeeping note. It will be me 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.880 doing the questions from now on or a special guest. 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:20.920 I'm not gonna do the computer thing. I didn't like 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.880 that last week. I decided it was kind of gross. 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.160 But it will be me going forward doing the questions. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:30.400 I may have folks start sending in voicemails for the questions, 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.680 or I was thinking I might branch the podcast to 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.920 where I just talk about the tech stuff and then 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.679 I do like an hour or two on Facebook Live 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.480 and then cut that down into a podcast where I 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:46.000 actually can talk back and forth with people. So I'm 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.719 trying to figure out the new direction of where to go. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.200 You can let me know what you think, but it's 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.319 at rich on Tech. But it will be me going forward. 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:59.000 So that's kind of like the news is that it's 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.600 either gonna be me or special guest, a rotating special 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.319 guest to do the questions. So let's get to the 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.839 first question from Joyce. Joyce subject Lin says, kids phone 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.960 or watch? Have you ever tested anything for children to 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.120 keep in touch with them or know where they're at. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.000 I'm talking younger kids. Nine years old granddaughter takes her 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:17.839 scooter to play at a friend's house, then takes off 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:21.600 to another friend's house. Thank you, Joyce, Joyce. I am 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:27.400 going to recommend the Apple Watch SE. Now, I know 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.560 this is an expensive way to keep in touch with 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.840 the kids, but I think it is the best way. 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.040 And the reason I think it's the best way is 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.520 because you're going to spend a little bit more buying 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.520 this Apple Watch. But I'm telling you it's going to 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:45.160 be leaps and bounds ahead of any other solution you're 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.400 gonna find there. And here's what people do. They ask 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:48.959 me for my opinion, and then they go out and 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.880 they buy the five dollars a month smart watch at 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.319 the mall and they say, real just things sucks, it's 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.760 not that good. And I say, well, I told you 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.719 to get the Apple Watch. So the thing about the 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.680 Apple Watch is that you can use with family. It's 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.720 they have that new thing called family set up. So 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:11.280 Apple Watch Family setup works with the Apple Watch Series 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:16.680 four and up, but you need a cellular version. It 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:20.120 also works works with the Apple Watch SE. So if 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.840 you have a series four and up on cellular. You 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:24.960 can maybe find one of those on eBay, or maybe 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.720 a family member has it, or you can purchase the 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:31.160 new Apple Watch se with cellular, and when you purchase 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.760 it with cellular, it starts at two seventy nine, but 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.640 then when you add cellular, it brings it up to 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.440 three hundred and twenty nine dollars. I don't think that's 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.800 that terrible of a price point to have your kid connected. 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.120 Now you do have to set up a service plan 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.520 with your child once you have this watch, so yes, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:52.840 it gets a little bit more expensive. When I went 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.120 to set this up on my phone for some reason, 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.600 and I'm not sure, it's said that it was zero 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:59.800 dollars a month on my Verizon plan. I don't know 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.280 if that was some sort of special I didn't actually 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.200 set it up because I'm still testing this feature, but 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.400 that was interesting. But usually phones are about ten dollars 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.360 a month extra. I'm not sure what the pricing is 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.400 on this whole family setup thing, but that's what i'd recommend. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:18.720 The only other thing that I found that even comes 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:24.560 close is a watch called the Dimo smart Watch. What 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.120 it or is it Dino? Sorry, it was the Dino 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:31.360 Dino Smartwatch from cool Pad. I'm not even sure if 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.360 they're still supporting this thing, but that was the one 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.520 that I tested and I thought was actually pretty cool. 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:41.480 It's from Coolpad Dino Kids dot Com. This one is 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.600 sixty dollars and you of course have to buy the 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:46.200 plan with that as well. It runs on the T 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.080 Mobile network. But I thought this one was pretty cool. 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.640 It's just the software that kind of is not very good. 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.360 And this is what I'm saying. With Apple, You're gonna 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:58.840 get fantastic software, fantastic support, every app. You can imagine 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.640 features that are written for this device that Apple has 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.280 thought of for a child, and so you'll be able 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:06.840 to keep track of them, You'll be able to see 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.320 where they go, you'll be able to call them, message them. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.240 I think it's the absolute best solution you can think of, 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:15.680 and that's what I would go with. 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:16.240 Joyce. 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.760 You want my opinion, you're gonna get it here on 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.480 the rich On Tech Show. All right, let's move on 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.920 to the second most important. It's funny because the things 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:28.520 I think people are gonna buy the most of at 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.880 the Google announcement are the speaker and the phone and 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.000 the Chrome cast. But I'll go with the phone because 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.800 I do think this is a big announcement in the 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.440 scheme of things. So they announced two new phones, the 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.680 Pixel five and the Pixel four to a with five 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.720 and both of these have five G. So let's go. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:48.960 Let's go over the Pixel five. This is kind of 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:52.520 their top of the line Google phone. Five G connectivity, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:57.920 water resistant, wireless, charging, four thousand million our battery. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.120 Which is not that good. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:03.400 Because we know that the battery life on the last 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:07.960 Pixel was horrendous, so let's hope that this one lasts. 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.400 It's got eight gigabytes of RAM one, twenty eight gigs 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:15.360 of storage, a six inch full HD plus o LED 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.040 smooth display, which that means it's got ability to go 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:22.960 ninety hertz refresh rate. It's got this qualcump Snapdragon seven 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.080 to sixty five G, which is not the top of 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.280 the line. The top of the line is the what 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.240 I said, the eight sixty five or the whatever it is. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.560 It's something in the eights and it's that's the main chip. 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.480 This is a lower end chip, which I'm not gonna 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.520 fault them Ford just yet. And then it's got the 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.920 rear camera. It's got twelve megapixels, and then a sixteen 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.680 megapixel ultra wide, so yes, we finally got an ultra 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.240 wide on the Pixel. And then it's got night Site 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.160 Live HDR plus, which they said they improved, a cinematic 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:54.280 pan feature, which is a video feature that makes your 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:58.200 videos look more Hollywood style with like nice panning, like 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.720 pretty much what Apple does on the iPhone, Like when 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:01.920 you take video on that phone, it. 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.359 Just looks like it just looks beautiful. 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:08.760 And then you've got the ultra wide, portrait light, stereo speakers, 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.159 and USB C and the interesting thing on the Pixel 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.280 four A with five g you drop down to a 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:19.880 small a bigger screen, actually the same processor. You still 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:21.800 get the ultra wide and you get a three point 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:26.240 five millimeters audio jack. So what don't you get with 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:30.320 the four A? Uh, you get let's see, you don't 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.200 get the ninety hurts. You still get the same Oh 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.239 it's six gigs, a RAM, one hundred and twenty eight 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.000 gigs of storage, a smaller battery. 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:38.480 But here's the thing. 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.080 I think the four A is probably gonna be best 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.800 for most people because it's got that audio jack and 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.359 you know, most of the features you need. The Pixel five, 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.640 which I kind of want to be my next phone, 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.840 I think I'm gonna switch. I think I've got this 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.639 crazy plan. Okay, I'll tell you what my plan is. 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:59.360 Because my plan is to activate my Apple Watch because 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.120 I can't live without that on my wife's phone under 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.560 family setup, and then use the Pixel five as my phone. Now, 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:09.439 what I'm not gonna get are my text messages and 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:13.520 notifications as many to the watch, but I'll still have 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.360 my running and my music on there. But I'll still 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.959 get the Pixel five day to day. Now, if I 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.480 try this Pixel five and I find that it's super 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.000 not fast like the Pixel four. 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:27.040 Is, just it's not. 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:31.040 It just doesn't keep up with like the main phones 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.040 out there, like I'm using all these phones that are 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:34.040 so good. 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:35.440 So anyways, that's my plan. 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:37.520 This thing is, by the way, six hundred and ninety 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.800 nine dollars for the Pixel five, the Pixel four A. 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:48.480 For a five G is let's see how much that 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:49.439 one is? They did? 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:54.520 They say the price on that that is two hundred 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:58.840 dollars less, so five hundred bucks, five hundred dollars. That 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:01.240 is going to be the for most people. 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:02.240 Right there. 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:05.159 You get the five G, you get the amazing camera 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.199 set up, and I think that Google, and this is 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:09.960 what a lot of people are saying, not just me, 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.440 but Google has kind of given up that that top 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:12.840 of the line. 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:14.600 If you want top of the line at this point, you. 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.080 Got to go with one of the Samsung Ultras or 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.960 the iPhone you know pro that's those are the top 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.639 of the line phones. That's that's the bottom line. This 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.440 is for everyone else. And I'll be honest, I don't 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:29.280 think ninety nine percent of people need the two phones 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.160 I just mentioned. Nobody needs this Samsung Ultra unless you're 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:35.840 an influencer or an early adopter or got to have 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:37.280 the latest, greatest, best. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:37.720 Thing out there. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.600 Most people need just a nice phone, and I think 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.159 what Google has done with the Pixel four A with 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.600