1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: The new version of Android is here and it's as 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: easy as pie. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: is Rich on Tech and yes, back after a short vacation, 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Google released the final version of Android nine, Android P 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: as it's called, and they revealed what the PEE stands for, 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: which is pie. So what's new. Well, I've been using 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: the beta version on my pixel to XL for a 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: while now, and the final update actually improved from the 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: lagginess myself and others have experienced on this device. Now. 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm still sort of disappointed that this phone is not 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: even a year old and it still seems slow compared 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: to the iPhone ten and other devices. But Android nine 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: definitely sped things up just a little bit. So let's 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: talk about Android nine. It's not a dramatic change from 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: what you're used to, but there are some big differences 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: to talk about, especially things under the hood that should 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: make life just a little bit easier for starters. Google 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: says there is even more artificial intelligence built in, and 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: that's pretty clear. Your phone basically learns how you use 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: it and adapts accordingly. Two big areas for this battery 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: and brightness. We're always trying to squeeze more battery out 22 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: of our devices, and now Android P can help. It 23 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: will notice which apps that you aren't using and it 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: will put them into a very deep sleep. This way, 25 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: they don't gobble up your battery in the background, and 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: it does this intelligently. When it comes to screen brightness, 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: Android P takes an interesting approach. While you've always been 28 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: able to manually override Android's automatic brightness settings, this time 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: around your phone kind of takes notice of what you 30 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: do with your brightness. So, for instance, maybe you want 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: your phone screen to stay a little bit brighter in 32 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: a dark room. The automatic brightness controls will take this 33 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: into consideration when it does the adjusting the next time around. 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: Does that make sense? So if you are in a 35 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: dark room a lot and you keep putting the brightness up, 36 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: your phone will start to notice that, and eventually it 37 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: will keep the brightness at a pretty bright level because 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: it knows that's the way you like it. It's a little thing, 39 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: but that's pretty smart. Now when it comes to navigating 40 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: your phone, you're gonna notice a very big difference. There 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: is only one button now at the bottom of your 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: screen instead of three, So most of the time you're 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: just going to see a little home button. Then when 44 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: you need it, you're gonna see a back button show up. 45 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: If you want to get to your recent apps, you 46 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: have to swipe up on the home button and then 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: all of your apps are now shown as individual cards. 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: You can swipe them away like you used to, and 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: there also is an option to clear all, which is 50 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: my personal favorite. Just like on the iPhone, you can 51 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: toggle between your last two apps by just swiping at 52 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: the bottom of the screen. That's a nice gesture. Or 53 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: you can press hold and swipe to go between all 54 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: of your recent apps. I know it sounds complicated. It 55 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: takes a little bit of getting used to, but you 56 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: will get used to it and it kind of works. 57 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of it right now, but 58 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: eventually I'm sure I'll get used to it and forget 59 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: about the old way. You also have the ability to 60 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: split screen your apps, and if you want to get 61 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: to your drawer of all of your apps, that now 62 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: now kind of takes two actions instead of just swiping 63 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: up once. That will now just bring up what Android 64 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: thinks are the apps that you want to use. Next, 65 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: you have to swipe up again to see all of 66 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: your apps. I know it's another thing that you're gonna 67 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: have to get used to, but you will eventually. When 68 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: you do swipe up to see all of your apps, 69 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,839 Speaker 1: you will notice a new feature called app actions. These 70 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: are little shortcut buttons dynamically generated based on what Android 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: thinks you want to do. Next. You see that theme 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: here Android artificial intelligence. They're really trying to predict what 73 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: the user is doing to make things simpler. For instance, 74 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: right now, my app actions show two there's a shortcut 75 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: to play a recent playlist I played on Spotify, or 76 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: another one touch to text my sister who I was 77 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: texting earlier in the morning. Now, I think these are 78 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: too buried to be truly useful. Perhaps if they showed 79 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: up on the home screen they might get more use, 80 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: or even when you swipe up that first time to 81 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: see your suggested apps, if they appeared there, that might 82 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: be a better place for them as well. Cool feature 83 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: I've seen in Action is called smart text selection. This 84 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: builds on what Android used to have, like when you 85 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: select text like an address, and it would say stuff 86 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: like maps. Well, now it's gotten even smarter, so when 87 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: you select text, Android will attempt to understand the context 88 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: of that text and surface an appropriate action in addition 89 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: to the typical cut, copy paste, and web search. So 90 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: if you select a phone number, it will bring up 91 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: an instant action to call that number. If you select 92 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: an address, it will bring up an instant action to 93 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: bring that up in maps, and if you highlight a 94 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: restaurant name, it will bring up an option to open 95 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: it and yelp, which I find very handy. So that's 96 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: really smart, really useful, and I love that feature. Now, 97 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: the feature you might be most interested in isn't actually 98 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: built into Android nine just yet. It's called Digital well Being, 99 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: and you actually have to sign up for it separately 100 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: right now to get the beta on your device. Now 101 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: I've done that, and the insights you get from Digital 102 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: Wellbeing are really interesting. For starters, it will tell you 103 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: how long you've spent on your device. Then it will 104 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: break down how long you've spent into percentages and times 105 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: for individual apps. Then you can drill down even further 106 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: and see how long you've spent on an app every 107 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: day of the week. Yeah, you're gonna be surprised here. 108 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: For instance, yesterday I was on a plane all day. 109 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: I spent five hours and one minute on my phone 110 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: with eighty nine on locks and four hundred and eighty 111 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: six notifications. Who didn't realize I got that many. But 112 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: that includes all your texts and stuff like that. It 113 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: says I spent the most time on YouTube, then Instagram 114 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: and Twitter, and YouTube was kind of an abnormality yesterday 115 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: because I was watching a lot of YouTube on the plane. 116 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: So I get that. But what can you do with 117 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: all this data? Well, for starters, you can set time 118 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: limits for individual apps, so your phone, once you reach 119 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: that time limit will keep you from using that particular app. 120 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try setting an hour for starters on Instagram 121 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: and Facebook just to see what happens. But once you're 122 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: locked out, you can always override the lockout if you want. 123 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: Other things that Digital well Being does. It turns your 124 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: phone gray scale at night at a time you choose, 125 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: so this helps you wind down for bed. This happened 126 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: to me last night. It made my phone so boring 127 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: because everything was grayscale. I didn't want to look at 128 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: Instagram or anything else, so I guess it kind of worked. Again. 129 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: You can disable this if you don't want it. And 130 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: this is in addition to nightlight. That's the feature that 131 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: kind of turns your screen a yellow hue. It filters 132 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: out blue light so it doesn't keep your brain going. Apparently, 133 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: I use that feature from sunrise to sunset. The grayscale 134 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: feature is in addition to that, you can also have 135 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: digital wellbeing stop visual notifications from appearing on your screen 136 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: during the wind down hours. That's just set. Basically, Google 137 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: is trying to get you to use your phone just 138 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: a little bit less and use it a little bit smarter. Overall, 139 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: Android P is a nice advance for the operating system. 140 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: Nothing too dramatic, but it is helpful in lots of 141 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: little ways. So when will you see it on your phone? Well, 142 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: if you have a pixel, you can get it right now. 143 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: But if you're rocking a pixel, something tells me you've 144 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: already downloaded the new software. So for the rest of you, 145 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: you can get the Android P Beta on select devices 146 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: from Sony, show Me, Nokia, Opo, Vivo OnePlus, and Essential. 147 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: But for the phones from the big manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola, 148 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: and LG, it looks like you're still gonna have to wait. 149 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: Usually it can take a few months for an update 150 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: to hit your handset. Now, speaking of Samsung. I am 151 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: in New York City for the launch of the upcoming 152 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: Galaxy Note nine. I will have full details on that 153 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: device very soon in the podcast, but if you want 154 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: minute by minute updates, follow me on Instagram. There I'm 155 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech, and on Twitter I'm at Rich DeMuro. 156 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich Demurro. I'll talk 157 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: to you real soon.