WEBVTT - Android 9 Pie Brings AI to Android Phones

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<v Speaker 1>The new version of Android is here and it's as

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<v Speaker 1>easy as pie. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Rich on Tech and yes, back after a short vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>Google released the final version of Android nine, Android P

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<v Speaker 1>as it's called, and they revealed what the PEE stands for,

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<v Speaker 1>which is pie. So what's new. Well, I've been using

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<v Speaker 1>the beta version on my pixel to XL for a

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<v Speaker 1>while now, and the final update actually improved from the

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<v Speaker 1>lagginess myself and others have experienced on this device. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still sort of disappointed that this phone is not

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<v Speaker 1>even a year old and it still seems slow compared

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<v Speaker 1>to the iPhone ten and other devices. But Android nine

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<v Speaker 1>definitely sped things up just a little bit. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Android nine. It's not a dramatic change from

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<v Speaker 1>what you're used to, but there are some big differences

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about, especially things under the hood that should

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<v Speaker 1>make life just a little bit easier for starters. Google

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<v Speaker 1>says there is even more artificial intelligence built in, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty clear. Your phone basically learns how you use

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<v Speaker 1>it and adapts accordingly. Two big areas for this battery

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<v Speaker 1>and brightness. We're always trying to squeeze more battery out

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<v Speaker 1>of our devices, and now Android P can help. It

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<v Speaker 1>will notice which apps that you aren't using and it

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<v Speaker 1>will put them into a very deep sleep. This way,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't gobble up your battery in the background, and

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<v Speaker 1>it does this intelligently. When it comes to screen brightness,

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<v Speaker 1>Android P takes an interesting approach. While you've always been

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<v Speaker 1>able to manually override Android's automatic brightness settings, this time

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<v Speaker 1>around your phone kind of takes notice of what you

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<v Speaker 1>do with your brightness. So, for instance, maybe you want

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<v Speaker 1>your phone screen to stay a little bit brighter in

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<v Speaker 1>a dark room. The automatic brightness controls will take this

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<v Speaker 1>into consideration when it does the adjusting the next time around.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that make sense? So if you are in a

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<v Speaker 1>dark room a lot and you keep putting the brightness up,

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<v Speaker 1>your phone will start to notice that, and eventually it

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<v Speaker 1>will keep the brightness at a pretty bright level because

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<v Speaker 1>it knows that's the way you like it. It's a little thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's pretty smart. Now when it comes to navigating

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<v Speaker 1>your phone, you're gonna notice a very big difference. There

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<v Speaker 1>is only one button now at the bottom of your

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<v Speaker 1>screen instead of three, So most of the time you're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to see a little home button. Then when

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<v Speaker 1>you need it, you're gonna see a back button show up.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to get to your recent apps, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to swipe up on the home button and then

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<v Speaker 1>all of your apps are now shown as individual cards.

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<v Speaker 1>You can swipe them away like you used to, and

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<v Speaker 1>there also is an option to clear all, which is

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<v Speaker 1>my personal favorite. Just like on the iPhone, you can

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<v Speaker 1>toggle between your last two apps by just swiping at

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the screen. That's a nice gesture. Or

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<v Speaker 1>you can press hold and swipe to go between all

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<v Speaker 1>of your recent apps. I know it sounds complicated. It

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<v Speaker 1>takes a little bit of getting used to, but you

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<v Speaker 1>will get used to it and it kind of works.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a huge fan of it right now, but

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<v Speaker 1>eventually I'm sure I'll get used to it and forget

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<v Speaker 1>about the old way. You also have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>split screen your apps, and if you want to get

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<v Speaker 1>to your drawer of all of your apps, that now

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<v Speaker 1>now kind of takes two actions instead of just swiping

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<v Speaker 1>up once. That will now just bring up what Android

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<v Speaker 1>thinks are the apps that you want to use. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to swipe up again to see all of

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<v Speaker 1>your apps. I know it's another thing that you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to get used to, but you will eventually. When

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<v Speaker 1>you do swipe up to see all of your apps,

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<v Speaker 1>you will notice a new feature called app actions. These

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<v Speaker 1>are little shortcut buttons dynamically generated based on what Android

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<v Speaker 1>thinks you want to do. Next. You see that theme

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<v Speaker 1>here Android artificial intelligence. They're really trying to predict what

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<v Speaker 1>the user is doing to make things simpler. For instance,

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<v Speaker 1>right now, my app actions show two there's a shortcut

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<v Speaker 1>to play a recent playlist I played on Spotify, or

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<v Speaker 1>another one touch to text my sister who I was

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<v Speaker 1>texting earlier in the morning. Now, I think these are

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<v Speaker 1>too buried to be truly useful. Perhaps if they showed

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<v Speaker 1>up on the home screen they might get more use,

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<v Speaker 1>or even when you swipe up that first time to

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<v Speaker 1>see your suggested apps, if they appeared there, that might

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<v Speaker 1>be a better place for them as well. Cool feature

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen in Action is called smart text selection. This

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<v Speaker 1>builds on what Android used to have, like when you

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<v Speaker 1>select text like an address, and it would say stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like maps. Well, now it's gotten even smarter, so when

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<v Speaker 1>you select text, Android will attempt to understand the context

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<v Speaker 1>of that text and surface an appropriate action in addition

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<v Speaker 1>to the typical cut, copy paste, and web search. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you select a phone number, it will bring up

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<v Speaker 1>an instant action to call that number. If you select

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<v Speaker 1>an address, it will bring up an instant action to

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<v Speaker 1>bring that up in maps, and if you highlight a

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant name, it will bring up an option to open

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<v Speaker 1>it and yelp, which I find very handy. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>really smart, really useful, and I love that feature. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the feature you might be most interested in isn't actually

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<v Speaker 1>built into Android nine just yet. It's called Digital well Being,

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<v Speaker 1>and you actually have to sign up for it separately

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<v Speaker 1>right now to get the beta on your device. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I've done that, and the insights you get from Digital

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<v Speaker 1>Wellbeing are really interesting. For starters, it will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>how long you've spent on your device. Then it will

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<v Speaker 1>break down how long you've spent into percentages and times

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<v Speaker 1>for individual apps. Then you can drill down even further

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<v Speaker 1>and see how long you've spent on an app every

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<v Speaker 1>day of the week. Yeah, you're gonna be surprised here.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, yesterday I was on a plane all day.

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<v Speaker 1>I spent five hours and one minute on my phone

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<v Speaker 1>with eighty nine on locks and four hundred and eighty

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<v Speaker 1>six notifications. Who didn't realize I got that many. But

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<v Speaker 1>that includes all your texts and stuff like that. It

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<v Speaker 1>says I spent the most time on YouTube, then Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>and Twitter, and YouTube was kind of an abnormality yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>because I was watching a lot of YouTube on the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>So I get that. But what can you do with

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<v Speaker 1>all this data? Well, for starters, you can set time

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<v Speaker 1>limits for individual apps, so your phone, once you reach

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<v Speaker 1>that time limit will keep you from using that particular app.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna try setting an hour for starters on Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>and Facebook just to see what happens. But once you're

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<v Speaker 1>locked out, you can always override the lockout if you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Other things that Digital well Being does. It turns your

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<v Speaker 1>phone gray scale at night at a time you choose,

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<v Speaker 1>so this helps you wind down for bed. This happened

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<v Speaker 1>to me last night. It made my phone so boring

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<v Speaker 1>because everything was grayscale. I didn't want to look at

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram or anything else, so I guess it kind of worked. Again.

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<v Speaker 1>You can disable this if you don't want it. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is in addition to nightlight. That's the feature that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of turns your screen a yellow hue. It filters

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<v Speaker 1>out blue light so it doesn't keep your brain going. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>I use that feature from sunrise to sunset. The grayscale

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<v Speaker 1>feature is in addition to that, you can also have

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<v Speaker 1>digital wellbeing stop visual notifications from appearing on your screen

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<v Speaker 1>during the wind down hours. That's just set. Basically, Google

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<v Speaker 1>is trying to get you to use your phone just

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit less and use it a little bit smarter. Overall,

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<v Speaker 1>Android P is a nice advance for the operating system.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing too dramatic, but it is helpful in lots of

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<v Speaker 1>little ways. So when will you see it on your phone? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have a pixel, you can get it right now.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're rocking a pixel, something tells me you've

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<v Speaker 1>already downloaded the new software. So for the rest of you,

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<v Speaker 1>you can get the Android P Beta on select devices

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<v Speaker 1>from Sony, show Me, Nokia, Opo, Vivo OnePlus, and Essential.

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<v Speaker 1>But for the phones from the big manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola,

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<v Speaker 1>and LG, it looks like you're still gonna have to wait.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually it can take a few months for an update

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<v Speaker 1>to hit your handset. Now, speaking of Samsung. I am

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<v Speaker 1>in New York City for the launch of the upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>Galaxy Note nine. I will have full details on that

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<v Speaker 1>device very soon in the podcast, but if you want

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<v Speaker 1>minute by minute updates, follow me on Instagram. There I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Rich on Tech, and on Twitter I'm at Rich DeMuro.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich Demurro. I'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you real soon.