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Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro 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: I answer the questions that you send me, and you

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Speaker 1: send me a lot of them.

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Speaker 2: Believe me.

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Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Did I already mention that I think I did?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? I am recording this at a slightly

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Speaker 1: Lots of stuff going on, you know, We've got just

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Speaker 1: Uh? Select a store for pricing, so it looks like

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Speaker 1: it's got you know, all the apps you need. Basically,

437
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Speaker 1: I can't. I can't think of an app that I

438
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,120
Speaker 1: want that's not on there. Oh yeah there is one.

439
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,520
Speaker 1: Apple TV Plus is not supported. But that makes sense

440
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 1: because it's Google and their frenemies. And I've been using

441
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,520
Speaker 1: it for a couple of weeks, and I will say

442
00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:30,440
Speaker 1: I love it.

443
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,920
Speaker 2: I love it, I love it. It is fantastic.

444
00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,520
Speaker 1: It is it's basically, and I think I said this

445
00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,000
Speaker 1: on the podcast, but it's the power of Google for

446
00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:38,960
Speaker 1: streaming services.

447
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:40,240
Speaker 2: And let me explain what that means.

448
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Speaker 1: So the beauty of this device is that you no

449
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 1: longer think about your streaming services. Now when you go

450
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,800
Speaker 1: to the main screens, all the stuff that's on your

451
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,920
Speaker 1: screen streaming services is sort of surfaced on the main

452
00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:58,280
Speaker 1: screens in three different ways for you, movies and then TV,

453
00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 1: and the for you is like highly customized. Then movies

454
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,600
Speaker 1: is a little bit more of a kind of a

455
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,320
Speaker 1: broader reach of like here's the top movies, here's the comedies,

456
00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,480
Speaker 1: here's the romantic comedies, here's the action movies, and then

457
00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 1: TV same thing. But what's so magical about this is

458
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 1: that they're using Google data to figure out what is popular,

459
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,640
Speaker 1: what is current, and what is hot at any given time.

460
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Speaker 1: And that is really the biggest advantage I see to

461
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Speaker 1: this versus something like the Apple TV, which, yes, we'll

462
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Speaker 1: tell you a bunch of stuff that's in your streaming services,

463
00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:36,000
Speaker 1: but it's not necessarily as customized. And the other really

464
00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,359
Speaker 1: really brilliant thing about the Google Chrome or Chrome cast

465
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,800
Speaker 1: with Google TV is that when you're looking at an

466
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Speaker 1: item on the screen, right below that item, not only

467
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,440
Speaker 1: does it give you the it gives you a look

468
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Speaker 1: at how much that item is if it's not on

469
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Speaker 1: your service. Well, in the best case scenario, it tells

470
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Speaker 1: you where it's streaming, and then I think it tells

471
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,720
Speaker 1: you rotten tomatoes maybe, but you get those two things

472
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 1: on the main screen. But then if it's not on

473
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 1: one of your services, it will say how much it

474
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Speaker 1: is and there's a little lock next to it. So

475
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: to me, that is absolutely brilliant and the reason why

476
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like a big thing. But The reason

477
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 1: why that's brilliant is because so many times on Apple

478
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,480
Speaker 1: TV when I was browsing, there'd be something on the

479
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Speaker 1: screen that I want to watch, and then you click

480
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 1: in and then you have to see if it's on

481
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Speaker 1: one of your services. So with this you can scroll

482
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 1: through and instantly get a gauge of if a showing

483
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,600
Speaker 1: or a movie or TV show is on a service

484
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,680
Speaker 1: you subscribe to. Now, the other thing they do is

485
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 1: they don't really show you a bunch of stuff on

486
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Speaker 1: other services.

487
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 2: Much.

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Speaker 1: They do in certain aspects, but not all the time,

489
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 1: and so for some people you might say, well, Rich,

490
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Speaker 1: I want to see what's out there, even if I

491
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Speaker 1: have to rent it. Yes, they do do that, but

492
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Speaker 1: something like to b tv right, which is one of

493
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,680
Speaker 1: those free TV apps, they won't show you stuff that's

494
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Speaker 1: on t B unless you download the app and install

495
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,919
Speaker 1: it on your Google and now all of a sudden,

496
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,200
Speaker 1: all their stuff will show up as well. So it's

497
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: pretty brilliant. The biggest downside I've seen is that the

498
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: apps are really slow to open compared to other streaming

499
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 1: sticks out there, and it's just it's very noticeable that

500
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: this thing is very underpowered, and you don't need a

501
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,919
Speaker 1: ton of power to stream stuff, but for opening those apps,

502
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 1: it takes some resources and it's it's pretty bad. It's

503
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: it's actually really slow. And I'm not sure if maybe

504
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 1: optimizing these apps will help or what, but it's kind

505
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: of like the biggest downside is that kind of popping

506
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 1: in and out of your apps is like a ten

507
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,120
Speaker 1: second affair. And so it's just something that like these

508
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,040
Speaker 1: these higher end streaming devices, like especially the new Roku

509
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 1: and you know, like the new higher powered you know

510
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,119
Speaker 1: Apple TV, not the one that hasn't launched yet, but

511
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 1: you know the one that well, I don't know if

512
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,399
Speaker 1: there's a new one coming out. I would hope there is,

513
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 1: but even the old one is still pretty darn fast,

514
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 1: and even the fire Stick is pretty fast compared to this,

515
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: it's just noticeably slower. So that's my only downside. But

516
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: again it's fifty bucks. I love the Google Assistant, and

517
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,120
Speaker 1: I love the fact that the for You area gives

518
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: you so much good stuff, And the most brilliant thing

519
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 1: is that there's literally a section of trending movies that

520
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 1: is one hundred percent based on what people are searching

521
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: and on Google, and so when Sean Connery died, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: Rest in peace, Sean.

523
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:24,880
Speaker 2: It was to.

524
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Speaker 1: See all the movies that people were watching with him

525
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 1: was pretty fantastic. And that is the kind of stuff

526
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: that like these other services, it would take an Apple

527
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,000
Speaker 1: TV like a little bit of time to either come

528
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,640
Speaker 1: up with a list of like, you know, the best

529
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: movies featuring Sean Connery or you know, they would you

530
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Speaker 1: would start to see some of those movies trending because

531
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Speaker 1: people are renting them. But with Google immediately because people

532
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 1: are searching for them, they have that real time information

533
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,199
Speaker 1: and it just kind of gives this service like a

534
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 1: little extra like kind of real time like bit to

535
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Speaker 1: it that I really kind of like it feels like

536
00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: you're part of like the crowd. Like when a new

537
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: movie comes out on a Friday night or a cool

538
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: new documentary, you really feel like you have the upper

539
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,199
Speaker 1: hand because it's something that you're seeing happen trending in

540
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,880
Speaker 1: real time and that's really cool.

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Speaker 2: All right, Uh.

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00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 1: No, Nelcda, Nelsita says hi Rich. I was wondering if

543
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: you can help me with the purchase of an iPad.

544
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 1: What's the best deal for the latest version with ten

545
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 1: or higher screen size? And Wi Fi capable. I don't

546
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,360
Speaker 1: know if I also need cellular. Can you please explain this?

547
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 1: Thanks for your help. So easy when it comes to

548
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,120
Speaker 1: the iPad, the best deal is always a simple search away.

549
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: All you have to search is iPad deal or iPad

550
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,160
Speaker 1: deals and then just click news up at the top

551
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: of Google and now you will see all the bloggers

552
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: that have blogged about iPad deals. The iPad specif I

553
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: would recommend is the just the standard one. So that's

554
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: the iPad. It just was refreshed. It is the iPad

555
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: ten point two inch. I think it's the eighth generation.

556
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 1: It's just called the iPad. That's all you need to know.

557
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 2: Now.

558
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: It's it's kind of got annoying because Apple does iPad,

559
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,760
Speaker 1: they don't really tell you it's not like iPad eight.

560
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: So if you go into the tech specs, you'll see,

561
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: let's see do they say like eighth generation. Where do

562
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: they say that it's the eighth Maybe you have to

563
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: hit By. Let's see here. If I hit By and

564
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: Space Gray Wi Fi, oh, thirty thirty two gigs, I'd

565
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 1: go at the go with the one twenty eight. I

566
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 1: bought my niece one of these and I went with

567
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 1: one twenty eight. It's just you know, it's a little

568
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: bit more expensive, but it just really makes a big difference.

569
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Speaker 1: I think it's just gonna give you much more life. Okay,

570
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: so add to bag and let's see how they characterize this.

571
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: Do they say ten point two inch iPad Wi Fi

572
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: one twenty eight. Gosh, they don't even like say that

573
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 1: it's like eighth generation or anything.

574
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 2: It's so weird.

575
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: Anyway, I believe it is the eighth generation iPad right now. Anyway,

576
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 1: That's all you need to do is just literally like okay,

577
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: So here's digital trends. Okay, here's Apple Insider early Black

578
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: Friday deals on iPad, iPad Air four, iPad pro, Hit,

579
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: Hit Fever, Pitch save up to four hundred dollars. So

580
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: let's now click into there and we look at iPad

581
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: eighth generation on sale. The one twenty eight gig version,

582
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 1: which I'd recommend, is three hundred ninety five dollars. It's

583
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 1: only thirty five dollars off, but still that's pretty good.

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00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 1: The thirty two gig one is two ninety nine. So again,

585
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: the reason why these bloggers blog about this is because

586
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: they get a little referral link or a little referral

587
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: credit when you buy something through one of their links.

588
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: So it's in their best interest to be blogging about

589
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: this stuff all the time, and so you can use

590
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 1: that to your advantage.

591
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:51,719
Speaker 2: And there you go.

592
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: Now, when it comes to the whole Wi Fi versus cellular,

593
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 1: unless you are leaving your house and using your iPad

594
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: on the road in places that are not hotels or

595
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,360
Speaker 1: not your school or not your work, that you don't

596
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 1: have a Wi Fi network, that's the only time I'd

597
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: recommend cellular. So I don't think that a majority of

598
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: people need cellular on their iPads unless.

599
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 2: You are out and about your job is you.

600
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 1: Know, taking you all on the road somewhere all over

601
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 1: the place, and you want to be connected twenty four

602
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: to seven. Otherwise you will be just fine. If you're

603
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 1: at your house, you're on Wi Fi. If you're at work,

604
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,439
Speaker 1: you're on Wi Fi. If you're at school, you're on

605
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: Wi Fi. If you're at a hotel, you're on Wi Fi.

606
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 1: And in a pinch, you can just hopefully connect the

607
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: iPad to your phone using your hotspot if that's part

608
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: of your plan. So that's what I'd recommend, and there

609
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: you go.

610
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,479
Speaker 2: So This is a big feature.

611
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: Last week on the podcast, I talked about how cool

612
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio was because it was streaming on the Apple Watch. Well,

613
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: now this week we get Spotify streaming on the Apple Watch.

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00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 2: And this is so weird.

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Speaker 1: I discovered this on my Apple Watch when I was

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00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: just kind of starting to use Spotify again. I have

617
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: like a six month free trial, and so I've been

618
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: kind of playing around with Spotify and I you know,

619
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: installed on my wrist and whenever you play something on

620
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: your phone, you see it on your wrist, and so

621
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I was just kind of playing

622
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: around with the wrist on you know, the Apple Watch app,

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00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I see like it said

624
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: like stream to phone or play on Let's see it

625
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: says play on a device Rich's Apple Watch. And I

626
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: was like, wait, what what do you mean Rich's Apple Watch?

627
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: Like can I play that on here? And I was like, wait,

628
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: would it play on the speaker? So I tried playing

629
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,959
Speaker 1: it and it doesn't play on the Apple Watch speaker.

630
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 1: So you can't just stream music from your wrist and

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00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: like listen to it through the speaker on the Apple Watch.

632
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: But if you have headphones attached boom. You can now

633
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: listen through those and you can listen when your phone.

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00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 1: Most importantly, this is the new part, you can listen

635
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: when your phone is not nearby. Now, there are some caveats,

636
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: So to me, this feature is best if you have

637
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: a cellular Apple Watch, because yes, it'll work over Wi Fi,

638
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: but a majority of the time, if you're in a

639
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: Wi Fi zone, aren't you going to have your phone nearby?

640
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: And then it's just gonna be grabbing the stuff it

641
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: needs from your phone. So to me, the best case

642
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: scenario is when you are out on a run or

643
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: you're out walking the dog and you want to listen

644
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: to something on Spotify, and right now you still can't

645
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: download stuff from Spotify to your Apple Watch. I'm not

646
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: sure why that's so technically impossible Apple and Spotify, which

647
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 1: I'm being facetious, there's no reason why you should not

648
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 1: be able to download Spotify. But somehow, you know, the

649
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: little little bunking heads at Apple and Spotify have just

650
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: not made that feature possible yet, even though it's been

651
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: on Apple Music forever on the Apple Watch, you just

652
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: can't do it with Spotify for some reason. Don't know why.

653
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think we do know why. But anyway,

654
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: little baby steps right, so you can stream this stuff.

655
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: And if you have a cellular connection, you can now

656
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: leave your phone at home and you can walk the dog,

657
00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: have your headphones on, have your Apple Watch on, and

658
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: now you can listen to Spotify.

659
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 2: Now.

660
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,959
Speaker 1: I think that is a very small use case scenario

661
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: because I don't think a majority of people get cellular

662
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: on their Apple Watch personally. On like the iPad, I

663
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: think cellular on the Apple Watch is a must have

664
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: because it frees you up so much to distance yourself

665
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: from your phone. There's so many little times when I

666
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: don't want to have my phone in my pocket that

667
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: you know I still have a cellular connection, and I

668
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,959
Speaker 1: think it's it's vital to have that connection for you know,

669
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: today's day and age with you know, you want to

670
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: be able to be connected for friends and family, work,

671
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: and also you know in an emergency. Now, there is

672
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: one little thing if you have an Apple Watch, and

673
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: I have not confirmed this from pretty ninety nine percent sure,

674
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: if you have an Apple Watch with cellular and there's

675
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: an emergency, you can still dial nine one one, I

676
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: would assume, because as far as I know, you can

677
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: dial nine one one on any device, even if it's

678
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: not activated. So even if you had a cellular Apple Watch,

679
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: it would theoretically in an emergency be all to help

680
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: you because you could still dial nine to one one

681
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: if or SOS whatever, if you you know, even.

682
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 2: If you didn't have a cellular plan on that.

683
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: Now I'm gonna have to research that, but I'm ninety

684
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: nine percent sure because that's the way it works on

685
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: cell phones, so I would assume a cellular connection on

686
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: the Apple Watch is the same anyway. So if you

687
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: have Siri, if you have you know, Apple Watch, you've

688
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: got okay, So if you have Apple Watch, you've got Spotify,

689
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: and you've got a cellular connection. This is really cool.

690
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: Even if you don't, it's still cool. I guess if

691
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: you're in your house and you have Wi Fi, you're

692
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: at work and you just want to use your phone

693
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: or your watch without your phone. But to me, it's

694
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: really really cool for people like myself that like to

695
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: run with their watch and only their watch, because now

696
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: you know, and I'll still use the iHeartRadio thing, but

697
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: maybe now next time I run, I'll test this Spotify thing.

698
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: So maybe I'll have to take a run today and

699
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: check that out.

700
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 2: But anyway, there you go.

701
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: Mark via Instagram says long shot, I'm about to upgrade

702
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: my phone. I've had Samsung Galaxy phone since the S five.

703
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: I'm the social media guy for AV Firefighters, and it

704
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: seems everyone has iPhones. I get small iPhone videos that

705
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: I can't use all the time that I can't post.

706
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: There is more, but I just inadvertently hit the send button.

707
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 2: Lol.

708
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: Should I switch to the iPhone twelve Pro or stick

709
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: to the S twenty Ultra. Also, my wife will not

710
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: make the switch. Ooh uh, Mark, I would recommend in

711
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: this case that you make the switch.

712
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 2: It is.

713
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: It sounds like you it's part of your job with

714
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: this AV Firefighters and I will for better or for worse.

715
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: This whole I message thing has really messed up messaging.

716
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: And I say that because people think that you can

717
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: send a one hundred gigabyte or whatever, one hundred megabyte

718
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: video full resolution to a friend on another iPhone and

719
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: that's just the way it magically works. No, it's going

720
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: through I Message, And so when that friend tries to

721
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: send you to your Samsung Galaxy S twenty Ultra, that's

722
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: trying to do this through the MMS. It's not gonna work.

723
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: It's gonna look like garbage. And so that's what you're experiencing.

724
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 1: And yes, there's a million and one ways that you

725
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: can ask this person to send you a video high

726
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: res through Google Photos, through Dropbox, through Telegram, through an

727
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: iCloud link.

728
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 2: But guess what, they're not gonna do any of that.

729
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,879
Speaker 1: Because they're just gonna send it through I Message because

730
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: that's what they know how to do, and that's what

731
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: all their friends are doing, and that's how they've been

732
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: raised on the iPhone.

733
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:38,280
Speaker 2: So things are getting a little better on the Android

734
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 2: side of.

735
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: Things now that we have we have RCS chat, and yes,

736
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: you can send stuff just the way you can uh

737
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 1: Android to Android. But the problem is that's still nason,

738
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: it's still growing and not everyone's on board just yet.

739
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: And again, the biggest problem is that when you go

740
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: from iPhone to Android, Android to iPhone, all those giant

741
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: files video are.

742
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 2: Just going to look terrible. So I say, for the sake.

743
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: Of your job, switch to the iPhone twelve pro, call

744
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: it a day, and your wife can just stay on

745
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: the the the Samsung side of things, what I'd recommend

746
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: there because you're gonna get all caught up in the

747
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: I message stuff set up with your wife a Telegram

748
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: or a Facebook Messenger, any one of those apps. Just

749
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: pick one and stick to it and say, look, this

750
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: is how we message each other. And you know this

751
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: is you know, I did this with my wife because

752
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: I switch phones all the time and I'm always on

753
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: Android or iPhone, and it was just such a pain

754
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: for her to try to figure out where I was

755
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: that day. And so I said, look, we're going to

756
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: use Telegram and that's where you get me all the time.

757
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: And we've been using it for you know, a year

758
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: or two and it's been fantastic. Same thing with my family.

759
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: We're all on Telegram. And so no matter what whoever,

760
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: if you have an iPhone or an Android, it all

761
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: works the same. And it has been an absolute blessing

762
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: because we send photos, we send videos, we send gifts,

763
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: we send emojis, and it's all the same no matter

764
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:05,439
Speaker 1: what phone you're on.

765
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 2: It does not matter.

766
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,240
Speaker 1: With iPhone, it be that whole thing where you press

767
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: you know, like on the iPhone and it sends it

768
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 1: like to your Android friend is like Rich liked this,

769
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: and it just doesn't make sense and so yeah, just

770
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: stick to one of those apps and I think you

771
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: will be fantastic. Great question mark, and uh yeah.

772
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. I got to check you out. Check

773
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 2: out av Firefighters. This I thought was pretty cool.

774
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: Apple could fix your broken iPhone, your AirPods, your Mac

775
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 1: or other devices, even if it's out of warranty, for free.

776
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 1: And this is not like some you know, you're not

777
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: gonna get your screen cracked or your crack screen done

778
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: for free. Maybe you will, but there are caveats. This

779
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,760
Speaker 1: is not just like random. But this was a zd

780
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: net dot com article and I didn't know about this,

781
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: so it's you know, I'm telling you now. So the

782
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 1: thing about this, it's called Apple Service Programs, okay, And

783
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: so what this is is a website on the Apple

784
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: website that lists all of the different I'm not gonna

785
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: call them recalls because it's not necessarily stuff that's a

786
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: danger to you, but it's it's all the products that

787
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: Apple has put out that they have identified some sort

788
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: of issue with.

789
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 2: And yes, we hear this on the news. I often mentioned.

790
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: I'll be like, hey, there's a new you know, Apple

791
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: says if you have a you know, if you have

792
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: a third generation iPhone six s and you notice that

793
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 1: the speakers stopped working, they can replace it for free.

794
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: And everyone jumps and goes to the website and sees

795
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 1: pups in their serial number and sees if it's theirs,

796
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: and sure enough, some of you have it. But this

797
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: lists every one of these programs in one place, and

798
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: right now there's like, I don't know a dozen or

799
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,320
Speaker 1: two of them. So they've got one for the Airpod's

800
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: Pro for sound issues, iPad Air third generation. There's a

801
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: blank screen issue, the smart battery case. They're replacing those

802
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: iPhone Success and Success Plus for a power issue screen replace,

803
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: an issue for Apple Watch series two and three, a

804
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: fifteen inch MacBook Pro battery recall. And again these are

805
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: all not brand new, but it's just kind of cool

806
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: to see them all in one place. And if you

807
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: go to support dot Apple dot com slash Service dash Programs,

808
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: of course I'll link that up in the show notes,

809
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: you can see all these different things and boom, you

810
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: never know. I mean, if you if you have an

811
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: Apple product in your house, it's worth it to just

812
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: look on this on this page and see if one

813
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: of these things that you had might have an issue

814
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm looking for anything.

815
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 2: I have.

816
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: Hm iPhone seven USB power adapter take back program.

817
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 2: What's that? Yeah, so that's it.

818
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: I mean my AirPods Pro maybe might have had the

819
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: sound issues, yeah, crackling or static sounds, but since I lost.

820
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 2: Them, it doesn't really matter. All right, Let's get to

821
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,240
Speaker 2: another question.

822
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: Cynthia via Instagram says, just an FYI, I got my

823
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: iPhone twelve pro today and it does not work with

824
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: my magnetic car mount. I guess I just have to

825
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: buy a mag safe one without the case. It holds

826
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: on but slides a little. I don't think it would

827
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: survive a drive with the case. It sticks, but it

828
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: slides even more. Thanks Cynthia for the information, and I

829
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,280
Speaker 1: kind of assumed that that would be the case. Seems

830
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: like this mag safe stuff is not going to be

831
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: compatible with like current magnetic things out there, so we

832
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: are gonna have to pay more to upgrade. And I

833
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: do think that the car one is actually kind of

834
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: a cool solution. So even if it's like a hundred bucks,

835
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,399
Speaker 1: I think it's probably worth it because if I can

836
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: just I don't have wireless car place. Never mind, I

837
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: was gonna say, if I can just pop my phone

838
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 1: on a magnetic mount and it's charging, and I you know,

839
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: and it's on a mount. That's pretty cool, But then

840
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: I lose my car play, so I still have to

841
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: plug it in. So for me, I think just having

842
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: a magnetic mount that goes on my vent or something

843
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: with the you know, then I plug it in, it's gonna.

844
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: Be pretty worth it.

845
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: You know.

846
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 2: That'll that'll be pretty cool.

847
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: H This is another thing I've been testing out, speaking

848
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: of headphones, the one plus buds Z. So one Plus

849
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: came out with one plus buds earlier in the year

850
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: and they were okay. I found that the microphone quality

851
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: was not very good, but overall they were okay, and

852
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: they were eighty bucks.

853
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 2: These are called the Buds Z and.

854
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 1: They're only fifty dollars and I've been testing them and

855
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: I got to say, I like them a lot. They

856
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: fit a whole lot better than the original buds. They're cheaper,

857
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 1: they have the silicone tips, and you know, it's like

858
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: they have all the like twenty hours of playback with

859
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 1: the case. Ten minutes of charging delivers three hours of playback.

860
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: It's also USBC case. I just like the design, I

861
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 1: like how they fit, and I think they're pretty good.

862
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 2: Now.

863
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 1: I have not done a lot of phone calls on them.

864
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: I need to still test that aspect to see if

865
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: the microphone is better, but the sound quality is just fine.

866
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 2: They stay in my ears.

867
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: The biggest thing that I've noticed with these, and why

868
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: I can't one hundred percent recommend them yet, is that,

869
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: for some reason, especially when you get sweaty, the.

870
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 2: Bud, when it kind.

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00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 1: Of pops out of your ear a little bit, it

872
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: stops the music a lot more so than any other

873
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: of these devices that have the automatic sensors that press

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00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 1: pause on the music when you take these out of

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Speaker 1: your ear. For some reason, these are really really touchy

876
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: and it happens a lot and so and I've was

877
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 1: testing them while I was running, and I kind of like,

878
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: you know, I was kind of seeing like what was

879
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:31,719
Speaker 1: going on, and like, I don't know if it's a

880
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 1: placement of the sensor or if it's just they need

881
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: to tweak their software a little bit, which could be

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00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: the case.

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00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 2: So I'm not going to write these.

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00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: Off just yet, but I have noticed that that happens

885
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,919
Speaker 1: much more now. Maybe you could turn that feature off

886
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: in your settings so that they don't automatically play and

887
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: pause your music, and that would help, but I haven't

888
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: looked for that setting. The other thing that's smart about

889
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: one plus now is that when they first came out

890
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: with these earbuds, it was just a matter of they

891
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: worked really well on the one plus phones, but on

892
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: other Android phones and the iPhone they just worked okay

893
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: because they didn't have like the specifics. Well, now they

894
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: do have an app that lets you control the settings

895
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 1: from your phone, so you can install this on Android.

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00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if they have it for iOS just yet,

897
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: but it's called hay Melody, which is kind of a

898
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: funny name.

899
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 2: But now you can actually get the.

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00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 1: Full use of all the software features, you know, I'm

901
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 1: talking about like programming the tap the tap areas on

902
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: the left and right buds to like do certain things.

903
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: So maybe you want a double tap to bring up

904
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: Google Assistant versus you know, forwarding to the next song.

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00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 2: So anyway, one plus bud z, don't write.

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Speaker 1: Them off if you see them, you know, over the

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00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: holidays for cheaper than fifty bucks. I mean they're pretty good,

908
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: and I still like my Let's Fit for twenty dollars,

909
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: I gotta say they are still pretty fantastic. These feel

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00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: a little bit more premium than the Let's Fit, so

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00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 1: I probably go with these over them. But the Let's

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00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: Fit are fantastic for twenty dollars. I've got them linked up.

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Speaker 1: I'll put them in the show notes. But I've also

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Speaker 1: got a new Rich's Favorite Things. Since I you know,

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00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: I'm responding to emails over and over with the same recommendations,

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Speaker 1: so I decided to make a little list of all

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Speaker 1: the stuff that I recommend on my website, Rich on

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Speaker 1: tech dot TV, and you can see that list. It's

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Speaker 1: called Rich's Favorite Things. Jose vervia Instagram says, good morning, Rich,

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00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: huge fan. My wife and I are hooked on all

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Speaker 1: your KTLA segments.

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Speaker 2: Well, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Question my Google Pixel four XL recently broke. I love

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00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: that phone. I'm not sure if you recommend I buy

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00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: another four XL or just go with the new model,

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00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: the four.

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00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 2: A five G or the Pixel five.

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00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: People to tell me to get an iPhone, but I

929
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: really like the Pixels. Thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Speaker 1: Thank you in advance, jose I would recommend just going

931
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: with another Pixel. Why do you have to switch over

932
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 1: to iPhone? Just because everyone tells you to. I mean, yes,

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00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 1: iPhone is the easy recommendation. Everyone uses them, everyone loves them.

934
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: But if you like the Pixel, and what's not to love?

935
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: I mean, the camera is awesome, the Googlely software is amazing.

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Speaker 1: And although I'm not as big of a fan of

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00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: the Pixel as I was in previous years because I

938
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: think that Apple or Google is just screwing it up

939
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: by not giving us these powerful phones that we deserve,

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00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: I still think that the if you're using a Pixel

941
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 1: four XL and you'll love it, go with one of

942
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 1: the new models.

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00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 2: And the model that I.

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00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 1: Would choose is actually the four A five G because

945
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: you get the bigger screen, and you get almost all

946
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 1: of the same features, same camera. You the two main

947
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: things you don't get You get two gigabytes less RAM,

948
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 1: so yeah, it's gonna be a little teeny bit slower

949
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: than the five and you also get no water resistance

950
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: and what was the other thing, oh, no wireless charging.

951
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:51,320
Speaker 1: But you do get a headphone jack. So if you

952
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: can live with not having those two features and you know,

953
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,959
Speaker 1: the less RAM, I think the bigger screen size is better.

954
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: I think the headphone jack is better. And I look,

955
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: I've been using the Pixel five. I've been testing it out.

956
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: I do love it. It's just I wish that I

957
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 1: just wish that Google would make a a powerful version

958
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 1: of this device.

959
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 2: And I don't understand why they can't do that.

960
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,440
Speaker 1: But they got everything right on the Pixel four and

961
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: the Pixel of Pixel four A and the Pixel five.

962
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 2: Like you know, everything. The software is great, The camera

963
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 2: is good.

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00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,720
Speaker 1: It's not like you know, it's it's still that googlely

965
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: camera that's pretty amazing in like almost every situation with

966
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: just one snap of the of the shutter. But it's

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00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 1: just like little things that, you know, I just don't

968
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: understand why they can't give us like more ram, more storage,

969
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: you know, a bigger screen option on the more powerful phone,

970
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 1: like a zoom camera. Like what is going on, Google,

971
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 1: Why can't you get this right? And But otherwise I'm

972
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: not against it, and I still think if you're on

973
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: a four XL and you love it, I think you'll

974
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 1: like the four A five G. I don't think it's

975
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: gonna be a huge step down. And the battery life

976
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: is definitely better, so I think that is a step up,

977
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: all right. Another thing I was testing out with the

978
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:06,760
Speaker 1: kids this time is the Mario Kart Live Home Circuit.

979
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: So this is you know, there's a lot of gaming

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00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 1: stuff coming out right now. So you've got you know,

981
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: Nintendo does not have a new console, but they have

982
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of games for the holiday season. This

983
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,720
Speaker 1: is one of their more unique ones. Then you've got

984
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 1: the PlayStation five and the Xbox. The new Xbox is

985
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: coming out. I'll tell you more about those in a

986
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Speaker 1: future podcast, but let's talk about.

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00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 2: Mario Kart Live.

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00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,439
Speaker 1: This is a game, it's Mario Kart, but it comes

989
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 1: to life in your space, so they use augmented reality.

990
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: You buy this little ninety nine dollars car that has

991
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,360
Speaker 1: a camera on it. It's either you know, it's a

992
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,360
Speaker 1: race car. It's either Mario or Luigi. You pair that

993
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: up with your switch, you download this software, the Mario

994
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 1: Kart Live. And then there's also cardboard that comes with

995
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: this little kit that you buy for a hundred bucks.

996
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,360
Speaker 1: And the cardboard is kind of the I don't know

997
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 1: what you call it, like you know, the end of

998
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: a race where there's that thing, that checkered flag thing,

999
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 1: but it's like above you, you know.

1000
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 2: The checkpoint.

1001
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: I don't know what you call that, but it's that

1002
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: and you basically make a course around your house with

1003
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: these four pieces of cardboard, and then you teach the

1004
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,920
Speaker 1: game the course with the you know, by driving the

1005
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: car under the cardboard, and the little camera on the

1006
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: car recognizes the cardboard cutouts because it has like some

1007
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: sort of special writing on it or whatever, and then

1008
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: you just you're off to the races. It's a lot

1009
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: of fun. Oh gates, that's what they call them. Four gates,

1010
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: and there's two arrow signboards as well, and you know,

1011
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 1: you play. We had a fun time playing with this.

1012
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 1: It's it's basically Mario Kart in the.

1013
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 2: Physical world but also in the virtual world.

1014
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: So you're driving through your house on this little course

1015
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 1: you built, but you're also seeing all the signature Mario

1016
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: Kart stuff, the other characters, the little power ups, all

1017
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,240
Speaker 1: the little you know, obstacles are all on the virtual

1018
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: screen that you're seeing on your switch. So you see

1019
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 1: your house, like your living room, plus like clouds or

1020
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: snow or rain or whatever on your living room floor.

1021
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 2: It's really cool. We had a fun time.

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00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: One hundred dollars for the car are It's a lot,

1023
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,840
Speaker 1: and especially if you have two kids, you want to

1024
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: have you know, two of those cars, because you can't

1025
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 1: play together unless you got two cars. You can play

1026
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: against you know, virtual competitors, but that's it if you

1027
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: only have one car and the other thing. I don't

1028
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:16,959
Speaker 1: think was clear, and I you know, I'm not really

1029
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,879
Speaker 1: clear on this. I don't my kids couldn't figure it out.

1030
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,799
Speaker 1: But I couldn't figure out a way for my kid

1031
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: to be a virtual player with my other kid being

1032
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 1: the physical player. I'm not sure if I need to

1033
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 1: do some more work on that one to figure it out.

1034
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,920
Speaker 1: But it's fun, it's cool, it's unique, it's definitely you know,

1035
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: Nintendo has been really into cardboard for some reason. I

1036
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:37,160
Speaker 1: don't know if they bought a company that does like

1037
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: cardboard stuff. But you know, Nintendo Labbo was all cardboard

1038
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,760
Speaker 1: that was cool. But this is is a much better

1039
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:48,920
Speaker 1: use of cardboard versus the Labo stuff. The Labbo was

1040
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: kind of like, eh, it was cool, but not as

1041
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 1: much this.

1042
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,880
Speaker 2: This is pretty cool. So it's fun.

1043
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: I think the kids will like it for the holidays.

1044
00:48:57,800 --> 00:48:59,920
Speaker 1: I don't know how much they'll play it after the

1045
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 1: first time, because, let's be honest, I mean, it's easier

1046
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: to just sit down and play on your switch than

1047
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: it is to sit there and set up the whole

1048
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: course every time. So in that aspect, you know, it

1049
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: might be one of these things where they do it

1050
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 1: once or twice and then they never really played again.

1051
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,479
Speaker 2: So I would kind of wait and see on this one.

1052
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 1: But it was fun and it is definitely a unique

1053
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: spin on the.

1054
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,759
Speaker 2: Whole Mario Kart thing.

1055
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 1: So I will I will definitely give you that uh oh,

1056
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 1: I hear it there. It is that music that means

1057
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,640
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