WEBVTT - OnePlus smartwatch disappoints 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:15.200 Samsung and Apple schedule their next events. A review of 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.200 the one plus smart Watch, the best feature Ever comes 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.400 to Kindle Plus. Your tech questions Answered? 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:23.240 What is going on? 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.759 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:27.560 podcast where I talk about the tech. 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.120 Stuff I think you should know about. 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.239 It's also the place where I answer the questions you 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.839 send me, and believe me, you send me a lot 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.440 of them, way more than I can answer in this podcast. Actually, 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.320 I'm the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:44.880 You might also see me on a TV station near 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.159 you because it's not just KTLA. Segments go out to 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:52.800 TV stations across the nation. Next our nation, we call it. 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:55.960 That's the company that owns KTLA. They own a lot 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.280 of stations in a lot of different places. In fact, 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.680 little tidbit for you, this is kind of a homecoming 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.440 for me my second reporter job. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:04.720 Ever. 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.320 I actually worked for the same company, so worked there 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:12.640 for three years in Louisiana, came out to Los Angeles 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.160 and worked at KATLA when it was owned by a 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.560 different company, and then the company from Louisiana bought I mean, 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.520 the company's headquartered in Texas, but the same company bought Ktla. 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:27.759 How wild is that? So full circle for my career? Here, Wow, 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.000 this week, what a week for crypto. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:30.600 Man. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.920 I don't talk about crypto a lot, cryptocurrency, but I 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.280 mean it has been. It's getting to the point where 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:43.240 you can't avoid it. So bitcoin is the big you know, cryptocurrency, 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.920 and it's been you know, it's been going on for 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.640 many years now. In fact, it's funny because I've got 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.800 a friend who has been talking about bitcoin forever. I mean, 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.720 I'm talking way before anyone in the news is ever 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:56.560 talking about it. You know, every party you'd go to, 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.600 every time you ever saw this guy at a poker game, crypto, crypto, crypto, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.760 And of course you know what do I do? Okay, Okay, 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.080 it's too complicated, it's too it's not for my audience. 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.880 It's too much. It's too much. And boy, I wish 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:09.960 I bought some crypto and he started talking about it, 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.360 because man, it is just it's been a wild ride 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:19.399 for cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin. There's other cryptos as well. It's 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.560 not just Bitcoin. But I am now actually, the more 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.280 I learn about this getting to be a bigger believer 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:29.000 in it, because when you think about it like, Okay, 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.520 so yesterday I wanted to send someone, you know, a 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:34.320 couple bucks, right, and I was like, do you have zeld, 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:35.600 do you have you know, Venmo? 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:36.919 Do you have this? Do you have that? 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.520 But if they had bitcoin, if they just had some 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.800 sort of like bitcoin, you know, if I could just 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:42.360 send them that. 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:43.240 That'd be so much easier. 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.480 It's universal, it works with everything, It works across every country, 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.839 it works across every phone, every everywhere you go. It's 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.919 just crypto. And so I'm in. You know, Tesla is 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.800 accepting crypto. Elon Musk is a big believer. Then we 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.399 had Coinbase go public this week, and you know, when 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.800 you look at the numbers of people using Coinbase, which 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.480 you know they kind of facilitate. It's kind of like 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.680 a way that people can buy and trade crypto on 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:11.840 their platform. And so when you look at the numbers 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.639 of how many people are using Coinbase, it's just phenomenal. 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.880 And clearly this is not just a tech thing or 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.080 a tech nerd thing, or a you know, random people 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.680 kind of thing. This is this is becoming big. So 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.560 I'm going to follow it more closely and just continue 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.520 to kind of get smarter about it because I think 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.240 the reason why we're not seeing it take off in 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.000 such a huge way so fast is because banks in 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.080 the government don't really have a handle on it. You know, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:42.040 they don't really get to control it, which is a 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.080 little bit scary for them because it's not really controlled 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.640 by any one entity. And that's the beauty of it, 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.160 but it's also flies in the face of everything we've 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.640 known about money for so many years. Let's get started 0:03:56.000 --> 0:04:00.400 with the first part of the show about the one 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.440 plus watch. This is, Oh my gosh, I feel so 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.880 bad for OnePlus. So, you know, like most things, they 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.320 send it to you before you say anything, and you know, 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:10.800 I get to use it for a week or two 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.520 before anyone else. And so I'm sitting here using the 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.719 one plus watch. And I had such high hopes for 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.560 this watch because it's a one hundred and fifty nine 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:21.920 dollars smart watch, it works with Android devices, It looks amazing. 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:26.039 It's got every sensor under the sun. So you want oxygen, 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.960 You've got oxygen sensor. You want a compass, You've got 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.760 a compass on there. You want running GPS, all onboard everything, 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.640 This thing has it all. And it's got a nice 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.160 big screen it's round, it looks like a real watch. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:43.280 But I'm using it and all I'm missing the entire 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.359 time is my Apple Watch. And you know, it's really bad. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.679 When I'm testing something and I actually take it off 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.760 to go back to my regular device in the middle, 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:54.680 and I just put it back on just to test it. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.040 That was really bad. That's when I knew I was 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:01.680 having some trouble with this watch. So bottom line about 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.560 the watch, Okay, Like I said, it's got everything you need. 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:05.560 It's got the microphone. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:07.520 It's got a little speaker so you can take calls 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:11.760 via Bluetooth. It's got storage for songs, so you can store, 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.680 you know, up to five hundred songs on this thing. 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.000 Transfer process is really slow since it's over Bluetooth. To 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.640 be fair, transfer process is really slow in the Apple Watch, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.360 you know, but it happens in the background, so does 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.080 it It does on this you know, it happens in 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:25.120 the background on the one. 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:25.880 Plus watch as well. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.640 The Bluetooth was actually really strong. Connection charges really fast. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.400 The battery does last very long, up to two weeks, 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:34.880 I'd say a week if you're doing a lot of 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:39.200 fitness tracking. Now about all those censors. The fitness tracking 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.560 was a mixed bag because I took a run that 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.640 I typically take over and over and over, and it 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.640 was like a third alright, let's see it said it 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.000 was probably like two miles. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:51.360 Versus like four that it's typically. 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.440 So the GPS data was not very good, and I 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.719 was like, well, is that because I didn't have the 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.520 phone with me? But you're not supposed to have you 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:58.560 don't need the phone with you. 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:00.240 I do something wrong. 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.960 So again you just start thinking because there's nothing out 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.280 there about this watch. You know, I'm reviewing it before 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.600 anyone writes anything about it. So I'm just like, okay. 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.560 The heart rate monitoring, I had it. You know, I 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.720 took a cycle class the Peloton and I had the 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.599 one plus watch next to the Apple Watch. They both 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.520 seem to have the same heart rate, so that was good. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.440 But then it's like, you know, the automatic tracking work. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.880 It flipped on eight minutes into a walk, which is 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:24.840 just like the Apple Watch. You start walking, you know, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.520 a couple of minutes later, I'll say, hey, you're taking 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:30.120 a walk. You want to record it? Sure, it's IP 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.120 sixty eight water resistant. So again all these things are 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.000 like perfect. I'm like this could be the perfect Android 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:40.039 smart watch, and after a week with it, I'm just like, ah, 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.520 I you know, here's where the trouble started. I could 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.039 not figure out, for the life of me how to 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:49.160 change the time to twelve hour time versus twenty four 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.560 hour and I email one plus finally and they're like, oh, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:56.760 that'll be a future software update. No, you can't have 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.640 a watch that doesn't really work with the time. I understand. 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:00.919 And you can say. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.640 Rich can't use military time. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.839 I mean, come on, get with it, buddy, No, I 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.040 don't use military time. 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:07.600 I love it. 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:09.640 Well, I don't love it because I don't use it, 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:13.000 but I appreciate it. And you know, my brother is 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.640 a big believer in military time, and it's annoying when 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:16.080 you're not. 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.320 A military type. 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.880 I don't know how to you know, fourteen fifty seven Now, 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.080 I know that's two fifty seven because I've been using 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:27.960 the one plus watch. The saving grace is that the 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.160 data from the watch goes into the Google fit app, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.480 which does slice and dice the data. 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:34.360 And it's pretty good. 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:38.200 I mean, everything on there was very good, so except 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.560 I couldn't tell if the reading's were accurate. So long 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.360 story short, when the reviews came out and I saw 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.080 what other people were saying about it. We all felt 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.160 about the same way. It's beautiful hardware, It's got a 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.600 lot of sensors. The software is just not there. The 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.360 accuracy doesn't seem to be there. Could it be fixed 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:55.239 with software updates? 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:55.800 I think so. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.720 Could you somehow add the ability to reply to notifications? 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:00.440 I hope so. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.160 Could you somehow add the ability to make it light 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:04.560 up brighter when you're in the sun? 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:05.920 I hope? So? 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.200 Could you make it so you can tap the screen 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.800 to turn it on because it doesn't always turn on 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:11.720 when you lift. 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.800 It, you know. 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.280 So it's like all these little things one hundred and 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.560 fifty nine bucks available now. I'd wait to see if 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.080 you know, this thing gets some software updates that makes 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:26.760 it a little bit more usable and functional for daily use. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:31.400 All right. 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.880 First question of the day comes from Gil. Gil says, hey, Rich, 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.920 what are your thoughts about cybersecurity for devices like Norton 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:41.520 three sixty? Is it worth looking into and possibly obtaining? Thanks? 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.800 Gil, have a magical day. You know. 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:46.960 I think it's it's a little heavy handed with the 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.280 Norton three sixty stuff. I feel like when you install 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:53.160 that on your machine. It just kind of takes over everything. 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:54.959 And I think Norton is a good company. I think 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.280 that they do have security front of mine. They've got 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.360 great folks that are researching stuff. But I feel like 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.760 their approach is a little heavy handed when it comes 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:05.880 to the amount of things that they want you to do, 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.040 and the amount of pricing, and the amount of programs 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.080 and the amount of you know, there's just so much 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.600 going on. So personally, what I would do on iPhone, 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.240 you don't need anything. So just you know, forget about iPhone. 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.200 You don't You don't need any sort of security on 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.400 the iPhone. It's built in. Believe me. The only thing 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.280 you need to do on the iPhone is make sure 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.520 that you protect yourself from yourself, which means do not 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:32.600 click links from unknown senders. Don't get curious when you 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.480 see those links that you know you realize they're totally bogused. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.160 But you're just like, eh, let me click. No, don't click. 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.360 You don't want to do that, So don't click the 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.400 bad links and you'll be fine on the iPhone. Don't 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.320 install software from third parties, which you can't really do 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.400 on the iPhone unless you jail break it. You said, 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.000 don't do that. You know that that's the main thing. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.400 Don't fall for phishing emails. Those are the main things 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.600 on the iPhone Android I probably if you want to, 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.600 I would, I would definitely look into something for androids, 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:05.880 so maybe like a malware bytes or in a vast 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.240 and the website I like I've mentioned this before is 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:13.640 avdashtest dot org and you might have to translate it 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.760 or get it select English as your language. But they've 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:21.920 got a lot of security choices for Android, for even 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:23.920 mac Os, which I still don't really think you need, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:25.280 but if you're you know, if you want to be 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:29.640 totally secure, sure, and Windows and then you know there's 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.040 nothing for iPhone, So I would say a vaster AVG 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:38.480 for the Android phones, a vaster AVG for Windows users, 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:42.760 and make sure that your Windows what is it called 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.760 defender is up to date, So make sure you go 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.400 into your software updates and make sure Windows Defender. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:47.800 Is up to date. 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.640 And then I would also if you want, you can 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.280 run something like malware bytes on your desktop to see 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.720 if it catches anything. But those are the main things 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:59.280 Gil that I would do personally is just realistically the 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:04.920 fishing I think phishing emails and any sort of you 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.160 know scams. Those are are much more prevalent right now, 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.440 and I think are the bigger danger than just random 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.840 viruses being downloaded from the web right now. All right, 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.800 good question. So to two big announcements this week? Oh 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.760 do I have a trumpet? Two big announcements this week? 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:26.840 Apple doing a spring loaded event, and then not to 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:31.240 be outdone, Samsung sent out an invitation on the very 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:36.079 same day for their Galaxy Unpacked twenty twenty one. Now 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:40.160 let's start with Apple. This was interesting because Siri spilled 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:44.360 the beans on the Apple event. So some smart folks 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:48.520 at mac Rumor's notice that if you ask Siri, hey, 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.400 when's the next Apple event, she would answer April twentieth 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:55.679 at Kupertino, go to Apple dot com for more information, And. 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.760 She doesn't really talk like that, but that's my voice 0:11:57.760 --> 0:11:58.120 for her. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.040 And so it was about, you know, maybe a period 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.640 of eight hours where she was talking about this event 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:08.040 that nobody had officially heard any word about from Apple, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.760 and then all of a sudden, right like clockwork, I think, 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.760 nine am on Tuesday of this week, which you could 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.800 be listening to this in twenty twenty seven. 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:19.520 So what does it matter the time or date. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.320 But my point is, all of a sudden, journalists like 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:27.120 myself and media folks and influencers and YouTube stars and 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:31.320 Instagram amazing folks and anyone else who has a popular 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:35.160 podcast in whoever Apple seems to like. This week, got 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.760 an email that said, Hey, you're invited. You're invited to 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.200 a public event that is on the internet for all 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:41.520 to see and share. 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:43.920 You are invited, Rich Demiro. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.560 Oh my gosh, thank you Apple, Thank you for inviting 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.080 me to watch a live stream on YouTube. 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:50.800 Ah you rock. 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.600 I joke because typically these invitations that you get from 0:12:55.600 --> 0:13:00.440 Apple are actually very you feel very special hitting them 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.360 because you know they invite a select group of people 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.760 to their events up in Kupertino. But this is virtual, 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.160 so you know anyone can watch it. And I don't 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.160 get any special treatment than any I don't get a 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:10.280 front row seat, I don't. 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.440 Get an earlier live stream. I don't get it. 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.520 You know what they should do, Apple free idea for you, 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.800 the journalists that you invite to these virtual events. We 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.880 get a feed that is sixty seconds ahead of everyone else. 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.280 That means we can send out our tweets of all 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.319 the new stuff just a minute before the average person. 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:33.680 And that gives us a little leg up on everyone else. Right, 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.920 our tweets can go viral because they're they're they're in 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.280 the hopper sixty seconds before everyone else. 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.079 Do you like that idea? I love it? You know everything. 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.920 This one thing I've learned about being a journalist is 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.240 that there's always a VIP section. 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:49.880 There's always a there's always. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.720 Something better than what I get buying the regular ticket 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.040 that gives me admission to something. You know, you go 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.480 to a concert, there's always like a meet and greet 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.880 before you go to the you know whatever, there's all 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.480 some sort of VIP. You go to a hotel, you know, 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.040 you stay in a nice room, there's always a nicer room. 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.640 There's always someone that's getting treated just a little bit better. 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.319 And I've noticed that over the years. So anyway, that's 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.840 that's the reality. But anyway, so what are we gonna 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.200 have at this spring loaded event? I mean, what more 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.400 do you want? We've got a good iPhone from Apple? 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.880 Do you really need a new iPad Pro? Do you 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.160 really need a new Apple pencil? Do you really need 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:27.120 a new iPad Mini? 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.920 Yeah? For the kids. Absolutely, So that I hope they 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.520 have new air tags. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.640 They've been talking about air tags now for like twenty 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.280 seven years with Apple, so I think the air tags thing. 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.200 I talked about it last week, how they're they're expanding 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.600 that find my with the chipolo. Do you need the 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.120 air tags? But yes, people want their Apple stuff, so 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:47.400 those are going to be exciting. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:49.040 New AirPods. 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.560 I mean, the AirPods are perfect. The airpod's pro or 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.160 just about perfect. New Apple TV. I mean the Apple 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.200 TV is perfect. It's it's like, is it any slower 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.120 than it needs to be to watch Netflix? 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:01.680 I don't think. 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.320 So what more could they add ak video? 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:04.880 I don't know. 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:09.800 I mean it's pretty darn good iOS fourteen point five. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.360 That would be exciting because we can finally use our 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:16.000 phone with our mask on and unlock using Apple Watch. 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.360 But again, that only appeals to, you know, the folks 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.040 that have Apple Watch, which a lot of people do. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.000 You know, New MacBooks, new that kind of stuff. I 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:24.680 don't know if they're gonna have a new MacBook, but 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.240 maybe maybe a new sixteen inch MacBook Pro, which would 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.280 definitely interest me with that M one chip, but I'll 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:33.080 probably wait till the next generation anyway. So again, it's exciting. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.600 Apple events are always exciting. It's you know, as a 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:39.080 tech journalist, when I cover stuff, Apple is king. I 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.760 get the most response from Apple, uh more so than 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.560 anything else I cover anywhere in the world. 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:46.680 It's just the way it is. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:51.120 So now we've got the Samsung Unpacked twenty twenty one 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.560 again virtual event. This is happening on Oh do I 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.120 tell you when the Apple event is. Apple Event is 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.440 happening on April twentieth. So if you're listen to this 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:04.360 past April twentieth, go go in the past and listen. 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:08.280 I don't know whatever Galaxy on pack twenty twenty one 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.200 is happening on April twenty eighth, and they say the 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.120 most power. 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.640 Can I tell you the tagline for the Apple event? Yeah, 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:15.480 spring loaded. 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:20.640 Okay, so Samsung's is the most powerful Galaxy is coming 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.720 soon now if you ask me as a tech reviewer, 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.160 I just reviewed the most powerful Galaxy. I just sent 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.960 it back, the S twenty one Ultra. I mean, wasn't 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.160 that And by the way, you know these companies, I 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.240 don't know what the deal is with Samsung asking for 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.320 stuff back so quickly. I mean I barely had the 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.680 phone for like thirty days, and it's like, I'm supposed 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.120 to test this thing, and you know, it's like harassment 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:45.480 almost to get these things back. 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:47.720 And I get it, you know, like, but can. 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.080 You give me a little bit more time to see 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.000 how this thing evolves and use it just a little 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.520 bit more in different situations. I mean, I might have 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.360 wanted to compare it against the one plus nine pro, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.720 but I didn't really wasn't able to so. 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:00.000 Anyway, I digress. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:06.120 Yes, um, Most Powerful Galaxy coming soon April twenty eighth. 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.800 So teaser trailer was announced. Some are saying it's like 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:16.359 Galaxy laptops. It's gotta be foldable phones as well in there, right, 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.600 So that's what we have from Samsung. Most Powerful Galaxy 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.240 that's on April twenty eighth. I will keep track of 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.240 all of these events and of course talk about them 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:34.040 if I feel like it in a future something. All right, 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.159 long email from Jerome. I'm hoping you can remove my 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.720 confusion inso much. I'm not even sure I can keep 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.280 my question simple, but I'll try. The bottom line, I'm 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.600 spending two hundred and forty dollars per month on DirecTV. Shocked, No, not, 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.919 I was spending that much for a while it should be. 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.000 I'm trying to reduce my monthly bill and look into 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.359 streaming options. I have the top of the package that 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:56.320 DirecTV offers. It's one ninety a month plus monthly access 0:17:56.400 --> 0:18:01.359 charges for five devices plus service protection. Dude, cancel this today. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.000 I also pay for sports and movie pack that pushes 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.199 my bill to two forty. I want to lower my 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.399 DirecTV package, return the devices and reduce my cost. I 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:11.800 have two Apple TV devices, one's the new four K. 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.520 I've downloaded all the apps for programs that we watch. 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:15.240 They work great. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.919 In my Direct TV package are the channels that we 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.200 watch and plenty that we do not. As you know, 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.080 the lower the package, the less channels. In some cases, 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.800 after an app after downloading to the Apple, we'll ask 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.240 you for your TV provider. Obviously I entered direct TV. 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:29.080 I'm often running there. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:29.760 Here's the question. 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.359 Do I need to have the programming in order to 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.679 work for the and do I need to have the 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:36.600 programming in my package in order for it. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:37.480 To work on Apple TV? 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.720 Can I switch to the lower packages that may not 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:42.960 have the channel for the apps I downloaded and will 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.920 still stream thanks in advanced drome. The answer is no, Jerome, 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.679 it will not still stream. So what's happening on the 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:54.480 back end is it's authenticating that channel. It's saying on 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:58.320 Apple TV, they're talking to direct TV saying, does Jerome 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.280 is Droome subscribe to because we noticed that Jerome's watching 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.199 a lot of Bravo app And next thing you know, 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:10.360 Direct TV says, yes, Jerome is subscribed to Bravo and 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.120 you can watch Bravo and miraculously all the stuff streams. 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.560