WEBVTT - Google, Facebook take on Zoom 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.880 Google and Facebook take on Zoom, a new robot just 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:10.040 for kids. Plus one of my favorite Android apps for 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:14.960 wallpapers makes its way to the iPhone. Finally, Plus your 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:18.120 tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich d'miro and 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.640 this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:23.280 about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:26.120 Plus it's the place where I answer the questions that 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.080 you send me. My name is Rich Damiro, tech reporter 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:33.440 at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Usually producer Megan 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.080 is joining me on the show, and I know she 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.680 wasn't there last week. She's not here this week spoiler alert, 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.560 but I do believe she will be back next week. 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.239 I don't know about you, but the at home thing 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.520 has been challenging. I think this is week number six, 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.360 going on seven, and I feel like we've gone through 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:51.559 a lot of ups and downs. Like at the beginning, 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.400 it was kind of like, oh, this is cool, this 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:56.760 is different. Oh this is really sad, this is really depressing. 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.920 Oh this is actually not bad. I can deal with it. 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.600 But at this point we're all sort of at a 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.960 plateau of where like, Okay, we've figured this out. We're 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:07.080 not driving. I filled up my car with gas yesterday 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.039 for the first time in six weeks. I mean, that 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.840 is just unheard of. I've been working from home, as 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:15.000 you see on KTLA five Morning News, working from the 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:18.000 spare room, and you know, the kids are right next door. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.520 So it's been very disruptive, but at the same time, 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.640 there's been some benefits and that is kind of the uh, 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:27.240 the fun nature of things like as a family. But 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.280 I have learned one thing about myself, and I think 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:33.080 I mentioned this in a previous podcast, But what I've 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:38.080 learned about myself is that I really crave routine. And 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.640 what I mean by that is that I actually find 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:44.200 myself getting very stressed out throughout the day because normally, 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.560 when I'm going into the office at KTLA, I have 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.560 a pretty standard routine. I get to work, I prep 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.240 for my live shots, I do my live shots, I 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.920 answer my emails in that time, and then I write 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.440 a story and I go out and I shoot a 0:01:56.440 --> 0:02:00.480 story and then I go home. Well, with working from home, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.440 all of that is sort of changed and now I 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:05.559 get up, I still do my live shots in the morning, 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.440 but I also take a little break where I go 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.760 have breakfast in my kitchen and I make like a 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.200 hot breakfast, which I've never done before. But then I 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.360 do something with the kids, then I do some more work, 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.080 then I come back. Then I do my podcast and 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.280 I prep then I come back, and so it's much 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.840 more a much more elongated day. So finally by five PM, 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.120 I'm like, Okay, I am done. I'm done with my computer. 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.680 I'm closing my laptop and I'm going to pick up 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:30.120 again the next day. So I kind of realized that 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.960 I enjoy routine, and I'm sure that you're realizing something 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.880 about yourself as well through this whole thing. So we 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.560 will make it through, folks, Yes we will, all right. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.520 One of the big stories of this week is that 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.320 everyone wants to capture some of the magic that Zoom 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.560 has been able to capture on its own. I mean, 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:53.440 Zoom went from something that I used maybe once or 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.680 twice in the past to do like a briefing with 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.200 a tech company, to something that you know, we're all 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:03.120 using on a deal basis. And Zoom went from you know, 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.400 a bunch of people using its service to a real 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:10.000 lot of people using its service. It's become a proprietary eponym. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.000 When you want to do a video call with someone, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.960 you say, we're zooming no matter what service you're using. 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.840 And it's so crazy because we've seen FaceTime in the past. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:24.760 There's so many options for video chatting, but Zoom somehow 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.720 won and so now other companies want to win as well. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.840 And so this week Google said that they're making meet, 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:36.119 which is their premium video meeting offering free to everyone. 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:38.760 This is something that you had to have a school 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.840 account or a paid business account, or maybe not even paid, 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.640 but just some sort of business account to get access to. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.920 And now Google says, you know what, everyone can have 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.560 access to this, which I think is pretty cool because 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.640 there are some benefits to Google versus Zoom, and most 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.760 of these companies are really getting zoom on security and 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.040 also those time limits. So if you're on a regular 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.520 Zoom account, like if you don't have one through your 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.520 work or school, there is a forty minute limit on 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.040 group video chats. Now, if you're one to one there 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.200 is no limit. So if you're just on with one friend, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.080 you might have noticed, okay, Rich, there's no limit. It's 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.320 when you're on a group call. So with Google you 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.400 can have up to one hundred people on a group 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:23.360 call unlimited time only through September thirtieth, though, so they're 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.279 kind of hedging their bets here, so you'll get sixty 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.880 minutes after that. But still this is pretty cool. And 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.440 what Google is saying is that they're a bit more 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.400 secure than Zoom. They don't allow anonymous users, so you 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.719 have to have a Google account. The codes, like the 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.120 meeting codes are complex by default, which means people can't 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.200 just zoom bomb and I think zoom is kind of 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.119 patched that whole a lot in recent weeks, but still 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.479 it was a sore spot. They say that their video 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.880 meetings are encrypted in transit. I don't know if that 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.840 means end to end. Transit means in transit, not necessarily 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:57.040 end to end. And they don't require a browser plug in. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.440 So Zoom does this. It plays a little game with 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.400 you where we need try to join. It tries to 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.600 make you download the software even though it can run 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.800 in the browser, and Google says it's not going to 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:10.640 play that game. Also, Facebook, they're doing their part. They're 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:14.480 introducing something called Messenger rooms, and I find that this 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.560 could be popular because everyone has a Facebook account, everyone 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.400 knows Facebook, and messenger rooms lets you set up a 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.320 room where up to fifty people can hang out with 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.120 no time limit, and so, for instance, on my rich 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.160 on Tech Facebook page, I can have a room where 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.480 rich on Tech folks can just hang out and sometimes 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.279 I'd pop in, sometimes I'd be there, sometimes I wouldn't 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.160 be there, But overall, it's just a room that's kind 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.320 of always there. It's a persistent room. So let's say 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.760 you're a principal at a school, maybe you have a 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.120 room where your students can just pop in, or you're 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.760 the guidance counselor or at work even you know, I 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.760 just have my Facebook messenger room open all day long. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.120 So that's going to happen. It hasn't happened just yet, 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.240 but they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.080 I'm interested to see the messenger rooms. Both of these 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.120 video chat off, of course, are doing what I call 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.479 the Brady Bunch style, the grid view, which I think 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.120 is really the magic of Zoom is seeing everyone on 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.600 that one page is kind of like the fun part 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:14.600 of it, all those little thumbnails of people. So I 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:18.960 think that that's a pretty cool, a pretty cool feature 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.880 that a lot of people like about Zoom. And we'll 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.599 be watching I can't wait to try both Google Meet 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:31.960 and also Facebook Messenger rooms. Oops, wrong one. There we go. 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.479 All right. That is normally when producer Megan would come 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.520 in with a question, but since I'm doing it, I'm 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.839 doing the question. So here we go. Rich love your show. 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.800 Watch you all the time. This has been an annoying issue. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.800 I can't figure out. I have an iPhone ten with 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.200 an Apple Watch. When I receive messages on a group 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.640 text that I have silenced on my phone, I still 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.440 get notifications on my watch. I don't want to silence 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:57.360 all my notifications, just the group to my watch. Can 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:01.280 this be done? Thank you for your time, Lee. I'm 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.160 guessing this is not Leo Laporte asking me for a 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.080 tech help. I think this is a different Leo. But 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:11.160 my answer to this would be to check in your 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.520 Apple Watch settings. There is a setting in the Apple 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:19.200 Watch app on your phone that says mirror my iPhone, 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.320 and at some point you might have switched your settings 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.320 so that your notifications on your watch are not mirrored 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.480 to your iPhone. That is my best guess, and I've 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.680 actually done this on my Apple Watch because historically I 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.440 really liked my Apple Watch would go into airplane mode 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.960 when I switched my phone into airplane mode. But then 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.800 I realized, because I often am carrying an Android phone 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.640 as well, that I'm testing that sometimes I wouldn't want 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.680 my watch to go into airplane mode because I'd still 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.920 want to get my I messages on my watch. So 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.760 I actually turned off that feature that mirrors my settings 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.960 on my iPhone. On my Apple Watch. Most people want 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:57.920 to keep it that way, and the default is to 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.480 keep it that way. That's the way Apple, you know, 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.360 out of the box, has it set up. But I think, Leo, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.640 at some point you change that, maybe when you're just 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.480 playing with the settings on your Apple Watch or your 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.680 iPhone and you just change that. And now that you 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.200 have noticed this issue of these text messages notifying your 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.920 phone even when you silence them on your sorry, on 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:18.920 your watch, even when you silence them on your phone, 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:21.440 I think that that's the problem. So that's what I 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.280 would look into see if it helps. I think it will, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:31.440 and that that would be my advice. Another gadget launched 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:36.600 this week the Google Pixel Buds. This is Google's answer 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:40.040 to the air pods, and this is not their first 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:43.520 try at these. They actually had a pair of Google 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.240 Pixel Buds I don't know if it was, I think 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.120 two years ago. And they were wired, so they had 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:49.960 a wire that went from the one bud to the 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.439 other bud around your neck. And they weren't very good. 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.679 Almost all the reviews, including mine, were that they were 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:00.160 just they were just okay. And the craziest part. I'm 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.720 trying to remember these things because I feel like the 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:07.760 craziest part was actually getting the wire back into the case, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.400 like actually looping the wire. Like they had this crazy 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.800 system where you had to like, I mean, imagine just 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:16.640 trying to like, you know, you ever get something in 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.360 a box and you have to place it back in 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.600 that box the way that it was given to you. 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.800 It's impossible. The box never closes the same way. That 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.120 was what these headphones were like when you got them 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.640 from Google. And that was problem Number one is that 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.760 you could never wrap them up in a quick way 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.480 and get them back into their charging cradle. So that 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.559 was number one, and then number two was they just 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.200 weren't very good. I don't remember them staying in my 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.480 ears very well. I don't remember. I think the cool 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.319 feature was that they featured Google Assistant, But other than that, 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.080 they were just not very good. So anyway, everyone kind 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.720 of forgot about those. Of course, the AirPods took off 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:52.880 in popularity and they are so popular. They're so good. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.880 Apple nailed it on the very first version of those 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.760 air pods, and now, of course they have AirPods Pro, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:02.440 which are also f fantastic, and so everyone's been trying to, 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.120 like zoom, capture the magic of what the AirPods have, 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:09.240 with varying success. And so I always recommend the air 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.000 pods for the iPhone. But if you have an Android, 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.640 you know, I do like the Galaxy Buds from Samsung, 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.320 but the Pixel Buds take it a step further because 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.240 they do build in the Google Assistant. And so the 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.080 Pixel Buds are one hundred and eighty dollars. Google did 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:24.719 not send me a pair to test of these, so 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.640 I'm actually thinking of purchasing them just for myself, just 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.000 to have them. They're one hundred and eighty bucks. They've 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.240 got the fast pair, which means you open up your case, 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.040 you put them next to an Android phone, not just 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.840 a pixel by the way, that works with a variety 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.280 of Android phones, and so you open them up, they 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.679 pair up. They have a couple of microphones in them, 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.000 so they sound better, they detect when you're speaking, they've 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.520 got adaptive sound, and they also can do a real 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.680 time translation. So theoretically, if you were in Japan and 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.840 you were speaking to someone, you could hear what they're 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.880 saying in Japanese in English in your ears. So I 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.120 don't think that we've tried that feature in the past. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.360 It's something that Google Translate has done to varying success. 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.640 But it's cool. I don't think it's one hundred percent there. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.400 That's not the reason to get them, let's put it 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.800 that way. But when I did try on these Google 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.240 Pixel Buds at the Google event in October in New 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.920 York City, I thought they were fantastic, Like I actually 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.960 wanted them. And the only problem is that I primarily 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.560 use an iPhone at this point, and so I don't 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.720 really have a use for them day to day, but 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:27.760 it would tempt me if I had an Android that 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.440 I was using on a daily basis. It would kind 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.560 of be a tough choice between these and the Samsung 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.440 Galaxy Buds. I'd probably lean more towards the Pixel Buds 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.760 just because I like how they integrate the Google Assistant, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:45.080 which I believe you could map to the Samsung version, 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.559 but I'm not one hundred percent sure. But anyway, they're 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.520 one hundred and eighty dollars. They're kind of rolling out. 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.280 They're kind of tough to get right now, but they 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.920 are going to be at stores including Target, Best Buy, 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:57.800 and of course on Google's own website. So check them out. 0:11:57.880 --> 0:11:59.000 Let me know if you get a pair of what 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.520 you think of them, maybe I'll convince I don't know. 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.080 I got to run purchases like that by my wife before. 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:09.439 I just buy bare headphones I don't necessarily need all right, 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:15.800 Next question from Bennett. Bennett says, can you recommend a 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.360 budget friendly tablet to use on a hot spot only 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.000 web search? Thank you? I enjoy your time every day 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.240 five forty five am. Well, thank you, Bennett. Referring to 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.760 my time that I hit on KTLA in Los Angeles, 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.719 that is usually between five thirty five and five forty five, 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.600 I've noticed that it's been closer to five forty five 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.640 with the COVID nineteen crisis. I guess they have more 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.120 news to get on, but that's when I've been hitting anyway, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.760 So he watches at that early early time, and it's 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.760 funny because a lot of people. I get so many 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:49.240 people that come up to me and say, Rich, I 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.320 love your segment, you know, at night. And it's funny 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:57.880 because letting in Little Inside Baseball, that's actually a taped segment, 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.760 and you wouldn't believe how many people think that's live. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.360 So it's funny if you watch at five forty five AM. 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:06.160 Clearly I'm not there at ten pm as well. But anyway, anyway, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.760 so I would recommend a fire tablet from Amazon. And 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.439 the reason, I mean, my real recommendation for a tablet 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.280 anytime someone asks me about a tablet is always, always 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.400 always the iPad. And it's not because I'm an Apple 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.600 fanboy and I only love Apple products. It's just because 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:26.440 the iPad gives you entree to the best apps available 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.880 on a tablet. Android tablets just don't have them. They 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.440 just don't have the best apps. But what you did say, Bennett, 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.679 is that you only want to do web searches and 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:38.560 you want to budget friendly tablet. And so when you 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.520 think about those two things, I'm gonna recommend a fire tablet. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.840 And they have several fire tablets ranging from fifty dollars 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:48.280 to one hundred and ninety nine dollars I are sorry, 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.160 fifty dollars to one hundred and fifty. So they have 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.640 the Fire seven, eight, and ten. If you can, I 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.240 would go for the one hundred and fifty dollars tablet, 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:00.000 the ten. That's going to give you the biggest screen, 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.800 it's going to give you the best processor. It's going 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.760 to give you USB C two point zero, it's gonna 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:10.400 give you good sound. I just think that you're going 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.400 to be best served with that. Sorry, my phone is 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.719 going off here. Let me put that there. I think 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.960 you're gonna be best served with that tablet, and that's 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.480 because it's a sweet spot. So I mean, you're still 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.520 only spending one hundred and fifty bucks, which I think 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.800 is pretty reasonable for a tablet. But again, that's what 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.720 I would go with Fire HD ten. The only downside 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.440 to a tablet from Amazon is that you have to 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:40.520 install your apps from the Amazon App Store, and most 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:41.920 of the apps that you want are on there. You 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:43.800 said you just want to browse the web. You're gonna 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.520 be able to get Firefox. You're gonna be able to 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.360 get their Silk browser. I don't believe you're gonna be 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.360 able to get Chrome unless you what's called sideloaded, which 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.760 means you have to download an APK from a website 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.360 like apk mirror dot com. But that is not for 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.520 the faint of heart, nor do you get one hundred 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.440 percent compatibility doing it that way, But it is an option. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.600 It's not like you can't get any app they just 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.800 might not work with the tablet. So that's my recommendation, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.120 and I think that you'll be pretty well served at 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:14.920 least for web surfing. Just on that all right. Pasadena 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:19.280 company name Embodied came out with a robot for kids, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.400 and the robot's name is Moxie. And I'm usually very 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:26.400 hesitant to talk about robots for kids because we've seen 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.960 in just robots in general. We've seen so many of 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:34.040 these things, and the robots that I've seen just fail 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.400 to live up to the standard. And the standard we 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.040 all have in our head, of course, is Rosie, Right, 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.080 Rosie from the Jetsons is the robot that we want 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:46.360 every robot to live up to, and they never do. 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:51.080 They're kind of like slow moving, they only do a 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.960 couple things, they can't really recognize us. They never do 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.400 what we want them to do. So I've been holding 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.920 off on my robot purchase until we find the best robot. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.960 We had that robot Gbo. Do you remember that thing 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.320 that was super expensive and it was kind of the 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.040 slickest robot we've seen. It was very popular. I think 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.760 it was a kickstarter, and that thing went out of 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.240 business and now whatever it was, fifteen hundred dollars robot 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.000 was totally bricked. So you got to be prepared for that. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.840 If you're going to buy a robot right now in 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.280 this day and age, you may wake up one day 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.200 and it just doesn't work, So be prepared. Robots are 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.600 for rich people right now, not for the average person. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.760 Little robots are fine. There are some fun little robots 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:32.160 out there. But Moxie is a robot that actually looks 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.680 pretty cool. I'll give it that. It's a robot that's 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:38.880 for kids, and it uses machine learning technology, yes, buzzword 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.800 watch out for those that allows it to perceive, process, 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:46.080 and respond to natural conversation, eye contact, facial expressions, and 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.240 other behavior, as well as recall people, places, and things. 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.440 Sounds very promising. The video that they put on YouTube 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:56.680 is a little bit too slick for my taste. I'm 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.200 a little bit worried whenever I see a product demo 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:01.440 video that soon duper sl like this looks like it 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.000 probably cost one hundred thousand dollars to make. It was 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.000 shot on a studio lot. You can tell it was 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:09.080 in a sound stage. The family is way too good looking. 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.960 They're all actors, the kid, you know, they're all they're 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.520 all actors. So I'm a little bit worried, right Like, 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.040 I'd rather just see like a real person using this thing. 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.439 That's what I want to see. But still, the robot 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:25.920 can understand and express motions with this facial expressions body language, 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.800 and it taps into human psychology. The robot has this 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.480 like almost Pixar looking lit up face that's almost looks 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:34.760 like something you'd see at Disneyland, where the face is 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.600 lit from behind with a projector, and it does a 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.879 lot of different emotions and it looks really cool, and 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.960 it talks. The voice. The speech synthesis sounds pretty good. 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.520 And for children, they can play with this robot and 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.720 it's not just like something that is just there that 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:53.560 they play with. It actually has lessons, so it teaches kindness, friendship, 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.119 empathy or respect. And then children are tasked to help 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:01.760 Moxie with missions that explore human experience ideas and life skills. 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:05.920 And then there's things like drawing, mindfulness, They practice breathing exercises, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.720 and Moxie wants you to be kind with others. And 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.480 it also teaches skills like taking your turn, eye contact, 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:17.680 active listening, emotion regulation, and empathy. Sounds like the perfect parent, Moxie. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:19.720 It sounds like all the things I try to do 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:24.399 with my kids to some levels of success. Now, it 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:27.359 will be fifteen hundred dollars for this robot, so very expensive, 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.560 plus a subscription plan, but for launch purposes, it will 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:34.800 include a one year subscription with over the air software updates, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.960 kind of like a Tesla, right And I will say 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.480 this robot sort of seems like the Tesla of robots 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:42.720 for kids right now. Now, the reason I'm telling you 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.240 about this is because I don't think necessarily you're going 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.000 to buy it. But there is this thing called Pioneer 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.959 Mentor Program, and what they're doing is they're looking for 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.119 families to give one of these robots too for a 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.800 month or two over the summer, to try it out 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.439 with their kids and to be beta testers. And so 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.119 I will put the link in the show notes so 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:02.760 you can check it out but I think that you 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.240 should apply if you're at all interested in this robot, 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.480 because I do think it looks pretty cool, and I 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:08.880 do think if you have a kid that you want 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.080 to try this out with, you know why not? You 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.080 got to be in it to win it, right, That's 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:19.000 what I say. Okay, let's see I would like to 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:21.679 know a question from Blanca. I would like to know 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:23.960 what are the best editing apps on the market. My 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.119 niece turned sixteen next week. I'd like to create a 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.879 mini video slash movie with her childhood pictures as a 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.960 surprise gift for her the sweet sixteen party her parents 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.320 head plan has been canceled due to everything going on 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.000 with the pandemic and stay at home mandates. I'd like 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.520 to make her feel special and I'd really appreciate your suggestions. 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:44.639 Thank you in advance, Blanca. Blanca, I feel your pain 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:47.879 and I totally get it everything has been upended. Yesterday 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.359 we did a drive by birthday surprise for my friend 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:55.640 who turned an undisclosed age. But we had to drive 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:57.960 by his house. We coordinate it with his wife, of course, 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:00.119 but so a bunch of friends, you know, four car 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:02.760 We all drove by the house with a bunch of 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:04.960 signs our kids made with the kids hanging out the window. 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.159 And that's how we did it. We honked and we 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:10.280