WEBVTT - AirTag safety explained 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:14.000 Samsung sets a date for its next smartphones AirTag safety 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.040 one oh one, an easier way to get into a 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.200 Tesla plus your tech questions answered? What is going on? 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:23.560 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.840 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.760 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:32.720 answer the questions you send me. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome on 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:36.240 the Tech Reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.240 Thanks for tuning me in. Do you tune in a podcast? 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.320 I don't know however you found me. 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There's no hard feelings. 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:24.040 If you don't want to get it, and it's funny. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.160 I thought people would unsubscribe, and now that I'm looking, 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.200 I've actually gained subscribers already this morning, So I guess 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.120 people do like the the quick tips. I will send 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.120 them out again. If you want to subscribe, go to 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:38.160 rich on tech dot substack dot com. That's the way 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:42.000 to do it. In other news, I really need to 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:46.320 format my computer because my computer is the MacBook Pro 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.240 nine let's see twenty nineteen sixteen inch and it is 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:55.000 so slow. And it's not my computer that's slow. It's 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.480 really just Google Chrome. I don't know what the deal 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.160 is with Chrome. Yes, I have a whole bunch of 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.280 extensions running, but they're all essential to what I do. 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.480 Like every single extension I have is something I need, 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:10.960 and so I don't know if that's slowing it down 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.840 or what. But I know it's really slow because it's 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.079 gotten to the point where checking my email is actually 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.000 a chore on Gmail. And I know it's Chrome because 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.280 if I go to Safari on my computer, it's a breeze. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.480 It's super fast, it's super easy. It's just not my 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.960 preferred and so the problem there is that I just 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.800 need to be able to you know, check my email 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.440 on Chrome. It seems like such a small thing, but 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.080 it's really tough. So I think later today I'm going 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.000 to tackle the issue of formatting my computer and just 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.320 redoing it and starting from scratch, because you know, when 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.520 you're testing stuff like I am all the time, you're 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:51.240 just always installing apps, and you're always trying new things 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.880 and changing settings, and sometimes you forget to change them back, 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.880 and sometimes you forget to uninstall. And so that's my plan, 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.440 hopefully that my plan is to get through one more 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.360 year of this computer and then when the new Mac 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:03.920 I don't know if they're gonna be called M two 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.360 chips come out, I can get that one, because it's 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:07.840 gonna take Apple a little bit to work out the 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.400 kinks with those new computers. All right, let's get to 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:15.120 the first story of the week. Samsung is now telling 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.280 us when their next event will be, and it is 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:22.080 on February ninth, twenty twenty two. This is the next 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:26.760 Galaxy Unpack event Unpacked event. It will be happening virtually. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.560 And I was looking at my notes. The last actual 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:33.279 tech event I went to, the last major tech unveiling 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.680 was I believe it was February eleventh, twenty twenty. It 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.800 was Samsung up in San Francisco, and I remember specifically 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.880 we went up there thinking like, oh man, this new 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.520 coronavirus thing, like what's going on with it? And they 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.520 had all these signs. You had to take your temperature. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.080 You didn't have to wear a mask, but you had 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:50.560 to take a temperature, and it was kind of like, 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:52.799 you know, a hokey thing, like I'll give me a break. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.600 And of course that was the last major event and 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.400 we probably all dodged a bullet there because I came 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.960 back okay, and I'm still okay. I mean, I as 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:03.840 far as I know, I still have not gotten this thing. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:05.440 So even though a couple of people in my family 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.880 have gotten it, and so many people I know have 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:09.800 gotten it, so it feels like it's just a matter 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.200 of time at this point. But anyway, so what are 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.039 we gonna see at this event? The S twenty two, 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.680 which is their new you know, the the update to 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:21.760 their popular flagship phones. So we have probably three models 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.320 we're looking at, the S twenty two, S twenty two Plus, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.599 and the S twenty two Ultra. And that's in line 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.839 with what they've had before. So these are their flagship phones, 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:33.640 not foldables this time. I don't think we're gonna see 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.920 anything with foldables. But their little teaser trailer is all 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.480 about light, says break the rules of light. And I 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.760 think the main thing we're gonna see with these phones 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:49.520 is improved nighttime photography, maybe nighttime video. But I'm excited. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:51.800 I really, you know, I say this every time there's 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.000 a new Android. I'm always like, I'm ready to switch. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.440 I'm I'm tempted to switch now. It's tough because when 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:01.520 you're creating content like I am, the iPhone really really 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.719 is like an amazing workhorse for that, and so I 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.000 really just every time I try to switch to an Android, 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.479 I'm like, ah, but this does this so much better 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.960 for a little like any kind of like video editing 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.200 and like just little tiny like apps just somehow work 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.400 better on the iPhone. Except for Google's apps, a lot 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.320 of those work better, and a lot of the apps anyway, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.599 I'm not going to get into the Android versus iPhone debate, 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.760 but anyway we'll see. Maybe this will be the phone 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.440 that takes that carries me over. I thought it was 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.039 gonna be the Pixel. The Pixel has so far not 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.960 done that for me, so I hope that the S 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.840 twenty two, probably the Ultra, would be the nicest one 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.320 for me. We'll see anyway, February ninth, Stay tuned, we'll 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:46.279 see what happens. All right, let's get to the first question. 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:51.440 The subject line is mac Os Monterey, and Sandy says, hi, 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.840 do I install or do I hold off? Thanks? A 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.480 good question. So if you asked Rich five years ago. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:04.000 Five years ago, Rich would have said absolutely, install it immediately. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.520 Now new Rich says, eh, just just hold off. Well, 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.240 I mean, if there's a reason why you need to 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:15.120 install it. Sure, like if you're looking through the mac 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:19.400 Os Monterey website that Apple has set up and you 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.440 see a feature that you just have to have, then 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.920 absolutely go for it. But let's look through some of 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:33.200 the features. FaceTime updates, redesign, Safari, Universal Control, and shortcuts, 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.480 stay in the moment with Focus. So far, all those 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.360 things are telling me it's a big old oh sorry, 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.760 wrong one. That's what I meant to do. I mean, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.400 do you really need FaceTime improvements? Do you really need 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:50.080 share Play? Do you really need Focus? I don't think so. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.080 So unless you need any of those things, right, this moment, 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:56.600 then I would just hold off. Now, I will say 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.680 there is one thing that I am enjoying on the update, 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.760 and I the update, and that is in the notes app, 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:08.520 which I now use quite religiously. They added support for hashtags, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.320 and that is quite convenient because you can put hashtags 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.200 in your notes and then you can create a smart 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:20.040 folder that will sort just just the notes that have 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.600 those hashtags attached. So for that reason, it's a good update. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.920 But otherwise, I mean, I think you kind of wait 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:27.800 a little bit. There's no reason to rush into it 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.840 if you like how things are working. You know, it 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.520 takes these companies a little bit of time to update 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.760 their app, so I don't think there's any harm. I 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.720 haven't noticed any anything bad about Monterey since I installed it. 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.600 I did wait a couple months, or maybe like thirty days. 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.600 I can't remember how long I waited, but you know, 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.680 I waited a little bit, and it's fine. I don't 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.040 think it's contributing to my Chrome woes for being so slow, 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:52.240 because Safari and everything else is very, very snappy. So 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:54.640 I would say just wait a little bit and then 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.240 go for it, or if you just want to go 0:08:56.320 --> 0:09:01.160 for it, just just dive right in. Speaking of operating systems, 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:05.120 Windows eleven. So this is an example of a lot 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:06.839 of people have asked me, Rich, do I update to 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.679 Windows eleven. The main reason to update for these programs 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.560 is that, you know, you get the new features, but 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.199 you also get the security. Now a lot of times 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.240 the manufacturers have realized that why force people into getting 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.080 the new versions of these programs just to get the 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.680 security updates. So a lot of times they're detaching the 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.319 security update from the actual OS. So you can still 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.880 update just the security of your system and you know, 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.240 still have a good protection there, but not have the 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.199 latest operating system. And Windows has always sort of been 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.760 good about that, but you know, eventually these things they 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.720 push you to get it because it's just easier for 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:46.920 everyone to have people on the latest software. So Windows eleven, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.600 I have not updated to that one yet. I'll be honest, 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.520 It's on my list of things to do, and eventually 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.240 I will. My kid keeps asking me, He's like, you're 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:55.880 gonna update, you can update. I'm like, well, is there 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.680 anything you need on Windows eleven? Like why do you 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:01.240 need it so badly? And I will say the feedback 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.480 that I've seen with Windows eleven has not been the best, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.280 especially with the taskbar. People have not been happy with that. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.600 So it looks like they're going to do some taskbar improvements, 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:14.320 a redesign notepad, a redesign media player app, and the 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:19.000 big thing is that you will be able to if 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.800 you want to get on this public preview, you can 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:26.120 have Android apps running on Windows eleven. This did not 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.440 launch with the original Windows eleven. It was delayed. Now 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.760 it is coming, but only in a beta, so you 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:34.439 have to be part of that beta to get this, 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.160 and it's only a limited number of apps from apples 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.280 are Amazon's App Store, which is kind of weird. Whyouldn't 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.520 they just go with Google Play? But it's just kind 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.400 of odd, right, It's like, why are you on Amazon's 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.680 App Store on Windows? Like just it's just very strange. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.280 But why wouldn't they support Google Play just on Windows. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.000 It would make a lot more sense. Also, in this 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:59.400 blog post that Panos Penei wrote said that Windows ten 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.400 and Windows eleven or now on a one point four 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:06.000 billion devices each. One point four billion devices they're running on, 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.240 which is pretty cool. And the PC market definitely saw 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.080 a lot of growth throughout the pandemic things that we 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.760 already kind of knew or suspected, but now they're putting 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:17.120 in writing and another thing I don't use the I 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.800 know of this widget. I didn't realize it was gone, 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:23.200 But according to the Verge, the weather widget is also 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.560 returning to the taskbar, which I guess people were up 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.080 in arms that the weather widget was gone, which, of course, 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.240 I mean people love their weather, like people like my 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:35.000 wife is obsessed with the weather. I'm talking, I mean, 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.720 looking at apps like It's just wild how much time 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.480 and effort she puts into the weather. We live in 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.360 southern California. To me, there's no such thing as weather. 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.319 I walk outside, I say, is it cold? Like? Literally, 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.400 the only decision I need to make with weather in 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.400 Southern California is do I need an umbrella when I'm 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:53.440 walking outside? And ninety nine percent of the time will 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.679 just run to my car if unless it's like torrential torrential. 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.760 And the other is if I'm if I need to 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.880 bring a sweatshirt, which pretty much I always have my 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:05.000 car anyway. And if I'm going on a run, do 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.640 I wear long sleeves or short sleeves? That's it. I 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.240 don't really put a lot of thought into the weather 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:15.280 here because it's just unnecessary. So anyway, some people love 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.079 the weather and I understand that, and especially on those 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.840 nice days. So the weather widget is returning to the taskbar. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.680 All right, let's get to the next question of the day. 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.840 Larry says, Hey, Rich, my whole family really loves your 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.959 segments on KTLA. Thank you, Larry. I have a technology 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.120 question for you. What is the best way to manage 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:43.080 my kid's connectivity time on certain devices PS three gaming 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.880 PC but still allow them to access the Internet for 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.200 school work. It seems like you would need something that 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:53.000 is device specific. I'd appreciate any any advice. Larry in 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:58.720 Redondo Beach. Larry, I've got the perfect solution for you. You 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.439 are gonna love it. Your kids are gonna hate it. 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:05.360 It is called Circle and this device was originally either 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:07.800 it was like out of Disney Labs, or it was 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.280 someone from Disney or is in partnership with Disney. But 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:11.880 now it's kind of its own thing. So if you 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.280 go to the website, it's Meetcircle dot com. This is 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:19.000 a small box that you plug into your Internet. It 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.120 costs ten dollars a month. I believe when you first 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:26.199 purchase it. It comes with your subscription, but it is realistically 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:30.600 the best way to manage every single device on your network, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.800 and they give you really really good tools. And so 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.960 if you've tried screen time or you've tried like some 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.000 of the printal settings in Eero, they're all fine, and 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.160 I use a combination of both of those. But Circle 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.160 is just a one stop shop for everything you need. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.160 So what you do is you basically create profiles for 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.679 your kids. So let's say you have two kids. You 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:56.040 go in there, you say, here's Johnny, here's Judy. Here 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.800 are their devices. So you mark which devices are theirs, 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.120 and then you say what they can do. So during 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.160 the weekdays, I want to give my kids an hour's 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.959 worth of roadblocks every day. Boom, you can do it 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.680 right through the app. I want to block TikTok, Boom, 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.120 you can do that right through the Circle app. I 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.760 want to turn off the Internet for them at eight 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.040 pm every night. It can do that. I want to 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.880 limit them to thirty minutes worth of YouTube every day. 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.880 It can do that. And the reason why it does 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.840 this is because it kind of monitors all the network traffic. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.680 It plugs physically into your network, and so you can 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.880 have it do all of the stuff or only look 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.800 at the devices that your kids are using, and so 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.280 it's really really great. It can also of course block 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.120 all of these sites you don't want them going to, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.280 like you know, it has built in filters for like 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.360 social media, adult sites, whatever. You can do all that, 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.640 so it's very very good. It's the only system I 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.920 know of besides screen Time that will actually time out 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.560 their time on these various apps and things. And screen Time, 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.680 of course only works on the iOS devices and so 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.640 you can't really you know, if you have an Apple 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.080 TV and they're watching YouTube on there, there's not much 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:05.840 you can do to time it out. To say, I 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:07.960 only want them to be able to watch YouTube on 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.920 Apple TV or on fireTV for a half an hour 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.960 each day. Circle can handle that. So again, the website 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:19.160 is meetcircle dot com. It is fantastic. I've used it 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.000 in my house. I do not have an active subscription 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.520 right now because we've been making do with with the 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:30.080 a combination of screen time and euro parental controls. It's 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:34.680 not perfect, but it's worked pretty well. But the problem 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.960 is with my Eero, I have to physically block YouTube 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.360 on the entire network or else. The kids will watch 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.520 it until their eyeballs fall out, and so that's not ideal. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.400 I'd rather say, hey, kids, you can watch YouTube every day. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.280 I don't mind them watching like a half an hour 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.400 of YouTube or maybe even an hour, but it needs 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.680 to time out after that. And with Eero you can't 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:58.280 do that. With Circle you can. So that's my recommendation definitely. 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.520 You know, the device is gonna cost like one hundred 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:02.520 bucks or something, but it is. It is well well 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:04.600 worth it, and it will save you a lot of 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:09.000 headaches or create some new ones. All right, let's talk 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:11.480 about a new feature coming soon to the iPhone. I 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.880 demoed this on my Instagram last night. It's so funny 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:18.200 how long it takes to do a quick This was 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:22.640 a fifty two second Instagram video and my son and 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.760 I must have recorded it for, you know, maybe seven 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.200 or eight times, and it probably took us a half 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.520 an hour start to finish for a fifty two second video. 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.520 Why you ask, because I want it to be perfect. 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.800 I you know, he was recording. My kid is eight 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.560 or sorry ten, and you know he was doing a 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.760 great job. He's a great photography. He's really really good photographer. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:46.080 Like it's it's quite impressive how good his mind is 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.440 when it comes to like the ie for what you're seeing. 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.760 But there was a main part of this thing is 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:54.480 that if you're using face ID with your iPhone, I 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.240 wanted to make sure that people saw when my mask 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.000 was on and when I was looking at the phone. 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:00.320 And you also need to be able to see the 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.120 lock on the phone screen and see the phone on lock. 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.160 So it's a little bit of like finagling to get 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:06.639 that all right, and so we had to do it 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.920 a couple of times to get it all perfect. And 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.000 you know, anytime you're working with a phone, there's always 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.240 a you know, text message comes in or something like that. 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:15.240 So anyway, we got it right. If you want to 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.120 watch the video, it's on Instagram. I think it came 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.199 out pretty good. It's you know, it's very simple, but 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.119 it gets the point across. The new feature in iOS 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.880 fifteen point four lets you use a face mask with 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.879 with face ID, and so now you can have an 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:32.040 option when you update your phone to wear a mask 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.000 and still have your phone onlock. And I think this 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:39.199 is really really key because previously you had to have 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.439 an Apple Watch for this feature to work, and it 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.040 wasn't always perfect. It works most of the time, but 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.280 you know, you have to have a three four, five 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:50.480 hundred dollars accessory just to unlock your phone. So now 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.199 Apple says they've they've figured out their algorithm and they 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.800 can look at your eyes and use just the kind 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.720 of unique features of your eyes and around them, I 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.520 don't know, wrinkles, like who knows what they're looking at, 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.560 and it can figure out if if it's you or not. 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:08.800 Now they do have a warning that this is not 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.040 as secure as standard face ID, and of course that 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.560 makes sense. You're covering up excuse me, you're covering up 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.440 half your face and you're you know, still getting this 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:23.159 unlock effect. So I set it up last night. It 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.119 works really well. I have not tested to see if 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.440 it works with like payments, but I assume it would 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.760 because if you're using face ID, it's still face ID. 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.760 So maybe I'll get a message when I try to 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:36.280 use tap to pay and it says, you know you 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.440 can't do it, but it seems like you can use 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.520 face ID to uh to do whatever you can with 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.760 the with the mask on. At this point, so you know, 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.120 we're two years in a lot of places. I mean 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.800 here in La the mask mandate is still just as 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:57.879 just as intense, shall we say, as it was at 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.960 the beginning of the pandemic. In fact, there was it's 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:02.720 tough to remember this, but there was a period of 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.480 about three golden weeks in Los Angeles when you did 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.200 not have to wear a mask. And I came back 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.600 to work and it was like, oh, we're done. It's 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.639 so great. And then all of a sudden, it was 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:18.280 like back to masks. So it's a nice thing to have. Hopefully, 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.919 fingers crossed, we will not need this feature for much longer, 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:23.800 although there are certain parts of the world where people 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.080 wear masks regularly and for doctors and things. So it's 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.359 probably a good thing that Apple did this. I'm just so, 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:34.760 I'm just curious. Oh here, Oh, according to mac Rumors 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.680 says face ID with a mask can authenticate Apple pay payments. 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.399 Oh there you go, so you could use it for 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:44.840 Apple pay. So there it pays to read, pays to read. 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:48.640 It sounds great and I think that it's a really 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.119 nice feature. It works really well. If you want to 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.800 see the demo, it's it's pretty amazing. I actually put 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:57.720 the mask over my face and my eyes, and as 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:00.000 soon as I pull down the mask while I'm looking 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.440 looking at the phone, you immediately see the phone on 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.560 lock as soon as my eyes are revealed, and it 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:07.200 goes to the home screen. So they did a really 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:11.160 good job. I hope it's as secure. I think it's Look, 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:13.040 if it's Apple and they're doing this, and especially if 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:17.919 they're allowing payments, it's probably pretty secure. Just maybe not. 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:20.679 You know, if you're a mathematician, it's not like one 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.600 hundred percent secure compared to the other standard face idea 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:33.480 that they've had all right, air tags. Hey, Rich, is 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:37.520 there any guidance on false hits on the Android tracker detector? 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:40.360 I recently got three consecutive hits while driving with other 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:45.520 cars nearby. Later I got nothing. Thanks Jerry and Sherman Oaks. Okay, 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:48.159 so Jerry is talking about air tags. I did a 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:52.919 story on KTLA this week about air tag safety because 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.040