WEBVTT - How to get the best Wi-Fi signal 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:05.800 Chat GPT can now see and speak. Your Android phone 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.479 might look a little different. I'll explain why. Details on 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:15.240 the new fitbit and Meta's new AR headset, plus your 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:16.760 tech questions answered. 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:18.440 What's going on. 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:21.960 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, broadcasting 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:25.919 live from Los Angeles, coast to coast. This is where 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.040 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.760 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:35.720 questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.360 and of course fun. And now phone lines are open 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.640 triple a Rich one oh one. 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We've 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.440 got Bill somewhere overseeing this whole operation. 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:14.280 Bill say hi. 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.360 Okay, it's just me for the most part, but we 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.520 do have a team that helps me, so I do 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:21.920 appreciate their help each and every week. There we go 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:27.559 see the whole crowd is here. Email is also open. 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.800 You can go to richon tech dot tv hit the 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.560 contact button there. Many of you take advantage of that, 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:37.080 So thank you for keeping me busy twenty four to seven, 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.760 even when I'm not on air. I know you're probably 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:43.759 surprised when you get a response from me directly. Yes, 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.399 I do respond to your emails. It may take a 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.600 bit sometimes, but I do look at each and every 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:53.200 one of them. Guests this week, we've got Matthew Casanelli. 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:59.400 He invented the shortcuts on the iPhone and now he's 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.520 going to join up to discuss the new action button 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.000 on the iPhone fifteen pro give us some ideas on 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:08.960 how to best use that. And Wi Fi always a 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.079 hot topic, how to get a better signal, how to 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:13.919 make sure we're getting the most out of our router. 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:18.079 We've got David Henry, president and general manager over at 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:22.440 Netgear to talk about our Wi Fi signal. I just 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.240 got back from New York City. I was there for 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.440 an event and I can't tell you what the event was, 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.919 but it was pretty cool. Lots of tech folks in town. 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.760 I will reveal all very soon, Neilas will say, lots 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.359 of experiences when I travel. 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:38.280 Let's see here. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.440 So I've been spending about a week with the iPhone 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.040 and the iPhone fifteen Promax. 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.359 Has my life changed? No, it is not. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.960 It is exactly the same. In fact, this is kind 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.520 of funny. So I take an Uber to the airport 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.120 and my phone. I'll be honest, battery life on the 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.600 iPhone fifteen Promax is not incredible. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:58.480 It really isn't. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:02.760 And Apple just acknowledge there are some issues with the 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:08.400 overheating as well, so we'll see what happens with that, 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.480 because a lot of people the phone gets very warm 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.760 and the battery life is not great. So I do 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.480 expect a software update to kind of help with those 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.200 two aspects. But anyway, it was ironic. I'm in the 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.120 uber and I my phone is already kind of like 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.399 getting low. And by the way, mind you, it's only 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:26.239 like six am in the morning. But you know, I 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.639 use my phone a lot, and so I'm like, oh, 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.799 I need to charge my phone. So I look in 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:32.960 the uber for you know, sometimes they have a charger, 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.880 and of course what does he have in the uber 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.720 but a lightning cable. Only here, I am thinking, it's 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.800 so great to switch to this universal USBC, And it's 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:47.160 actually gotten tougher now to find a charger because USBC, 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.520 as as much as it is very prominent on the 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.160 Android side of things, you know, sometimes you don't find 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.880 that lightning or sometimes you don't find that cable in places, 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.119 and so he only had lightning, and I just thought 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:00.760 that was so ironic. Then when I was going out 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:02.680 with my family, I got to have dinner with my 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.400 mom in New Jersey when I was out in New 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.280 York City, So I took the bus over to Jersey 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.360 and I get there and of course my phone is 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.800 again not very The other thing is the iPhones don't 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.040 charge very fast. So after a whole day out in 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.880 New York City, my phone did not fully charge before 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:21.920 I had to go out for the night. And so 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:23.800 I'm like, no problem, I'll bring my little cable that 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.040 I have. I've got this little nomad. It's like a 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.560 keychain charging cable. It's really small, it fits on your keychain. 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.240 So I put it in my pocket and I get 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.160 to my sister's house, and I said, oh, I need 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.200 a place to plug in, and I look at my 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.800 cable and I took the wrong one. I took the 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.480 lightning and so again I'm like, you've got to be 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.640 kidding me. I'm O for two here, and my little 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.960 nephew he said, oh, I have that USBC. That's how 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.279 my iPad charges. I said, perfect, can you go plug 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:51.719 in my phone? And I think it charged like maybe 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:53.760 like three percent in the time that before we went 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:58.120 out for dinner. Anyway, so it's growing pains. I did 0:04:58.120 --> 0:04:59.839 take the opportunity when I was in New York City 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.279 to compair some phone pictures, so I took the nothing 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:05.240 phone along with me. And then last night we went 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.400 to one of these pumpkin patches, these kind of like 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.560 walk through pumpkin things, which was really cool if you're 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:10.200 in the LA area. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.520 It's called Knights of the Jack. Very fun. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.279 But of course for me, it's an opportunity to test 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.919 cameras and so you know, my kids not only have 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:19.560 to take one picture, but they have to take like 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:20.360 three pictures. 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.799 So yeah, I'm the not cool dad. 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.479 But it's fun for Instagram because you get to see 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.080 what these cameras look like against each other. So last 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:30.599 night I brought the Pixel seven pro compared to against 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.520 the iPhone Promax and you can see all of this 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.120 on my Instagram at rich On Tech. I've got the 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:41.400 iPhone versus the new iPhone versus last year's iPhone. I've 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.880 got the new iPhone versus the Nothing phone, which is 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.120 by the way half the price. Then I've got the 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.560 new iPhone versus the Pixel. And so if you go 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:50.960 to my Instagram at rich On Tech, you can see 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.120 on my highlights it says iPhone versus. You tap that 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.279 you can see all the pictures and people have been 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.120 weighing in. So that was a lot of fun. And 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.720 I'm gonna tell tell you the iPhone. Look, it's one 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.880 of these things where people love the phone that they have, 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.120 but when you compare these things head to head, you 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.760 realize that every single phone out there has its pros 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:16.320 and cons. Every single phone out there has its advantages 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.599 some places where it really excels in some places where 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.560 it just doesn't do too well in different circumstances, in 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:26.839 different lighting conditions, whether it's daytime, whether it's nighttime, and 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.159 so you can see for yourself. I mean when you 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.480 talk about a six hundred dollars phone. Nine times out 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.279 of ten, the pictures are pretty identical to the iPhone, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.000 if not better in some cases. Now, is it good 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:42.800 in every single circumstance low light, video, mixed lighting, Maybe not, 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.919 But again that's why it's fun to compare these things. 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.680 A couple things I thought were interesting when I was 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.000 on my trip. Number one, I stopped at They Hotel. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.280 This is a hotel in New York City that has 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.520 a luggage robot. It's nothing new, but it's really cool 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.279 and it's fun. We stopped in and I said to 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.880 the I didn't stay there, but I just stopped in. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:03.680 I said, oh my gosh, this is the luggage robot. 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.120 I've seen this on Instagram. I said, can you fire 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.160 it up for me? Said sure, and so we got 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.920 our cameras ready, me, my friend, and we started taking 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:13.680 video of this luggage robot. You put two dollars, I 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.200 think it was two or three dollars. You put your 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.400 luggage in this slot. The robot picks up your luggage. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.000 It whizzes around, and it puts it in a slot 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.200 in the wall like a pull out area. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.240 And so it's all automated. It's like a bell hop. 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.560 Accepted this robot and then when you want your luggage back, 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.000 you type in your number on the screen. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:32.400 It pulls your luggage. 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:33.440 Out of the wall and it puts it back in 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.840 the little area where you can retrieve it. I've got 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.960 that video on my Instagram. That was super cool. And 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.239 then I went to Uniclo. They only have a handful 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.400 of these stores, but I think it's like out of 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:45.400 Asia maybe. 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:47.280 But I went to Uniclo. 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.280 I bought a little sweatshirt for my kid, this little 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.600 Peanuts sweatshirt, which was really cute. It's his birthday, by 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.600 the way, this weekend, Tanner, Happy Birthday, Tanner. And so 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.520 he loves baseball, and so it was a baseball snoopy sweatshirt. 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:00.840 So I get the sweatshirt. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.800 I walk up to the front register and the person says, oh, 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:05.840 you pay him by card or cash? And I said, 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:09.240 uh card. He goes, oh, use the self checkout. I said, what, Like, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.320 I can't even go to the human anymore. Like you 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.520 literally redirected me. I was like, all right, and I 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.040 don't mind self checkout as long as it's efficient. Well, 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.720 this one was unlike anything I've ever seen. There's a 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.960 bin and you toss all of your clothes in this bin, 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:28.000 and instantly a machine reads little antennas on the tags 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.120 on the clothing. It's called RFID, and all of your 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.800 stuff is wrung up in a second at the same time, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.640 and it all shows up on the screen. So immediately 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.720 it recognized the sweatshirt that I got, and it said, okay, 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.079 tap to pay, and so you tap the screen, it's 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.160 got the list. You pay, and you're done. You bag 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.079 your own stuff and you're out of there. So this 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:50.760 is called RFID radio frequency identification, and it's the first 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.640 time I've really seen this used in a big way 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:57.240 that is super efficient and just makes sense. You dump 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.960 your clothes in this bin, it figures out what you purchase, 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.160 gives you a total, and you're on your way. It 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.640 was very, very efficient, And on my Instagram, I actually 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:09.200 posted I took the tag on the clothing. It's the 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.640 paper tag that hangs on the clothes. It's not embedded 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.760 into the clothes, although it could be. But the tag, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.440 if you put it up to the light, you see 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.640 this little antenna. And I know, for you conspiracy theorists 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.640 out there, you'll know that uniclo is forever tracking you 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.160 with this little antenna on your clothing. But you pull 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.280 the tag off and it's fine, it's not there anymore. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:29.800 And finally, the other thing I saw that was pretty 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.520 interesting was at the airport, And I kid you not. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.640 If I did not see this with my own eyes, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.720 I would not think it was real. I went to 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:39.920 the self checkout. You see the trend by the way 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.240 of everything that is just automated. I mean, this is 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.439 the world we live in. But I'm at the airport. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.440 I ring up my protein bar and my water, which 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.600 was overpriced. Oh, overpriced protein bar, overpriced water, and overpriced 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.160 pack of gum. Those three things were like seventeen dollars okay, 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.240 which if you go to the grocery store, those three 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.959 things would be about four or five dollars. So I 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:06.079 ring it up myself and I press check out, and 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.720 I kid you not, the screen said do you want 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.160 to leave a tip? Let me let me tell you 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.880 exactly what it said said, would you like to leave 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.640 a tip? And it said no tip fifteen percent, eighteen percent, 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:23.359 or twenty percent. This is on a self checkout kiosk. 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:27.040 My mind is blown at this point because I'm like, wait, 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.400 who's getting this tip. Is it the programmer of this machine? 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.520 Is it the people that don't work here? 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:33.240 Is it me? 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.120 Do I get a discount if I give myself a 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.120 twenty percent tip? Do they take that off my bill? 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.040 Because that would make sense. But just to give a 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.200 tip to a cyber robot in the middle of nowhere 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.640 in Newark Airport, where it's already overpriced, did not make 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.560 any sense. I had to snap a picture and put 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.920 it on my Instagram because I just couldn't believe it. 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.400 And boy did the responses come in. The comments came 0:10:55.440 --> 0:11:00.720 in hot and fast. Because nobody's tipping a self checkout robot. Okay, 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.320 I can't even believe, like someone's laughing that they even 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.680 asked that question. Why would they put that on a 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.600 self checkout screen? But just be prepared, because these screens 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.679 are everywhere. You already know when they say, oh, hold 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:13.720 on before you check out, there's just one question. They 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.160 rotate that screen to you, and it's like the moment 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:17.760 of truth where you're like, oh gosh, do I have 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.840 to tip this person? Did they really do anything? They 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.080 pulled a muffin off the shelf behind them. I mean, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.680 they didn't even make anything. Come on, all right, Triple 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.880 A Rich one on one is the phone number to 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.480 call Triple A seven four to two, four to one 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:31.000 zero one. 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:31.520 Give me a call. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.200 If you have a question about technology or you have 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.040 a comment about the tipping situation that has gotten out 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.480 of control. Here email rich on Tech dot TV. You 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:44.560 are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.839 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking technology with you at 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:49.880 Triple A rich one oh one. 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.600 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.680 zero one. Jen wrote in on the website, what Rich, 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:58.880 that was a strange intro. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.280 Were you really going to introduce the crew and were 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.160 they all really busy or is that just a joke. 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:05.920 By the way, it would have been good to hear 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.599 a hello from Kim. What about Bobo? What about a 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.360 hello from Bobo? Uh? 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.000 Here, Bobo's coming in so you can actually hear what 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.679 there you go if they're not gonna be able to 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:21.480 hear you from there here, Bobo actually exists. Okay, see, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.640 so does Kim. But you know this is a this 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.480 is I guess they call it rich on Tech for 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.440 a reason. They only gave me a mic, so they 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:33.720 didn't give anyone else a mike let's go to Fernando 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.839 in Laguna Hills, California. Fernando, you're on with Rich. Hi. 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.240 Rich, thank you for taking my call. Appreciate all you 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:44.079 do for us. Uh needing some high tech advice? 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:45.000 Sure? 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:50.200 The question I have Rich, is I always a sense 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:54.400 this some some dry that I used to and he 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.079 has a Wi Fi connection to it, and I can 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:00.400 put a Minia's D card and active movies or photos 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:01.200 or whatever I want. 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:02.760 But this is some drive. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.800 Eventually it's a it's a battery power to eventually charge it, 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.199 but then it's just dying. It doesn't do it doesn't 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.640 hold charge anymore. So I'm trying to see I there's 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.880 another device that does almost the same thing. 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.200 So it's a is it do you plug it into 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.560 your computer or is it Wi Fi? Okay, so you 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:20.760 put this stuff on the SD card. You put the 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:23.640 stuff on the SD card, and then you can access 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.120 that wirelessly from your computer. 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:26.400 It kind of. 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.839 Creates a computer or from their phone also. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.240 Okay, So it creates like a little a little network. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.240 Yeah, you can download a map and you have access 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:35.960 to the to the drive with the map. 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.520 Oh, okay, that's cool. That's an interesting feature. 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.720 Okay, so I I don't know if sand disk is 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.920 making that anymore. I know I have a hard drive 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.760 like this, which it's like a Wi Fi hard drive. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.360 But I think the the interesting thing is that this 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:54.120 has an SD card. It's smaller, it's slimmer. Obviously, you 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.000 can put in an SD card of any size that 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.320 you want, so you can expand it. But the one 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.880 I am seeing on Amazon, I have not tested this 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:07.640 one is the let's see here, where is it? Oh, 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.680 it's called the New Queue. So this is called the 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.280 new Q file Hub. And so it's a portable hard drive, 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:18.520 SD card reader and mini Wi Fi. So basically you 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:24.200 pop in an SD card into this and you can 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.760 put in the files wirelessly to whatever you want. So 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.040 I guess you can stream those now. What you're talking 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.960 about used to be very popular. I feel like ever 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:36.400 since the the phones have gotten more storage on board, 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.040 those have not been as popular. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:38.560 Now. 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.640 You can get a regular thumb drive, by the way, 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.560 and it will work on the modern phone, so both 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.360 the iPhone and the androids, you can get any sort 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:47.960 of thumb drive. For the iPhone, you'd have to get 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.000 a lightning thumb drive if you have an older iPhone. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:51.960 But for the rest of them, you can just get 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.000 a USBC thumb drive and you can plug it right 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.000 into the bottom of your phone and it will access 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.000 anything that's on that thumb drive, and you can stream 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.520 movies and all that kind of stuf. Sand Disc, their 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:06.760 brand is called sand disc is extra gosh, what is it? 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:08.960 Oh my gosh, I'm blanking on the name of this 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:09.520 sand disc. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:10.240 I Extreme. 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.480 So those things are pretty popular, but what you're talking 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:16.080 about sounds like it's more of a standalone. So I 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.480 check out this new q file hub. This is eighty 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.880 dollars though, so it's it's significantly more expensive than a 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.840 standard sort of thumb drive that you can get for 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.600 ten to fifteen dollars, but you do get that wireless compatibility. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.360 So if you want to be able to access this 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.840 thing and drag files onto it, that's probably what I 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:39.360 would do. You can also use a cloud service as well. 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.240 I mean, you can upload these files to some sort 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.280 of cloud service and stream from there. Plex is the 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.480 popular one, but that's going to use data, and so 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:49.800 that's probably not the thing that you want to do. 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.240 If you're trying to avoid data. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.600 You could do on your local network as well, but 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.960 again that's a little bit of a more complicated setup. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.520 But I think I check out this one. It's called 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.280 new Que. It's actually got decent ratings on am on. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.840 I have not tested this personally, but that's not a 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:06.560 bad not a bad place to start. USB storage device 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:10.440 to back up photo and files from iPhone. But otherwise, Fernando, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.440 I might just go with the UH with a thumb 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:14.440 drive and just plug it into the bottom of my phone, 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.680 So that might be the way to do it. 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.040 Thanks for the question. If you have one, give me 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:19.320 a call. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.840 It's triple eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.360 seven four to two four to one zero one, uh 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.600 real quick. I mentioned earlier that iPhone has acknowledged, or 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.880 Apple has acknowledged, that some of the iPhone fifteen Pro 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.720 models are getting a little hot, and I will agree 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:37.840 that my phone is definitely hotter than typical. And even 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.680 when I was charging it, it said I can't charge 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.560 anymore because your phone is too warm. And that's just 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.400 randomly having the phone next to me while I was 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.760 just you know, using my computer and it just said, sorry, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.800 can't charge. So there's definitely something going on here. It's 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:53.480 got to get a little software update. So if you 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.160 have the new iPhone you know, or you want to 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.480 get it, maybe wait just a little bit to make 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.200 sure that this is all figured out before where you 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.320 purchased a new one. Rich on Tech Here, Rich DeMuro 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.720 talk in tech with you at triple eight rich one 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.840 on one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:13.080 one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech, Rich 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.960 DeMuro here. You can find me online on social media 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:20.679 at rich on Tech. I'm on Twitter, I'm on Instagram. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.680 Oh is it called Twitter anymore? No, it's X I'm 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:29.040 on x X Instagram. Instagram hasn't changed its name. I 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:30.680 think it did it start as a different name. No, 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.399 let's see what else is our Facebook? You know all 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:34.840 those things? 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:35.280 Oh, you know what? 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.040 Hold on, let me mention this. I wouldn't typically mention this, 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.840 but I just thought it was pretty funny. So the 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:46.679 CEO of X, Linda Yakarino, she was at the Code conference, 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.760 which happens in southern California every year. It's a big, 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.440 big conference of all the the up and the ups 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.720 in the tech world, and she didn an interview. In 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:57.240 the interview, I'm not going to talk about that because 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:58.919 I guess it was a mess. I didn't watch it, 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.639 but apparently they brought like they brought a surprise guest. 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.040 He was like the old Twitter like head of safety, 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.639 which obviously putting them on stage together was not a 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:10.960 good thing. I don't know if she walked off, whatever happened, 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.359 it was kind of wild. But what I thought was 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:17.480 interesting is that she flashed her iPhone home screen. And 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.919 you would think that the CEO of X would have 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.520 X on her home screen, right. Apparently some eagle eyed 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:28.560 viewers noticed that she did not. Now I am sorry. 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.280 If you are the CEO of a company, you should 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:34.760 have that company's app on your home screen. 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:35.480 Now. 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.800 She did have Starbucks, she did have Gmail, she had Signal, 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.879 she had Instagram, she had Facebook, and she had a 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.439 bunch of Apple apps, but no X. Maybe she changed 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.040 her home screen just for the conference. I don't think so. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.199 How can you be the CEO of a company and 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:55.200 not have your company's app on your home screen? 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:58.960 I don't know. Now I can't verify. I was not 0:18:59.000 --> 0:18:59.639 there in person. 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:01.760 I didn't see her phone, but this is what the 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:05.440 people screenshoted, and believe me, it made the rounds. And 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.440 I don't know and yes, you can argue that maybe 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.240 she had it in her app library or on a 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.399 secondary home screen. But if you're working for a company, 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:16.359 not even do She's not even working for a company. 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.879 She's the CEO of a company. You gotta believe in 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:20.439 that company. You got to have it on your home screen. 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.520 Let's go to Michael in Kenoga Park, Triple eight Rich 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.920 one on one eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:27.600 four to one zero one. 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:29.240 Michael, you're on with Rich. 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:31.560 Hey Michael, how you doing a brother? 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:38.520 Who's Michael? You're Michael, I'm Rich nervous much. 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.600 Welcome to the show, Rich. 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:44.520 Yes, there we go. It's Rich on tech, not Michael 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.320 on Tech. I'm just trying to do I hear you, 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:50.639 I hear you. What's what can I help you with? 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:51.399 So? 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:57.640 I have Oprah Oprah Opera. I know I saved one 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.080 way one one time in the next brave im it 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:01.000 gets very mad at me. 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.399 So that's Look, that's another show you got to call like, uh, 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:07.280 you know you got it. That's that's like the therapy hour. 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:08.479 What can I help you with? 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.840 So I'm trying to download the browser onto Kindle uh 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:18.280 fire ten plus yep, and I can't. 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:18.680 Get it to work. 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:23.120 I toggle the you know, download there's a toggle thing 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:27.040 that says you can you can download unknown sources. 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:27.520 I know. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.199 So yes, I do that, and I go to the 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:34.040 app store and it still doesn't It doesn't show in there. 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:37.800 When I go to the website for Opera, I try 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:39.560 to download it and it doesn't work. 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:39.840 Yeah. 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:43.320 Okay, So so here's the deal. Uh, this is the 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:45.600 now you've got the Fire Max eleven. 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:51.640 Fire. No, this is the Kindle Fire ten plus. 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:53.439 Okay, ten plus? All right, Well either way, so you 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:55.800 got to get a decent tablet there. Now, the the 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:59.280 Amazon tablets are great, they have you know, they're they're well, okay, 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:01.920 I shouldn't say they're right. They are a good value. 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.520 And what people realize as soon as they get these 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:08.920 tablets is that they do not come with Google apps, 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:11.560 and they do not come with a proper app store. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:14.639 It is the Amazon App Store. So every app that 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:17.879 you want to download to this device, you have to 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:20.720 go through Amazon. Now, it's kind of like Apple. They 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:22.320 do the same thing. You have to go through the 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:24.800 Apple App Store when you want to install something on 0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:28.040 the iPhone. And that's fine because the app store has 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:31.480 every app known to mankind. Amazon's app store has a 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:33.240 lot of the popular ones, but a lot of stuff 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:35.560 is missing. You try to find Gmail, it's not in there. 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:38.640 You try to find Chrome, it's not there. You try 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:41.520 to find YouTube, it's not there. You have to use 0:21:41.560 --> 0:21:45.000 web versions of these because the Amazon tablets do not 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:48.400 come with Google Play Services and they do not come 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:51.560 with the Google Play App Store. So where does that 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:54.600 leave you, Michael? When you want to install something like Opera, 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:57.439 it's a little bit tricky. Now, if you're super nerdy 0:21:57.440 --> 0:22:01.119 and techie, you would do a sideload of the Google 0:22:01.200 --> 0:22:05.320 Play Services framework and you would install the Google Play Store. 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:08.679 That is really advanced, and there's tons of tutorials on 0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:11.800 how to do it on YouTube. You can do that, 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:13.280 and you can try to do it, and it may 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:15.920 work and it may be fine, but precede at your 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:19.960 own caution. Now, what you're talking about is a little 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:22.680 bit easier, and what you need is called an APK, 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:27.440 and APK is the file that allows you to install 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:29.119 something on an Android device. 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:31.240 It's basically the software. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:34.760 So if you're on a Windows computer, you may remember 0:22:34.800 --> 0:22:38.000 that it is called an ex file that's like a 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:41.439 software program file from back in the day. Nowadays everything 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:43.520 goes through app stores, so we don't really see these 0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:46.200 files as much anymore. But what you need to do 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:50.159 is get the APK of the Opera browser. Now, I 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:52.760 just went to the Opera website and if you search 0:22:52.840 --> 0:22:57.040 Opera APK file on Google from your tablet, it should 0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:00.200 bring you to what's called the Latest Opera Mini for Android, 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:02.239 and that's from the official You want to get this 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:05.120 from the official Opera website. You can get APKs from 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:07.800 a whole bunch of websites, and the one that I 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:11.040 like is called apk mirror dot com. But you have 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:15.440 to remember they could be corrupt files, they could be untrusted, 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:18.679 so be very careful when you're installing an APK on 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:21.959 your device because if it's from an untrusted source, it 0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:23.840 could do harm to your device. It could be a 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:26.639 security issue. So if you come from a trusted place 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:29.360 like APK Mirror, there's a better chance that things are 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:32.359 going to be okay, but you never know because it 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:35.040 can happen. And also when you're trying to download these things, 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:37.400 they could trick you. It may look like you're downloading 0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:39.879 the APK and you're not, so as you can see, 0:23:40.200 --> 0:23:43.800 you're stepping into a little bit of a of an 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:47.280 issue here because this is not as straightforward as you want. 0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:50.879 But once you have that APK, you're on the right path, Michael. 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:54.320 You install from unknown sources, you allow that to happen, 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:59.000 click that toggle, and then you can go through and 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:03.520 install this on the device. So again, you open up 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.560 the Silk browser, which is the browser on there, search 0:24:06.640 --> 0:24:10.600 for that Opera. I searched Opera APK file. It should 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:13.480 show up latest Opera Mini for Android, and then you 0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:16.520 can download that and you should be able to run 0:24:16.560 --> 0:24:21.119 it if you have installed from unknown sources, and that 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.000 should hopefully let you install it. It's not going to 0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:26.000 be perfect. I mean, it's weird that Opera is not 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.760 available for the Fire Tablet. I would think they would 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:32.640 because they're available for so many different platforms. But again, 0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:34.439 you do have to jump through some hoops to do this. 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:36.919 It's probably going to be fine if you get that 0:24:36.960 --> 0:24:39.680 APK and get it in there and it should work. 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:40.399 But you never know. 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:42.360 Some of these apps, even though you get the APK, 0:24:43.119 --> 0:24:46.200 it may actually require Google on the back end. That's 0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:48.920 why it's called Google Play Services. A lot of these 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:53.160 apps run using the Google services. I know it's very techy, 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:57.680 it's very nerdy, but and I don't generally recommend that 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:00.040 the average person does that. But when I cover the 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:02.800 these things on KTLA and I talk about the fire tablets, 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:04.919 people email me all the time to say, Rich, why 0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:07.200 do you not mention that you could just add sideload 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:10.480 apps or you can sideload the Google Play services. Well, 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.800 not every person that is of average tech knowledge is 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:15.800 going to be able to do that, and that's why 0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:17.879 I don't necessarily recommend doing that. 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:20.119 Thanks for the call, Michael. 0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:22.680 I do appreciate it, and hopefully you get it figured 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:26.320 out and email me if you do so. I mentioned 0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:27.920 if you have an Android phone, it may look a 0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:30.880 little different. A couple of things are changing on there. 0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:33.960 Number one, if you have this like at a glance widget, 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:37.280 it's kind of like that smart Google widget that tells 0:25:37.280 --> 0:25:40.040 you your next appointment, or it tells you what the 0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:42.160 weather's going to be, or when you're taking a flight, 0:25:42.240 --> 0:25:44.199 it tells you that you have a flight. If you 0:25:44.280 --> 0:25:46.679 don't have this installed in your phone, I highly recommend 0:25:46.720 --> 0:25:48.640 you put it on your home screen and I'll tell 0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:50.600 you how to do that. So just press a hold 0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:53.720 on your home screen and where it says widgets, go 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:57.160 to your widgets and scroll to where you see Google 0:25:58.080 --> 0:26:00.920 and let's see, I'm going to Google. And it's called 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:04.440 Assistant at a Glance And you put that, you drag 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:06.840 that to your home screen and it's really cool because 0:26:06.840 --> 0:26:09.119 it uses all these different things to tell you, you know, 0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:12.120 your calendar and your your upcoming flights and all that stuff, 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:15.240 and so it's very very helpful. So I highly recommend 0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:17.000 you do that. But they did just change it so 0:26:17.080 --> 0:26:19.840 it looks completely different. And in fact, I was out 0:26:19.840 --> 0:26:21.720 to dinner with my mom and I saw her phone. 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:23.280 I said, how did you get this before me? 0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:24.240 I don't know. 0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:26.480 It just showed up on my phone. So it's a 0:26:26.520 --> 0:26:29.399 really cool widget. They did redesign it. It's going to 0:26:29.440 --> 0:26:32.560 be getting some new AI smarts as well. So if 0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:36.439 you see that new sort of pill shaped widget, it changed, 0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:39.359 it transformed overnight. That's what it's all about. Google is 0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:41.959 rolling out a new design for that widget, which has 0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:45.640 not changed in probably five or six years, so it's 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.720 very very helpful. It's called the Google at a Glance widget. 0:26:48.720 --> 0:26:49.280 Install it. 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:52.120 The other thing is if you use Google Photos, you'll 0:26:52.160 --> 0:26:54.800 notice this has rolled out more widely. At the bottom 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:59.280 of the Google's Photos tab, it now says memories, and 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:02.160 so now you can relive all of your memories by 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:04.919 going to that bottom tab. If you don't see it 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:07.800 just yet, it'll say memories, and now you can scroll 0:27:07.880 --> 0:27:11.840 through and it'll use AI to generate fun memories. You 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:14.040 may know these from the inside the app. At the 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:16.280 top it shows a bunch of memories, but now you 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.879 can access all of these at the bottom on a 0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:22.040 new tab called memories, and you can name them, and 0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:24.639 you can even use AI to help you suggest names. 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.679 So if it's like, you know, Rich's fun weekend at 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:30.320 the at you know, Santa Monica Beach or whatever, it'll 0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:33.440 suggest titles for your memories. Or you know, your kid's 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:37.440 latest birthday party. So again, if you open up Google Photos, 0:27:37.520 --> 0:27:40.240 you go to the bottom at that bottom tab, it'll 0:27:40.280 --> 0:27:43.920 say now memories. And if you don't see this just yet, 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:47.200 you can try to update your Google Photos app and 0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:49.639 make sure you have the latest Google Photos app and 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:51.800 it should show up there. But again, I'm just giving 0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:53.600 you a heads up so you know that these things 0:27:53.600 --> 0:27:56.000 are changing, and when they come up on your phone, 0:27:56.000 --> 0:27:58.919 you don't say what happened? Why didn't do anything differently? No, 0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:02.919 it's just Google chaining things. It happens all right, triple 0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:05.480 eight Rich one on one eight eight eight seven four 0:28:05.520 --> 0:28:07.600 to two, four to one zero one. Give me a 0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:09.720 call if you have a question about tech. You got 0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:12.240 lots of folks on the line waiting to ask some questions. 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:15.080 I got lots of emails to answer as well. You 0:28:15.280 --> 0:28:18.800 are doing something smart today. You're listening to Rich on Tech. 0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:26.320 Welcome back to Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:28:26.359 --> 0:28:33.760 out with you talking technology on X Reform, Tweeter says 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:37.040 that was the stupidest rant ever, bringing up that a 0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:40.000 CEO doesn't have their companies app on their home screen 0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:41.560 on their phone. 0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:43.040 WGAF. 0:28:44.320 --> 0:28:45.840 I'm not going to tell you what that stands for, 0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:53.560 but you can figure it out. Who gives something well 0:28:53.680 --> 0:28:54.960 reformed Tweeter, you know what? 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:58.080 Uh, you know? Good? Try it. 0:28:58.200 --> 0:29:00.800 Try to run a company without your with being invested 0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:03.120 in the app that you that you run. But you know, 0:29:03.200 --> 0:29:05.800 I'm like I said, I didn't see it in person, 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:10.360 so it wasn't me. Let's go to Let's go to 0:29:10.520 --> 0:29:14.040 Jack in Goldendale, Washington. 0:29:14.240 --> 0:29:15.280 Jack, you're on with Rich. 0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:18.280 Hello, my friend, I'm old and I'm ignorant when it 0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:19.320 comes to these phones. 0:29:19.840 --> 0:29:21.560 Okay, I hope this. 0:29:21.440 --> 0:29:24.760 Is a simple question. It probably is for you. I'm 0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:30.240 getting tired of this old moto E so called smartphone, 0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:33.240 and I want to get a new one. But I 0:29:33.320 --> 0:29:35.760 was wondering, if I ordered one online, can I take 0:29:35.760 --> 0:29:37.800 this in card out of this one and plug it 0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:39.320 into the new one and it'll work. 0:29:41.280 --> 0:29:45.200 Good question, and I will say yes, it will, but 0:29:45.320 --> 0:29:49.680 with some caveats because most of the time, and I 0:29:49.760 --> 0:29:53.080 you know, I'm swapping sims all the time because I 0:29:53.360 --> 0:29:55.960 test phones. I've got a test SIM that I use 0:29:56.440 --> 0:29:58.520 and I just pop it into a phone and boom, 0:29:58.560 --> 0:30:02.040 it works. And I've been doing this for a decade 0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:06.440 now and I have never, almost almost never ever had 0:30:06.440 --> 0:30:08.320 an issue. And no, I don't call the company. I 0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:10.200 don't call Verizon, I don't call AT and T. I 0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:12.720 don't call T Mobile to say hey, I'm switching SIMS. 0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:16.960 And a lot of the world has moved to eSIMs, 0:30:17.840 --> 0:30:21.160 and most of the time it's easy to move an 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:24.120 eSIM as well. And in many ways you can actually 0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:26.560 activate the phone yourself, even if it has an eSIM. 0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:30.280 You can go to the website of your carrier and 0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:34.600 just pop in the what's called the IMEI of your 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:39.280 phone and it will figure out what that phone is 0:30:39.360 --> 0:30:41.400 and it will activate it and it will switch out 0:30:41.440 --> 0:30:45.840 the service. But here is the caveat the caveat Jack, 0:30:46.000 --> 0:30:50.160 is that not if you have an old, old SIM, 0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:52.840 it may not be up to date. It may not 0:30:53.080 --> 0:30:56.440 have the latest tech on that SIM to connect to 0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.880 the newest network. So if you're going from this old 0:30:59.080 --> 0:31:01.480 motive phone that may have been a four G phone 0:31:01.920 --> 0:31:04.520 and you're going to a five G phone, you may 0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:08.640 need a new SIM. Now, with that said, you can 0:31:08.680 --> 0:31:11.680 probably just call your carrier and get one online and 0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:13.920 they will send it to you, even if you purchase 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:17.080 this phone third party. So you can just say, Hey, 0:31:17.080 --> 0:31:19.280 I'm getting a new phone, I want to swap sims. 0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:20.920 I just want to pop it into my new phone. 0:31:22.120 --> 0:31:24.040 You know, will this old SIM work? And they'll probably 0:31:24.040 --> 0:31:26.160 give you a little bit of a run around, because 0:31:26.640 --> 0:31:28.720 ideally they probably want you to come into the source 0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:31.880 they can upsell you on stuff. But if they don't, 0:31:31.880 --> 0:31:33.240 they may say, oh, you know what, we're going to 0:31:33.280 --> 0:31:35.959 send you a new SIM. But Jack, I will tell 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:39.520 you I've done this a thousand times, and I've never 0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:43.240 ever had an issue. The only thing is sometimes if 0:31:43.280 --> 0:31:46.960 the phone doesn't automatically figure out the new network, that 0:31:47.000 --> 0:31:49.200 could be an issue. Sometimes you have to restart the phone. 0:31:49.640 --> 0:31:52.120 Sometimes the phone, if it's an mv and O like 0:31:52.640 --> 0:31:55.640 a Mint Mobile or some of these other carriers, third 0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:59.680 party carriers, they may send what's called an APN to 0:31:59.720 --> 0:32:03.800 your via text. And sometimes the phone is very easy 0:32:03.840 --> 0:32:07.040 to install and do that. Sometimes it's not. But I 0:32:07.040 --> 0:32:09.120 will tell you. I know I'm saying a lot of stuff. 0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:12.800 Bottom line, ninety nine point nine percent of the time, 0:32:12.880 --> 0:32:15.520 it will just work. In fact, I did this two 0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:18.040 days ago and it was just fine. You Just as 0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:20.520 soon as you pop in the new SIM, the phone says, hey, 0:32:20.560 --> 0:32:22.480 we recognize that you have new settings. Would you like 0:32:22.560 --> 0:32:24.400 us to restart your phone? And you say yes, and 0:32:24.440 --> 0:32:27.719 it should work. So that is my answer, Jack. I 0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:30.200 think it's going to work just fine, and I think 0:32:30.240 --> 0:32:33.680 you'll appreciate the new phone too, So thanks for calling 0:32:33.720 --> 0:32:34.000 in today. 0:32:34.000 --> 0:32:34.560 Appreciate it. 0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:36.880 Phone lines are open at triple eight rich one oh 0:32:36.960 --> 0:32:40.880 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:32:41.200 --> 0:32:45.240 zero one. I got an email. This is really scary, 0:32:45.640 --> 0:32:48.680 James wrote in on richon tech Dot TV and said, 0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:51.120 my daughter and wife were scammed, and I have a 0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:54.560 question about our WiFi. Unfortunately, my wife figured out as 0:32:54.560 --> 0:32:57.080 a scam as it became too late. This guy had 0:32:57.120 --> 0:32:59.640 my daughter download an app that allowed him to see 0:32:59.680 --> 0:33:02.600 her on her iPhone. She thought she was talking to 0:33:02.680 --> 0:33:05.479 apple Care about her cracked screen. Then he told her 0:33:05.480 --> 0:33:07.600 that someone hacked her cash app and in order to 0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:09.760 fix it, she needed to make a transaction in the 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:13.480 same amount, So she sent four thousand dollars to her mom, 0:33:13.880 --> 0:33:16.320 who was then supposedly supposed to send the money back 0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:18.920 with a cash app card to a number this guy 0:33:18.960 --> 0:33:21.800 gave to my wife. By the way, my wife downloaded 0:33:21.840 --> 0:33:24.680 the same app that allowed him to view her phone. 0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:26.760 I don't know or use any of these kind of apps, 0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:28.200 but I know Apple Care is not going to have 0:33:28.240 --> 0:33:30.160 any idea what's going on with my money apps. My 0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:33.240 daughter panicked. It's her first real adult situation to figure 0:33:33.240 --> 0:33:36.760 out on her own. Yeah, very unfortunate, very unfortunate way 0:33:36.760 --> 0:33:39.800 to figure this out. Question, Can this guy somehow corrupt 0:33:39.840 --> 0:33:41.880 our Wi Fi system in the same home through my 0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:45.200 wife's phone, which obviously has our Wi Fi password? My 0:33:45.280 --> 0:33:48.040 daughter is a freshman in college. The only computer with 0:33:48.080 --> 0:33:50.640 the app to access our router is my Mac computer, 0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:52.239 which has turned off every night, and it was off 0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:55.840 during this unfortunate session. By the way, I listened to 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:59.960 your Tech show on the way home from my bowling league, 0:34:00.040 --> 0:34:02.040 and you've done a great job taken over the spot. 0:34:02.920 --> 0:34:05.000 I hope you can help. I thought it was something 0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:08.720 you might want to highlight on your show. Yes, oh, James, 0:34:08.760 --> 0:34:13.399 this is horrible. So it wasn't clear if the guy 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:15.160 made out with the money through the cash app. 0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:15.960 I hope he didn't. 0:34:16.000 --> 0:34:18.319 But when it comes to the Wi Fi, so the 0:34:18.360 --> 0:34:22.799 iPhone is actually pretty secure other than what just happened here. Obviously, 0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:26.160 you want to delete these screen sharing apps from the iPhone. 0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:28.839 I don't know what app they used, or maybe they 0:34:28.920 --> 0:34:31.560 just used a built in FaceTime screen sharing feature, but 0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:35.840 delete those off the iPhone. If he looked around the phone, 0:34:36.200 --> 0:34:38.600 maybe he could have seen the Wi Fi password, but 0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:40.480 I don't think he was able to do that on 0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:42.920 the iPhone. To see a password for the Wi Fi, 0:34:43.080 --> 0:34:46.359 you do have to use a face ID, and it's 0:34:46.400 --> 0:34:48.520 not very clear on how to do that to begin with, 0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:51.399 so I don't think he has access to your home WiFi, 0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:55.000 And I know changing your home Wi Fi passcode would 0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:59.640 be a nightmare because you know, any smart home things 0:34:59.640 --> 0:35:02.280 you have on there would definitely have to be switched 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:04.840 as well. So I think you're okay, But I think 0:35:05.000 --> 0:35:09.560 the lesson to learn here is do not give people 0:35:09.680 --> 0:35:13.560 access to your stuff. Whether it's your phone, whether it's 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:17.799 your computer. Almost no third party, random person is going 0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:19.880 to need access to those. Now, this is where it 0:35:19.880 --> 0:35:22.360 gets complicated because when you go to your work and 0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:23.799 they say and you say, hey, I have a problem 0:35:23.880 --> 0:35:25.839 my computer, they say, okay, can you screen share your 0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:29.200 computer to me? And someone remotely fixes your computer. So 0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:31.640 you've been trained that that is the way that people 0:35:31.680 --> 0:35:34.319 help us with our computers. But the scam artists know that, 0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:36.359 and so they flip it on us and they do 0:35:36.400 --> 0:35:40.200 the same thing. Do not call random numbers. Think before 0:35:40.239 --> 0:35:44.440 you act. Please, these scam artists are scamming twenty four 0:35:44.480 --> 0:35:47.319 to seven. Do not send them money. Do not share 0:35:47.360 --> 0:35:52.800 your screen. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome 0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:56.600 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:35:56.600 --> 0:36:00.800 with you talking technology. Phone lines are open at triple 0:36:00.840 --> 0:36:01.799 eight rich. 0:36:01.680 --> 0:36:02.239 One oh one. 0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:06.080 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:09.040 zero one. You can also go to the website rich 0:36:09.120 --> 0:36:13.839 on tech dot TV, hit the contact button and that 0:36:13.920 --> 0:36:18.880 will send an email right to my inbox, no intermediaries, 0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:19.719 right to me. 0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:20.239 Yes. 0:36:20.320 --> 0:36:24.799 I see him coming up on the show. Matthew Cassanelli. 0:36:25.680 --> 0:36:29.200 He is the creator of the Shortcuts app on iPhone. 0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:32.960 He's going to discuss what shortcuts are on the iPhone, 0:36:33.000 --> 0:36:35.759 how they can help you, and also give us some 0:36:35.840 --> 0:36:38.640 ideas on how to use the iPhone fifteen pros new 0:36:38.680 --> 0:36:42.319 action button. Now, I will say the action button is 0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:44.879 in a. 0:36:44.200 --> 0:36:46.320 Not the best place for action. I'll be honest. 0:36:46.360 --> 0:36:49.200 It's kind of like an awkward place to reach for 0:36:49.280 --> 0:36:52.040 a button, so it's not the fastest thing to use, 0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:55.040 even though it's called the action button. I have a 0:36:55.080 --> 0:36:59.080 feeling that Apple may change the location in a future 0:36:59.120 --> 0:37:01.120 model what we'll see, well say, I could be wrong. 0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:04.040 David Henry later on is going to join us. He 0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:06.520 is with neck Gear. He's going to talk about Wi 0:37:06.560 --> 0:37:09.520 Fi getting connected and you know all the terms you 0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:14.120 need to know. James just texted me on Instagram. He said, hey, 0:37:14.239 --> 0:37:18.799 Rich I'm listening on Oh I'm listening now. I used 0:37:18.880 --> 0:37:23.279 I took Zipbear to Japan two weeks ago. No complaints 0:37:23.320 --> 0:37:25.160 on the flight, the crew was happy. And then I 0:37:25.239 --> 0:37:29.960 spoke and understood Japanese and the uniclosed store is, Oh, 0:37:29.960 --> 0:37:30.799 it's Japanese. 0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:32.600 Okay. I knew it was somewhere there. I didn't know 0:37:32.640 --> 0:37:34.040 if it was Japanese though, but okay. 0:37:34.480 --> 0:37:37.360 And he said he has used the self service checkout 0:37:37.400 --> 0:37:40.239 at the de Lamo Mall in Torrents, so I guess 0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:40.880 they have it there too. 0:37:40.880 --> 0:37:41.200 I didn't. 0:37:41.400 --> 0:37:42.360 I didn't need to go all the way to New 0:37:42.440 --> 0:37:46.360 York City to try the self checkout at Uniclo. But anyway, 0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:49.759 thanks for listening. James appreciate it, and I'm glad you 0:37:49.800 --> 0:37:53.680 like Zipbear. I took it last year to Japan. It's 0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:56.480 kind of like, I mean, it's like almost like a 0:37:56.520 --> 0:38:00.160 Southwest airline to Japan. I know that's very oversimplifying, but 0:38:00.200 --> 0:38:03.360 it's kind of like a La cart very inexpensive fares 0:38:03.400 --> 0:38:05.960 to Japan, but it's kind of like you just get 0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:08.080 the seat and then everything else they charge you for. 0:38:08.160 --> 0:38:09.879 I think even a glass of water, Like I think 0:38:09.920 --> 0:38:12.960 water is like twenty yen or something. But it's very 0:38:13.000 --> 0:38:16.240 high tech. You get free Wi fi's. It's a really 0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:18.440 cool airline. So I had the opportunity they flew me 0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:20.480 out on it last year and so I did like 0:38:20.480 --> 0:38:22.040 a little reels about it. So a lot of people 0:38:22.080 --> 0:38:24.239 when they've they've taken it, they've been talking to me 0:38:24.280 --> 0:38:26.360 about it. Like Rich, I got my own experience on 0:38:26.360 --> 0:38:30.279 this airline, so that was really cool and highly recommend it. 0:38:31.040 --> 0:38:37.560 All right, let's go to Paul. Paul is in Brea, California. Paul, 0:38:37.600 --> 0:38:38.319 you're on with Rich. 0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:40.279 Thank you for taking the call. 0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:41.760 Thanks for calling that question. 0:38:42.000 --> 0:38:46.239 Yeah, got a question regarding older tower computers. I've got 0:38:46.280 --> 0:38:47.719 a few of them that have been hanging around for 0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:49.359 a while. I've been afraid to get rid of them. 0:38:50.120 --> 0:38:53.960 There's a place that just popped up at a shopping 0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:56.920 center for this weekend only, So it's this is the 0:38:56.960 --> 0:38:59.600 reason for the call. I don't know how sketchy this 0:38:59.640 --> 0:39:03.880 could be if I take my electronics to a place 0:39:03.960 --> 0:39:06.799 like that. Is there any concerns that I should have 0:39:06.960 --> 0:39:09.840 with delivering that or is there any thing that I 0:39:09.840 --> 0:39:11.880 should do prior to delivering those. 0:39:12.000 --> 0:39:14.239 So these are old towers and they still have the 0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:17.120 hard drives in them. Have you reformatted these hard drives? 0:39:17.120 --> 0:39:18.600 Have you cleared out your personal info. 0:39:19.440 --> 0:39:22.919 Nope, they're they're they're older stuff that has like years old. 0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:26.800 But I'm sure there's there's information on it that is sensitive. 0:39:27.000 --> 0:39:31.560 Okay, Well it comes down to trust. So this company, 0:39:31.680 --> 0:39:34.799 it's pop up. You know a lot of these companies 0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:38.439 that do these kind of weekend collections, they will have 0:39:38.880 --> 0:39:40.640 uh sort of like a bill of rights, you know, 0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:42.719 what they're going to do with the data on there. 0:39:42.840 --> 0:39:46.280 If it's a reputable company, they are going to clean 0:39:46.320 --> 0:39:48.480 this stuff off and you know, not have anyone look 0:39:48.520 --> 0:39:51.040 at it and not have anyone search the data, download 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:53.680 the data. And I think that's you know, if you're 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:57.080 running one of these companies, you're not sitting there downloading 0:39:57.080 --> 0:39:59.279 all the stuff from the hard drive and you know, 0:39:59.360 --> 0:40:02.440 looking through and trying to put it, you know, on 0:40:02.520 --> 0:40:05.320 the web. But there's always a chance that that could happen. 0:40:05.400 --> 0:40:08.920 So I understand the concern. I think that if it 0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.879 was me personally, I would not bring these computers down 0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:14.480 there with the data still on the hard drives. So 0:40:14.520 --> 0:40:16.719 that leaves you with a couple of options. Number One, 0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:20.719 you can remove the hard drives, get a screwdriver, open 0:40:20.800 --> 0:40:23.080 up these towers, get the hard drives out, take them out, 0:40:23.120 --> 0:40:24.799 hold on to them, and figure out what to do 0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:27.200 with them in the future. You can either have a 0:40:27.200 --> 0:40:29.080 friend you know, or if you know, if you're handy, 0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:31.359 you can maybe drill a hole in them and get 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:33.000 rid of them that way. Or you can take them 0:40:33.000 --> 0:40:37.640 to a recycling center that has a hard drive shredder, 0:40:38.280 --> 0:40:40.200 and you can look that up on Google and see 0:40:40.200 --> 0:40:42.440 if one near you has that, and it's it's a 0:40:42.440 --> 0:40:45.200 pretty cool process. I've seen it happened, seen it happen, 0:40:45.239 --> 0:40:46.160 so that's really neat. 0:40:46.400 --> 0:40:47.000 The other thing you. 0:40:47.000 --> 0:40:49.560 Can do is it sounds like you're probably not going 0:40:49.640 --> 0:40:51.839 to be able to turn on these computers and get 0:40:51.840 --> 0:40:53.560 them set up, especially if you're trying to do it 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:57.960 this weekend. But listener Dave emailed in and said that 0:40:58.040 --> 0:41:02.040 the stuff he recommends to wipe the hard drives is 0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:07.040 one called shred os, and so you can install that, 0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:10.200 boot it up to that, and you can shred the 0:41:10.239 --> 0:41:13.320 hard drive that way. But that's getting a little techy, 0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:16.200 a little bit complicated, and so that's probably not your 0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:19.120 first option. So what I would do is probably go 0:41:19.239 --> 0:41:22.560 down to the area, see what they're what they say 0:41:22.600 --> 0:41:25.760 when you talk to them, and ask them what their data, 0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:30.560 what their data privacy kind of rules and regulations are. 0:41:30.880 --> 0:41:32.640 I know that if you bring these things to something 0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:35.680 like a Staples, something like a best Buy, they do 0:41:35.760 --> 0:41:37.960 have rules in place that they say, look, we're going 0:41:38.000 --> 0:41:40.440 to handle your data securely. We're going to handle these 0:41:40.480 --> 0:41:42.960 drives securely, and we're not going to just have someone 0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:48.040 look through these hard drives and find anything they can. Now, Paul, 0:41:48.040 --> 0:41:49.880 you also said that these things are kind of old, 0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:53.320 maybe there's not that much on them. I mean, really, 0:41:53.320 --> 0:41:57.680 what you're thinking is you know, old photos, old documents, 0:41:57.800 --> 0:42:01.160 tax paperwork, maybe your social Security numbers or date of birth, 0:42:01.400 --> 0:42:04.399 driver's license, whatever. So if it has those things on them, 0:42:04.719 --> 0:42:07.360 there's always a concern, and there is a real concern 0:42:07.800 --> 0:42:10.359 that these could land in the wrong hands and someone 0:42:10.360 --> 0:42:12.600 could do something with that data. Is it gonna happen? 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:15.919 Probably not, But in today's day and age, you can't 0:42:15.920 --> 0:42:18.680 be too safe. You can't be too secure, especially with data. 0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:21.200 So what I would do is talk to them, see 0:42:21.239 --> 0:42:23.319 what they say. If you get a good feeling, if 0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:24.840 you feel like they're going to handle these in a 0:42:24.880 --> 0:42:27.440 proper manner, go ahead, take them off your hands, get 0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:30.160 them recycled. If you don't feel like that's the case, 0:42:30.200 --> 0:42:32.040 then maybe perhaps bring them somewhere else. 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.799 There are places that do this every day. Staples is 0:42:35.840 --> 0:42:36.600 one of them. 0:42:37.280 --> 0:42:41.040 Assureon that's another company that will take them off your 0:42:41.040 --> 0:42:43.920 hands for free, and best Buy, I know will take 0:42:43.960 --> 0:42:45.600 them off your hands. I'm not sure it's free in 0:42:45.640 --> 0:42:48.040 every state. I know in California maybe, but you just 0:42:48.120 --> 0:42:50.719 have to be aware. But again, I'm glad that you're 0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:53.200 thinking about this, because that's the real important thing is 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:55.600 just think about before you do this. Now, if you're bringing, 0:42:55.800 --> 0:43:00.960 by the way, an Android phone, an iPhone, Windows computer, 0:43:01.160 --> 0:43:04.239 or a modern Mac, they all have a system on 0:43:04.400 --> 0:43:07.640 there built in to format that hard drive and get 0:43:07.680 --> 0:43:10.520 your data off of that drive before you recycle it. 0:43:10.840 --> 0:43:13.000 So Android, you can go into the settings, you can 0:43:13.040 --> 0:43:17.359 format that, it's called a factory reset. On iPhone, same 0:43:17.400 --> 0:43:21.560 thing it's called under general under settings it's transfer or 0:43:21.600 --> 0:43:26.360 reset iPhone. And then Windows also has a way to 0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:29.960 do this, it's under the it's called reset this PC. 0:43:30.520 --> 0:43:32.319 So it has a built in service to do that. 0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:34.719 And sort of the Mac computers as long as it's 0:43:34.719 --> 0:43:37.640 a newer Mac computer. So with the modern stuff, it's 0:43:37.760 --> 0:43:40.720 very easy. It's these old computers we have laying around 0:43:40.719 --> 0:43:44.240 the house that make it a little tricky, especially the towers, 0:43:44.239 --> 0:43:47.040 like you said that have these hard drives. But you know, 0:43:47.160 --> 0:43:49.200 get a screwdriver, take out the hard drive, bring it 0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:51.040 to a shredder. They'll probably charge you ten bucks to 0:43:51.080 --> 0:43:53.080 shread that hard drive. You can watch it happen. That's 0:43:53.120 --> 0:43:55.879 what I did. It was pretty cool. And yes, even 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:57.840 I have a couple of hard drives laying around the 0:43:57.880 --> 0:43:59.239 house that need to be taken care of. 0:43:59.600 --> 0:44:01.360 I've got to bring them to that place. I've mentioned 0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:01.840 that before. 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:04.440 Thanks for the call, Paul, Triple eight rich one on 0:44:04.520 --> 0:44:07.480 one eight eight eight seven four to two four to 0:44:07.520 --> 0:44:08.399 one zero one. 0:44:08.960 --> 0:44:10.360 There is a new Fitbit. 0:44:10.719 --> 0:44:13.719 We've got a Google event happening next week where they're 0:44:13.719 --> 0:44:16.759 going to unveil the Pixel phone, the Pixel eight, the 0:44:16.760 --> 0:44:19.680 Pixel eight Pro, and also the new Pixel Watch. I 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:23.520 guess they wanted to reveal the Fitbit in advance of 0:44:23.520 --> 0:44:26.400 that so it doesn't take away from the new pixels. 0:44:26.760 --> 0:44:29.960 So they've already announced the new Fitbit Charge six fitness tracker. 0:44:30.440 --> 0:44:32.759 They say it's the most accurate heart rate tracking of 0:44:32.800 --> 0:44:35.920 any fitbit tracker because of what they learned from the 0:44:35.960 --> 0:44:38.719 pixel Watch. So the pixel Watch, I think they said, 0:44:38.719 --> 0:44:41.439 it takes your heart rate every second, and so they've 0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:43.960 learned a lot from that and now it is specifically 0:44:44.000 --> 0:44:45.600 optimized for this new fitbit. 0:44:46.719 --> 0:44:47.080 Let's see. 0:44:47.120 --> 0:44:50.239 It can also connect to compatible gym equipment like the 0:44:50.400 --> 0:44:54.200 Order Track, the Peloton, and Tonal via bluetooth, so it 0:44:54.200 --> 0:44:56.520 can display your real time heart rate on the machine 0:44:56.520 --> 0:44:57.680 screen during workouts. 0:44:57.680 --> 0:44:58.440 That's kind of cool. 0:44:58.760 --> 0:45:03.160 Twenty new workout options including hit, strength training, rowing, spinning, snowboarding, 0:45:03.200 --> 0:45:06.399 so there's more than forty exercises to choose from this 0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:09.479 new fitbit. Charge six does have built in GPS, which 0:45:09.480 --> 0:45:11.600 is really nice, so that means you can run outside 0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:14.360 and not bring your phone. Some of the cheaper fitbits 0:45:14.360 --> 0:45:16.799 do not have GPS built in, so they'll take your 0:45:16.880 --> 0:45:19.240 run and they'll give you some information, but it's not exact. 0:45:19.320 --> 0:45:22.000 This will be much more precise. It also has on 0:45:22.080 --> 0:45:24.719 device controls for YouTube music, so if you want to 0:45:24.760 --> 0:45:27.200 play pause and skip songs while you're running, you can 0:45:27.239 --> 0:45:28.920 do that from your wrist, but again you will need 0:45:28.960 --> 0:45:31.560 your phone. This does not seem to store the music 0:45:31.640 --> 0:45:35.040 on the device. It also has Google Maps for turn 0:45:35.080 --> 0:45:38.880 by turn directions on your wrist and Google wallets. It 0:45:38.920 --> 0:45:44.080 also has a new zoom plus magnification accessibility feature. This 0:45:44.160 --> 0:45:46.640 means you can see the screen a lot bigger if 0:45:46.680 --> 0:45:50.840 the default text is too small. It's got daily sleep scores, 0:45:50.880 --> 0:45:53.080 and of course the sleep score is the new thing. 0:45:54.000 --> 0:45:56.760 The sleep score was kind of started by the Aura 0:45:56.960 --> 0:46:00.120 smart ring, and now everyone's all about these sleep scores. 0:46:00.239 --> 0:46:02.600 I personally don't like them because if you get your 0:46:02.600 --> 0:46:05.239 sleep score, I guarantee you'll have a bad day. You 0:46:05.320 --> 0:46:07.040 might have woken up on the best side of the 0:46:07.080 --> 0:46:10.680 bed and you, oh, you take that nice yawn, you 0:46:10.760 --> 0:46:14.000 look at your sleep score and it's terrible, and you go, oh, man, 0:46:14.120 --> 0:46:15.240 my day is gonna be horrible. 0:46:15.280 --> 0:46:17.400 So I don't like the sleep scores because of that reason. 0:46:18.200 --> 0:46:21.880 This is gonna launch in the fall one hundred and 0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:25.400 sixty bucks for the new fit Bit Charge six. So 0:46:25.440 --> 0:46:27.680 if you're looking to upgrade your Fitbit for the holidays, 0:46:27.760 --> 0:46:31.000 you've got a new option. Triple eight rich one oh 0:46:31.040 --> 0:46:33.839 one is the phone number eight eight eight seven four 0:46:33.880 --> 0:46:36.759 to two four to one zero one. Coming up this hour, 0:46:36.840 --> 0:46:39.520 we're gonna talk about shortcuts on the iPhone, how they 0:46:39.560 --> 0:46:42.160 can make a big difference in how you do things 0:46:42.239 --> 0:46:47.560 on the phone. You're listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome 0:46:47.600 --> 0:46:55.360 back to rich on Tech, Talking Technology. Let's go to 0:46:55.600 --> 0:46:57.919 U Bill in San Diego. Bill, you're on with Rich. 0:46:58.920 --> 0:47:00.800 Hey, Rich thanks taking my calls. 0:47:01.000 --> 0:47:01.760 Thanks for calling. 0:47:03.040 --> 0:47:09.440 I've I've got an email problem for you. My sister 0:47:09.800 --> 0:47:13.480 passed away at the end of twenty twenty one unexpectedly. 0:47:14.160 --> 0:47:14.879 Sorry to hear that. 0:47:16.200 --> 0:47:19.920 Yeah, it's been super sad, and she has, you know, 0:47:20.080 --> 0:47:25.120 fifteen thousand emails and some of them are really interesting 0:47:25.200 --> 0:47:28.000 about family things, about things that were important to her. 0:47:28.840 --> 0:47:31.719 But I don't have time to sit through looking at 0:47:31.760 --> 0:47:35.399 each email and saving saving them that way. Is there 0:47:35.440 --> 0:47:39.120 a way that I can download all of her emails 0:47:39.760 --> 0:47:43.520 at one time onto a folder on a hard drive? 0:47:43.560 --> 0:47:46.520 Is there like a program that will help with that 0:47:46.680 --> 0:47:47.320 or a procedure? 0:47:48.200 --> 0:47:49.160 Yeah, so there is. 0:47:49.680 --> 0:47:53.879 With Google, they have a product called Takeout, so you 0:47:53.920 --> 0:47:57.360 can actually download all of your data from different Google 0:47:57.760 --> 0:48:01.640 products and services. So if you go to Google Takeout, 0:48:01.719 --> 0:48:05.160 and I'm assuming you have access to her account, because 0:48:05.160 --> 0:48:07.080 it sounds like you've looked through some of these things, 0:48:07.080 --> 0:48:07.960 so that's good news. 0:48:08.520 --> 0:48:10.120 But I'll talk about another way to do that in 0:48:10.120 --> 0:48:10.600 a second. 0:48:11.040 --> 0:48:13.920 But if you go to Google Takeout, you can click 0:48:14.080 --> 0:48:16.719 the items that you want to download. So that could 0:48:16.719 --> 0:48:18.960 be Google Photos, it could be Google Drive, it could 0:48:18.960 --> 0:48:22.440 be Gmail. And once you do that, it will and 0:48:22.680 --> 0:48:24.319 you don't have to download everything all at once. You 0:48:24.320 --> 0:48:26.440 can just say I just want Gmail or I just 0:48:26.480 --> 0:48:28.959 want my Google Photos. And so it takes a little 0:48:28.960 --> 0:48:31.040 bit because Google on the back end goes through and 0:48:31.120 --> 0:48:34.080 it compiles all of these things into one giant file, 0:48:34.440 --> 0:48:36.680 and if it's a huge amount of data, it will 0:48:36.680 --> 0:48:39.720 break them up into different files and once it's ready, 0:48:39.760 --> 0:48:42.280 it will email you. It'll say, hey, your takeout is ready, 0:48:42.719 --> 0:48:45.719 and you can download it. And you can also download it. 0:48:45.800 --> 0:48:49.120 You can transfer it directly to something like Dropbox or 0:48:49.160 --> 0:48:52.600 one drive or what's the other one. It's Dropbox drive, 0:48:52.719 --> 0:48:56.040 one drive I think those are the supported cloud services, 0:48:56.400 --> 0:48:58.439 or you can just download it. And with Gmail, it's 0:48:58.440 --> 0:49:01.120 not I mean, it's not going to be that much 0:49:01.239 --> 0:49:03.279 in the Gmail even though you said she's got like 0:49:03.320 --> 0:49:06.880 fifteen thousand messages, I think it's not a ton of. 0:49:08.400 --> 0:49:08.880 Storage. 0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:11.879 Like emails are pretty small, so even the attachments are 0:49:11.880 --> 0:49:12.640 not going to be that big. 0:49:12.960 --> 0:49:14.080 But that's the way I do it. 0:49:14.120 --> 0:49:16.319 And then you can go through the gmails that way, 0:49:16.800 --> 0:49:18.480 and I would even take it a step further. You 0:49:18.520 --> 0:49:22.720 may take that that all those gmails and feed them 0:49:22.760 --> 0:49:26.200 into an AI, like I would maybe fire up Claude 0:49:26.800 --> 0:49:32.239 Claude dot ai and drop this. I mean, well, got 0:49:32.239 --> 0:49:34.160 to be careful because you know there is some private 0:49:34.160 --> 0:49:35.879 information in there, so you do need to be aware 0:49:35.880 --> 0:49:38.040 of the privacy implications there. So maybe you don't want 0:49:38.040 --> 0:49:40.160 to do that, but it would be interesting because you 0:49:40.239 --> 0:49:44.080 can ask Claude to sort of analyze some of these emails, 0:49:44.080 --> 0:49:45.880 like what are the most interesting things, what are the 0:49:45.880 --> 0:49:49.520 things my sister talked about the most, you know, who 0:49:49.560 --> 0:49:51.480 are the most important people in our lives life? I 0:49:51.480 --> 0:49:53.160 mean there's really some you know, you can ask some 0:49:53.239 --> 0:49:55.840 interesting questions, almost like a little database of these emails. 0:49:56.120 --> 0:49:58.319 But you do have to be careful because I would 0:49:58.320 --> 0:50:00.360 read up on the privacy policy because you don't want 0:50:00.400 --> 0:50:04.160 her emails shared across the AI with other people, so 0:50:04.200 --> 0:50:05.480 you got to see what the deal is with that. 0:50:05.640 --> 0:50:08.120 But with all that said, I think Takeout should do it. 0:50:08.200 --> 0:50:11.839 The other thing this would be for you know, if 0:50:11.840 --> 0:50:14.440 you're listening and you're thinking about you have a significant 0:50:14.440 --> 0:50:17.359 other or a family member that you want to have 0:50:17.400 --> 0:50:20.520 access to your account. Many people may just share their 0:50:20.560 --> 0:50:23.879 password or they may not. But another thing you could 0:50:23.920 --> 0:50:27.680 do is there is a legacy You can set up 0:50:27.680 --> 0:50:30.560 a legacy contact. And this is both for Apple and 0:50:30.719 --> 0:50:35.319 for Google, so Google calls it inactive account Manager. So 0:50:35.480 --> 0:50:38.000 if you go to Google Inactive Account Manager, if you 0:50:38.000 --> 0:50:41.399 have a Google account, you can set someone that will 0:50:41.440 --> 0:50:44.400 get access to your account if you don't access it 0:50:44.960 --> 0:50:47.840 after a certain period of time. So this may be 0:50:48.640 --> 0:50:50.440 six months, it could be three months, it could be 0:50:50.520 --> 0:50:53.759 ninety days, whatever you decide. If you don't access your 0:50:53.800 --> 0:50:56.799 account for that amount of time, this legacy contact will 0:50:56.840 --> 0:51:01.040 get an email saying, hey, we notice that Rich didn't 0:51:01.080 --> 0:51:03.520 access his email in sixty days. 0:51:03.560 --> 0:51:04.279 You are going to get. 0:51:04.160 --> 0:51:07.480 Access to his full account in the next week or so. 0:51:07.560 --> 0:51:09.680 I think there's some sort of buffer. Now, some of 0:51:09.680 --> 0:51:13.600 you may be sitting there go WHOA, I don't want that, 0:51:13.800 --> 0:51:15.879 so don't set that up. And some of you may 0:51:15.880 --> 0:51:18.239 be listening and say, oh, that sounds like a really 0:51:18.320 --> 0:51:18.759 nice thing. 0:51:19.320 --> 0:51:21.319 So it's up to you to set it up. But 0:51:21.440 --> 0:51:22.320 if you look up. 0:51:22.560 --> 0:51:26.680 Gmail or Google Inactive Account Manager, that's where you can 0:51:26.840 --> 0:51:29.400 add a legacy contact. On the iPhone, you can do 0:51:29.440 --> 0:51:32.239 the same thing for Apple. So if you go into 0:51:32.239 --> 0:51:37.560 settings under your Apple ID and it's under sign in 0:51:37.719 --> 0:51:43.200 and security, it says a legacy contact, So I don't 0:51:43.200 --> 0:51:44.680 have mind set up, I should probably do that. But 0:51:44.719 --> 0:51:46.960 a legacy contact is someone you trust to have access 0:51:47.000 --> 0:51:49.560 to the data in your account after your death. And 0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:52.920 so once you set that up again very similar, they 0:51:52.960 --> 0:51:55.959 will be alerted. And by the way, once you set 0:51:56.000 --> 0:51:59.520 this up, you'll get a reminder every couple of months saying, hey, 0:51:59.760 --> 0:52:03.480 just so you remember, you've set this person up as 0:52:03.520 --> 0:52:06.080 your legacy contact, and why do they do that. Maybe 0:52:06.080 --> 0:52:08.640 you set up a significant other that you're no longer with, 0:52:08.680 --> 0:52:13.279 you know, girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, family member that maybe you 0:52:13.320 --> 0:52:15.359 know you just don't speak to anymore, whatever it is, 0:52:15.719 --> 0:52:18.399 but they will remind you who you set up as 0:52:18.440 --> 0:52:20.160 this person, and so you can say, oh, wait a second, 0:52:20.160 --> 0:52:21.719 I don't want them to have access anymore, so you 0:52:21.760 --> 0:52:25.080 can revoke that access. But again it's called Google Inactive 0:52:25.080 --> 0:52:30.279 Account Manager. On Apple it's called the Legacy Contact and 0:52:30.360 --> 0:52:33.040 it's a very similar program. But if you want someone 0:52:33.040 --> 0:52:35.279 to have access to your stuff after you pass, it 0:52:35.360 --> 0:52:37.839 might be a good idea, or you can just share 0:52:37.840 --> 0:52:39.640 some of your passwords with them, you know, if you 0:52:39.719 --> 0:52:41.360 really trust them, that's the way to do it. The 0:52:41.360 --> 0:52:43.960 problem with that is that a lot of times it's 0:52:44.120 --> 0:52:47.000 if you have two factor authentications set up, they may 0:52:47.000 --> 0:52:49.719 not have access to that second factor, especially if it's 0:52:49.719 --> 0:52:53.080 your phone or your email account or whatever that code 0:52:53.120 --> 0:52:55.000 is coming in through. So you just have to be 0:52:55.000 --> 0:52:57.200 aware of that. This is probably a much more guaranteed 0:52:57.200 --> 0:53:00.799 way of giving them access to your account. So Bill, 0:53:00.800 --> 0:53:03.319 I'm sorry to hear about your sister, but i do 0:53:03.400 --> 0:53:05.800 think that your question does help a lot of people. 0:53:05.840 --> 0:53:07.320 So thank you for calling with that today. 0:53:07.880 --> 0:53:10.440 All right, coming up, Matthew Cassonelli is going to talk 0:53:10.480 --> 0:53:13.440 about shortcuts on the iPhone, how you can optimize the 0:53:13.560 --> 0:53:15.799 use of your phone, and give us some ideas on 0:53:15.800 --> 0:53:18.360 how to use that new action button on the iPhone 0:53:18.440 --> 0:53:23.760 fifteen pro. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome 0:53:23.800 --> 0:53:26.480 back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 0:53:26.480 --> 0:53:33.719 with you talking technology. Joining me now is Matthew Cassanelli. 0:53:34.040 --> 0:53:36.799 He is creator of the Shortcuts app on the iPhone 0:53:37.000 --> 0:53:39.160 and kind of a oh. 0:53:39.040 --> 0:53:41.080 My gosh, the stuff that Matthew talks about. 0:53:41.080 --> 0:53:43.719 It's all about using this shortcuts on the iPhone to 0:53:43.800 --> 0:53:48.000 kind of automate your life, automate processes. And now that 0:53:48.040 --> 0:53:51.000 the iPhone has the iPhone fifteen pro models have this 0:53:51.080 --> 0:53:54.680 new action button which can be programmed to be a shortcut. 0:53:55.520 --> 0:53:58.000 I believe Matthew, you're probably getting a lot of interest 0:53:58.040 --> 0:53:58.680 in the shortcuts. 0:53:58.760 --> 0:53:58.960 Huh. 0:53:59.000 --> 0:53:59.760 Welcome to the show. 0:54:00.400 --> 0:54:02.040 Yeah, definitely, thank you for having me. 0:54:02.480 --> 0:54:02.600 So. 0:54:03.280 --> 0:54:09.240 Yeah, it's it's an exciting time for shortcuts and bringing 0:54:09.239 --> 0:54:12.160 it to the action button has brought it to seemingly everybody, 0:54:12.239 --> 0:54:14.600 at least if you have the iPhone fifteen Pro. So 0:54:14.719 --> 0:54:16.200 tell me it's time to get into it. 0:54:16.400 --> 0:54:18.400 Tell me about your kind of background. 0:54:18.440 --> 0:54:21.680 So did you you sort of invented this whole thing? 0:54:22.120 --> 0:54:24.640 Totally definitely. I don't want to take credit for that. 0:54:25.360 --> 0:54:25.440 That. 0:54:25.560 --> 0:54:28.719 I joined the team close to when they were about 0:54:28.719 --> 0:54:31.799 to get acquired by Apple, So I've done a lot 0:54:31.840 --> 0:54:35.560 of the the actual shortcuts in the app. But the 0:54:35.840 --> 0:54:37.759 it was called workflow originally back in the day. 0:54:37.880 --> 0:54:38.320 Okay. 0:54:38.840 --> 0:54:41.759 I basically was observing it from Afar South. The team 0:54:41.840 --> 0:54:46.040 was super talented engineers, and I could tell I was like, 0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:49.400 this is a very complicated thing. People need to understand 0:54:49.400 --> 0:54:51.160 this a little bit better. And so I joined the 0:54:51.200 --> 0:54:54.000 team to help do some of that marketing stuff, and 0:54:54.040 --> 0:54:58.280 then it got acquired by Apple in a very lucky timing, 0:54:58.320 --> 0:55:02.359 I'll say, And then since then I went independent and 0:55:03.280 --> 0:55:05.760 Shortcuts have been out and released it to the public 0:55:05.840 --> 0:55:09.399 since then inside of Apple, And basically what I do 0:55:09.440 --> 0:55:10.960 now is just teach people how to use it, because I 0:55:11.040 --> 0:55:14.160 was like, I know this tool better than almost anybody, 0:55:14.200 --> 0:55:16.680 so I might as well share with people and give 0:55:16.719 --> 0:55:19.000 away my shortcuts too. That's one of the fun parts 0:55:19.080 --> 0:55:22.400 is Shortcuts are freely distributable, so you can make your 0:55:22.440 --> 0:55:24.759 own and share it with somebody else. That's part of 0:55:24.800 --> 0:55:25.719 the power of it. 0:55:25.960 --> 0:55:28.160 Yeah, it's kind of fun, and it's like it's it's 0:55:28.160 --> 0:55:30.640 really it's so interesting because the iPhone is such a 0:55:31.200 --> 0:55:34.960 mass market consumer advice device, but this is such a 0:55:36.560 --> 0:55:39.680 feature that is like a real power user feature, and 0:55:39.760 --> 0:55:42.360 it reminds me of back in the day on Android, 0:55:42.360 --> 0:55:44.480 I used to tinker with that app called Tasker, which 0:55:44.520 --> 0:55:47.560 I'm sure you're familiar with. Oh yeah, but that was 0:55:47.600 --> 0:55:49.840 like so complicated to do anything. 0:55:49.920 --> 0:55:52.080 It was like, you know, it's just anyway. 0:55:52.120 --> 0:55:55.000 But I'm sure some Android folks listening know that they 0:55:55.120 --> 0:55:57.080 you know, they remember using that, and now, of course 0:55:57.120 --> 0:55:59.759 even on the Samsung they have like routines. Even in 0:55:59.760 --> 0:56:01.920 Google well Home they have routines. It's all kind of 0:56:02.239 --> 0:56:06.120 cut from the same cloth. But explain what shortcuts is 0:56:06.120 --> 0:56:07.560 on the iPhone first off. 0:56:07.920 --> 0:56:12.080 Sure, at its simplest, it's a way to take actions 0:56:12.120 --> 0:56:14.399 that you would normally do in your apps and then 0:56:14.480 --> 0:56:18.160 perform them outside of the app, either standalone using something 0:56:18.200 --> 0:56:21.440 like Siri, or maybe running it from the shortcuts widget 0:56:21.480 --> 0:56:25.040 on your home screen, or combining them into multiple step 0:56:25.400 --> 0:56:28.920 workflow type things that you can then press one button 0:56:29.040 --> 0:56:31.600 and have everything get set up for your work, or 0:56:31.640 --> 0:56:33.399 actually it can actually do some of the work for 0:56:33.440 --> 0:56:36.879 you at certain times. So there's a lot of potential there. 0:56:37.680 --> 0:56:41.160 And like you said, it's very an Apple in some ways, 0:56:41.560 --> 0:56:45.359 partially because it was bought and acquired rather than being 0:56:45.360 --> 0:56:48.160 developed internally, so that might be why you haven't heard 0:56:48.160 --> 0:56:51.080 about it so much until now. But in many ways, 0:56:51.120 --> 0:56:54.920 shortcuts has been getting more advanced and hooking into Siri 0:56:55.120 --> 0:56:58.040 and then now on the action button it's literally part 0:56:58.080 --> 0:57:01.399 of the device itself. So for the for the first time, 0:57:01.440 --> 0:57:03.560 it's kind of being introduced to a ton of people. 0:57:03.600 --> 0:57:05.239 It's like Oh, I have a reason to use this 0:57:05.320 --> 0:57:07.600 now there's just a button there, I can press it 0:57:07.600 --> 0:57:09.200 and it'll do anything that I want. 0:57:09.400 --> 0:57:11.799 Yeah, I mean I certainly took another look at this 0:57:11.920 --> 0:57:13.880 because you know, I've been interested in it and I 0:57:13.920 --> 0:57:16.600 think it's neat. But it's like I wasn't actively using 0:57:16.640 --> 0:57:18.760 them on a daily basis. I know you share your 0:57:19.120 --> 0:57:21.240 kind of your screens all the time, and it's it's 0:57:21.280 --> 0:57:24.480 basically like it reminds me of like a like an 0:57:24.560 --> 0:57:26.479 audio board, you know, because you have so many short 0:57:26.480 --> 0:57:28.360 cuts on our screen, you know, where you just like 0:57:28.400 --> 0:57:31.040 press these little things. What are some like basic kind 0:57:31.080 --> 0:57:33.600 of give me some ideas of how to use this basically, 0:57:35.160 --> 0:57:35.760 at least. 0:57:35.640 --> 0:57:37.480 The one you're referring to was on the Mac, and 0:57:37.720 --> 0:57:40.680 a good one is setting up your screens and your 0:57:40.680 --> 0:57:42.680 windows the way that you want. So if you have 0:57:43.160 --> 0:57:45.200 a certain thing you're doing for work, and it always 0:57:45.200 --> 0:57:46.840 you have the browser on the left and this thing 0:57:46.880 --> 0:57:48.960 on the right, you can have it open to the 0:57:49.040 --> 0:57:51.800 right page, maybe even pull some of the data for 0:57:51.920 --> 0:57:55.080 you and then arrange everything so kind of like switching 0:57:55.160 --> 0:57:58.520 contexts and getting set up to do work, especially work 0:57:58.520 --> 0:58:01.640 you don't want to do shortcuts for that. 0:58:01.240 --> 0:58:02.120 That's like brilliant. 0:58:02.120 --> 0:58:03.960 So you're saying, I can set up all my windows, 0:58:03.960 --> 0:58:05.680 like let's say when I do the radio show on 0:58:05.720 --> 0:58:07.800 the weekend, I have my windows a certain way, I 0:58:07.840 --> 0:58:10.200 open up certain apps, and then during the week I'm 0:58:10.200 --> 0:58:12.080 at the TV station, I have certain apps for that. 0:58:12.240 --> 0:58:14.160 You're saying, I could set a shortcut to just pop 0:58:14.160 --> 0:58:15.959 all those windows into the place I want them. 0:58:15.880 --> 0:58:18.600 In totally, even on the second screen. If you have 0:58:18.680 --> 0:58:22.360 it too, see, yeah, it's exactly the depth of it. 0:58:22.800 --> 0:58:25.480 I think what's hardest about shortcuts is it's like you 0:58:25.480 --> 0:58:28.200 can do anything but that. When you hear that, you 0:58:28.320 --> 0:58:31.240 that means nothing in many ways. So what I did 0:58:31.240 --> 0:58:33.320 when I first was learning the app was just looked 0:58:33.360 --> 0:58:36.600 through all of the actions that are built in, plus 0:58:36.640 --> 0:58:39.000 all of the ones from the apps I've gotten from 0:58:39.040 --> 0:58:41.080 the app store. A lot of times they can provide 0:58:41.120 --> 0:58:44.520 functionality too, So it's definitely worth checking all that out 0:58:44.560 --> 0:58:47.440 because then you can kind of feel out where the 0:58:47.560 --> 0:58:50.960 edges are because if like it can do almost anything 0:58:51.080 --> 0:58:52.440 but not everything. 0:58:53.120 --> 0:58:54.720 Well, I'm still trying to figure out how to get 0:58:54.720 --> 0:58:57.240 it to call up Google Assistant, because there is a 0:58:57.280 --> 0:59:01.120 Google Assistant app and the act button can be mapped 0:59:01.120 --> 0:59:03.520 to it, but it doesn't fire up the microphone, which 0:59:03.560 --> 0:59:05.240 is kind of like the whole point. You know, you 0:59:05.240 --> 0:59:06.920 want it to open up the app and turn on 0:59:06.920 --> 0:59:07.560 the microphone. 0:59:08.000 --> 0:59:10.440 That's a good point I could think of on the spot. 0:59:10.560 --> 0:59:14.720 You could use dictate text in shortcuts and then pass 0:59:14.800 --> 0:59:18.600 that text into the Google Assistant action. See And what's 0:59:18.960 --> 0:59:21.040 this is hilarious because I was gonna mention this as 0:59:21.080 --> 0:59:25.880 one of my clever shortcuts workarounds that Google Assistant thing does. 0:59:26.000 --> 0:59:29.400 Actually you can type in text into the Google Assistant action, 0:59:29.920 --> 0:59:34.240 And so I figured out there's no Xbox integration with shortcuts, 0:59:34.280 --> 0:59:37.440 but Google Assistant has one, and so I use shortcuts 0:59:37.520 --> 0:59:40.360 to ask Google Assistant to open a game on my 0:59:40.560 --> 0:59:43.960 Xbox remotely without opening like having to even touch the 0:59:44.000 --> 0:59:47.080 controller or anything. And it's it's kind of ridiculous, but 0:59:47.160 --> 0:59:51.320 it's also like, it's pretty funny when people people can 0:59:51.360 --> 0:59:55.000 be uh, not so forgiving about siries sometimes, which is 0:59:55.680 --> 1:00:00.160 perhaps just justly earned, but cooking it, turning in the 1:00:00.200 --> 1:00:03.080 serie button into a Google as System button, it's just funny. 1:00:03.280 --> 1:00:06.600 So how should people start, Like, if they've never explored 1:00:06.640 --> 1:00:09.240 this on their phone, how do they start like what 1:00:09.560 --> 1:00:11.520 what do you look for and what do you think 1:00:11.560 --> 1:00:12.160 they should do? 1:00:12.400 --> 1:00:17.520 First off, sure the Shortcuts comes with a starter shortcuts 1:00:17.680 --> 1:00:21.200 collection which they'll put into your library automatically that will 1:00:21.240 --> 1:00:24.320 provide just some basic ideas for you. And then there's 1:00:24.360 --> 1:00:28.200 also in app gallery. When I worked at Workflow, that 1:00:28.360 --> 1:00:30.880 was part of my job was curating that gallery. And 1:00:30.920 --> 1:00:34.160 so in many ways since I've left, I've done the 1:00:34.200 --> 1:00:37.040 same thing on my own and I've released over a 1:00:37.120 --> 1:00:39.439 thousand shortcuts on my website that you can also get, 1:00:39.800 --> 1:00:42.240 and there's tons on Reddit to like a really good 1:00:42.320 --> 1:00:45.040 way is to look at other people's shortcuts and see 1:00:45.440 --> 1:00:48.960 how they're using different functionality beyond just some of the 1:00:48.960 --> 1:00:52.240 basics that you could maybe look around and find yourself, 1:00:52.640 --> 1:00:56.680 because you do quickly get into some sort of scripting stuff, 1:00:56.880 --> 1:00:59.680 just little things that are confusing at first, but if 1:00:59.680 --> 1:01:02.080 you see someone else use it, then you can kind 1:01:02.080 --> 1:01:05.360 of learn from that. That's how I honestly started originally, 1:01:05.440 --> 1:01:07.840 was just like what are these other people doing? Then 1:01:07.880 --> 1:01:11.720 I can kind of recreate it for myself, But then 1:01:11.840 --> 1:01:15.080 just kind of observing what you actually do during the day, 1:01:15.240 --> 1:01:18.360 Like take a week and take note of what you 1:01:18.440 --> 1:01:21.560 do during the day and then make the automations afterwards. 1:01:22.240 --> 1:01:24.920 I have a bad habit of coming up with an 1:01:24.920 --> 1:01:26.840 idea and then figuring out how I can use it. 1:01:26.920 --> 1:01:29.640 But really you want to solve your actual problems first 1:01:29.840 --> 1:01:34.840 rather than something that's like theoretical, so that's always helpful. 1:01:35.200 --> 1:01:39.560 And then also starting with automations and just finding little 1:01:39.640 --> 1:01:42.720 things that happen regularly throughout your day that then you 1:01:42.760 --> 1:01:45.160 could turn on the lights when you get home or 1:01:45.200 --> 1:01:49.080 something in a specific way. One thing that happens with 1:01:49.240 --> 1:01:54.880 home automations is you can't run actions from apps, but 1:01:54.960 --> 1:01:59.160 with shortcuts personal automations now you can do location triggers, 1:01:59.280 --> 1:02:01.919 so you can like when I get home, this third 1:02:01.920 --> 1:02:04.920 party app runs a function that's new and I was seventeen. 1:02:05.240 --> 1:02:09.000 So automations are good just because it gives you the 1:02:09.120 --> 1:02:11.000 value without you ever having to do anything. 1:02:11.080 --> 1:02:13.760 Yeah, I've been wanting to figure out and every time 1:02:13.800 --> 1:02:15.320 I come home from work, I do the same thing. 1:02:15.880 --> 1:02:18.760 I play music on my Sono speakers, and I'm like, 1:02:19.160 --> 1:02:22.600 there has to be a way to automatically trigger that, 1:02:22.640 --> 1:02:24.680 and I know there is, but I have yet to 1:02:24.880 --> 1:02:27.000 like put the time and effort into figuring out how 1:02:27.000 --> 1:02:29.200 to do that. But it would just it's like something 1:02:29.240 --> 1:02:31.320 I do every single day. I you know, go to 1:02:31.400 --> 1:02:33.840 my app, I open up the sonosapp, and I choose 1:02:33.840 --> 1:02:36.600 like a station that's usually my favorites, and then I 1:02:36.720 --> 1:02:39.440 adjust the grouping and I adjust the volume. I am 1:02:39.520 --> 1:02:41.680 sure I can automate that process. I just don't know 1:02:41.720 --> 1:02:43.600 how to do it, or I haven't put the time 1:02:43.640 --> 1:02:45.280 into figuring out how to do it, because I'm sure 1:02:45.280 --> 1:02:47.640 there's multiple ways. But it's one of those things where 1:02:47.680 --> 1:02:50.160 again what you're saying, you look at your life and 1:02:50.200 --> 1:02:51.919 you see the things that you do over and over 1:02:51.960 --> 1:02:54.080 and you say, how can I make this easier? So, 1:02:54.320 --> 1:02:58.000 for instance, if you're always you know, converting a photo 1:02:58.200 --> 1:03:01.320 into you know, a jpeg to a PDF or something, 1:03:01.360 --> 1:03:04.160 or PDF into a jpeg whatever, you can use shortcuts 1:03:04.160 --> 1:03:05.760 to do those kind of things too, right. 1:03:06.280 --> 1:03:09.800 Totally, those are great, especially if you are working with 1:03:10.280 --> 1:03:14.680 text or files or images. Shortcuts is really powerful with that. 1:03:15.960 --> 1:03:19.800 I may generate hundreds of icons for my website and 1:03:20.920 --> 1:03:23.200 put all of my data onto my blog in ways 1:03:23.240 --> 1:03:26.240 that there's no way I would do this without being 1:03:26.280 --> 1:03:30.800 able to automate it. So that's created my whole business model. 1:03:31.480 --> 1:03:34.000 I think what's always confusing for me is it's about shortcuts, 1:03:34.000 --> 1:03:36.240 So it gets very meta when I'm explaining it because 1:03:36.280 --> 1:03:39.520 I'm publishing shortcuts on my site. But it's still regardless 1:03:39.960 --> 1:03:42.160 if you were just making documents or things like that. 1:03:42.760 --> 1:03:47.520 Sometimes what's hard about shortcuts is sort of abstracting from 1:03:47.560 --> 1:03:50.920 the app into kind of the content that you're using 1:03:51.040 --> 1:03:54.120 in that app. So like most apps are just files 1:03:54.240 --> 1:03:58.000 or text or images or something like that, and you 1:03:58.040 --> 1:04:01.640 can use shortcuts to work with that data and then 1:04:01.800 --> 1:04:04.360 just paste it into the app if that app didn't 1:04:04.360 --> 1:04:08.200 support it too, all right, and before I forget Soro 1:04:08.520 --> 1:04:11.320 for Sonos is the app that you need. And then 1:04:12.440 --> 1:04:15.760 it also wasn't possible until iOS seventeen to do okay 1:04:15.840 --> 1:04:19.680 type of location automations. Yes, automatically, so now they can 1:04:19.760 --> 1:04:21.080 run immediately, which is great. 1:04:21.200 --> 1:04:24.480 Okay, so when I get home, okay, yeah, Sorrow for Sos, 1:04:24.520 --> 1:04:26.360 I'll be downloading that and real quick before I run 1:04:26.760 --> 1:04:29.480 what is your iPhone fifteen action button set? 1:04:29.520 --> 1:04:35.040 To mine? I have to get my current focus and 1:04:35.080 --> 1:04:38.200 then let me run other shortcuts depending on that. So 1:04:38.280 --> 1:04:41.160 something like if I'm in my personal mode, it'll turn 1:04:41.200 --> 1:04:43.560 on the TV and then if I'm in work mode 1:04:43.680 --> 1:04:47.080 when that I love It'll use a remote login on 1:04:47.160 --> 1:04:50.480 my Mac to wake my macup remotely from my phone. 1:04:50.880 --> 1:04:51.320 I love it. 1:04:51.360 --> 1:04:54.160 You've got a shortcut set for the shortcuts Matthew Cassinelli. 1:04:55.120 --> 1:04:58.280 Matthewcassonelli dot com is the website. If you want to 1:04:58.320 --> 1:05:01.760 subscribe to his news letter or look at his shortcuts, 1:05:02.000 --> 1:05:03.320 it'll be linked up on my website. 1:05:03.400 --> 1:05:05.560 Rich on Tech dot tv. Thanks for joining me today. 1:05:06.040 --> 1:05:09.040 Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:05:09.120 --> 1:05:11.840 four to two four one zero one. This is rich 1:05:11.880 --> 1:05:22.400 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Eighty eight 1:05:22.520 --> 1:05:24.720 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 1:05:24.720 --> 1:05:28.240 two four one zero one. Blue Green sent me a 1:05:28.680 --> 1:05:31.960 DM on Instagram at rich on Tech and it was 1:05:32.000 --> 1:05:36.160 a scammer impersonating Sandra Bullock. And he said, Uh, why 1:05:36.240 --> 1:05:38.040 is this person trying so hard to meet me? What? 1:05:38.480 --> 1:05:41.160 What what happens if I chat with them? Curious if 1:05:41.160 --> 1:05:42.960 they tried chatting with you? And what happens if you 1:05:43.000 --> 1:05:45.800 talk to them? And good question number one. I don't 1:05:46.160 --> 1:05:48.840 think you should engage with these people, these scam artists 1:05:48.920 --> 1:05:52.920 that you know they're impersonating someone else on Instagram, Facebook, whatever. 1:05:53.280 --> 1:05:55.479 But the bottom line is they are going to try 1:05:55.520 --> 1:05:57.640 to scam you. So I did this the other day 1:05:58.560 --> 1:06:01.920 a guy I know, he was you know, they set 1:06:02.000 --> 1:06:04.320 up a bogus account that looked just like his, grabbed 1:06:04.320 --> 1:06:06.760 his pictures, and they started chatting with me, and so 1:06:06.840 --> 1:06:08.120 of course I'm just curious. 1:06:08.560 --> 1:06:10.479 So I chatted with him. I said, Hey, how you doing, 1:06:10.600 --> 1:06:11.200 what's going on? 1:06:11.320 --> 1:06:13.120 I missed you at the last Apple event, you know, 1:06:13.160 --> 1:06:14.919 bl blah blah blah, knowing he wasn't even there. 1:06:15.600 --> 1:06:17.560 And the person's like, oh, yeah, how's work. 1:06:17.600 --> 1:06:20.200 And you know, we talked a little little niceties back 1:06:20.240 --> 1:06:22.720 and forth, and I kept trying to drop little things 1:06:22.760 --> 1:06:25.120 that I know only this person would know, the real 1:06:25.160 --> 1:06:28.560 person that this scam artist wouldn't, but he kept ignoring 1:06:28.600 --> 1:06:30.960 those parts of the questioning anyway. 1:06:31.320 --> 1:06:34.280 Finally, what did he get to, Hey, I've been really. 1:06:34.040 --> 1:06:36.720 Getting into crypto and uh, you know, I think that 1:06:36.760 --> 1:06:38.280 it would be great for you to do this. 1:06:38.600 --> 1:06:40.200 And what do they want you to do? 1:06:40.280 --> 1:06:42.080 They want you to download some app, they want you 1:06:42.200 --> 1:06:46.520 to transfer some money. They want to scam you. Be careful, 1:06:46.680 --> 1:06:49.840 be aware. And it looks like someone you know, they're 1:06:49.840 --> 1:06:52.600 not asking for help. They're not you know, just be aware. 1:06:53.120 --> 1:06:55.000 They a lot of times people do it for me, 1:06:55.240 --> 1:06:58.160 So they will they will clone my accounts and it 1:06:58.160 --> 1:07:01.360 will look like me and it'll say private or subscribe 1:07:01.480 --> 1:07:02.000 or whatever. 1:07:02.480 --> 1:07:04.400 It's not me. I am not friending you. 1:07:07.400 --> 1:07:10.320 Sorry to say, but I'm not reaching out to random 1:07:10.360 --> 1:07:12.880 people on the internet that listen to me and saying, hey, 1:07:12.880 --> 1:07:13.680 will you be my friend. 1:07:13.760 --> 1:07:15.360 I don't do that, just so you know. 1:07:16.840 --> 1:07:21.480 Uh, let's see, chat gybt is getting voice and image capabilities. 1:07:21.520 --> 1:07:24.280 Open a eyes, rolling out a new voice and image 1:07:24.280 --> 1:07:27.680 features and chat gbt. These are for paying subscribers right now. 1:07:27.720 --> 1:07:30.320 Maybe it'll come to the rest of us later. So 1:07:30.520 --> 1:07:32.880 the voice feature allows you to have back and forth 1:07:32.960 --> 1:07:36.640 conversational interactions. So if you want to try this, you can, 1:07:36.680 --> 1:07:38.880 and you pay for chat GBT and you have the app, 1:07:39.320 --> 1:07:41.640 go to settings and new features. It was not in 1:07:41.720 --> 1:07:43.800 my app the last I checked. Maybe it's there now 1:07:44.320 --> 1:07:49.320 checked yesterday. The voices sound great, They're very conversational, pretty impressive. 1:07:49.640 --> 1:07:53.360 The image feature lets you send a photo to chat 1:07:53.360 --> 1:07:56.680 gbt and it can analyze it. And the coolest part 1:07:56.720 --> 1:07:58.400 is you can even draw on the picture. Like let's 1:07:58.400 --> 1:08:00.360 say you want to repair a bike and you draw 1:08:00.760 --> 1:08:03.360 you take a picture and you draw on your phone 1:08:03.440 --> 1:08:05.440 like the part that you want to replace. You can say, 1:08:05.440 --> 1:08:07.520 what's this part of this bike and we'll try to 1:08:07.520 --> 1:08:09.520 figure out what bike that is and what that part is. 1:08:10.160 --> 1:08:14.720 So cool, new features coming to chat, GBT Voice and Chat. 1:08:15.240 --> 1:08:20.839 It's just incredible, incredible to see how these AI systems 1:08:20.880 --> 1:08:24.759 are progressing at a very very fast clip. And it's scary, 1:08:25.200 --> 1:08:29.679 it really is, because they're so good, but they're so wrong. 1:08:29.760 --> 1:08:33.920 Sometimes you have to be careful. They do hallucinate Karen 1:08:33.960 --> 1:08:36.599 and San Pedro, San Pedro, How do you say that, 1:08:36.960 --> 1:08:39.519 San Pedro, San Pedro? 1:08:40.080 --> 1:08:43.400 Oh, you can say either one. Yes, there you go. Karen, 1:08:43.439 --> 1:08:45.000 you're on with Rich. What can I help you with? 1:08:45.160 --> 1:08:47.759 Thank you Rich for taking my call. I have actually 1:08:47.760 --> 1:08:50.920 two questions that're kind of related. I have a Galaxy 1:08:51.040 --> 1:08:55.000 A ten e, which is probably an old model. You 1:08:55.040 --> 1:08:57.360 probably know how old it is, I'm not sure, probably 1:08:57.400 --> 1:09:03.240 pre COVID. I'm having problems with charging it the original charger. 1:09:03.439 --> 1:09:05.920 I have to practically stand on my head to get 1:09:05.960 --> 1:09:09.479 it to charge. Talk to a guy at a Kiosk 1:09:09.520 --> 1:09:13.520 and he said, oh, just get another one online Amazon 1:09:13.600 --> 1:09:16.479 and that'll work. No, it did not. A friend gave 1:09:16.520 --> 1:09:19.559 me one of those chargers that have multiple charging units 1:09:19.600 --> 1:09:24.240 in it that did not work. So do I need 1:09:24.280 --> 1:09:26.400 to get a new phone? I really don't want to. 1:09:26.439 --> 1:09:28.320 And if I do need to get a new phone, 1:09:28.520 --> 1:09:30.840 what kind would I get that similar? Because when I 1:09:30.880 --> 1:09:33.479 go to the vendor, I don't want them to try 1:09:33.520 --> 1:09:35.880 to upsale me and say, oh you need this and 1:09:35.920 --> 1:09:36.680 this and this and this. 1:09:37.280 --> 1:09:40.479 Yeah. Okay, So first off, have you checked has anyone 1:09:40.520 --> 1:09:42.080 cleaned out the charging area? 1:09:42.640 --> 1:09:42.760 No? 1:09:42.960 --> 1:09:45.120 Okay, because a lot of times when things aren't charging, 1:09:45.200 --> 1:09:47.960 there's just lint in there and it's holding the it's 1:09:47.960 --> 1:09:51.080 holding the connection back, and so that is that is 1:09:51.120 --> 1:09:52.720 the number one thing to do is maybe get a 1:09:52.760 --> 1:09:56.880 little candare or a toothpick and very gently clean out 1:09:56.960 --> 1:09:59.920 that little area that is, you know, where you plug 1:09:59.920 --> 1:10:03.000 the charger in, So that's number one. If that doesn't work, 1:10:03.040 --> 1:10:04.559 and then try to plug it in. Now, be careful, 1:10:04.560 --> 1:10:06.000 you don't want to ruin your phone. But you can 1:10:06.000 --> 1:10:10.000 also take a Q tip and I'm even loath to 1:10:10.120 --> 1:10:12.840 like recommend this, but a little tiny rubbing alcohol and 1:10:12.880 --> 1:10:15.200 maybe kind of clean in that area as well. That 1:10:15.240 --> 1:10:17.400 could help make sure it's very very dry. You do 1:10:17.479 --> 1:10:19.760 not want to get that wet in that area. So 1:10:20.600 --> 1:10:23.679 that's number one and plug it in see if that works. 1:10:23.720 --> 1:10:26.719 If it doesn't, you can take it to a place 1:10:27.040 --> 1:10:31.720 like I mentioned this earlier, but Asurian they will they 1:10:31.720 --> 1:10:34.080 will see what's wrong with your phone for free. So 1:10:34.120 --> 1:10:36.240 you can take it to one of those uh one 1:10:36.240 --> 1:10:39.640 of those Asurian places as U r Io n and 1:10:39.680 --> 1:10:41.640 they will say what's wrong with it. You don't have 1:10:41.680 --> 1:10:44.200 to pay them unless you get the repair done, but 1:10:44.200 --> 1:10:46.280 they can say, oh yeah, your charging port is totally 1:10:46.439 --> 1:10:50.120 is totally ruined. Now if you find out that the 1:10:50.280 --> 1:10:52.920 repair is, you know, two hundred and fifty three hundred dollars, 1:10:53.000 --> 1:10:55.559 it's not worth it for this phone. So I would 1:10:55.640 --> 1:11:01.240 recommend a new phone. So for budget phones, the one 1:11:01.280 --> 1:11:05.040 I like, I would go with the Pixel seven A. 1:11:05.720 --> 1:11:08.519 And the Pixel seven A is going to be a great, 1:11:08.640 --> 1:11:13.360 great phone. It's it's about five hundred dollars. You might 1:11:13.360 --> 1:11:15.280 be able to get it cheaper online, but that's going 1:11:15.320 --> 1:11:17.599 to be a really good phone. It's going to take 1:11:17.600 --> 1:11:20.000 great pictures, the software is going to last a long time. 1:11:20.400 --> 1:11:23.720 The other one is the one plus Nord they have 1:11:23.760 --> 1:11:27.599 a great budget phone. And then the Samsung I think 1:11:28.160 --> 1:11:30.320 it's the A. What do you have the A ten? 1:11:30.800 --> 1:11:33.160 So I think the A fourteen is the newest kind 1:11:33.200 --> 1:11:35.639 of like budget Samsung. They have a bunch of budget phones. 1:11:35.880 --> 1:11:38.960 I don't typically review too many of them, but that 1:11:39.080 --> 1:11:41.880 will work as well. But if it's if it's too 1:11:41.880 --> 1:11:43.840 expensive and it's not working, you know, you got to 1:11:43.880 --> 1:11:45.920 get the new phone. But I would take it in 1:11:46.040 --> 1:11:48.760 and see if they can diagnose it for free, but 1:11:48.840 --> 1:11:49.639 clean out the area. 1:11:49.680 --> 1:11:50.080 The lint. 1:11:50.640 --> 1:11:52.720 My kid discovered lint last night. He put his hand 1:11:52.760 --> 1:11:54.120 in his pocket. He said, Dad, I have all these 1:11:54.160 --> 1:11:56.000 like dirt in my pocket and I said, let me 1:11:56.040 --> 1:11:57.000 see it, and he shows. 1:11:56.720 --> 1:11:56.960 It to me. 1:11:57.000 --> 1:11:59.479 I go, that's called lint. How amazing. Nine year old 1:11:59.479 --> 1:12:02.800 didn't even know link was. You're listening to rich on Tech. 1:12:04.479 --> 1:12:08.080 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:12:08.120 --> 1:12:12.320 out with you talking technology at triple eight Rich one 1:12:12.400 --> 1:12:12.760 oh one. 1:12:12.880 --> 1:12:14.840 That's eight eight eight seven. 1:12:14.640 --> 1:12:18.080 Four to two four one zero one. Give me a 1:12:18.120 --> 1:12:21.880 call if you have a question. I've got emails. I've 1:12:21.920 --> 1:12:24.559 got so much to get through. It's like this is 1:12:25.880 --> 1:12:28.200 it's just wild how much I bring to the show 1:12:28.200 --> 1:12:30.559 every week and how much I still want to tell 1:12:30.600 --> 1:12:33.680 you even after I'm done with the show, and we 1:12:33.840 --> 1:12:36.479 pack a lot in believe me, but there's still there's 1:12:36.479 --> 1:12:39.360 a lot on the docket here. I got an email 1:12:39.520 --> 1:12:42.559 from Marci. Hey, Rich, I'm listening to you right now. 1:12:42.640 --> 1:12:47.320 I saw your Instagram stories about the new adaptive noise 1:12:47.360 --> 1:12:52.040 reduction for AirPods with iOS seventeen. I have AirPods Pro 1:12:53.040 --> 1:12:54.960 and iOS seventeen, but it's not there. 1:12:55.439 --> 1:12:56.479 I hope you can answer this. 1:12:56.720 --> 1:12:59.400 You're the best. Congrats on taking over this show. I've 1:12:59.439 --> 1:13:03.120 watched you for years on KTLA. Thanks Marcy. Okay, so 1:13:04.560 --> 1:13:08.760 what Marcy is talking about is on iOS seventeen and 1:13:08.880 --> 1:13:12.800 AirPods Pro, any version of AirPods Pro by the way, 1:13:12.840 --> 1:13:15.599 the new ones and the ones with the old charging case, 1:13:16.200 --> 1:13:19.519 there is a new feature that is just incredible. It's 1:13:19.520 --> 1:13:24.320 called adaptive noise control. And this is not invented by Apple. 1:13:24.400 --> 1:13:28.120 This is done on some other earbuds as well that 1:13:28.160 --> 1:13:31.000 I've tested over the years, but Apple's works really well. 1:13:31.040 --> 1:13:33.800 It's like uncanny because I will tell you I've gone 1:13:33.840 --> 1:13:38.000 from being able to wear the AirPods Pro for like 1:13:38.160 --> 1:13:41.759 a couple of minutes to like now all day because 1:13:42.040 --> 1:13:46.760 this adaptive audio listens to your surroundings and it will 1:13:46.800 --> 1:13:51.640 adjust accordingly. So if you've very used noise canceling headphones, 1:13:51.720 --> 1:13:54.040 you know that sometimes it can sound like you're underwater 1:13:54.080 --> 1:13:56.680 because it's just like very like you know, it just 1:13:56.800 --> 1:13:59.920 fills like your entire ears with like nothing except like 1:14:00.080 --> 1:14:01.800 your own sound of your ears, like kind of like 1:14:01.840 --> 1:14:04.559 when you put a shell up your ear listening to 1:14:04.600 --> 1:14:07.160 the ocean in it. That's what it sounds like to 1:14:07.200 --> 1:14:10.280 have a noise canceling headphones sometimes or these earbuds, I 1:14:10.280 --> 1:14:13.840 should say headphones maybe not so much, but the earbuds specifically. 1:14:14.479 --> 1:14:16.400 And so they came up with this new adaptive noise 1:14:16.439 --> 1:14:20.880 canceling or noise control, which blends active noise cancelation and 1:14:21.040 --> 1:14:25.200 transparency mode. So what's transparency mode. Transparency mode is when 1:14:25.240 --> 1:14:28.400 the earbuds let in the outside sounds that you can 1:14:28.400 --> 1:14:30.880 hear stuff, but they're not actually letting it in. They're 1:14:30.920 --> 1:14:34.160 just using the microphones to pass that sound to your ears. 1:14:34.520 --> 1:14:37.400 So that's also sounded weird in the past. But Apple 1:14:37.479 --> 1:14:40.960 somehow magically mixed these two things together and came up 1:14:40.960 --> 1:14:44.000 with this new adaptive noise control that works really really well. 1:14:44.600 --> 1:14:47.679 So Marci, to answer your question, you have to update 1:14:47.720 --> 1:14:51.559 the firmware on your air pods, and this is typically 1:14:51.560 --> 1:14:55.160 done automatically while your AirPods are charging and when they're 1:14:55.200 --> 1:14:58.240 in Bluetooth range of your phone, but that's not always 1:14:58.280 --> 1:15:00.000 the case. Maybe you charge them not near your phone 1:15:00.120 --> 1:15:02.080 and so that doesn't they don't get the new software. 1:15:02.160 --> 1:15:07.560 So if you want to go into your your Bluetooth 1:15:07.640 --> 1:15:10.040 on your iPhone, that's how you can check to see 1:15:10.080 --> 1:15:12.759 if these things are up to date. And the version 1:15:12.800 --> 1:15:17.120 that you need is six A three hundred or six 1:15:17.200 --> 1:15:20.800 A three oh one. And again this only applies to 1:15:20.880 --> 1:15:25.599 AirPods Pro second generation. I don't believe. Yeah, it's only 1:15:25.600 --> 1:15:28.360 the second generation, so it's the ones with the USBC 1:15:28.600 --> 1:15:31.280 case and also the lightning case. It's not the first 1:15:31.320 --> 1:15:33.320 generation of the AirPods Pro. So if you have those, 1:15:33.360 --> 1:15:36.080 you're not going to get this. So now, Marci, that 1:15:36.160 --> 1:15:38.799 may be the case here. You might have the first generation, 1:15:39.760 --> 1:15:42.519 So you got to figure out which generation AirPods Pro 1:15:42.600 --> 1:15:46.160 you have. But once you do that, definitely enable the 1:15:46.760 --> 1:15:49.559 adaptive audio. And the way you do that is you 1:15:49.600 --> 1:15:52.120 swipe down from the upper right hand corner of your phone, 1:15:52.560 --> 1:15:55.720 you press and hold on the volume control and at 1:15:55.720 --> 1:15:57.559 the bottom. You should see as long as you're connected 1:15:57.600 --> 1:16:00.280 to your AirPods, you should see that adaptive audio. I 1:16:00.320 --> 1:16:03.680 put this on my Instagram stories. That's where Marshy saw it. 1:16:04.240 --> 1:16:05.760 But that's what you want to do. If you're on 1:16:06.000 --> 1:16:08.880 your iPhone, you just want to go to your settings 1:16:08.920 --> 1:16:12.200 your Bluetooth and tap the eye next to the name 1:16:12.240 --> 1:16:14.880 of your AirPods and you can see in there if 1:16:14.920 --> 1:16:16.080 there is a software update. 1:16:16.120 --> 1:16:17.160 So I can go in here. 1:16:17.760 --> 1:16:20.320 And I tap the eye and once it's connected, it 1:16:20.360 --> 1:16:22.080 will show you if there is a software update for 1:16:22.120 --> 1:16:24.320 those so good question. 1:16:24.280 --> 1:16:26.000 And it really is. I'm not kidding. 1:16:26.040 --> 1:16:26.400 I mean. 1:16:26.520 --> 1:16:29.599 The cool thing about that mode is that, for instance, 1:16:29.600 --> 1:16:31.599 when you're on the plane and you're listening to something 1:16:31.640 --> 1:16:34.559 on your AirPods with the noise cancelation, or if you're 1:16:34.560 --> 1:16:37.040 an adaptive and the flight attendant comes up to you 1:16:37.040 --> 1:16:38.800 and says, hey, you know, would you like to get 1:16:38.840 --> 1:16:41.280 a meal, a snack, whatever. Most of the time you 1:16:41.320 --> 1:16:43.320 have to take your you gotta rip your air your 1:16:43.320 --> 1:16:46.200 ear pod out right, your earbud has to come out 1:16:46.200 --> 1:16:47.880 of your ear so you can talk to them. But 1:16:48.000 --> 1:16:51.080 with this mode, when you start talking, it will automatically 1:16:51.120 --> 1:16:54.400 reduce the noise cancelations so that you can hear them, 1:16:54.680 --> 1:16:58.000 and it does a really good job of it. Google 1:16:58.200 --> 1:17:03.160 is ending gmails Basic HTML version in twenty twenty four. 1:17:03.880 --> 1:17:07.400 So Google's going to discontinue this basic HTML version of 1:17:07.439 --> 1:17:11.280 Gmail that's been around since like day one. They're getting 1:17:11.360 --> 1:17:15.280 rid of that in January twenty twenty four. HTML Basic 1:17:15.360 --> 1:17:18.400 is a stripped down version of Gmail that's was designed 1:17:18.400 --> 1:17:22.960 for slower connections and also old browsers. And Google says 1:17:23.000 --> 1:17:25.400 that this did not have all the functionality of Gmail, 1:17:26.080 --> 1:17:27.760 so they are going to get rid of it. 1:17:28.840 --> 1:17:29.559 And the. 1:17:31.120 --> 1:17:34.559 Visually impaired community has been very unhappy over this because 1:17:34.560 --> 1:17:38.080 they say that a lot of them use this HTML view. 1:17:38.479 --> 1:17:41.000 Now that's just based on some reports I've seen online. 1:17:41.040 --> 1:17:43.080 I've yet to have someone kind of email me or 1:17:43.080 --> 1:17:46.720 tell me that. But whenever something gets whenever something is 1:17:47.560 --> 1:17:51.240 changed or a company takes away something that people use, 1:17:51.320 --> 1:17:54.080 and Gmail has a lot of users, you know, people 1:17:54.080 --> 1:17:54.559 get angry. 1:17:54.600 --> 1:17:54.720 Now. 1:17:54.760 --> 1:17:56.720 I think Google knows how many people are using this 1:17:56.760 --> 1:17:58.719 basic HTML and it's. 1:17:58.600 --> 1:18:01.960 Probably not enough for them to continue developing it. 1:18:02.680 --> 1:18:02.840 Now. 1:18:02.880 --> 1:18:05.080 I tried to bring up this version of Gmail. 1:18:05.400 --> 1:18:08.400 If you have a fast internet connection, it's almost impossible 1:18:08.800 --> 1:18:11.080 because it shows up at the bottom of your screen 1:18:11.360 --> 1:18:14.679 so fast that you have to be ready to tap 1:18:14.760 --> 1:18:18.719 it when you load your Gmail because it happens so fast. 1:18:18.720 --> 1:18:21.160 So I just did it, and now I'm viewing my 1:18:21.280 --> 1:18:26.080 Gmail in basic HTML and it is so weird looking. 1:18:26.160 --> 1:18:28.679 It looks like what Gmail looked like when it launched. 1:18:28.800 --> 1:18:30.320 I mean, it's kind of fun. Actually, if you can 1:18:30.360 --> 1:18:32.880 do it, you put your mouse in the lower right 1:18:32.880 --> 1:18:35.040 hand corner of your browser and then bring up Gmail. 1:18:35.080 --> 1:18:36.600 You might have to refresh a couple of times, but 1:18:36.640 --> 1:18:39.000 you click as soon as you bring up Gmail and 1:18:39.040 --> 1:18:41.759 it says basic htmlview and it's pretty wild. 1:18:43.080 --> 1:18:46.240 So that's basic htmlview. Let's see what else. 1:18:46.280 --> 1:18:52.120 Oh, remember that whole thing with the iPhone where it 1:18:52.240 --> 1:18:55.639 was the French authorities said that there's too much radiation 1:18:55.800 --> 1:18:58.960 in the iPhone twelve. Well, Apple put out a software update. 1:18:59.000 --> 1:19:04.200 According to Reuters, it's all good now. So the suspension 1:19:04.320 --> 1:19:07.479 of iPhone sales earlier this month because of the radiation 1:19:07.680 --> 1:19:11.320 output on the iPhone twelve has been It's all been solved. 1:19:11.600 --> 1:19:14.000 So good to hear that. 1:19:14.880 --> 1:19:17.200 Triple A rich one on one eight eight eight seven 1:19:17.320 --> 1:19:21.320 four to two four one zero one Antonio is in Covina, California. 1:19:21.360 --> 1:19:23.800 You're on with Rich Hi Rich. 1:19:24.280 --> 1:19:26.559 So this may sound like a silly question, but I'm 1:19:26.600 --> 1:19:30.200 not really tech savvy. So I got on laptop, you know, 1:19:30.200 --> 1:19:32.120 with the Labor Day sales. It was really pretty cheap, 1:19:33.120 --> 1:19:35.479 and I'm just wondering, if I'm not using it, do 1:19:35.520 --> 1:19:37.280 I keep it plugged in like with that during the 1:19:37.320 --> 1:19:40.320 battery faster or over targe a battery, or should I 1:19:40.400 --> 1:19:42.080 unplug it every time I'm not using it? 1:19:42.760 --> 1:19:45.680 Good question, you know, it's one of these things. It's 1:19:45.720 --> 1:19:49.040 kind of like an eternal debate on the internet whether 1:19:49.120 --> 1:19:51.840 to keep things plugged in, whether to take them or 1:19:51.880 --> 1:19:55.519 to unplug them. I feel like it's probably better to 1:19:55.600 --> 1:19:59.200 leave it plugged in it because your laptop is going 1:19:59.280 --> 1:20:02.559 to use the power its own power management to kind 1:20:02.560 --> 1:20:05.200 of say, okay, we've got power coming in from this cord, 1:20:06.040 --> 1:20:08.040 you know, the batteries at this percentage, and we're just 1:20:08.120 --> 1:20:11.839 gonna keep the battery topped off. In fact, Tesla recommends 1:20:11.840 --> 1:20:13.400 that you leave your car plugged in all the time 1:20:13.400 --> 1:20:14.760 when you're not using it. Let's say you go on 1:20:14.760 --> 1:20:17.439 a vacation or something like that, so it's always topped off. 1:20:17.479 --> 1:20:20.000 And it can better manage its power. If you leave 1:20:20.040 --> 1:20:23.160 this thing unplugged, what's gonna happen is it's gonna cycle 1:20:23.200 --> 1:20:26.960 through the battery every single time you unplug it, versus 1:20:27.000 --> 1:20:29.880 just topping it off a little bit as necessary. And 1:20:29.920 --> 1:20:31.760 when you go through a battery cycle, they only have 1:20:31.800 --> 1:20:35.040 a certain amount of cycles before they go bad. And 1:20:35.120 --> 1:20:38.400 so when you're constantly draining it and bringing it back 1:20:38.439 --> 1:20:40.679 up to one hundred, that puts a lot of pressure 1:20:40.720 --> 1:20:45.320 on the battery. So some people believe that you should 1:20:46.120 --> 1:20:48.519 leave this plugged in all the time. I pretty much 1:20:48.720 --> 1:20:51.160 believe that I leave my stuff plugged in a majority 1:20:51.200 --> 1:20:54.400 of the time. I will say, with the newest Apple laptop, 1:20:54.880 --> 1:20:57.960 it almost doesn't need to be ever plugged in, which 1:20:58.000 --> 1:21:01.960 is kind of weird because the battery is so good. 1:21:02.880 --> 1:21:06.320 But I think it really depends on what you believe 1:21:06.320 --> 1:21:09.040 and what you want to believe. I just feel like 1:21:09.160 --> 1:21:10.960 it's better to leave it plugged in if you're using 1:21:10.960 --> 1:21:12.800 your laptop all the time and you have it on 1:21:12.840 --> 1:21:15.679 your desk. It just seems like it's easier also than 1:21:16.200 --> 1:21:18.280 trying to figure out when your battery is going to 1:21:18.320 --> 1:21:19.880 be dead. Now there's gonna be people that debate me 1:21:19.920 --> 1:21:21.400 on this. They're going to say, Rich, you should never 1:21:21.479 --> 1:21:23.920 leave your computer plugged in all the time. I just 1:21:23.960 --> 1:21:28.519 think that Antonio, by unplugging this, you're actually putting more 1:21:28.560 --> 1:21:31.000 wear and tear on the battery, because, like I said, 1:21:31.120 --> 1:21:34.400 every single time this battery drains, you are going to 1:21:34.439 --> 1:21:37.040 be using a cycle of that battery. And if you 1:21:37.080 --> 1:21:40.960 look at the look up battery cycles, and you can 1:21:41.000 --> 1:21:44.639 see how many cycles, it's a finite number. In fact, 1:21:44.880 --> 1:21:48.839 on the Mac computers, it'll tell you how many battery 1:21:48.840 --> 1:21:52.680 cycles you've used with your battery. And so if you 1:21:52.720 --> 1:21:56.960 go into the settings and then the system settings, there 1:21:57.080 --> 1:21:59.800 is a way to see on the system report how 1:21:59.800 --> 1:22:03.160 many battery cycles. Let's see mine I'm looking at Let's 1:22:03.200 --> 1:22:06.280 go to battery. Where are you a battery? Well, I 1:22:06.320 --> 1:22:07.840 can't find it, of course when I need it, I 1:22:07.880 --> 1:22:10.360 can't find it. But it'll tell you how many battery 1:22:10.360 --> 1:22:13.800 cycles you've used on your computer. And you can see 1:22:13.840 --> 1:22:15.720 I'll say, like you know, out of like I don't know, 1:22:15.760 --> 1:22:16.599 five hundred cycles. 1:22:16.680 --> 1:22:18.439 Whatever gets here? We go? Power? Is that it? There? 1:22:18.439 --> 1:22:19.120 We go battery? 1:22:20.160 --> 1:22:23.799 So it'll say fully charged, yes, charging, no state of charge, okay, 1:22:24.320 --> 1:22:29.440 Health information cycle count eighty two condition normal maximum capacity 1:22:29.560 --> 1:22:32.719 is one hundred. So that means that even though Antonio, 1:22:32.800 --> 1:22:35.000 the information I'm giving you about how I use my computer, 1:22:35.479 --> 1:22:37.839 my battery is still at one hundred percent. This computer 1:22:38.080 --> 1:22:40.760 given is only you know, six months old, maybe it's 1:22:40.800 --> 1:22:42.280 a year. I don't remember when I got this thing. 1:22:42.600 --> 1:22:45.360 You could also check on your phones for battery cycle. 1:22:45.680 --> 1:22:46.960 I already taught you how to do it on the 1:22:47.640 --> 1:22:51.559 Samsung Pixel. I believe they just built it in as well. 1:22:51.600 --> 1:22:55.280 But this idea of battery cycle is getting much more 1:22:55.320 --> 1:22:58.360 popular because people are realizing they can't use and abuse 1:22:58.400 --> 1:23:01.040 these batteries and just expect them to last forever. They 1:23:01.080 --> 1:23:04.400 do have a finite life, and especially how much we're 1:23:04.439 --> 1:23:07.080 using our phones. So if you go into settings on 1:23:07.120 --> 1:23:09.800 the iPhone and then go into battery, you can look 1:23:09.880 --> 1:23:12.519 up battery health and charging and it will tell you 1:23:12.560 --> 1:23:17.840 what your maximum capacity is of that battery and charging optimization. 1:23:17.920 --> 1:23:21.720 I would probably recommend optimized battery charging if you want 1:23:21.800 --> 1:23:23.400 your iPhone to last the longest. 1:23:24.120 --> 1:23:24.960 Triple eight Rich. 1:23:24.840 --> 1:23:27.040 One on one eighty eight seven four to two four 1:23:27.080 --> 1:23:29.320 one zero one. Thanks to the call, Antonio, appreciate it. 1:23:29.920 --> 1:23:32.240 Coming up this hour, we're going to talk to David 1:23:32.280 --> 1:23:34.639 Henry at Neckgear about how to get better Wi Fi. 1:23:34.920 --> 1:23:35.920 This is rich on Tech. 1:23:37.360 --> 1:23:41.160 Welcome back to rich On Tech, rich DeMuro. Here you 1:23:41.160 --> 1:23:44.040 can find me online at Richontech dot tv. 1:23:44.880 --> 1:23:45.720 That's the website. 1:23:45.920 --> 1:23:47.960 It kind of has all the information you need about 1:23:47.960 --> 1:23:51.840 how to follow me on Instagram, X, Twitter, Facebook. 1:23:52.400 --> 1:23:53.679 What else is there? YouTube? 1:23:54.680 --> 1:23:56.479 I don't really do much on YouTube, but it's there. 1:23:57.360 --> 1:24:00.639 The newsletter that'll come back one day. And let's see 1:24:00.680 --> 1:24:02.320 what else is there? A lot of stuff you can 1:24:02.760 --> 1:24:04.519 go in the lower Let's see this is a little 1:24:04.600 --> 1:24:07.080 something that most people don't know. You can actually see 1:24:07.080 --> 1:24:09.840 all the stories I do for TV on there. And 1:24:09.920 --> 1:24:12.400 there's if you go in the lower right hand corner 1:24:12.560 --> 1:24:15.040 of the web page, there's two little tricks. Number one, 1:24:15.040 --> 1:24:17.280 there's a microphone you can leave a voicemail for the show. 1:24:18.080 --> 1:24:21.120 And there's also a link called shop. And that is 1:24:21.120 --> 1:24:23.320 all the stuff that I sort of like like so 1:24:23.360 --> 1:24:25.320 a lot of people ask me over and over recommend 1:24:25.320 --> 1:24:28.879 a speaker, recommend a charging cable, recommend you know, whatever, 1:24:29.240 --> 1:24:31.559 the basics and so a lot of those things I'll 1:24:31.600 --> 1:24:34.400 put on Amazon so you can, like in this Amazon shop, 1:24:34.720 --> 1:24:36.559 so you can easily access those, So that's all on 1:24:36.560 --> 1:24:39.599 the website. Rich on tech dot TV got an email 1:24:39.680 --> 1:24:43.080 from Jim. He says, are there speakers that will allow 1:24:43.080 --> 1:24:45.080 your music that's playing in one room to follow you 1:24:45.120 --> 1:24:48.519 from room to room in your house? And yeah, there's 1:24:48.600 --> 1:24:50.680 there's a couple I mean you could use. I mean, 1:24:50.720 --> 1:24:55.120 Son's pioneered this. Sons is kind of the best, and 1:24:55.439 --> 1:24:58.240 they're expensive. That's the problem is that they're very, very expensive, 1:24:58.320 --> 1:25:01.400 and so that's probably the best way to do it 1:25:01.640 --> 1:25:04.640 if you want the same music that's playing everywhere. And 1:25:04.680 --> 1:25:07.200 I think that's what you mean here. But you can 1:25:07.200 --> 1:25:09.120 do it with the Echo speakers. You can group those. 1:25:09.520 --> 1:25:11.479 You can do it with HomePods, you can group those, 1:25:11.960 --> 1:25:13.599 you can do it with the Google speakers, you can 1:25:13.640 --> 1:25:17.559 group those. I think that the easiest to group are 1:25:17.720 --> 1:25:21.559 probably going to be either the home pods from Apple, 1:25:21.840 --> 1:25:23.840 and they have like a big HomePod that's expensive like 1:25:23.880 --> 1:25:25.320 three hundred bucks, and they have a little one that's 1:25:25.320 --> 1:25:27.800 one hundred dollars. So if you're all Apple, that's probably 1:25:27.800 --> 1:25:30.280 an easy way to do it. The Echo speakers are 1:25:30.320 --> 1:25:32.240 going to be probably the second easiest to do because 1:25:32.280 --> 1:25:34.880 you use the app or you can actually do it 1:25:34.920 --> 1:25:36.439 just with your voice. You can say group all my 1:25:36.479 --> 1:25:39.720 speakers together. You can say play this music, you know, 1:25:40.080 --> 1:25:43.280 play pop music throughout my entire house, or you can 1:25:43.280 --> 1:25:47.160 say played on this specific speaker. And the other way 1:25:47.200 --> 1:25:49.040 is sons and Sons is probably going to be the 1:25:49.040 --> 1:25:52.439 most expensive, but it's probably the most flexible and has 1:25:52.479 --> 1:25:55.479 the most ways to listen and things like that. So 1:25:56.560 --> 1:25:58.640 my pick is so nos That's what I like, but 1:25:59.040 --> 1:26:01.960 it's very expensive, and I've built my collection over the years. 1:26:02.000 --> 1:26:04.559 It's not something that I did overnight because those speakers 1:26:04.560 --> 1:26:11.200 are pricey. Friend of the show Jared Newman writes in 1:26:11.240 --> 1:26:15.840 his Advisorator newsletter, there's a big Windows update Windows is 1:26:16.320 --> 1:26:18.439 that Microsoft is rolling out a new version of Windows 1:26:18.439 --> 1:26:21.719 eleven with only one feature that I truly care about. 1:26:22.360 --> 1:26:26.439 It brings back the never combined option for taskbar icons, 1:26:26.840 --> 1:26:29.320 so that each window can have its own text label. 1:26:29.800 --> 1:26:32.879 I previously used an app called Explorer Patcher for this purpose, 1:26:32.920 --> 1:26:35.720 one of the several Windows eleven tweaks I've recommended, but 1:26:35.760 --> 1:26:39.080 I've installed it for now. That is a great tip, 1:26:39.640 --> 1:26:42.400 Thank you Jared Newman of Advisorator. So if you know Windows, 1:26:42.880 --> 1:26:46.040 it groups together all of the similar Windows back in 1:26:46.080 --> 1:26:48.280 the day used to be able to see like at 1:26:48.280 --> 1:26:50.320 the bottom, like if you have two Chrome windows open, 1:26:50.439 --> 1:26:52.519 or two email messages open or whatever. 1:26:54.200 --> 1:26:54.519 It's like. 1:26:54.680 --> 1:26:57.160 People probably went nuts trying to figure out how to 1:26:57.280 --> 1:27:00.320 separate those, and so it took Microsoft a while, but 1:27:00.360 --> 1:27:01.320 they figured it out. 1:27:01.800 --> 1:27:04.320 So now you can use that. 1:27:04.280 --> 1:27:08.160 Never combine option for taskbar icons, so everything that you 1:27:08.240 --> 1:27:11.120 have open will have its own icon in the taskbar. 1:27:11.560 --> 1:27:13.439 That is a great thing. But you do have to 1:27:13.479 --> 1:27:16.360 get out or download the new version of Windows eleven 1:27:16.400 --> 1:27:20.439 to figure that out. By the way, subscribe to Jared's newsletter. 1:27:20.479 --> 1:27:23.760 He does write it regularly, unlike me. It's called Advisorator, 1:27:23.800 --> 1:27:29.000 and it's always packed with great stuff. Facebook new AI 1:27:29.120 --> 1:27:31.840 Experiences something that's kind of fun. You should check this 1:27:31.920 --> 1:27:34.040 out if you may or may not have access to 1:27:34.080 --> 1:27:36.320 it in your Instagram. But if you go to your 1:27:36.320 --> 1:27:42.640 Instagram stories, there's a new sticker called AI stickers, And 1:27:42.680 --> 1:27:44.559 so you go into your stickers and then you tap 1:27:44.640 --> 1:27:47.240 AI stickers and you can type anything in and it 1:27:47.280 --> 1:27:48.679 will generate a sticker on the fly. 1:27:48.760 --> 1:27:48.880 You know. 1:27:48.920 --> 1:27:51.360 Stickers are those things you put on your stories that 1:27:51.439 --> 1:27:54.320 like animate like a baseball bat cracking a ball, or 1:27:54.360 --> 1:27:57.280 like a you know, a wow face or something like that. 1:27:57.320 --> 1:28:00.160 Whatever you type in and find stuff. But this you 1:28:00.160 --> 1:28:02.880 can type in anything and it will generate it using AI. 1:28:03.439 --> 1:28:05.839 So for instance, you can type in, you know, dogs 1:28:05.840 --> 1:28:08.320 playing baseball and it will create that. Or I did 1:28:08.640 --> 1:28:10.679 rich On Tech in New York City and that created 1:28:10.720 --> 1:28:12.760 like a nerd kind of like standing in New York 1:28:12.760 --> 1:28:15.559 City as a cartoon character. So that's kind of fun. 1:28:15.560 --> 1:28:18.440 It just makes it more creative. The other two features 1:28:19.080 --> 1:28:23.560 is this restyle feature, which will transform any picture into 1:28:23.680 --> 1:28:26.639 however you want it to look like a watercolor painting 1:28:26.840 --> 1:28:29.519 or you know, something like that. And then they have 1:28:29.600 --> 1:28:32.920 this backdrop feature which changes the background, so you can 1:28:32.960 --> 1:28:35.640 literally take a picture of you in your driveway, use 1:28:35.680 --> 1:28:38.400 this backdrop feature and say make me in Italy and 1:28:38.439 --> 1:28:40.720 it will make an Italian, you know, villa backdrop for 1:28:40.840 --> 1:28:44.080 you all using AI. So this may not be available 1:28:44.479 --> 1:28:49.440 immediately on your Instagram Stories, your Facebook stories, your WhatsApp, 1:28:49.800 --> 1:28:52.200 or your Messenger app, but it will be coming. So 1:28:52.240 --> 1:28:54.320 when you see it, you can try all these new 1:28:54.400 --> 1:28:56.040 editing tools and you can remember you heard them right 1:28:56.040 --> 1:28:58.600 here on rich On Tech all right. Phone line is 1:28:58.800 --> 1:29:00.760 eighty to eight rich one on one eight eight eight 1:29:00.880 --> 1:29:02.920 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 1:29:02.920 --> 1:29:06.280 we're talking to David Henry, President and general manager of 1:29:06.360 --> 1:29:09.880 Connected Home Products at Neckgear. He's going to talk about 1:29:09.920 --> 1:29:11.760 Wi Fi, how to get a better signal, what you 1:29:11.800 --> 1:29:15.040 can do, and we'll have more of your emails and 1:29:15.120 --> 1:29:18.760 your feedback coming up right here on rich on Tech. 1:29:18.840 --> 1:29:20.759 My name is rich Dmiro. Thanks so much for listening. 1:29:22.000 --> 1:29:23.519 Rich on Tech dot tv is the website. 1:29:23.560 --> 1:29:24.240 We'll be right back. 1:29:25.920 --> 1:29:28.920 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:29:28.920 --> 1:29:33.519 out with you. Talking technology and Wi Fi is always 1:29:34.560 --> 1:29:38.240 at the top of mine for everyone because we're always 1:29:38.240 --> 1:29:40.800 connecting to it. We're always trying to get the best 1:29:40.840 --> 1:29:44.719 signal possible and pretty much our lives depend on this stuff. 1:29:45.120 --> 1:29:47.160 We love our WiFi and here to talk about it 1:29:47.200 --> 1:29:50.840 is David Henry, President and general manager of Connected Home 1:29:50.920 --> 1:29:52.559 Products and Services at Neckgear. 1:29:53.280 --> 1:29:54.840 David, thanks so much for joining me today. 1:29:55.760 --> 1:29:56.880 Hey, you're welcome. Thanks for having me. 1:29:57.000 --> 1:29:59.479 Rich, Hey, thank you. So I was thinking about this today. 1:29:59.520 --> 1:30:02.400 I was looking at the USC game which I went 1:30:02.400 --> 1:30:05.360 to USC, and I was like, you know, obviously, what 1:30:05.400 --> 1:30:07.519 do people do on the weekends. They now with all 1:30:07.560 --> 1:30:09.400 the streaming and stuff, they look to see where their 1:30:09.439 --> 1:30:11.360 game is playing, right Like, it's not like it used 1:30:11.360 --> 1:30:12.679 to be. You just kind of turn on the TV 1:30:13.560 --> 1:30:16.759 and it was it was playing on the Fox Sports app. 1:30:17.479 --> 1:30:21.280 And I downloaded the app and within three, four or 1:30:21.360 --> 1:30:24.439 five seconds, I'm sitting there watching a live stream of 1:30:24.479 --> 1:30:26.040 the game and it says it's like in four k 1:30:26.160 --> 1:30:29.240 uhd or something. Anyway, my point is, I just thought 1:30:29.240 --> 1:30:31.360 about how cool it is and how far we've come 1:30:31.960 --> 1:30:35.120 that here it is, this game is accessible by anyone 1:30:35.439 --> 1:30:37.920 nationwide through this app, and it's all because of Wi 1:30:37.960 --> 1:30:41.720 Fi and streaming, and we've just we've come a long way. 1:30:43.120 --> 1:30:44.400 Now. I think you nailed it. 1:30:44.400 --> 1:30:46.679 I mean, football games is one thing, and in fact, 1:30:46.840 --> 1:30:50.439 right now there are football games, NFL games, college games 1:30:50.439 --> 1:30:52.920 that you can't even see on linear tele even if 1:30:52.920 --> 1:30:56.800 it's subscribe to cable and all those sports packages. You 1:30:56.880 --> 1:30:59.200 have to stream them. I mean Amazon Prime has games 1:30:59.240 --> 1:31:03.320 they stream only on Thursday nights. I read that there'll 1:31:03.320 --> 1:31:05.280 be at least one or two playoff games this year 1:31:05.320 --> 1:31:08.679 that will only be streamed, and so you know, Wi 1:31:08.720 --> 1:31:11.360 Fi can deliver it all. But streaming is just one 1:31:11.360 --> 1:31:14.679 thing that Wi Fi brings to us. Wi Fi brings gaming, 1:31:15.040 --> 1:31:19.200 Wi Fi brings shopping, Wi Fi brings home security. I mean, 1:31:19.240 --> 1:31:21.200 it's it really supports pretty much. 1:31:21.120 --> 1:31:21.680 Everything we do. 1:31:21.720 --> 1:31:24.360 And we learned that, you know, painfully, so during the 1:31:24.479 --> 1:31:25.599 during the pandemic shutdown. 1:31:25.720 --> 1:31:28.160 Oh yeah, this is I think I got more questions 1:31:28.160 --> 1:31:30.439 about how to get better Wi Fi during the pandemic 1:31:30.479 --> 1:31:33.080 than any other time of my life because we were 1:31:33.120 --> 1:31:36.400 pushing our networks to the limit, to the brink, and 1:31:36.720 --> 1:31:38.800 you know, mesh networks, we're just sort of starting to 1:31:38.840 --> 1:31:41.519 come along. But let's talk about some of the basics. Okay, 1:31:41.560 --> 1:31:44.040 So first off, what is Wi Fi? 1:31:45.240 --> 1:31:48.920 Yeah, so, you know, if you think back to internet 1:31:48.920 --> 1:31:51.920 connectivity in the old days, if you're old enough, if 1:31:51.920 --> 1:31:55.040 your audience is old enough, they remember plugging into a 1:31:55.920 --> 1:31:58.400 phone line and connecting to the Internet. And then very 1:31:58.520 --> 1:32:01.519 quickly we got broadband, this high speed broadband that didn't 1:32:01.520 --> 1:32:03.719 have to use a phone line anymore. But we're all 1:32:03.760 --> 1:32:08.479 basically plugging one laptop or typically into an Internet connection. 1:32:09.280 --> 1:32:11.599 And you know, in the early two thousands, late nineties, 1:32:11.640 --> 1:32:15.479 early two thousands, we realize how powerful that was and 1:32:15.560 --> 1:32:19.640 that all of your information, your news, your communication was 1:32:19.640 --> 1:32:23.400 going to come over the internet, and so pretty quickly realized, Wow, 1:32:23.520 --> 1:32:24.960 this is a whole home. 1:32:25.439 --> 1:32:27.280 Type of connectivity that people are going to want. 1:32:27.320 --> 1:32:29.280 So we created Wi Fi in the early two thousands, 1:32:29.320 --> 1:32:31.800 late late nineties, early two thousands to get to make 1:32:31.840 --> 1:32:34.320 sure that any device in your home, whether it's your phone, 1:32:34.400 --> 1:32:39.640 your TV, your laptop, your gaming gaming console, all could connect. 1:32:39.400 --> 1:32:40.840 To the Internet wirelessly. 1:32:40.880 --> 1:32:43.120 And it's called Wi Fi, which is a standard that 1:32:43.240 --> 1:32:45.479 all of these devices use to talk. 1:32:45.320 --> 1:32:45.800 To each other. 1:32:46.640 --> 1:32:49.599 Now, it's interesting because we often hear about different flavors 1:32:49.600 --> 1:32:51.400 of Wi Fi, like, you know, we've heard of Wi 1:32:51.400 --> 1:32:54.200 Fi six. I've now heard Wi Fi seven coming along. 1:32:54.800 --> 1:32:56.360 What does that mean exactly? 1:32:57.439 --> 1:33:00.280 Yeah, it's it's the latest. It's the generation of Why Fi. 1:33:00.400 --> 1:33:02.960 And you know, a good analogy would be for you 1:33:03.680 --> 1:33:04.799 for your your television. 1:33:04.840 --> 1:33:06.120 You mentioned four khd. 1:33:06.320 --> 1:33:08.720 Well, before that it was you know, it was ten 1:33:08.760 --> 1:33:10.679 a top, and then it was seven twenty and before 1:33:10.680 --> 1:33:13.400 that it was you know, something else. But every few years, 1:33:13.520 --> 1:33:16.720 technology gets better, and that's set the same as true 1:33:16.720 --> 1:33:19.519 with Wi Fi. We're now in the seventh generation of 1:33:19.560 --> 1:33:21.840 Wi Fi. It's hard to believe that we're seven generations 1:33:21.880 --> 1:33:24.920 in and every few years a new technology. 1:33:24.320 --> 1:33:26.120 Standard comes to make it better. 1:33:26.520 --> 1:33:29.000 And it's really designed to figure out what are the 1:33:29.080 --> 1:33:31.040 applications and what are. 1:33:30.920 --> 1:33:32.680 The devices that are going to use Wi Fi in 1:33:32.720 --> 1:33:33.200 the future. 1:33:33.520 --> 1:33:36.280 And as an industry, we get together and develop wireless 1:33:36.320 --> 1:33:38.320 standards to make sure that we can we can deliver 1:33:38.360 --> 1:33:40.439 those things. So Wi Fi seven happens to be the 1:33:40.479 --> 1:33:43.920 latest one. And it's all about speed so that you 1:33:43.920 --> 1:33:46.120 can do all that streaming you want to do. It's 1:33:46.160 --> 1:33:49.559 about range so you can you know, connect to the 1:33:49.600 --> 1:33:51.559 Internet anywhere in your home or even in your back 1:33:51.800 --> 1:33:54.439 in your backyard. And it's about something else that people 1:33:54.479 --> 1:33:57.479 don't really consider so much, but it's very important, which 1:33:57.520 --> 1:34:01.320 is network capacity. And what I mean by network capacity 1:34:01.400 --> 1:34:04.840 is how many devices and how many applications can you 1:34:04.920 --> 1:34:07.840 run on your Wi Fi at the same time without 1:34:07.880 --> 1:34:08.840 having them slow down. 1:34:08.960 --> 1:34:11.120 So those are the three things that Wi Fi seven 1:34:11.240 --> 1:34:11.799 is all about. 1:34:12.720 --> 1:34:17.000 So if I'm using my like Wi Fi box from 1:34:17.040 --> 1:34:19.479 the cable company, it's like underneath my TV or in 1:34:19.520 --> 1:34:20.080 a cabinet. 1:34:20.240 --> 1:34:21.320 Am I doing things right? 1:34:21.400 --> 1:34:21.560 Or no? 1:34:23.320 --> 1:34:24.320 Well, I guess. 1:34:24.120 --> 1:34:26.439 First and foremost the question is is is the Wi 1:34:26.439 --> 1:34:28.639 Fi box from your cable company the right WiFi box 1:34:28.640 --> 1:34:31.320 to have? You know, depends on how long you've had it. 1:34:31.400 --> 1:34:35.639 Sometimes the cable companies or the internet companies will give 1:34:35.640 --> 1:34:40.400 you a relatively low cost to them internet box because 1:34:40.439 --> 1:34:42.880 they have to give it out to everyone. And if 1:34:42.880 --> 1:34:46.120 you have to have a large home, or you happen 1:34:46.160 --> 1:34:48.120 to have a lot of people on the network at 1:34:48.160 --> 1:34:50.840 the same time, or you're subscribing to a very very 1:34:50.880 --> 1:34:54.599 fast speed, or you do a lot of streaming, maybe 1:34:54.640 --> 1:34:57.160 that Wi Fi box is just not good enough for you. 1:34:57.200 --> 1:34:59.479 It's good enough for a lot of people, but it's 1:34:59.479 --> 1:35:01.120 not good enough for everyone. So I guess the first 1:35:01.160 --> 1:35:03.400 question is is the Wi Fi box good enough? And 1:35:03.439 --> 1:35:06.519 then the second plus the question of course will be 1:35:06.520 --> 1:35:08.160 a location. Where do you put it? And how do 1:35:08.160 --> 1:35:10.439 you configure it? But I think first and foremost people 1:35:10.520 --> 1:35:12.920 have to figure out for the Internet I'm paying for 1:35:13.360 --> 1:35:15.160 and for the applications that I run, and the number 1:35:15.160 --> 1:35:17.160 of people in my house that are using it, is 1:35:17.160 --> 1:35:18.439 my WiFi box good enough? 1:35:19.160 --> 1:35:22.280 Now, when it comes to the router placement, if you're 1:35:22.320 --> 1:35:24.760 just using the basic router that you have, or maybe 1:35:24.760 --> 1:35:26.920 you bought one, where do you put that? 1:35:27.960 --> 1:35:28.400 Yeah? 1:35:28.479 --> 1:35:30.960 Well, this is the unfortunate thing is sometimes you don't 1:35:30.960 --> 1:35:34.280 have a choice, right the Wi Fi box usually goes 1:35:34.520 --> 1:35:37.280 wherever the internet tech connection happens to come into your house, 1:35:37.520 --> 1:35:39.960 which is usually may maybe it's a coax line, or 1:35:40.000 --> 1:35:41.960 it could be a fiber line or something, and it 1:35:42.040 --> 1:35:44.080 usually comes in usually at the edge of your home, 1:35:44.120 --> 1:35:47.440 maybe near a wall that goes outside towards the garage. 1:35:47.680 --> 1:35:50.559 And in some homes that can be a very not 1:35:50.600 --> 1:35:53.280 a very good location in terms of covering your all home. 1:35:54.000 --> 1:35:57.519 And so, for example, if you have the choice, you'd 1:35:57.560 --> 1:36:01.320 want to put your wireless network, a wireless route someplace 1:36:01.920 --> 1:36:05.719 away from or not behind a door, or not behind walls, 1:36:05.800 --> 1:36:08.599 or not behind a mirror or a TV or a 1:36:08.640 --> 1:36:11.080 TV or a computer screen, because all those things can 1:36:11.120 --> 1:36:12.120 block wireless signal. 1:36:12.520 --> 1:36:15.639 But in many cases, you know, cousiners don't have a choice. 1:36:15.760 --> 1:36:17.800 My recommendation is, if you have to put it in 1:36:17.800 --> 1:36:19.920 a certain location, at least try to, you know, raise 1:36:19.920 --> 1:36:21.720 it up a few feet off the ground. Make sure 1:36:21.760 --> 1:36:23.760 there's not a lot of clutter around it, so those 1:36:23.840 --> 1:36:26.639 Internet Wi Fi waves can kind of penetrate your home. 1:36:27.040 --> 1:36:30.280 We're talking to David Henry of neck Year about Wi 1:36:30.280 --> 1:36:34.320 Fi and what about mesh networks. Can you explain briefly 1:36:34.400 --> 1:36:36.400 what that is and why those are so popular. 1:36:36.439 --> 1:36:39.880 Now, yeah, it's exactly what we're just talking about. 1:36:40.200 --> 1:36:42.360 If your Wi Fi comes in, say in your basement 1:36:42.680 --> 1:36:45.320 or in the bottom floor of your home, but you 1:36:45.479 --> 1:36:47.639 use it a lot on the second or the third 1:36:47.680 --> 1:36:50.000 third floor of your home, or it comes on one 1:36:50.040 --> 1:36:51.400 side of the home, but you know you want to 1:36:51.400 --> 1:36:52.840 do a lot of streaming on the other side of 1:36:52.840 --> 1:36:57.320 the home. What happens is that wireless signal it erodes, 1:36:57.360 --> 1:37:00.680 it degrades for every wall it goes through. Sometimes by 1:37:00.720 --> 1:37:02.200 the time you get to your bedroom, by the time 1:37:02.240 --> 1:37:04.799 you get to your living room or your family room. 1:37:04.760 --> 1:37:06.080 You just don't even have a connection. 1:37:06.880 --> 1:37:11.160 And so what wireless mesh networking is technology was invented 1:37:11.200 --> 1:37:13.760 in twenty sixteen. You know, next year we have our 1:37:13.840 --> 1:37:16.879 Orbi product line, which is the best in class mesh network. 1:37:17.080 --> 1:37:18.280 What mesh networks. 1:37:17.920 --> 1:37:20.040 Are is instead of having one wireless router or one 1:37:20.040 --> 1:37:22.960 wireless box, say you know in your home office, you 1:37:23.040 --> 1:37:25.360 have multiple of them. Maybe if the three of them 1:37:25.640 --> 1:37:29.080 are scattered around your home so that you can no 1:37:29.120 --> 1:37:33.360 matter where you are, you're always near a strong network connection. 1:37:33.760 --> 1:37:35.439 So that's called mesh networking. 1:37:35.760 --> 1:37:38.519 Okay, now you just mentioned the Orby, So that's what 1:37:38.600 --> 1:37:42.200 netgear does. And I'm just curious like if okay, so 1:37:42.200 --> 1:37:45.160 if I'm going with like a high end neckgear, would 1:37:45.200 --> 1:37:46.920 that be Orby? And then if I was getting like 1:37:46.920 --> 1:37:48.879 a standard neckgear, what would you recommend? 1:37:49.960 --> 1:37:52.680 Yeah, So, if you have a large home, if you 1:37:52.760 --> 1:37:55.320 have two stories, if you have three stories, if you 1:37:55.479 --> 1:37:59.120 have a situation where maybe your network router is in 1:37:59.160 --> 1:38:03.200 your basement and can't penetrate maybe the floors. If you 1:38:03.280 --> 1:38:07.599 have an outside building like a garage or a pool 1:38:07.600 --> 1:38:10.679 house or or something where you just really can't penetrate 1:38:10.720 --> 1:38:13.720 with the box you have, Uh, the Orby network is 1:38:14.040 --> 1:38:15.960 excellent for that is the best in class in terms 1:38:16.000 --> 1:38:19.840 of getting your maximum speed all the way around your 1:38:19.840 --> 1:38:22.000 home and even we say all all around your property, 1:38:22.160 --> 1:38:26.200 you know, near the pool, right you have outdoors? Yeah, yeah, 1:38:26.760 --> 1:38:29.280 So so if you got that that that coverage issue, 1:38:29.520 --> 1:38:31.880 net Yar's Orby is the best for it. Now, if 1:38:31.920 --> 1:38:34.479 you have a smaller home, maybe it's it's it's on 1:38:34.520 --> 1:38:37.559 a single story, or maybe it is uh you know, 1:38:37.600 --> 1:38:40.439 two stories, but it has very thin walls and coverage 1:38:40.520 --> 1:38:43.120 is not the problem. But you just want max speed, well, 1:38:43.160 --> 1:38:46.160 then I would I would Gear a guide customers towards 1:38:46.320 --> 1:38:47.360 our Nighthawk line. 1:38:47.800 --> 1:38:49.599 Nighthawk is our line of wireless writers. 1:38:49.640 --> 1:38:51.320 We've been in you know again, the market leader in 1:38:51.360 --> 1:38:54.040 wireless routers as long as I can remember. And Nighthawk 1:38:54.120 --> 1:38:56.360 is our brand for wireless routers that really gives you 1:38:56.800 --> 1:39:01.240 maximum speed, the latest technology, lots of devices connected at 1:39:01.240 --> 1:39:01.840 the same time. 1:39:02.040 --> 1:39:03.440 So those are our two solutions. 1:39:03.720 --> 1:39:06.519 Nighthawk is our best in class for maybe for smaller 1:39:06.520 --> 1:39:09.479 homes and people who want to even sometimes they want 1:39:09.479 --> 1:39:11.599 to tinker or configure their networks. They like to play 1:39:11.640 --> 1:39:14.160 with it, maybe a little bit more technical of an audience. 1:39:14.520 --> 1:39:17.040 And our ORBI is for the large homes, people who 1:39:17.080 --> 1:39:18.320 just want to set it, forget it. 1:39:18.320 --> 1:39:20.240 And have the best performance everywhere in the home. 1:39:20.360 --> 1:39:22.439 Okay, I've got about thirty seconds. Can you give me 1:39:22.479 --> 1:39:26.519 the quickest explanation of two point four gigaherts versus five. 1:39:27.920 --> 1:39:31.720 Yes, two point four gigaherts is the original Wi Fi frequency. 1:39:32.120 --> 1:39:35.519 It had good range but very low speed, and there 1:39:35.560 --> 1:39:38.240 were a lot of other devices on it baby monitors, 1:39:38.320 --> 1:39:42.559 microwave oves and the like. Five gigaherts does much faster 1:39:42.680 --> 1:39:46.519 speed and much cleaner, meaning there's not a lot of 1:39:46.560 --> 1:39:48.720 other devices on it, but it may not have as 1:39:48.760 --> 1:39:51.160 good of range as two point four, and I'll just 1:39:51.200 --> 1:39:52.280 go go straight forward. 1:39:52.520 --> 1:39:54.040 Six Giar Hurts is the latest. 1:39:54.320 --> 1:39:57.200 It's in the Wi Fi seven technology and it's even 1:39:57.360 --> 1:40:00.679 faster than five gigears or two two point four. 1:40:01.200 --> 1:40:04.040 The iPhone fifteen uses it. The new Samsung phone use it. 1:40:04.080 --> 1:40:05.160 The Macnipro use it. 1:40:05.439 --> 1:40:08.080 I would really recommend if you have a new device, 1:40:08.200 --> 1:40:11.000 like a new iPhone, you gotta get Wi Fi seven 1:40:11.040 --> 1:40:13.200 because of the supports that sif, giga hitts frequency. 1:40:13.360 --> 1:40:14.960 Wow. Good to know. I did not know that. 1:40:15.040 --> 1:40:17.960 David Henry, President and general manager of Connected Home Products 1:40:17.960 --> 1:40:20.280 and Services at Netgear, thanks so much for. 1:40:20.280 --> 1:40:23.360 Joining me today. All right, thanks rich all right Netgear 1:40:23.400 --> 1:40:23.760 dot com. 1:40:23.760 --> 1:40:26.680 I'll put the website online rich on Tech, and I'll 1:40:26.720 --> 1:40:29.559 link up the products that he mentioned there. 1:40:29.560 --> 1:40:32.519 It is a good little information about Wi Fi. I 1:40:32.640 --> 1:40:33.320 love learning that. 1:40:33.840 --> 1:40:36.840 If you're listening to rich on Tech, coming up feedback, 1:40:42.160 --> 1:40:47.400 Welcome back to rich on tech. New report on teams 1:40:47.520 --> 1:40:50.559 and their relationship with their smartphone. Ooh, it's not good. 1:40:52.320 --> 1:40:55.000 Four and a half hours on their phones daily on average, 1:40:55.040 --> 1:41:00.519 they're always nearby two hundred and thirty seven notifications a day. Ooh, 1:41:00.640 --> 1:41:03.439 that's how many they get. They view about forty six 1:41:03.560 --> 1:41:07.759 per day. This is all from common sense media. Bobo 1:41:07.840 --> 1:41:11.000 says more than that, Yeah, I believe it. It's annoying 1:41:11.000 --> 1:41:13.200 when you get notifications from apps that shouldn't be sending 1:41:13.200 --> 1:41:15.160 you them, right, like the stuff that's not very important, 1:41:16.040 --> 1:41:19.200 like Target, Come on in, we've got a sale. 1:41:19.280 --> 1:41:21.000 Your favorite T shirts are on sale. 1:41:22.120 --> 1:41:25.840 Teens feel notifications are distracting, but they prioritize those from people. 1:41:25.880 --> 1:41:27.479 See what I was I saying, See all the ones 1:41:27.520 --> 1:41:31.439 that are like nonsense. Social media dominates Forty two percent 1:41:31.439 --> 1:41:34.120 of their time is spent on social media. TikTok is 1:41:34.240 --> 1:41:37.160 used by half of teens for nearly two hours daily. 1:41:37.680 --> 1:41:40.080 That makes up thirty eight percent of their time on 1:41:40.120 --> 1:41:45.719 their phone. Next is YouTube. Nineteen percent. Teens use phones 1:41:45.960 --> 1:41:49.000 forty three minutes on average during their school hours. Obviously, 1:41:49.040 --> 1:41:53.599 schools have different enforcement policies. Let's see what else. Oh, 1:41:53.640 --> 1:41:56.040 the overnight thing. This is the other thing. A lot 1:41:56.040 --> 1:41:59.960 of teens try to leave their phones on at night 1:42:00.000 --> 1:42:02.080 while they're trying to sleep, and that interrupts their sleep 1:42:02.120 --> 1:42:04.920 because they don't want to miss a thing. And teens 1:42:05.000 --> 1:42:06.920 kind of understand that this is a problem, but they 1:42:06.960 --> 1:42:09.040 don't really know what to do about it because they're teens. 1:42:09.040 --> 1:42:10.760 I mean, we don't as adults. We don't even know 1:42:10.800 --> 1:42:13.320 what to do. And this is the other side of this. 1:42:13.840 --> 1:42:16.320 A lot of these apps aren't even meant for people 1:42:16.400 --> 1:42:18.559 under thirteen. A lot of these social media apps, and 1:42:18.600 --> 1:42:21.000 these teens still use them because they just use a 1:42:21.000 --> 1:42:23.439 different ad a different age and they get around that. 1:42:24.160 --> 1:42:26.439 But common Sense Media with a new relationship. But it's 1:42:26.439 --> 1:42:30.360 an interesting report, so check it out. Relationship teens have 1:42:30.439 --> 1:42:34.519 with their smartphones. Mister Beast is the top digital creator 1:42:34.520 --> 1:42:39.880 in twenty twenty three, according to Forbes eighty two million dollars. Wow, 1:42:40.040 --> 1:42:43.759 that's how much he earned. Yeah, a lot of people 1:42:43.800 --> 1:42:46.760 watch mister Beast. My kids asked me if he'd be 1:42:46.760 --> 1:42:49.280 friends with me. He's like, do you think you'd be 1:42:49.280 --> 1:42:50.200 friends with mister Beasts? 1:42:50.320 --> 1:42:50.760 Like, I don't know. 1:42:50.800 --> 1:42:53.200 I don't know what mister Beast is like his real name, 1:42:53.240 --> 1:42:55.000 by the way, Jimmy Donaldson. 1:42:55.720 --> 1:42:56.439 Eighty two million. 1:42:56.439 --> 1:42:59.560 In the next to two people are tie Ret and 1:42:59.680 --> 1:43:03.840 Link thirty five million, and Preston Plays he makes thirty 1:43:03.840 --> 1:43:06.800 five million as well. Jake Paul thirty four million at 1:43:06.880 --> 1:43:11.799 number five. Let's see anyone else. The Dmilio Kid, Charlie, 1:43:11.840 --> 1:43:15.479 she makes twenty three million. Emma Chamberlain, I think she's 1:43:15.520 --> 1:43:19.719 like a famous podcaster twenty million. Alex Cooper another famous podcaster, 1:43:19.840 --> 1:43:23.160 twenty million. Okay, there's some money in digital creators. I 1:43:23.160 --> 1:43:25.040 don't think most of it's like celebrities. You know, most 1:43:25.040 --> 1:43:26.559 of them are not making that. But there are some 1:43:26.600 --> 1:43:28.880 of them making a lot of money. But if you 1:43:28.920 --> 1:43:30.479 ask any teenager what do they want to do? 1:43:30.760 --> 1:43:31.839 They want to be a YouTuber. 1:43:32.120 --> 1:43:34.479 Now it's probably a TikToker, but they want to be 1:43:34.640 --> 1:43:36.280 they want to be a content creator. They don't you know, 1:43:36.320 --> 1:43:38.519 they don't want a regular job. They don't want to 1:43:38.520 --> 1:43:40.720 do what I'm doing. They don't want to come in 1:43:40.800 --> 1:43:43.200 every day and do hard work. I mean, it is 1:43:43.240 --> 1:43:45.519 hard work to be a creator, like really hard. I 1:43:45.560 --> 1:43:47.519 know a lot of these people, I hang out with them. 1:43:47.840 --> 1:43:50.160 It is it is wild how much work it is. 1:43:51.439 --> 1:43:53.879 Nathan writes in Hey Rich, I have a Samsung's Galaxy 1:43:54.000 --> 1:43:56.559 Z Fold four that hasn't gotten a security update since April. 1:43:56.640 --> 1:43:59.880 First, I factory reset it and still no update. 1:44:00.400 --> 1:44:02.479 I did some googling and found that I could download 1:44:02.520 --> 1:44:05.479 Samsung's smart Switch to my desktop and I was able 1:44:05.479 --> 1:44:08.280 to get an update via USB to my phone. Now 1:44:08.280 --> 1:44:11.639 I've got the September first Android security patch. Feel free 1:44:11.640 --> 1:44:14.400 to use this on your show to help others. Thanks Rich. Yes, 1:44:15.080 --> 1:44:17.160 that's a good little tip there. If you're not getting 1:44:17.200 --> 1:44:20.360 your security update, you can download the smart Switch app 1:44:20.439 --> 1:44:23.920 on Samsung on your desktop computer, plug in your phone 1:44:23.920 --> 1:44:26.800 and it will probably force that update. Donna says, Hey, 1:44:26.800 --> 1:44:28.840 we enjoy your talks on KTLA. Just wonder if you 1:44:28.880 --> 1:44:31.519 ever heard about or can warn people about a computer problem. 1:44:31.720 --> 1:44:34.400 Our senior citizen friend nearly got scammed and our computer 1:44:34.479 --> 1:44:37.920 got ruined by folks supposedly working for Microsoft. First they 1:44:37.960 --> 1:44:40.800 disabled her home computer, then talked to her while fixing it, 1:44:40.840 --> 1:44:44.200 and wanted payment through bankwire. She finally realized the con 1:44:44.280 --> 1:44:47.759 and ended the contact. Today today she called geek Squad 1:44:48.400 --> 1:44:50.400 for a real fix, and they say they see this 1:44:50.479 --> 1:44:52.920 scam every day. Can you put out a warning? Yes, 1:44:53.560 --> 1:44:57.479 tech support scams very very prevalent. Do not fall for them. 1:44:57.720 --> 1:44:59.680 You get a pop up window on your computer that 1:44:59.680 --> 1:45:03.080 says you know your computer's infected. Call this number. It's Microsoft. 1:45:03.240 --> 1:45:06.400 Do not fall for it. Turn off your computer. Close 1:45:06.439 --> 1:45:08.639 your web browser if you can. If you can't, turn 1:45:08.680 --> 1:45:11.000 off your computer, restart it, unplug it. If you have 1:45:11.040 --> 1:45:13.280 to plug it back in, your computer will start up. 1:45:13.360 --> 1:45:14.200 It'll be fine. 1:45:14.680 --> 1:45:16.680 Scott says, Hey, Rich, I've been following you since the 1:45:16.760 --> 1:45:19.000 day you started on KTLA. I want to know that 1:45:19.040 --> 1:45:21.559 I've had a problem with an item you endorse Rolo 1:45:22.439 --> 1:45:26.439 last year in Germany. Last year my Samsung Flip three. 1:45:26.479 --> 1:45:28.000 It quit working for a day, and now have a 1:45:28.000 --> 1:45:30.280 Flip five and in Spain it only works half the time. 1:45:30.800 --> 1:45:32.559 Their support is great, but they want me to sit 1:45:32.600 --> 1:45:35.960 and send them screenshots of at least five different configuration steps. 1:45:36.320 --> 1:45:38.840 I have books, tours booked, and I cannot sit at 1:45:38.840 --> 1:45:40.559 a computer. They have no phone support. I have been 1:45:40.680 --> 1:45:44.479 very I'll say the word mad, especially when I'm stranded 1:45:44.520 --> 1:45:47.560 ten miles out of Barcelona. This e SIM should be 1:45:47.600 --> 1:45:48.680 configured from the get go. 1:45:48.800 --> 1:45:49.120 It's not. 1:45:50.080 --> 1:45:51.800 I have a month in southern Europe. I'm gonna buy 1:45:51.840 --> 1:45:53.679 a simcard, a physical SIM when I have the chance. 1:45:53.760 --> 1:45:55.760 Wanting you to give the heads up on the downfalls 1:45:55.760 --> 1:45:59.160 of Arlo. Cheers Scott. Yes, Scott, so I don't endorse them. 1:45:59.160 --> 1:46:01.439 I don't endorse anything, but I do talk about them 1:46:01.439 --> 1:46:04.320 because I use them a lot, and I agree they 1:46:04.360 --> 1:46:07.120 are great, but you your mileage may vary. There are 1:46:07.160 --> 1:46:09.240 so many different cell phones, so many different networks, so 1:46:09.240 --> 1:46:10.560 many different configurations. 1:46:10.760 --> 1:46:12.320 It's not always going to work out perfectly. 1:46:12.360 --> 1:46:14.800 So know that going in and have a backup plan 1:46:14.880 --> 1:46:17.520 if you're gonna get an e sim for your international travel. 1:46:17.880 --> 1:46:19.800 Like me, when I got to Japan, it did not 1:46:19.920 --> 1:46:22.240 work as expected on one of my phones. Turns out 1:46:22.280 --> 1:46:25.760 that phone was not supported with Aerolow in Japan specifically, 1:46:26.160 --> 1:46:28.400 and so I had to make do with my other phone, 1:46:28.400 --> 1:46:30.680 which I know not everyone's gonna have two phones, so 1:46:31.080 --> 1:46:32.840 you may need to get a physical sim. You may 1:46:32.880 --> 1:46:34.960 need to take a different direction, But I would say 1:46:34.960 --> 1:46:37.639 a majority of the time, Scott, I've used aerolow at 1:46:37.720 --> 1:46:40.400 least a half a dozen times, and my mom and 1:46:40.640 --> 1:46:43.360 many many others that I've recommended this to, and they've 1:46:43.360 --> 1:46:45.760 all said it works. So yes, you need to be 1:46:45.800 --> 1:46:50.960 prepared for any sort of hitch in anything. And Peter says, 1:46:51.200 --> 1:46:53.439 my eighteen year old boy worked. He quite quit within 1:46:53.479 --> 1:46:56.200 a month, miss days every day because of the online gaming. 1:46:56.520 --> 1:46:58.320 I'm about to shut it all down for him. Any 1:46:58.320 --> 1:47:00.640 advice before I do. He graduated or he's been a 1:47:00.640 --> 1:47:04.120 good kid, but he's addicted to these giant online worlds. Peter, 1:47:04.280 --> 1:47:06.240 I am so sorry to hear this, and I think 1:47:06.280 --> 1:47:10.160 what you're experiencing is very, very common. You got to 1:47:10.160 --> 1:47:12.160 put some limits in place. If he can't deal with 1:47:12.200 --> 1:47:15.840 those limits, I think you know therapy is in order 1:47:15.880 --> 1:47:18.240 here because he may not be able to cope with this. 1:47:18.320 --> 1:47:19.080 He's a kid. 1:47:19.240 --> 1:47:22.679 These developers develop games that are meant to lure you in. 1:47:23.040 --> 1:47:25.479 They're meant to keep you connected. They're meant to keep 1:47:25.479 --> 1:47:28.280 you on as much as possible. He may not be 1:47:28.320 --> 1:47:30.840 equipped to handle that. You may need to seek outside help. 1:47:31.479 --> 1:47:32.920 That's gonna do it for this episode of the show. 1:47:32.960 --> 1:47:35.240 You can find links to everything I mentioned on my website. 1:47:35.240 --> 1:47:38.320 Go to richontech dot tv. You can find me on 1:47:38.360 --> 1:47:41.280 social media. I am at rich on Tech. Next week, 1:47:42.439 --> 1:47:45.160 it is back to New York City. Pixel phone Pixel 1:47:45.360 --> 1:47:48.280 is launching. Google has a big event. We are gonna 1:47:48.280 --> 1:47:50.800 go hands on with a Pixel eight. I cannot wait 1:47:50.880 --> 1:47:52.639 to see what Google is doing with a new pixel. 1:47:53.360 --> 1:47:55.160 Thank you so much for listening. There are so many 1:47:55.200 --> 1:47:56.320 ways you can spend your time. 1:47:56.439 --> 1:47:58.559 I do appreciate you. Spending it right here with me. 1:47:59.160 --> 1:48:02.080 Thanks to everyone who makes this show possible, Kim Bobo, 1:48:02.200 --> 1:48:03.240 bill engineers. 1:48:03.800 --> 1:48:06.439 My name is Richdmiro. I will talk to you real soon. 1:48:10.920 --> 1:48:10.960 M